Samuel-John Edward Iverson IV has arrived. Sammy J came 23 1/2 hours after my water broke, and two hours before his due date. His Daddy has been on me to record the story of his journey to life so here goes. He was born July 18th, 2011 at 21:21 pm. Hands down one of the best days of my life. My water broke at 10:12 pm on the night of the 17th. We decided to wait until the contractions were closer together and when they wern’t we left for the hospital at 5 am zipping through the empty streets of downtown Denver in the sunrise to beat the traffic. At the hospital we found out I was only 2 cm dilated and we decided to wait it out. After 15 hours of labor they started the pitosin to speed up my contractions. 3 hours after that I had only progressed one cm and went ahead with the epidural so they could speed up the pit drip. Things really moved from there I went from 3cm to 10 cm in 2 1/2 hours and before I knew it the nurse said it was time to start pushing. Time was non-existant after that.  I pushed for what felt like 15 minutes but in actuality was around an hour and half. I had the best support team of John’s mom Lisa Thede, my parents, Shannon Doran, and of course the one who stands beside me through every walk in my life John.

It was the most miraculous experience and I wouldn’t change a second of it.  For those that know me personally the pregnancy  was quite the experience to say the least. He came to be on our GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. As far as we can tell he was with us from Washington DC on. We hit the whole East Coast after that Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New York, Mass, Charleston,South Carolina, North Carolina, Miami, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, all the way through to New Mexico. This little man treked to CSU with me every day for 18 credits of Financing, Accounting, Negotiation and Conflict Management, Strategic Management, Social and Sustainable Venturing, and a class I can’t even remember anymore! Just goes to show how important that one was! Oh International Management! I worried the whole time that I was cooking him right and he couldn’t have come out more perfect or healthy. I decided to be a little intimate and share a video from the first few moments of his precious life.

Our little boy is 10 days old today and time is moving so fast. Trying to capture his essence and all the beautiful moments to come. For now I’ll let the images show our joy.