Go Speed Racer!

After several false alarms… my newest nephew Luke finally decided that yesterday was the day he would enter the world. He was 5 days over due…and we were all dying to meet him.

Alicia wanted me to be there to take pictures and tweet the birth…but it was not to be.

Even though she called me as soon as she was in active labor I was not able to get to them in time. We live a little more than an hour apart..and well, her babies just come really fast. In fact, she almost had Emma (who is just a few months younger than Jackson) in the car on the way to the hospital. Her entire active labor with Luke was less than 3 hours!

So when I walked in their house yesterday Marc told me that I had missed the birth by like 3 minutes. I was a little disheartened (I missed Emma’s birth too) but I still got to see her deliver the placenta and the midwife showed it to me afterward. So that was cool.

Plus I got to cuddle my cute nephew for a bit…and really that was the most important thing.

Luke Daniel was born January 8th at 11:06 am
He weighed 8lbs 4oz
21 inches long