She's Here!

Elise Anne Trone was born on Thursday, October 22nd at 8:45. We all spent 2 days in the hospital and came home today just in time to take a nap before the ASU vs Stanford game.
She weighed in at 7lbs 15oz and is 21inches long. Her APGAR score was 9.9, & yes her daddy is VERY PROUD! She also has some very long eyelashes.

We arrived at the hospital a little after 7am thursday morning, got checked in, and Karen's IV with the Pitocin started about 8:30am or so. Contractions started getting really intense around 1pm so she decided it was time for the epidural. Karen's labor progressed nicely and she was fully dilated at about 7pm. Karen was nothing short of AMAZING! She really pushed for a total of about 23 minutes. I almost had to catch the baby because the Dr was still putting on his gloves when her head came out.

I got to tell Karen that we had a little girl, which was the best part of all for me given how little control I had and how helpless I felt watching her in so much pain. Oh yeah, the epidural did not live up to the hype for Karen to say the least. Overall things could not have gone much better since day 1. Karen is feeling good and given how tired I am, it hurts just to think about how tired she must be. Baby Elise is latching on well and feeding good which is helping her sleep good too. Wish us luck on our 1st night at home. Here are some pictures from the big day and her 1st nap at home!