We had a busy week at the Kluver household last week. On Tuesday McGee Roofing showed up and started to tear off our roof and replace it. Being 2 guys down they didn't finish it until Wednesday afternoon. Well - Wednesday I had an OB appointment that didn't tell me much of anything but after I got to work at noon I started having contractions. They were a pretty steady 4 minutes apart at 1pm, I worked on closing up shop at work to go home, only to have the contractions stop completely by 2:30pm. Already ready to go home and thinking that it was "a sign" I left work, arriving home to hang out and watch a movie with my brother Rob and his 2 boys. They worked on making supper and hanging out with us only for my contractions to start back up around 4:30pm. Dave and I walked to get WD at the sitters (3 blocks away) and on the way back at about 5:40pm we knew we'd be going to the hospital right after supper.
We arrived at the hospital at 7pm and I was disappointed (an understatement) to find that they didn't think I was in labor "enough" to warrant an epidural - even though my contractions were 2 minutes apart. They nurse was awesome though (even though I really wanted to punch her until she gave me what I wanted) and suggested the whirlpool. After 15-20min in the tub - which helped mask the pain a little initially - I was dilated to a 5 - and they called the anesthesiologist (can I just add that I love Dr. Weaver and his "skills"). I got the epidural at 9:40pm, "napped" for about 20 minutes, but then the contractions were too strong and woke me up - well actually my water "popped" (literally - I heard and felt a pop) and that woke me up in addition to the contractions. I called the nurse in who checked me and I was dilated to a 10 in just 80 minutes. They called my OB in, got set up and I pushed for less than 5 minutes before welcoming Aaron David into the world. One snag - he had the cord around his neck but the doctor said about 33% of babies do so she was watching for it, and it was loose not tight - so no problems. AD was 8# 10oz and 20.5" long - arriving at 11:26pm. So really - labor from 5:30-11:26 = 6 hours. Not too bad... unless you ask me about it before I got the epidural... then I'd say something else.
Aaron slept though most of his first bath.
WD is a proud Big Brother!
The whole family... minus the pups. Was cool that I got a suite with a double bed... so Dave could stay and fully experience how many times I was woke up to feed Aaron. Dave didn't really care for that part, but he was too happy and proud to let it bother him. Granted - the next night he stayed at the house. :-)
Our town has Pumpkinfest as a fall celebration, so WD dressed up for trunk-or-treating and pumpkin painting. 
Daddy gave WD his first wrestling lesson. It didn't last too long (just as long as WD's attention span) and no one got hurt so that's good. 
