Kristi Marie born December 23, 1983

Kristi was about 3 weeks late when she finally arrived. Actually, I probably had our due date wrong and they didn't do ultrsounds for no reason, so we just waited. I was having contractions when I went in for my Doctor's appointment and the Dr. (Dr. Livingston) decided we should go to the hospital and break the water to get things started. He had tickets to the BYU football game that night, and I really think he wanted to get things going so he wouldn't miss it (but he did anyway). After a about eight hours of contractions, epidural, a suction to her head with a chain attached to pull her out, and a few nurses bearing down on my stomach to help push her out. She arrived safe and sound, the most beautiful baby in the nursery! (The nurses told me so.)