Thanksgiving Turkey

Planned Thanksgiving festivities: Thursday: 3:00pm Dinner at Mimi's Cafe Friday: 5:00pm Simmons Family Dinner Actual Thanksgiving festivities: Thursday, November 24, 2011: 10:00am French toast breakfast with the Bailey's provided by Jeph 2:00 pm Water breaks a little at the Baileys'. Jeph thinks V peed her pants. Go home to shower and change. 2:30 pm Debate if we should go to dinner at Mimi's or to the hospital. More water leaks. Decided: Hospital. 3:00 pm Check in at hospital. Nurse declares that water is in fact broken and that we should have gone to dinner first because we will not be eating again until baby comes. Dilated to 1.5. 5:00 pm Lynn, Mike, and Kim come to visit 6:00 pm Jeph goes to get dinner and take Co6aka to Mike and Kim's 10:00 pm Still no labor. Dilated to 2. Started on Pitocin. Friday, November 25, 2011: 2:00 am Dilated to 3. Contractions suck! Epidural received. Jeph almost passed out. Sleep! 6:00 am Dilated to 9. 8:00 am Dilated to 10. Start pushing. 8:30 am Stop pushing. Nurse calls the Doc. 8:50 am Doc arrives. 9:07 am Baby Bensen is born. Jeph didn't pass out and he cut the cord! 18.5 inches 6 lbs. 11 oz. 10 fingers and 10 toes (even though the footprint they took at the hospital only shows 9) 10:00 am Doc rushes away to the U football game