Canaan Michael Vinson

March 29th 2013

You were born on Good Friday! Mommy was off of work today and spent the day preparing for your arrival! I had gone to the Doctor the day before and she felt like you would come soon I was dilated to a 3 and making good progress. I got up early around 6 am, and cleaned the entire house, did all the laundry and payed all the bills. I played with Luke and then later in the day went to walmart. As I was walking around walmart I was having contractions but as soon as I rested they went away. I took a long nap when I got home and woke up and cooked a pizza for supper. During supper around 645 I started to have steady contractions I felt like this was it! I told your daddy and immediately went into panic mode fearing we would have  you at home if we didn't rush to the hospital right away. I wanted to finish my pizza because I knew it would be a while before I would eat again. I was hesitant to go to the hospital really thinking is this really it? What if its not I will look stupid? But your daddy rushed around the house gathering our things frantically dressed Luke and we headed out. He drove so fast on the way to the hospital your big brother in the back enjoying every minute. I called Paw and Nana and told them to meet us at the hospital to keep Luke. I called LaLa (laura) and her meet us there also.

Labor

I arrived at the hospital at 7:15PM. We were greeted by 2 wonderful nurses Cassey and Stevie. They got me all checked in and sure enough I was really in Labor. I was dilated to a 4 and my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart. Dr Watson came in around 8 and checked me I was dilated to a 5. I got my epidural around 8:45 PM and my water broke shortly after that. Around 9:45Pm I was a 10 and ready to push. I pushed for around 20 minutes and at 10:11PM you arrived here on this earth. And what a joyous indescribable moment that was.

 You looking at your momma:)

 Momma and daddy anxiously awaiting your arrival!

 Me and LaLa! My best friend, midwife, call or text anytime of day kind of friend! Love her and don't know where I would be without her!

 Me and Mimi!

 Me and your other MiMi!

 Big brother and Nana!

 Luke kissing his momma right before you arrived!

 Our wonderful Dr Donya Watson the moment Momma first saw you!

 Daddy seeing you for the first time!

 Momma holding you for the first time!

 Had to get a picture with my amazing Doctor!

 First family picture!

 This is your Paw and PawPaw! I love this picture these 2 men loved you from the second they saw and will love you for the rest of their lives! You are so blessed to have these 2!

 The smile says it all!

Stats:

 Labor time:3.5 hours

Weight: 7lbs 14 ounces

Length:20.5 inches

Time: 10:11 PM

Visitors during labor: Fran Marquez, Michelle Moseley, Devin Graves, Zach Westbrook, Jamie Graves, Crystal Graves, Mike Graves, Cindy Graves, Janet Vinson, Tommy Vinson, Dorwin Vinson, Norma Vinson, Trent Vinson, Jana Warren, Laura Little, Danielle King, and Penny Griffin.