Cassidy Louise Lallo - born Dec. 28th, 2006

Thursday morning at 9:15 we had an appointment with Dr. David for Jen's 38 week checkup. Jen had been having steady contractions (every 2-3 minutes) for the past week but they were not strong enough to make much progress. Jen is a very happy pregnant girl but the lack of progress was making her much less happy. We were informed that she had a lot of amniotic fluid this time (not uncommon in a 3rd pregnancy) and speculated that without help we may not see Cassie until well into the New Year. Since we were already past the stage that CJ and Maddie were delivered we were very happy when Dr. David suggested that we could induce tomorrow (being Friday). Jen and I sat quietly awaiting a "better offer" and Dr. David, sensing this continued "....or today." YES, YES, YES. She made a call and sent us over to Labor and Delivery even though she already had 3 other pregnancies in progress and a C-section scheduled. The woman is amazing. Jen was hooked up to Pitosin at 11:30 am. Once Dr. David took care of the rest of the deliveries and started her C-section she OK'd the breaking of Jen's water at 5:10pm. Jen was 5 centimeters prior to the breaking of her water. As soon as her water was broken, her contractions grew in strength and frequency (every 60 seconds). At 5:50, Dr. David, having just finished her c-section across the hall, came in just in time as Jen had dilated to 10 and was ready to push. 6 minutes later...let me type that again so you know it wasn't a mistake...6 minutes later at 5:56 pm on Thursday December 28th and about 5 pushes into hard labor Cassidy Louise Lallo made her debut. Weighing in at 8 lbs. even and 20 in. long (our longest baby yet) she is a CHILLED out baby. Big Brother and Big Sister are being helpful and are always asking if they can kiss "Baby Cassie". Our growing family is having fun with our new addition and we are in love with this little girl. More pictures to come.

Cassidy Louise