Welcome to the world!

Here she is--the beautiful Marlee Jo Larsen.

Born on April 13th just after midnight. (She shares her birthday with my Grandpa Roberts, his daughter-my Aunt Yvonne, and her son-my cousin Morgan.) Her original due date was April 25th, but apparently she lost track of the date. She was 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19.5 inches long--practically perfect in every way.

This is probably my favorite picture so far. She looks absolutely miserable, but considering what she has gone through (literally) I wouldn't be too happy myself. You can see Dr. Miller in the background. He and the hospital staff were more than amazing. Big thanks!

Stu (above) and Wes (below) were troopers. I went with them to the hospital to check a few things out, and ended up being admitted because I was progressing far enough & my contractions were 3-5 min. apart. The boys had to just hang out in my hospital room watching cartoons & harassing the nursing staff for crackers & juice for a few hours until Jed & my mom could get there.

Like I said earlier, I was progressing right along, but after I received my epidural my contractions practically stopped. Because I had passed the point of no return, they started me on pitosin (sp?), but it still took the rest of the evening before little Marlee was ready to join the land of the breathing. Luckily, it took approximately 10 min & now we are a family of 5! Let the party begin.