Caleb Andrew Shoup: He's here!!!

Caleb Andrew Shoup was born on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 1:02 a.m.! He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 19.25 inches long.

When I woke up on the 24th, I told Matt I didn't feel well. I waddled around work all day and a teacher told me I had the look women get right before they go into labor. Well, I didn't think anything about it. When I got home that evening, I felt awful. By the time Matt got home, I was having contractions. We headed to the hospital and they decided the baby was ready to come out. Dr. Boyer delivered Caleb via c-section and he had some complications. He aspirated some meconium and had to be taken to the NICU almost immediately. Matt and I were so excited to see him, but extremely worried at the same time. Caleb spent 5 days in the NICU. Matt and I were able to stay at the hospital the whole time, which was absolutely wonderful. We all came home yesterday, March 2 and boy were we all glad to be home. Here are a few of the many pics from the past 5 days.