FREEDOM!!

October 12th, 2010. The day the dude finally decided to join our family. Cruz Bennett Jorgensen weighed in at 8.04 ounces and 21.5 inches.

According to a recent poll of me, Cruz was elected the coolest kid of ever.

On the night of October 11th I took Ashley our to Bourbon Street, a nice resturaunt in town to have a little "Last Supper." As soon as we had ordered our appetizer Ashley shot me a weird look and said, "I just had a contraction." We skipped the main course and headed home so she could have a bit more privacy. By the end of the night however, the contractions had stopped. So with a false alarm logged, we went to bed.

At 3:30 AM I woke up to Ashley saying, "Beau, I'm in labor but I want to shower and eat before we go to the hospital. So go back to sleep." That obviously didn't happen. I loaded everything up in the car while she showered. Then she got out of the shower and asked where all of her stuff was. So I unpacked the car. We then argued about when to go to the hospital for the next couple of hours. Ash wanted to stay home for awhile, and I wanted to get there as fast as possible. She like the idea of not being in the hospital all day, and I was deathly afraid of delivering the child on the kitchen floor. "Ash" I said, "they have doctors and drugs there. Let's go!"

We finally got there, walked alot, found the coffee, and even ate a few popsicles. I talked Ash into taking the epidural finally. She was planning on taking it, just once again I wanted to error on the side of early. Then all the labor stuff hit. Here's a synopsis.

This will take awhile. How dialated? Really? Oh hi Dr. Hines! Serious? Should I call my mom? Oh my god. PUSH! I am not looking, ok I will peek. Ohmygod. PUSH. We're parents! These scissors are too dull to be cutting this. Are you ok? I can't believe he's here. HOLY SHIT I'M A DAD.

I'm a dad. I'm a dad and it's awesome. We got home the yesterday after 2 days in the hospital staffed with some of the nicest and most caring women in the world. We can't imagine being taken care of any better. I will get back to the sarcasm and dick jokes soon, but right now I have a little dude squirming on the floor that could use to cuddle.