The Beginning

In the beginning there was just Casey and Kate (and Grover, Chloe, and Zion), but then on August 23rd, August was added to the equation and suddenly what was once just a couple was now a family. August Andersen Maude was born a month early.

We were shocked and scared when Kate's doctor told us at a routine visit that Kate was going to have to be induced that night (preeclampsia). It was a Friday afternoon, and we had been trying to decide where we were going to go eat that night--induction was not on the docket. There was some crying and some picture taking (we didn't have any "belly pictures" so our doctor took some for us), and then Kate was wheeled from the clinic to the hospital. Casey ran home to get some things and to take Grover over to Beth and Jeff's while Kate was hooked up to IV's and monitors. We'll spare you all the gory details, but at 10:50 the next morning August came out screaming--we were relieved by the sound and the fact that August was so healthy. He weighed 6lbs, 2oz. He was perfect.


We were in the hospital another 3 nights because of Kate's blood pressure and because August lost more than 10% of his body weight. When we finally got home everything was fabulous. We were so lucky to have family and friends close by--making us food, doing our laundry, and cleaning up our house (Thank you!). We spent most of our time just lying around, staring at August.