Our little tax deduction has finally arrived!!!

Mallory Marie Byrd entered this world on December 30, 2007 at 8:24pm at the Northern Louisiana Medical Hospital. Mommy and Daddy are doing wonderful.

If you ask me, I would be quick to say that her labor didn't last too long and wasn't that bad. Jennifer might tell you otherwise. She started having her first contractions at 10:00pm Saturday night. She didn't even wake me up to tell me because she wasn't really sure how serious they were or even if they were real contractions at all. When I woke up Sunday morning, she told me all about them and we became very excited together. The contractions started fading for a while but eventually got worse. So after laboring at the house for a little while longer with the contractions getting worse, we decided to visit the hospital to see how far along she was. We arrived at the hospital around 3:45 Sunday afternoon. After the check-up, they decided to keep us there. And 4 hours later, Mallory was born. Jennifer was a trooper and I was so proud of her. We went into this hoping to have a natural child birth (no drugs!) but knowing the epidural was on stand-by. Everything went as we had planned and Jennifer accepted no drugs. Here are some pictures from the proud father with many more to come.