our newest addition

welcome to the world richard joseph zong- zhi turner! he was born july 3, at 845 am- 7 pounds 2 ounces, 22 inches long! i was soooo happy to finally have him out! he was two weeks early, but that was a huge blessing. any longer in there and i think he would have rivaled sammy in weight:) the labor was long- 12 hours- but i had an epidural and pretty much just layed in bed until it came time to push. that's when things went south. the epidural, despite being turned up and a second dosage of something stronger, didn't work! it numbed my entire body, except the one place that needed it the most, so i felt every one of those seven minutes that it took to push richard out. don't EVER want to feel that again:) anyway- here are some pics of the new little man. he hasn't actually woken up for anything, not even food. he just kind of opens his mouth, ii nurse and then he goes back to sleep. apparently, 12 hours of labor is really hard on babies:)