It's a boy!

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Melissa woke me up Monday morning at 4:30 saying that she might be in labor. Her contractions were less than 5 minutes so we called the hospital for advice. They said to shower off and then come on in. So we both showered and got ready but by then the contractions had let up a bit. I went back asleep and woke up at 8 with Sydney. Melissa had been up the whole time and decided to go downstairs to dust and clean up a little bit. Yes, Melissa was dusting the house while in labor! We then ate breakfast and headed to the hospital with Sydney in tow. They checked us into triage to see if this was the real thing. At noon Melissa was at 4cm dilated and was still getting pretty regular contractions so they admitted us into a real room. The doctor came by about 1:30 and decided to speed things up a bit so he broke her water. About the same time Katie came to pick up Sydney and took her to Aiden's house where she took a nice long nap. Meanwhile back at the hospital things were progressing quite rapidly. Sometime after 3 the nurse said Melissa was at 9cm so she went to get the doctor. He showed up and Melissa really started pushing at 3:30. By 3:52 after three pushes we had a baby boy! His name is Bryce Patrick Thomas and he is 7lb 3oz and 20.5in long. He has sandy brown hair and looks a lot like Melissa's baby pictures. Katie, Glen, Aiden, and Sydney showed up around 7 so Sydney could meet her new brother. Sydney and I even got to watch Bryce get his first bath. Sydney and I finally came home at 10 and she finally fell asleep at 10:45. We headed back over to the hospital today and now I'm back at home for Sydney's nap time. Melissa and Bryce will stay another night and we'll all come home Wednesday morning. Jayne and Jerry are coming out Wednesday so we'll have a little help through the weekend. Click on the picture to see the rest of the photos posted on flickr.