TORBIN

Introducing:
Torbin Jonathan Bay

After all the talk about sharing birthdays and wedding days our little Torbin decided to come on his own time and we are so glad that he did!!! We made it through Kolby and Cami's wedding on Friday, and Tom's birthday on Saturday but as soon as the party was over and the stress was gone, he started his own party on August 22. I started having contractions early Sunday morning... really early. I didn't think it was really labor until Jon convinced me to start timing how far apart the pain was. By the time we started counting the contractions were only 9 minutes apart and getting closer. Since we live in boonie town I called the hospital to see if it was worth coming in; luckily the nurse said yes!! So after a shower we made the trek into town to have a baby at about 5:30 am.
When we got to the hospital I was dilated to a 5 so I got an epidural pretty quick and the rest of the night went very smoothly. Jon was by my side the enitre time and was very helpful. By 9:00 am I was dilated to an 8 and fully efaced and the doctor broke my water. He left to go to church meetings and came back just in time to help Torbin make his grand entrance. I only had to push for like a half hour and our little man was born at 11:58 am. A "textbook delivery" is what the doc said. And after 9 months of a less than enjoyable pregnancy we were all relieved things went so well. We are very blessed. He's perfect! 6 lbs. 11 oz. and 18.5 in. long. Two of his toes on each foot are webbed and it's so cute!!!! We're biased of course, but really think he is a perfect little angel.

It took us almost all of Sunday to decide on his name and it drove our families crazy. We knew what his name wasn't but weren't in a hurry to decide. We had both thought Torbin most of the day, but it wasn't til about 8 pm we actually decided to alert the presses. Torbin is a Danish name and his middle name is after his Daddy and family tradition.

We still can't believe that we are parents but we love it and love our little man!! We laugh a lot (like in this picture) at all his cute faces and changing diapers and cry a little when we think of how much we love him and how blessed we are (and when I'm really tired). We're totally in love with Torbin!! He seems to have that effect on people. His cousins can't stop talking about him. Brynn calls him her little brother, and Michael thinks he is his baby. Brycson still calls him Cowabunga Bay Optimus Prime Bay and is excited to teach him all about Transformers. Emily can't get over his soft hair, and Claire just smiles all the time.
Torbin grows up more and more everyday and gets cuter and cuter by the minute. We really are so blessed to have him in our lives. He's such a good baby. We are all happy and doing well. Yay for Torbin!!!