 To... We're here with Michael. Baby Michael. Alright, so we want to tell you the whole birth story. Well, bits as much as we can. But before we dive into that, remember we announced to all of you maybe six months ago that he was on his way. Point, we found out Boy or Girl. And we showed you this! And here we go. Yeah, Boy or Girl. Alright, so that was amazing. That was amazing. We found out, baby boy, we didn't tell you the name though, which was really hard. I can't tell you how many times in editing I had to cut Michael out of the vlogs over the last, what, four or five months? This is the first time we found out out of our three kids, if it was a boy or girl. So we really loved knowing and naming and talking to him and addressing him. When did we choose Michael? Because they thought I don't... Well, that's a good point. It was probably, I think it was like January-ish, like officially, so maybe two months ago. Yeah. We were like, Michael Colby. If you watched the birth vlogs from a week ago, oh up there, check them out. You might be wondering, oh, there's a few holes in the story. Well, obviously... This will be the full story. True love was in a lot of pain. There was things happening and so we could not tell the full story in the moment. We were not capable. We just, we were not capable. So here's the full story of the birth. In our infinite wisdom, our game plan, what game plan did we have? So, Sethi, our youngest at the moment. Our second born. Okay. Yeah. Second born at the moment. He, his birthday was two days before this guy's due date. And we didn't want labor and delivery to interfere with his birthday. And so we, because we're so brilliant, were like, oh, we'll pop his birthday up two weeks, March 10th. And so two weeks before, we're like, Sethi, your birthday's coming up. It's almost your birthday. And we just rode that fake birthday hard because we, we just were, we didn't want, we wanted to get a special day. He's a bit of a sensitive child. And they didn't want him to steal the thunder. Right, exactly. And so the night before the fake birthday, Seth is decorating the whole house. March 9th. I'm in bed wrapping presents. And at the end of my very last present taped it. I felt a little, it was like the first, I guess, mini contraction. It was just the first time I was like, oh, that, that's weird. That doesn't feel normal. I remembered Seth and Joseph, but especially Seth's birth. And I just knew that something was happening, even though it was two weeks, he was two weeks early. But I called the doctor, maybe what, maybe an hour later, 45 minutes later. Oh, like maybe 25 minutes later, he said, let's just start, let's just start tracking these weird things that are happening called contractions. And I was like, this is a weird thing. She was into that. Yeah. She was a little bit big time. I was like, hon, where's the hospital bed? I know. And then when he called the doctor, I was like, um, should we just go back to bed? Let's just think about this. We, let's just all go back to bed. And then I left for five minutes and I came back dressed and I think that freaked you out. I came back dressed because I was like, all right, we're going, we're, we're going. You, you had the wisdom. I knew. And so this is probably what, and I didn't even tell True Love this. I called my mom to come over, to come over to watch the boys because I knew we were going. You guys, it's so nice to have a spouse and a best friend who has wisdom and, and, and knows you and knows like when real things are happening. When the pain, the pain, right? When the pain is happening. When the pain is happening. We're in the hospital room at 1030. Yeah. So I'd say. Whatever time now. Yeah. 10 ish. Yeah. We started heading toward the hospital the first time. Yeah. That's like you caught in the one video we say round two. So we got there at, she checked me. It was like 1030. I think I remember the time we got up to the room and got undressed and everything. And she checked me and I was a one and I was having some serious pain. And I thought for sure, I mean at least I was grateful I wasn't a zero, but I thought I would be at least a two or three or in my head. I was like, I'm probably a four and I was a one. One, big old fat one. And so they can't admit you, but she did say, stay here in this room. Let's, we can give you like two, two and a half hours. And if you progress, if it changes at all, then we most likely can admit you. And so we were just thinking no problem. Things are progressing and contractions weren't progressing. They were, it was the five one one thing, you know, where it's like every five minutes for at least a minute for an hour. That happened like for an hour, an hour and a half, almost two hours. That happened at the house. That did happen at the house. That's why we went in. You know who you are, nurse? Basically at 105. 105 AM. She was discharging me because. And that's where the first vlog you might remember cut before. You didn't see that because it's the next day. It's 105 AM. Oh, you've got to go home. You've got, no, she gives me an ambient. She tells me, which is like a sleep. Yeah, it makes you sleep really hard. And she was really, we really loved her, but she definitely was treating us like we were first time parents and was like, you know what? Your body's just revving up for the big day. It's going to be a couple weeks. Don't worry, this happens to a lot of women. And then she was like, don't worry, we're not back behind the nurse's station laughing at you. And I was like, why would you say that? What? Yes you are. Yes you are. And she was really, she checked me three times in that. Even right as we were leaving, I was like, when can I come back? She checked me one more time. I did not change at all. I was a solid one that whole time. So to her defense, she, you know. Couldn't really admit us. She couldn't admit us. But she also gave me an ambient and was like, we'll see you in a couple weeks. And we get home and I, we fall asleep for an hour. An hour. An hour. So it's about 230 to three ish. I started time, it woke me up. My contractions woke me up. So I start timing it again. Nana, my mom is sleeping on the couch. Bless her. And we wake her up at, you know, 1am at 1.30 when we got back and then 3am ish. Because I remember we got back into the hotel room. I wish it was a hotel room. Back into the, back into the hospital room at 4.11. And when we got back, all the same nurses were on shift. So that's, so this is the start of the second vlog. Okay. The second vlog is kicking in. When we say round two. Round two. Round two. We're going back at 3.50 something. Well, let's see, no four. Yeah. Well, we were in the room at 4.11. And she was checking because I went to the clock. And she says to this guy, don't unpack the car. She thinks it's not going to happen. She doesn't believe us. And I knew in my gut. She's kind of giving it a side eye. Like, I was like, are you kidding me? This is happening. Round two. Round two. And this is where maybe I'll insert a few more screens. Without. Good job. It's painful. I knew the baby, Michael. Oh, it was really painful. I don't handle pain. Well, I don't know anyone who does. Well, I'm sure there's a lot of people who can handle pain. But I am so far from being one of those people. And I never in my life thought, I would like a natural birth. I just want that challenge to push another my own. Never. Never. I want my epidural. Give me my epidural. Joseph, like halfway hurt. Worked the epidural halfway. Seth, we were too late. Michael, what happened? We get in. She checks me M5. She lets him unload the car. Thank you. They call my doctor. They hook up the IV because they needed to get some antibiotics going. And they were starting to bolster me for my epidural. Only a dream of an epidural. Because then 10 minutes of hard intense labor screaming my head off, wanting to crawl out of the bed because the pain was so intense. And then my water broke. And that's never happened. The other two, they broke it right before I was ready to push. And then I was like, I want to push. And they were like, don't push. And then Tammy was like, are you so mad at me? Or no, she was like, do you hate me? And I was like, no, no. And then the contract was coming up and I was like, yes. And then so 411, we were in that room by 446. This precious Michael was in our arms. 30 minutes later from the second time we arrived. So good thing we came back, Mrs. Nurse. Two pushes. Two pushes. Which they were hard. And I'm grateful there was only two, but. And that's where the vlogs slipped and fades into black. Guys here. That's the story. So it's crazy. It was great. And they would have let us stay and given me my epidural and started my antibiotics. All would have been well. We would have had just like a little peaceful entrance into the world, but later we were in the same room for a little bit before, for recovery for maybe like 12 hours or something before they moved us to the other side. And we were like, wait a minute, when we don't hear anybody else screaming their heads off. And we asked and hon, what was the answer? It's because they all have an epidural. Their pain is numbed. We're bringing it all full circle. He came on the fake birthday. And so when the boys woke up on Saturday, we were not here. Nana was here, but they just rolled with it and had a birthday without their parents. We were a little worried. Like, what would they be who said they would be sad? And like, we do everything as a family and we're not there. And when they came to visit, we asked when like, how do you go? And she's like, hate to burst your bubble. They didn't even mention your name. So, so they love their Nana. Such is life. Such is life. All right. The end. And it was all ended well. And thank you again for all your comments. And I haven't even replied to them, but you know, life happens. We appreciate it. Thanks for your support. Yeah, support. It's awesome. So, we love you guys. All right. I'm gonna go put this little booger in bed. See beauty. Work hard. And love you. Love Michael. And love Michael. He's talking to you. That was precious. Where that may have been a burp.