At home and resting

Harrison Cael (rhymes with "Gail") is at home and resting. He arrived in this world 11 minutes beofre 1 a.m. early this morning, July 9th. How he got here is a tale.

We had been to Tyler once already but Lynna's contractions just stopped cold. So, after a couple of hours, we headed home.

Sure enough, things wound up again and soon we were off. Only this time, there was not enough time to make it to the Labor of Love Birth Center in Tyler. So Vicky met us halfway, which wound up being a gas station parking lot north of Tyler.

After a few minutes of slow labor, we decided to make an attempt to drive on in to the birth center.

Harrison had other plans. He wanted out...and out he came about a mile down the road. He was healthy if not happy but rested well as we traveled on to the center.

Thanks to Vicky and her mother as well as Stacey for helping at home before we left. Here (at right) are the first round of picutres, including one from the back seat of our mini-van/brith center.