Baby Emerson is Here!

My sister, Kelly, was expecting her 2nd son on February 7...but he decided that was too long to wait! About 4:30pm Friday afternoon, Kelly's water broke and she began the labor process. Great news right? Yeah, only except there was a HUGE snowstorm-a-brewin'! Like, coming down in sheets! Like, 7 inches in 3 hours! Like, "holy crap we could have this baby in the backseat if we get stuck". Whoa. Thankfully, Dusty, my brother-in-law, was able to 4-wheel-it to the hospital. The normally 30 minute drive took them about 2 hours but he did it! And praise God that Kelly was listening to her intuition (or quite possibly to the voice of God himself) because she had a "bad feeling" about taking Interstate 26 and insisted that they change routes at the last minute and go Hwy 25. Come to find out, a tractor trailer had jack-knifed on 26 and traffic WASN'T MOVING! Ahhh! That would have been a story to tell, huh?

Anyway, about 12:10 am early Saturday morning, our newest addition to the family arrived. Emerson Caldwell Stepp was 7 lbs 7oz and 20 inches long. He's perfect. Kelly says he looks just like Jackson, but with hair...and lot of it!