10 November 1993

Our first baby boy was born at the University of Alabama hospital in Birmingham in November. Janie had actually been called in to induce labor two weeks early, but the labor did not progress and they sent us home.

We had a check-up on the 9th and then stopped at Pizza Hut for lunch before Janie dropped J. R. off at work. As luck would have it, or perhaps it was the pizza, Janie's water broke that afternoon. J. R. got a ride home from a colleague and we headed downtown to the hospital. Labor went slowly and finally the call was made to deliver Alex by Caeserian.