January 28th Birthday.

Lily Olive Harper decided to come into the world at 11:30 Central Time. Her last day in the womb was a hectic one. Dad was working the night of the 27th and wasn't sure if what Talane was feeling was actually the beginning of labor or just a false alarm. He decided if it was labor he would make it back from work before it became too serious.

Mom decided that NOW was the time to have a baby on the 27 and tried about every old trick in the book to get things headed down that road. She took two 40 minute walks. Cleaned the house, made cupcakes, had one of her friends over to work on some crafts, tried some accupressure points to stimulate contractions, and then stayed up late working on these projects. By the time she was ready for bed, her contractions were close enough together that she couldn't go to sleep. So dad got a phone call at about 3:00 am informing him that the contractions were getting pretty darn intense and that a trip to the birth center might be in order. Dad left the hospital but Mom stayed home to labor for a little while just to make sure this was the real deal. It was. But by the time Mom and Dad finally got everything ready it was past 8am. They arrived at the birth center at about 9. Talane gave birth at 11:30. The midwifes were amazed how fast it all happened. Talane totally dominated labor and the outcome was super.

Lily has been nothing short of the best baby on the block. After her birth she has only cried for about 10 minutes total. She loves sleeping and recently learned that she likes to eat. We are almost waiting for her to do something crazy, loud or annoying because she is so calm and content all of the time.
*this is Derek's extremely short version of what happened.