Ryland was born April 5th, 2007 at 4:34 pm. He was 3.72 kg (8 lbs 3.6
oz) 22 inches long.
Here is a brief pictorial of his life so far.
Here is the soon to be proud parents getting ready to go to surgery. big pic
His umbilical cord was tied in a knot so he was
delivered by "C". big picture here The person on the right is holding the cord. follow it down to the knot.
Here is a close-up. My stepmom had her 2nd child die for the exact same thing but this was many years ago before fetal heart monitors could warn of any problems.
Getting his APGAR scores. Look at his conehead!!!. That was the result of about 16 hours of active labor.