Lainey Paige's Birthday

The Facts:

Lainey Paige Stanfill

6/11/07 11:59 a.m.

6 lb. 5 oz.

19 inches

Happy, healthy, and beautiful (That's a fact.)

The Story:

Sister Jill and brother-in-law Jerry left early this morning, June 11, 2007, for St. Francis during a nasty downpour and thunderstorm. She was induced at around 5 a.m., and after about 15 minutes of actual pushing several hours later, Lainey Paige was born into this world. With Dad Jerry encouraging Mom-to-be at the head of the bed, my mom and I holding a leg apiece, my dad videoing (at the head of the bed), and Jill's mother-in-law Shirley offering encouragement as well, the baby was delivered 'relatively' easily with 3 bouts of pushing. The delivery nurse (a mature Heather Locklear look-alike) was actually responsible for getting the baby crowned (head showing), and then we had to wait nervously for the OB to hurry up and get there. We had reports of him being at 71st and Yale in his car, and a few minutes later, he showed up to 'catch the baby'. Whew.

Never ceases to amaze the method God provided for us to physically create life. It's just incredible.

The Pics:

Before... This is during a Braxton Hicks contraction a couple days before. The belly gets a weird shape to it during these "false" contractions. Like with Peyton, Jill carried Lainey straight out front.