new life.

On Friday, May 6th at 5:37am, with the breaking of my water, baby Luci's journey into this world began. I awoke full of energy and anticipation having already passed my due date and quickly began tying up all the loose ends before contractions began. The first came on around 6:30 but had stopped by 9:00 leaving us all to wonder what the rest of this day was going to look like. After talking to my midwife and trying a few techniques to determine if and when I should head to the hospital, the contractions came on suddenly and very strongly around 12:00pm. Glad that everything had been prepared ahead of time and just needed loading into the car, we raced out the door inbetween contractions that were now almost on top of eachother and headed towards the hospital. We were checked in by 12:45 to find out I was 8cm dialated and at 2:19pm, after conquering my fear and the fact that I was quickly realizing that maybe I did not want to do this without an epidural(that and feeling this baby was indeed larger than it's sister's), our son, Lucian Dean Florescu was born. Much emotion followed. Through tears, hugs, and sighs of relief, smiles and laughter filled the room. What a huge transition one moment creates. And what a blessed moment it is when new life begins! Thank you God for new life.

Lucian Dean Florescu

May 6, 2011

2:19pm

8lbs 12oz

21in