Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

For me this holiday will forever be trumped by the happenings of Martin Luther King, Jr. day 2008. I awoke at 2:15 with strong, consistent contractions and a couple hours later drove to the hospital in the middle of the worst blizzard of the year (for me the worst blizzard ever). As Curtis inched along, we saw several cars off the rode and I knew if that happened to us our son would be born in the car. We made it safely and just in the nick of time. I was dilated to 9 1/2 cm and had to wait to push till my nurse midwife arrived. Nathan was born at 7:30 am and I did it all natural, just as I wanted. I will write more about my buddy boy on his birthday, January 21st.