Owen Timothy Harris!

Owen has made his entrance into the world!  As the labor and delivery nurse kept saying, he came "fast and furious!"  My water broke at 1 pm on Tuesday (Aug 14), "real" contractions started about 3-ish, after progressing from dilated 3 cm to 9.5 cm in about 3.5 hours I felt the need to push and refused.  The doctor, a Navy Captain yelled at me (which Brian thinks is funny that I've now been yelled at by a captain) since I had to get the baby out and after 2 hard pushes, he was born that evening at 7:20 pm!  He weighed 9 pounds, 1 oz and is 20.5 inches long.  By the time I was refusing to push, I was dying for pain medicine but it was waaay too late, so I'm living proof that a completely natural childbirth can actually happen!    

JJ was really sweet with him when Brian brought him to visit at the hospital.  He keeps calling him "my Owen."  He seems less enamored as he is in the house longer, but that's not too surprising.  Luckily my mom got here last week so she was able to watch JJ while we were at the hospital and she agrees to run and play with him all day long which is a good distraction for him.  

We are all settling in nicely, although Owen is definitely getting his days and nights confused.  Brian and I aren't overly exhausted though since we haven't slept through the night since before JJ was born.  I guess having a horrible sleeper in the house for three years prepares you pretty well for a newborn.

So now I'll be posting about all the boys adventures together.  JJ actually wanted to play tag with Owen today, but we had to explain it would be awhile before he could do that.  I'm sure Owen will want to keep up with him sooner than later though.  Should be a fun adventure!