He’s Here!! Andrew Gordon Dotzour was born on June 22 at 6:14 am. He weighed 7 pounds, 3 ounces and is 19 inches tall.
Mom, Dad, and Baby all are doing well. Delirious:)
For some starter photos of our little guy, visit the photo gallery.
As we drove to the hospital the night before, there was a lovely full moon low in the sky. It was also the longest day of the year. An auspicious day!
I started having contractions on Monday night about 7 pm. They weren’t regular or progressive but continued through the night. On Tuesday morning, I stayed home from work…not knowing if the contractions would fade away or develop into active labor. Bryan went to work in the morning and worked from home in the afternoon…by mid-afternoon it seemed like maybe we were on our way toward labor…contractions were about 5 minutes apart and lasting 45 seconds. Around 8 pm, we called Laura, our birthing assistant, and asked her to come over. The three of us headed in to the hospital at about 10 pm. Active labor continued through the night, and after a bit over an hour of pushing, little Andrew was born at 6:14 am on Wednesday, June 22. Well, Baby Dotzour was born at 6:14. We didn’t name him until the next day.
What a wonderful and life-altering experience. Bryan and I both can’t believe he’s finally with us.
We stayed at St. Mary’s until Friday, and now that we’re home with him, we just can’t stop looking at him. That and sleep is I think what will make up our hours for the next few days and weeks. Thanks to the multitude of good wishes and loving thoughts and prayers that have been sent our way these past weeks and months. We are so blessed to have this miraculous little guy in our life.
Love,
Althea