Pictures of Katy AKA "Bean"

Baby Katy Is Finally Here!!!

Well, Miss Katy RaNae Beardshall is here, she's a whopping 6 pounds 8 ounces and 21 inches long.  She has a lot of dark brown curly hair and looks like her mother.  (Thank goodness not like her father.)  She's beautiful!

We did have a bit of a scare and Katy had to fight for her first breaths!  Amy did great and at first labor was just fine.  As we got going Katy's heart rate kept dropping and the doctors got worried and were about to take Amy to the operating room and give her a emergency C section.  However, Katy wouldn't have that and got herself stuck in the birth canal forcing the doctors to deliver her right then and there.  Thats when Katy met a medical instrument that I don't ever want to see again, the forceps!  The doctor had to pull Katy out by her head and as she did they found that the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck.  Quick hands by several doctors got the cord out from around her neck but by this point Katy wasn't breathing and she was immediately taken by the pediatrician staff.  The first apgar score was a 1 and the doctors had to preform CPR.  Just minutes later they got Katy breathing and by the 5 minute score Katy was a 9 out of 10.  Pretty amazing.  So besides a cone shaped head and some bruises Katy is doing great and she is scheduled to go home with Mom and Dad tomorrow or weds.  Thanks everyone for their support.

It's GO TIME for Team Beardshall....We're drafting a new player

In an attempt to update blogger nation Amy requested that, I, Steven Roger Beardshall update her blog and let everyone know she is in labor and it looks like baby Katy will be arriving shortly. (Oh, and don't get used to my witty and entertaining posts cause I am only filling in while Amy is unable, due to contractions and other labor related stuff. Cause I'm not gay!!!) After getting home from work at 3 AM Amy woke me up at 4 AM to tell me she peed her pants.  After both having a good laugh at Amy's expense we realized she didn't pee her pants at all but that her water had broke.  Well to make a long story boring we rushed to U med center and they told Amy it was "GO Time".  Amy is currently dilated to a 5 and has been blessed with marvels of modern medicine (the epidoral) and is saying it hasn't been that bad... I'm pretty sure its just because Amy's tough as nails.  After all the Team Beardshall motto is, "You can't hurt steel!!!" More updates to follow, unless I don't, cause sometimes I'm flakey, check my sister in laws blog cause she's a girl, and girls care.

Long Lost Picture

Cant believe I never graced you with a soccer picture. This is "Shake n' Bake", don't ask me I didnt come up with the name. Much of this summers fun was spent watching the boys play soccer. By the second go around they didn't do too bad. Steve was a pretty good sport considering he hates soccer...I think deep down he really enjoys it!

Katy's Room

Beautiful I know!!! I think we are ready, now when is she going to be ready?

Only time will tell....2 weeks 5 days left, but who is counting?