Stephen Allan Zank IV is Born!

Stephen Allan Zank IV was born April 3rd, 2009 in Wichita Falls Texas. He weighed in at 7lbs, 6oz and was measured to be 20 and 1/4 inches long.

Erika was having strong regular contractions on Thursday night quite possibly the result of encouragement given by the doctor at an appointment earlier that day. As the night progressed so did the feelings that Erika was having for me. I am sure that she wondered why I convinced her to get us into this mess. Things progressed to a point where I knew she needed to go and when that time came I was ready, having previously set everything necessary by the door. On our way to the hospital which is fortunately only a mile away, I took Erika on some bumpy roads. We checked into the hospital around 9pm and the nurses checked Erika to see how far along she was. Not dilated enough was disappointing to us but we knew that the contractions were steady and strong so they told us to walk the halls for 2 hours then they would check her again. One walk down the hall is all it took for the water to break and things to start rolling. We now have a beautiful and healthy baby boy and we are excited about this addition to our family!