Now these are slightly out of order becuase it won't let me up load all of them at once.

Here he is, Gabriel Elias Brinkley. 8lbs, 13oz, 20 3/4". It's a Boy!
Finally some time to hold my baby. I was so happy to be getting some quiet rest.
Olivia was so cute the next day when she got to hold him for the first time.
She started singing him a song because he was fussing. He calmed right down and she was so proud. We have video of it now we just have to figure out how to upload it from the camera.

Before
Jed was the best, most faithful labor coach EVER. Even when he was totally spent he didn't leave my side and kept counter pressure during the hard back labor.
He was so glad to see his son. I have better pictures of his reaction but they are not really G rated.
Grandma Vicki was so happy to meet her newest Grandson. Tears were not in short supply that evening. I don't think there was a dry eye in the family.
My dad came just at the right moment he sat in the hall and listened to the birth. The nurses tossed him tissue and let him loiter even though it's "against policy".

Update-
We are going to go into the hospital on Saturday the 18Th to see if things will actually start this time. My Midwife is back and I have a much better feeling about it. I'm also having contractions every day, they go from every 30 min to every 15 min so my body is practicing al ot. I'm hoping after last weeks dress rehearsal that the big night will go smoothly and quickly. Please keep us in prayer we really wanna meet our son and really hate living in limbo land.

Olivia is so excited to have her new baby brother. She tells me that she wants to help with the diapers and hold him. I know she's gonna be awesome. It's been weird for me to think of her as "not the baby" she's been my baby for 3.5 years now so I'm kinda used to thinking about her like that. I'm so looking forward to my snugly new little one. I can't wait for those sweet noises and and little toes.
I will be taking bets on when it actually happens so if you want in on the action let me know.

Belly with henna. Sheryl did a great Henna tattoo on my big belly it looked so great and it was a lot of fun.
It didn't last long though because I am so fair skinned and we went to the hot springs when my mother-in-law was in town...The hot springs was worth it. (no the water wasn't too hot the Midwife said it was OK under 101)

Update-more to come.
Well we tried to get little Gabriel to come on Saturday and made some progress but not enough to actually get labor to start in earnest. I was really hoping for him to come then because Jed has to go back to school on Monday the 20Th and I wanted to be able to spend some quiet time getting to know our baby before the rush of the school year hits us.
I am struggling to surrender fully to the process and allow the Lord and nature to just do as they will.
I know later on I will think I'm nuts for saying this but I am looking forward to labor now. I was afraid that I couldn't do it and it would be too hard. I know that it will be hard but I know I can do it also. On Saturday when we went in for the induction I started a contraction pattern of every 4 minutes with 45 second contractions. Although it was a getting to be painful I was somehow enjoying the rhythm of it like waves at the beach. I think the short dress rehearsal reminder about what labor is like has helped to relieve my fears and get me ready for the big show. I look forward to the process and the end result of getting to see my sweet baby. We are awaiting the joy and can't wait to welcome him into our family.