See what we have been ranting about.

Bailey in this pink, frilly dress (BTW Dad HATES pink and frilly) that her maternal grandmother got for her. 

Important events happening on 2-4-06

Current events that happened while Heather was bringing Bailey into this world:

• Saddam Hussein aims to sue Tony Blair and George W. Bush for crimes against Iraq. (Scotsman)
• Georgia, USA. 17 human rights activists sentenced to prison including one 81 year old retired World War II Veteran for protesting outside Fort Benning military camp. (Scoop, New Zealand)
• Twenty-seven out of 35 countries on the IAEA's Board of Governors vote to refer the nuclear program of Iran to the United Nations Security Council out of concern over Iran's plans to enrich nuclear materials and to refuse IAEA inspection of the process. (BBC)
• A stampede at a sports stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, kills 73 and injures more than 320, mostly women. Tens of thousands of people had gathered to watch the anniversary presentation of the popular ABS-CBN early afternoon TV gameshow, Wowowee. (BBC) (CNN)
• The Danish, and as a consequence of sharing the same building, the Chilean and Swedish embassies in Damascus, are firebombed by protestors denouncing the publication of what they consider sacriligious cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The Norwegian embassy is also burned. (BBC)

As provided by Wikipedia.

Miss Blue Eyes.

At 10:15am on 2-4-06, Bailey Ann Louise Mann broke her way into this world amid a large audience of doctors and nurses. It was a surprise to all involved that after a half hour of pushing, Heather delivered Bailey vaginally because her pushing started out as a way of getting Bailey lower so that she could get an emergency C-Section. You see, when Heather contracted, Bailey's heart rate would drop and wasn't going back up like it was supposed to. Heather wanted to do a vaginal birth but the doctor didn't think we should but when Heather did the couple of pushes to get Bailey lower, she made so much progress that the doctor said he would give Heather an hour to get her out but he didn't even need to give her that much time. 30 minutes later I was cutting the umbilical cord. How I did it is still a shock as my hands were shaking so much.

Unfortunately the next scare came all too quickly as Bailey decided she didn't like this whole breathing on her own thing and stopped. The wonderful medical staff at McKenzie Willamette Hospital quickly convinced her that breathing was a good thing and the scare was over.

We thought that we had a great baby as she didn't cry she just grunted her disapproval at things. Little did we know that crying was a good thing and Heather woke up that first night to find out Bailey had to get the fluid in her lungs pumped out because she wasn't crying it out. I, being the lump on a log that I am when sleeping, found this out the next morning.

But all said and done, we have a little baby girl who came into this world at 20 1/4 inches, 6 lbs. 14 oz., with dark blue eyes, what looks like receding hair line (though everyone tells us not to worry as it will fill in), and unfortunately daddy's bad gas.

Pictures, along with more updates, will be posted as we get them.

This is it.

Heather's water just broke. We are headed to the hospital and having a baby. Of course Bailey would wait until 3 hours before she's induced to come. I don't ever need a paternity test to know she's my daughter. Will keep everyone updated as more info comes in.