So I know this is later than some of you wanted… but jeez common. [quick aside: I know some of you were following some of the updates on facebook and twitter. Thanks to adamwc for mildly joking that it was possible to twitter through labor and delivery, I decided to try it. When you sync your twitter account to your cell phone, your Facebook, and your AIM everyone knows what is happening. So I guess twitter isn't dumb after all.]

How it went down:

• Cari went started having regular contractions around 4:00 am on Nov. 7
• We had a doctors appointment at 10:15 am and they said “dilated to 3.5, go to the hospital.” 
• Went to Jamba Juice, Cari took a bath, and we got Lucy all set to go to a friends.
• Arrived at Kaiser Hayward around 1:00 pm
• Got admitted around 3:00 pm
• Was in labor for a very long time. 
• Around 9:45 pm Cari got an epidural 
• At 10:20 pm they broke her water and then she had a 3 minute contraction that slowed the baby’s heart beat to almost nothing
• She was rushed into the O.R. for an emergency C Section (scary), but the contraction stopped and the baby was fine. 
• 11:15 pm back to the labor and delivery room
• 1:20 am she started to push
• 2:27 am Ethan Gregory Knapp was born 6 lbs. 3 oz.
• 3:00 am Ethan stopped breathing and tuned blue, but he was quickly grabbed rubbed and given an oxygen mask and almost instantly was crying and turning pink again. Freaky!
• 3:30 am declared just fine, beautiful, and healthy