Our Lil' Cowboy

November 15th, 2010 called in sick to work. I wasnt feeling good at all and 24 hrs overdue. Which feels like a week! Went in for a stress test and the nurse said she was surprised I wasnt complaining of pain. The monitor showed that I was having pretty strong contractions(nothing more than I had felt before) After the stress test was over, I headed home to catch some Zzz's. Matt got home from work around 4 and he started cleaning up leaves in our yard. I felt bad so I went outside to help him. 4:15 I told him I was in a lot of pain and needed to go lay down. He thought I was using that as an excuse to stop cleaning up leaves. I had felt contractions before but they subsided after 45 min. The DOC said they need to last for atleast an hour. So I sat and timed them....45 min had come and gone, and I knew for sure that this was it. Matt came in to check on me and I said we need to go... like NOW! We headed to the hospital in silence because any noise drove me crazy. Checked into labor & delivery at 5:30. Hooked me up to more monitors and boy oh boy was I hurting. 6:15 my lovely nurse called for the epidural. 6:3o I was done with the epidural process...It was amazing! I didnt believe that he was finished. I didnt feel a thing! So I labored for a few hours and pushed for 2 1/2. I couldnt feel a thing until the end so I pushed for along time. At 4:43 AM November 16th McKoy Sione Ma'ake Nilson was born. 7lbs 14oz 21 1/4" long! He was as healthy as they come. He is a good boy and is sleeping anywhere from 6-8 hrs a night. People always ask why McKoy has 2 middle names and where they come from. Its Tongan culture to have 2 middle names. So the Sione (see oh neigh) means "John" My dads dad my grandpas name was John (we didnt like my dads name in Tongan) and Ma'ake (muh ock ay) means "Mark" that is Matts dads name. So there ya go the journey of welcoming our lil' boy!