Burl is here!

Hi everybody, Ryan here with exclusive access to Honeybees... if you haven't heard already through the grapevine, Burl was born at 6:14 PM Taiwan time. Labour started at 2:30, water broke at 5:15-ish, we were on the road by 5:30 - 5:40 and by this time Sandy's contractions were quite intense... it was hard to stop and wait at the lights... if I'd had a siren or a snow plow on the front of the car I'd have kept going... we pulled into the emergency room doors at 6:00-ish, Sandy got wheeled in and I had to move the car and park it as an ambulance followed us in... I pretty sure I laid down a pretty good tread of rubber as I left to park across the street... everything was happening so fast... Parked, I sprinted across and into the ER, to the elevator bank, and again, waiting for elevators when you're in a hurry really really really sucks... Up to the 5th floor in time for them to throw a gown on me and into the delivery room... 10-12 minutes and a whole lot of pushing later, little Burl came out... WOW! such a dramatic entry... today was a holiday so the 5:30 traffic wasn't too bad- had it been a regular work day I dare say he may have been born in our little Opel - he's so cool, I think he recognized our voices and stayed pretty calm through it all, Sandy was so strong too and didn't swear at all...

Anyway, it's 1:35 AM and I've just gotten home from the hospital. Sandy and Burl are resting comfortably, Sandy's happy and Burl's cuter than cute...

Grammie says Ivo was a real trooper and such a good boy this evening... we're all going to see them early morning... Sandy says she wants a few egg mcmuffins for brekkie...

update tomorrow...

here are some preliminary pics...