New baby girl!!! This is Bethany Ann Bender. She was born on June 3 at 8 lbs. 4 oz., 20.25 inches in length with blonde or strawberry blonde hair (not sure yet).

Catherine was up a bit the night before with some contractions but thought they were false labor pains. We had a doctor's appointment the next morning at 9:15 and while checking her out, the doctor said, "Your in labor! Go home, get your bags, and come back here. Your having a baby today."

Labor was a pretty quiet experience right up until the end. About hour before the birth the contractions got significantly more severe but Catherine said the pain was still tolerable (she did the whole thing without medications) but the last twenty minutes of labor the pain got serious. Thankfully, this part of labor only lasted about 15-20 minutes and then Bethany was born.