Here he is!

I think Dil put pictures on facebook, but here's one of Benjamin Ryan, only 12 hrs old. He was born at 4:37 am and weighed 8lbs flat. He's also 20 inches long. He is very precious and likes to be held and is super curious. He will watch you forever!
The labor was pretty intense. They decided to induxe me around 1pm on sunday. I took a walk outside and ate a turkey sandwich before going in...based on the doulas recommendation. I think I was extremely helpful to have her. I mostly spoke to her on the phone during the day and then she came to the hospital at jjuuuust the right time at 10pm because I was about ready to give into the epidural. Since they used pitocin to induce me, the contractions were much stronger and hharder than they would have been normally. They came about every 1-3 minutes for 9 hrs and I was so exhausted. She came and massaged me and turned out the lights and helped me breathe and relax through 7 more hrs of labor until he was born! It was very rewarding to work hard for baby and im glad he didn't come out drugged up and I wasn't drugged either.
Phew. It was hard work, but, praise God, it wasn't all that painful. I did sound like a dying cow there at the end though. One last thing I was very grateful for was a word I got while in the first few hours of labor - ephesians chapter 3 - God reminded that he would strengthen me from my innermost being and would give me strength :) yay!