Mr. Grant Thomas.

Oh my goodness I can't tell you how excited I have been this last week, because my sister had her baby! She called me on Tuesday to tell me she had gone into the clinic to get checked because she had been so sick all night. They ended up admitting her, and broke her water. I wasn't working that day, so I called my manager to get the next day off also, and I headed down to Monticello! I got there around 5pm. Mandy and Thomas were just waiting patiently in their room! Mandy's nurse was Debbie Slade, and she was awesome. She was so nice, and comforting and really seemed like she know what she was doing. :) Thomas and I watch about 5 hours worth of Office episodes haha and then Mandy's contractions started to get closer together. They had lots of visitors from both sides of the family's and it was fun to see everyone! Mandy was so pleasant, until she was dilated to about 7. Then from there to about an 8 she was in lots of pain so she decided to get the epidural shot. Then it was smooth sailing from there! She was so happy and funny the whole time! I loved it! She let me stay in to watch and it was such an amazing experience. I can't believe how incredible birth really is! I have always felt so weird about pregnant women. lol I just think its such a crazy thing that we grow other humans in our bellies! The whole process is just so insane to me. But I really was grateful that Mandy was ok with me being in there with her. It took about 20 min of her pushing and he was here! It was so much less dramatic than I was expecting! lol But that little bugger almost gave us all a heart attack (including the Dr and the nurse). When he first came out the cord was wrapped around his neck 2 times. So he was was very blue, and lifeless. Dr. Black let Thomas cut the cord which was pretty cool and then they wisked Grant over the the little heater bed thing and immediately stared oxygen and getting stuff out of his throat and nose. It took about 10 min to finally get him to breath. It was so scary, and I caught it all on tape! He never lost his pulse so that was good, and Dr. Black was so calm and collected the whole time. I was very impressed, because Thomas and I were both quietly freaking out. lol Mandy I think was a little bit out of it, so she didn't really know what was going on. But They finally got him to breathe, and he was so cute! just looking all around, and he never made a sound! Mandy was over to the side of him and once he heard her voice he looked over and wouldn't take his eyes off her. :) Even when the Dr. was still moving him around and stuff. It was so dang cute. They finally got him all cleaned up and had an x-ray on his lungs to make sure everything was ok. Then they brought him back for us to play with him! Can I just say this kid has the most hair I have EVER seen on a new born. :) I still cant stop looking at his pics, It kills me! He looks like a little surfer dude with all that blonde hair. He is such a good baby, and I still don't think he has cried yet. lol Mandy is doing fine, and feeling good. It was so cold that night I didn't even want to go out to my car to go sleep at Mandy's house. haha so I just slept with them at the hospital . In the morning My family came over and Thomas Mom and Dad came too. I was able to go down to Blanding to take a nap, and shower, I ran over to Ry's house to say hi to Karie and Kacie. Then I had to hit the road back up the American Fork! It was a very quick trip, but very eventful. :) I love this little guy already so much. I wish I lived closer, because I feel like he is going to look different every time we get down to Blanding. :( But here are some pics I was able to take while I was there. I still can't believe the hair on this kid.

This is my most favorite :) He just looks so perfect.