Christine and I have successfully made ourselves a male offspring.

Our son has risen... er, come out

At about 2:30 p.m. today, our son was born at Alta View Hospital in Sandy. He weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and measured 20 inches in length. He has a lot of dark hair on his head - enough it could probably be spiked. :-)

We don't have a name yet, but I have vowed to assign his official designation tomorrow.

Pictures to come within the next 12-24 hours.

Christine was due 27 August. We think she delivered early because... well, read on.

Lagooning it

On Thursday, my parents, my siblings, their kids, and our family went to Lagoon for the day. We didn't get there until three in the afternoon, so our time to do stuff was a bit limited, but we did as much as we could before 10 p.m.

Christine wasn't supposed to go with us to Lagoon. We didn't think an eight and a half month-pregnant woman would have much fun. But, when two of my sister's kids opted out of going to Lagoon in favor of going to the Cache County Fair with their friends (What the hell were they thinking?!), we had some extra tickets. So, Christine came. She figured all that walking could put her into labor.

*winks*

The kids had a blast and didn't want to leave. Honestly, I didn't want to leave either. I had a great time and I can't wait to go again — probably next year. We'll have to try to get there a lot earlier in the day, though, so we can do more stuff.

Here are some pictures from our Lagoon trip:

Lucy & Maya in a boat ride

Lucy and her Grammy on the merry go round

Tom, Lucy, Christine, and Maya on the train

Tom, Darvell, Allison, Karen (Mom), me, Maya, and Lucy on the Rattlesnake Rapids

Getting drenched.