Kai Zackery Rolland-Engel

He made it! 2:23pm pst, 7 lbs 15 oz and 22 inches in length. Both Nicole and the little guy are doing great...we'll he is. Nicole is tossing her cookies as we speak. I need to get back to the hospital..but here is a little photo of our guy a few mins old. I will give the birth story later....

Stand By

It might be time. Nicole woke up at 0130 with her first contraction. It's now 0445 and we are heading to the hospital. The contractions got as close as 5 mins, but are averaging 15 mins or so. Nicole has already told me she is going to be puking...nice. Thats what I want to hear.

More to follow!

Heather

Nada, Zip Zero

Nothing...absolutely nothing. I am getting a ton of calls from everyone asking me if he is here. Nope!

Tomorrow Nicole has a follow up visit. At this point I think they are going to send her for an ultrasound. I remind her everyday that everyday he is in there, thats another day he has to get bigger. The bigger he is the bigger the exit door needs to be.

Zero Days

Well here we are day 0. Still nothing. No sign of a contraction or water leakage. At this point I think the only pains she is having are gas pains. I never knew someone could be dialated for so long yet not have a baby. I keep telling him to head towards the light. I have been telling Nicole that I swear she is going to call me at work to tell me she is labor. The same feeling I had knowing we were having a boy. So we will have to wait and see.

1 day.

Tomorrow is what we think is his due date. I cannot believe his ass is still not out. I swear he is going to come out talking at this point. I think Nicole thinks tonight is going to be the night it starts. As long as he doesn't come this Friday. It's Friday the 13th. I had her bouncing on an excercise ball today. That was a site.

I had a LONG week at work. It didn't help that I worked 18 hours on 4th of July. I guess thats what I get when I tase someone. Never again. If you are looking for illegal fireworks for next year, befriend a long shoreman. Those guys had MAJOR firworks. I swear it looked like Disneyland that night.

So we now are really waiting. If this little guy isn't out by Tuesday we go back to see our OBGYN. Nicole does not want to induce..at this point she might not have a choice.

3 Days???

Okay we now think he is never coming. I really want him on 7/7/7. We have yet another doctors appt. tomorrow morning. Of course I am working and wont be there.

Hopefully she goes in and she is 4cm dialated so she has to be admitted..which is the 6th. Then she is labor until 12:01am on the 7th. Works for me!

Then again our Dr. has our due date as the 9th...

6 days

Now we have 6 days until his due date and still nothing. I'm thinking 7/7/7 is going to be the lucky day.

I'm off to work...let me tell you working in the uniform with vest and belt sucks when it's this hot. Especially when we get a 9-1-1 call of: Man in a bikini. WTF?
Yes that was a real call and yes we found him. Yes he was 350 lbs wearing a speedo and told us that he used to wear a thong, but not no more. Of course he tells us: "If I had breasts none of this would be a problem" referring to nobody would call 9-1-1 for a female in a bikini. Of course I said to myself: "Sir you do have breasts, and you do need a bra"