By Todd Elgie - March 22, 2001

Kim and I were expecting a calm Spring Break this year. She was putting the finishing touches on the nursery, and I had a list of things to do (like put the car seat in the car).

All that changed Monday night just after midnight when Kim's water broke. This being our first baby, we weren't sure it really had, but we checked in to the hospital to be on the safe side.

The due date wasn't until April 21, so we weren't sure what would happen. Would we go home? Would they induce?
We didn't know...until Tuesday morning when the doctor checked Kim out and said "You won't be leaving without a baby..."

They gave Kim steroids to help Jack's lungs develop, since there was a small chance they weren't ready for the big-time. They wanted 24 hours for them to work, so we waited. She was having contractions, but they were very irregular and varied in intensity.

Kim's mom flew up from Houston that evening. The funny thing is her parents had come up last weekend to give us all the baby stuff (stroller, bassinet, swing) we couldn't take back after Christmas.

Providence.Wednesday night an ultrasound found Jack to be breech, so rather than risk infection waiting for him to turn around, it was decided to do a C-section.

At 9:05 he came into the world, scoring a "8 to 9" on the Apgar scale.

He's doing great now, and he and Kim are now trying to figure out the nursing thing. They came home Friday night (and I did get the car seat put in!).