Our lil' man was born on Friday, August 19, 2011! What an awesome day! He weighed 7 Ibs. 8 oz. and was 20.5 inches long (just like his mom on height, I think lol). I was started on pitocin at 12:20 and my water was broken around 1:00 pm. The contractions hit hard and fast, coming about every 1 1/2 minutes. By the time I requested my epidural, I was on a waiting list behind several other laboring mothers. The ode to mother nature was not fun! An hour and a half later I finally got some relief. Then I was stuck dilated at 9 1/2 cm for about 4 hours and that was the pits! I started pushing around 9:20 pm and had him at 11:21 pm. I started to fatigue toward the end of pushing and my pushes were getting weaker and weaker. I was severely swollen from all the pushing and had to have an episiotomy but that hasn't been too bad. It was such a weird feeling when he came out! Like he just suddenly slid out all slippery and was here! Lil' man hardly cried and was very alert and looking around at everyone right after his birth and for a long time! I've never seen his daddy look happier. :)
UTAH FIGHT SONG! for our sweet lil' Utah Man!
VERSE
I am a Utah man, sir, and I live across the green.
Our gang, it is the jolliest that you have ever seen.
Our coeds are the fairest and each one's a shining star.
Our yell, you hear it ringing through the mountains near and far.
CHORUS
Who am I, sir? A Utah man am I A Utah man, sir, and will be till I die; Ki!Yi!
We're up to snuff; we never bluff,
We're game for any fuss,
No other gang of college men
dare meet us in the muss.
So fill your lungs and sing it out and
shout it to the sky,
We'll fight for dear old Crimson,
for a Utah man am I.
VERSE
And when we prom the avenue, all lined up in a row,
And arm in arm and step in time as down the street we go.
No matter if a freshman green, or in a senior's gown,
The people all admit we are the warmest gang in town.
CHORUS
VERSE
We may not live forever on this jolly good old sphere,
But while we do we'll live a life of merriment and cheer,
And when our college days are o'er and night is drawing nigh,
With parting breath we'll sing that song:
"A Utah Man Am I".
