Up All Night with Griffin Mays - Episode 1

Ashley and I have decided to periodically produce a video containing some photos and videos that we have shot of Griffin, to share both his experiences as a newborn as well as our experiences as new parents. Enjoy episode 1!

Griffin Mays Connelly: Born 8/7/2013 at 3:04am

We did it! Well, Ashley definitely did it, I was just there for support. Pregnant for 264 days, Ashley gave birth to a happy and healthy little boy on Wednesday. We are so tremendously happy! We left our house on 8/6 to head to the hospital, Avista Adventist Hospital in Louisville. We had a planned induction to begin at 7:30am. Prior to heading to the hospital, we went out to breakfast for one last time just the two of us. Afterwards, we headed to Avista. Below is our journey in photos. After 17 hours of often intense contractions, the doctor came in and advised us that we would maybe need to do a C-Section. I must say that Ashley getting through those contractions was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Every other minute, having intense pain, and not once did Ashley yell in agony or complain about the pain. It was inspiring to see and be a part of. We made the decision to do a C-Section, and the doctors and nurses came in and got Ashley prepared to head into the OR while I put on some scrubs so I could go in as well. About 15 minutes after I got in to the room, OUR SON WAS BORN! The doctor's lifted him out and showed him to me. After taking him out, the nurses quickly walked him over to a nearby table to clean him up. It's a pretty amazing experience being able to cut my son's umbilical chord. Our lil guy weighed in at a whopping 9lbs! Ashley's first time holding our son. Dr. Spears holding our baby she just delivered. A girl who works in the nursery also designs the beanies that are given to newborns. She said she could make us a police car hat, and she hooked us up with this awesome hat. It even has a car number, which is 8713, our son's date of birth. I threw in my badge to complete the look. Ashley and I had talked about a number of different names, tossing around about three different finalists. On Tuesday morning at breakfast, seemingly out of nowhere, I threw out Griffin. It immediately stuck. Griffin Mays Connelly. We are so excited about this new journey in our lives. Griffin is the perfect addition to our family.

Colorado Springs Trip

Wow... It's been a long time since I've updated this blog! As most of you know, Ashley and I are expecting a son soon! Her due date is August 10th. We are so excited for the new addition to our family. Ashley and I decided to take one final road trip prior to our lil' guy being born. We headed up to Fort Collins, Colorado for the day, and we had a great time. After eating lunch we went walk around the campus of Colorado State University. There was this very nice tree-covered walkway, keeping us cool during the rising summer temperatures. We drove over to Horsetooth Reservoir and enjoyed the scenery. Ashley is due in four short weeks! After leaving Fort Collins, we drove back home to watch Despicable Me 2, which was an awesome movie! On Thursday we drove down to Colorado Springs, and hit up The Garden of the Gods. It's a beautiful place with very unique rock formations. After leaving Garden of the Gods, we went to the United States Olympic Training Center, which was pretty cool. We took a quick tour and then went to check in to our hotel. Later in the evening, we went to the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox game against the Reno Aces. On Friday we went to visit a site called Seven Falls. It is one waterfall, that has seven different areas where the water goes over the edge. We weren't very impressed by the $8.95 charge per person to get in to the place, but it was still a cool site to see. Cool staircase leading up to the observation deck at the waterfall. After leaving, we drove about a mile away to another scenic area. We can't wait for August 10th (or sometime around there) for our son to be born! I will definitely be updating this blog more with photos of our lil' guy when he gets here!