Our Little Miracle

On Thursday, June 12th, we were blessed with the arrival of our little guy... following which we have been blessed with little sleep, body aches, and many new adjustments. Of course, it is all worth it to have Kalani Sisavath Brown in our lives! Please forgive us for the late arrival of this post - there is so much we want to share with you, and yet, little time and energy lately to do so.

In short, my water broke as we pulled into the parking lot of the hospital at 5:25 on Thursday morning. We figured this was a good sign that he was telling us he was ready. They started pitosin at 6:30 and we had a great day of waiting and working through contractions. By 3 pm, I had dilated from 1 cm to 5, and effaced 80 %. By 6:30, 3 1/2 hours after the epidural, I had not progressed at all, despite trying several different positions. Kevin and I had a ton of family with us in the room, hanging out and supporting us and we could not have felt more loved. At 7:15 pm, the decision was made to have a c-section, because the contractions had been very strong for several hours and they did not want Kalani to be under too much pressure. Although it was a scary turn of events, we had prepared ourselves to be prepared for anything.


All went well and Kalani was born at 7:45 pm by c-section. He was 7 lbs 8 oz, 20 and 3/4 inches long, and he is just absolutely perfect!

Kalani Sisavath Brown
less than 24 hours old

Kevin is completely in love with our son and it just melts my heart to see them together...

Happy First Father's Day!