Presenting Hayden Jeffrey!

Well it's official, baby Hayden is finally here! After teaching my first hour class this morning I called home to ask Carly how she was doing. She told me she thought we might want to go to the Hospital soon, so I left work, picked her up and we were off! By the time we got to the Hospital in St. George (25 minutes away) she had convinced herself that she wasnt in labor, and since the temple was just across the street, she suggested we take a few laps before going inside.

When we finally went in the nurses took a look at us, and told us that they were completely full, but they were cleaning out a room, and would get us in in a few minutes, and we were asked to have a seat in the waiting room.

After about a 30 minute wait, the nurse invited us back, hooked up a monitor, asked a few questions, and checked Carly. With a bit of a shoked look on her face she said "Oh my, you're dialated to an eight!" Everything started moving really fast, and in less than two hours we had little Hayden Jeffrey in our arms. The Nurse later apologized and explained that "Women who are dialated to eight centimeters don't just walk into labor and deliver and calmly explain that they're in labor."

Unlike his brother, Hayden was born with a full head of hair and dispite being 8 days early weighed in at a healthy 8 lbs 1 ounce, and 20 inches long.

Since Coleton is so young he is not allowed inside the recovery area, but they let him look through the window of the nursery, and he quickly pointed out his new brother turned to me and exclaimed with great enthusiasm, "BABY!" If we can keep that enthusiasm coming, I think it's safe to say that the two of them are going to make quite the tandem for years to come.

Both Hayden, and Carleen are doing great, and seem to be mutually enjoying the opportunity to cuddle up together outside of the womb.

Thanks for all of your prayers!