a new NEPHEW!

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baby jonah ryan proctor finally decided to show up!
sarah's contractions became regular around 10pm on saturday night and by 1am ray was helping her relax her way through them. i got the phone call at about 1:45am that i should probably go ahead and leave work because the contractions were coming about every 5 minutes and lasting a minute each. i got to their house at about 2:30am and stepped in to help sarah with her relaxation so ray could get things ready to head out the door. uncle matt came over to keep an eye on olivia while she was sleeping so we could take sarah to the birthing center. we arrived about 4am, sarah's water broke around 4:55am and she started pushing at 4:59am. 9 minutes later we got to meet little jonah ryan, born in the tub at 5:08am on october 21, 2007. he weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs and 6.5 oz and was 22 inches long! mom and baby both did great and checked out healthy. both sets of grandparents and uncle jared were among the first to meet little jonah and everyone else got phone calls as soon as we thought they might be awake. liv got to meet her new little brother about 7am, when uncle matt brought her to the birthing center (after letting her get her full night of sleep) and the whole family got to go home around 10:30am to rest, recover and enjoy their new little miracle!
thank you to my friends at work who let me leave in the middle of my shift so i could be there for my sister, brother-in-law, and jonah.
and thank you sarah, for being such a wonderfully strong woman, to have her children without medication or intervention, and being an example and inspiration to all!
welcome to the world, baby jonah!