Alden Stuart Haines

Alden Stuart Haines
Born: January 7, 2011

Weight: 7 pounds 11 ounces
Length: 19 Inches



Late morning of January 6th, I started having contractions about 15 minutes apart. Lyndon stayed home with me that day and didn't go to work because I figured I would go into labor at any time. We ran some errands, drove around, and my contractions got down to 10 minutes apart.

It was my mom's birthday, so we went and bought her a birthday card and my neices birthday was on the 3rd, so we bought her a gift. At 6 that night, we were supposed to go to dinner with my family for my mom's birthday.

We showed up at my parents house and I did not feel good at all. I wasn't really having contractions, I just felt really sick. Lyndon and I decided it would be smart to go to the hospital and get it checked out instead of going to dinner. When we got to the hospital I was dialated to a 4 and was in active labor.

Right after I got to the hospital (Around 7 PM), I got my epidural. What a life saver. At 11:55 PM, I started pushing. Our little guy arrived 20 minutes later at 12:16 AM on January 7th. 16 minutes after my mom's birthday.

He came out with the cord around his neck, so Lyndon wasn't able to cut his cord. Otherwise, he was perfect. I had some issues after delivery with bleeding. They hooked me up to some fluids and by morning I was feeling a little better.

We stayed in the hospital an extra day to make sure everything with my body was going smooth. What a bundle of joy!


Here we are right after delivery







Lyndon holding Alden in the hospital. He is such a good daddy



All the Haines boys...




Getting ready to leave the hospital






Our first day home




Uncle Johnny and his first nephew!