Debbi has been having contractions for about a week now. They usually start in the afternoon and fizzle out around 11:00ish. Last night was pretty much the same, but they were a bit more intense. Well, she had a bad dream she was having a contraction and woke up to a pretty bad contraction about 1:00 a.m. We (and by we, I mean Debbi while I slept) timed them for about an hour before I woke up. By then it was pretty close to 5 minutes. We called Kathy, the Midwife and headed over to the hospital.
By the time we got here Debbi was having pretty good contractions, but by about 4:30 the epidural was in and we were ready for a little nap. About 6:00 everyone came in, Debbi pushed for about 1/2 hour and wahla… Welcome Spencer. Okay, I’m sure I’m totally simplifying this, but you can check out Debbi’s blog and maybe she will give you her side of the story. 
Anyway, here are the stats.
Birthday: May 16, 2007
Time: 6:59 a.m.
Weight: 8 lbs 8 oz. (Our biggest yet… wahoo!)
Hair?: Little bit of hair… just like his Dad!
Cuteness factor: Super cute like all the rest… Even the nurses say he is a cute baby!
Coneheadedness: Maybe a little… but not much.
Eyes: Umm… blackish blue… he’s a newborn… what do you expect?
Cheeks: Big cute ones, like his Mom.
Hands/Feet: 10 toes and fingers, and I think he has big hands… maybe Grandpa Van hands…
Debbi condition: Squishy stomach… but boy oh boy does it feel nice to hug my wife again.
Sidenote: Debbi was awesome! I’m am so proud of her and so very happy she is my wife! She is amazing!
Jeff condition: Um… excited!!
Here are a couple more pictures for y’all. (Notice the AWESOME hat… thanks Bess and Shelley). Please feel free to add your welcome to Spencer… but it probably won’t be long till he has his own blog like the rest of the kids.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Jon // May 16, 2007 at 11:15 am
Congratulations guys! I’m happy for ya’ll. Glad to hear that everything went so smooth for you, especially Debbi. Enjoy!
2 Jimmy Lea // May 16, 2007 at 11:18 am
Congatulations!!!!
3 Aunt Aubrey // May 16, 2007 at 11:20 am
Congrats again! Emily and Adam sure thought the first hat was funny looking. Emily said it looked like a chocolate chip! The NC hat is awesome! And totally appropriate! Love ya!
4 Aunt Susan // May 16, 2007 at 11:32 am
Thanks for the update and pictures - keep them coming. Give Spencer a hug and kiss for all of us in California.
5 Teresa Walker // May 16, 2007 at 11:57 am
Spencer is so cute! Dad, your right he does have big hands and he is smiling already..He is just adorable. God Bless!
6 Grandma Van // May 16, 2007 at 12:01 pm
These pictures are great! I love the NC hat! Somehow that seems totally appropriate! You are right about the hands.. they do look like Grandpa Vans! If Spencer has that genetic link.. maybe that is a foreshadowing of things to come. I am sure he is going to be totally awesome like his Grandpa! Debbi you did good!!! And Jeff.. we love the blog.. how many new babies have a blog post the MOMENT of the their birth .. OK maybe it was 10 minutes after! Still pretty cool! Welcome to the 21st century Spencer and a Dad who knows what to do with it!
7 Shelley // May 16, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Congratulations!!! I´m so happy for you guys! Spencer is just adorable and I love the hat on him. I can´t wait to get back to the US and meet the little guy in person. Liebe Grüße aus Mannheim!
8 James // May 17, 2007 at 8:54 am
Slightly belated since Janyece is normally the one doing this stuff, but congratulations! I never realized the hospital kept stats on the cuteness factor. We’ve really been missing out!
9 Marc & Tricia // May 18, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Congratulations !! Glad he’s finally here!! We all lost our bets as to when he would be born - oh well!!
Spencer sure is a cutie & Debbi - you look great for all the fun you had just had!! Ha Ha!
It was sure great talking with you! We love you guys!!
Enjoy!
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