Introducing...

Brinley Jeanne Gouker

made her grand entrance this morning, April 4, 2010, at 6:15am. She weighed in at 7 pounds, 12 ounces and was 20 inches long. She was born here at home, and only 11 days late! Labor and delivery went well, and we are both doing great. I had had contractions off and on through out the day yesterday, and they started getting stronger around 6:30pm, but were still an hour apart. Around 11pm they were about 10 minutes apart, and getting more intense, so at 12:30 we called our midwife. She arrived just after 1am, and I was dialated to a 7, but my contractions were still somewhat sporadic, so we all just tried to rest while we waited. Then around 5:30am, the contractions were strong enough to start pushing, so I did but my water had still not broken. So right about 6:15, the midwife broke my water, and out came Brinley! She is the cutest thing (well, girl anyway!) that we have ever seen! And we are all in love. The boys couldn't be happier. They came in pretty quick to meet her, and haven't stopped checking on her and loving on her since!