Happy 7th Birthday, Diana!

We celebrated Diana's 7th birthday today.

Not knowing exactly when she would give birth, Sam had asked Janessa Burt, a former neighbor of ours who LOVES making desserts, to make a birthday cake for Diana. As usual, Janessa's cake was impressive.

Baby Layth is born

Layth Ogden

DOB: Thursday, 26 March

Time of Birth: 8:15am

Weight: 9.4lbs

Length: 20 inches

4:30am - Contractions began

5:45am - Drove to University of Utah Hospital

6:45am - Dilated at 6-7

8:10am - Water broke on its own

8:15am - Layth is born

This was about an hour before baby Layth was born.

I love this video. My beautiful wife is preparing to bring our son into this world. She's listening to calming music from her cell phone. She's hooked up to a device that monitors the baby's heart beat, which you can hear in the background.

They moved us to a different room after check-in. This is the room where Sam gave birth.

We took some pictures of Layth wearing the University of Utah beanie because he was born at the University of Utah Hospital. I'm a big BYU fan, but there's a special place in my heart for the University of Utah after what they did to help Sam get through her years of cancer treatments, and now having a baby born at the hospital there.

Kate (Sam's sister) took care of the kids for half the day while I was at the hospital with Sam. Later today, I went home to pick them up and bring them to see their new little brother.

Happy Mother

Penny enjoyed driving Layth around the hospital hallways.

Layth did not like his first bath. 😁

Penny, Douglas, and Layth

Diana and Layth

Leaving the hospital the next day!

Sam was very happy to come home.

Getting some skin-to-skin time with my little man.

Penny and Layth

Douglas is so happy to have a little brother.

The kids are great with their new little brother.

Trip to the zoo / Douglas goes skiing / my co-workers celebrate the coming of baby Layth

 Sam and the kids joined Kate, Clayton, Ivy, and Maverick at Hogle Zoo.

Penny with Mr. Otter.

Maverick with Mr. Otter.

Diana, Douglas, Penny, Ivy, Maverick

Maverick, Clayton, Douglas

Diana, Penny, Ivy

Penny, Ivy, Diana

Douglas went skiing for the first time in his life. He went with the Deacons Quorum, and he loved it!

My co-workers threw a surprise party for me before I went home to await the arrival of baby Layth. Layth means "lion" in Arabic. Hence the lion decorations.