Baby Spencer

We would like to welcome Spencer Curtis Gapinski to the family. He was born on October 25th at 7:08 am weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs 10 oz and 21 3/4 inches long. Here is the story...

 I started having contractions at 6 pm on Wednesday night. They were very consistent but not very strong for  the next 4 hours. We couldn't decide whether or not to go the hospital because I didn't want to show up and only be dilated to a 1 and have to go home. We finally decided to go and arrived there around midnight. I was so happy to hear that I was already dilated to a 5! By 4 am I had made it to a 10. After 2 hours of pushing, we were not really making any progress- the baby was stuck. I was given the option of pushing for another hour or going in for a c-section. As much as I didn't want that, I didn't have the strength to keep pushing, so it was off to surgery.

It has been so nice to have Curtis home for a week to help out. He has been amazing! Brooklyn has really bonded with him which is good because she is kind of having a hard time adapting to having a new baby around.

This is one of my favorite pictures!

                          Our first family photo!