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January 3rd was a big day for Rachel. Actually, Jan 2 and 3 were big days. It started Friday at 12:30 in the afternoon when Rach had a Non-Stress Test appointment. We went to Utah Valley Hospital and Rachel was hooked up to a monitor to see how our baby was doing with contractions. It turned out his heart rate would go down after a contraction, and we wanted the opposite. They asked if we wanted to deliver there, and we were like "No Way!" so the nurse sent us directly to Orem Community Hospital. She was put on another monitor in a huge delivery/recovery room, and we were getting excited. Our baby would do alright with some contractions and bad with others, so the monitoring continued for hours (at least we were able to see the Sugar Bowl, go Utes). Around 4:00 AM Saturday morning Rachel started having painful, painful back labor. The people finally decided to give her an epidural and around 4:30 it started to kick in and Rachel finally was able to fully relax. She went from a 1 to a 4 in a matter of minutes, and the nurses decided to give her Pitocin to give bigger contractions. Well, right when Rachel started to fall asleep the nurse came in and said the baby's heart rate was getting worse with the bigger contractions and she called the doctor in to consult. It was determined a C-section was the best option. She was prepped for it, and at 6:45 AM our little man came out of her stomach! Rachel is getting better with pain meds and rest. She's up and walking a little now, and our little boy is the greatest. He weighed 9 lbs and was 20.5 inches long. He gets cuter by the minute. It took us a few days, but we finally named him Gavin Jordan Brown. It was almost Gavin Hayden, but then I explained to Rachel about both those names, wink, wink. Enjoy the photos and little movie clip- who knows when we'll blog next.

Rachel all excited

Five minutes out of mama's stomach

First bath



Ahh...all clean



Mug shot



Sleepy



Loopy Mama



Me and my boy



Family pic