On Tuesday, March 24th at 5:39 Emerson Joseph Sudar came into our lives. He weighed 7 pounds 15 1/2 oz and was 20 1/4" long (Daddy was so excited he got some of the stats wrong that first night).
Here's how things went down for those of you who haven't heard the specifics yet. We went to the hospital Monday night so that they could induce me as planned. We arrived at 7:30 pm and went upstairs to get settled. They gave me the first dose of medicine to prepare my cervix at 10:30 pm and another at 2:30 am. By 10:30 am on Tuesday morning, I was 4 cm, the doctor broke my water and I received my epidural. I continued to progress over the next several hours and at 3 pm they told me it was time to start pushing. Around 4 pm they realized that he was face up and had me lay on my side to help him rotate. He finally rotated to face up at the very end (after also having his hand up by his head for a short time!) and came out screaming at 5:39 pm. Robert was with him while they got him cleaned up and took his apgar score, he got a 9. Not only was he not clear when he came out, but he was pinker than we had expected he would be. Since most Colorado babies are bluish purple that's what we had prepared ourselves for. The whole thing felt surreal and we were both overwhelmed that our little boy was finally here!
Robert was an amazing coach the entire day. Getting me whatever I needed, reasuring me that everything would be okay and counting each time I pushed. His support was incredible and I'm the luckiest woman in the world to have him and little Emerson in my life. 
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