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Chapter 52- THE END

It's been an hour and a half since I came in. Dr. Echart got here a few minutes after I did. I was now in a private birthing room.

Ever since I arrived my contractions have been getting worse. They were coming about 1 every 2 minutes now. I'd had an epidural to numb the pain a little, but I still felt like someone was repeatedly jabbing my lower body with a knife.

Dr. Echart pops out from the area around my legs. "You're fully dilated. The baby will be coming anytime now." She says. I look at my mom.

"But Randy's not here yet." I say. Mom bends down, rubbing my cheek.

"Don't worry hunny, he'll make it." She says. I nod, letting out a breath as another contraction hits. I hear a pounding on the door. Mom goes to answer it when Randy, dressed in scrubs, walks in. He walks over to me.

"You made it." I say, overly happy to see him.

"I made it." He replies, breathlessly. He kisses me. Dr. Echart bends down.

"All right now Emma. I need you to push." I nod, and push. "That's it, come on push." She says. I groan, pushing harder, trying to ignore the stabbing pain that pushing caused. I lean back, letting out a breath. Randy kisses my forehead.

"You can do it babe." He says.

"All right, I need another big push." I push as hard as I can. "I see a head!" She says. I glance at Randy, he's smiling. I lean back, exhausted. "Come on Emma, I need 1 more big push."

"I can't." I say, out of breath.

"Yes, you can." She says, "Push." I shake my head. Randy grips my shoulder.

"You can do this babe, I know you can. Just know that I'm right here with you." He grabs my hand. "I love you." I nod and take a deep breath, pushing with every ounce of my might.

"Got him!" Dr. Echart says, as Dakota comes out. The nurses immediately suckle out his nose and mouth. He starts crying. I look up at Randy, tears in my eyes. "Want to cut the cord, dad?" Randy nods and cuts the umbilical cord. The nurses clean Dakota off and wrap him in a blue blanket, and hand him to me. He stops crying, and I look at him, noticing his full head of dark brown hair. I cradle him in my arms, and look at Randy, our eyes meeting. I've never felt so happy in my entire life, all the pains of labor melting away, being overtaken by feelings of joy.

"Want to hold him?" I ask Randy. He nods and grabs him. Dr. Echart cleans me up. Dakota opens his eyes and looks at Randy.

"Hey there Dakota. About time you got here." Randy says, I laugh. "He's got blue eyes." He says, I smile.

"Good. He was bound to have them" Randy smiles.

"What's his name?" Dr. Echart asks.

"Dakota Keith Orton." We reply, she smiles.

"Sorry, but we need to take him now, to get him weighed." Randy nods and hands him to the nurse. "His time of birth was 8:47 pm, November 7th 2010." We smile. "I'll leave you in here to recuperate a bit, and we'll bring Dakota back soon, okay?" I nod. She smiles and heads out. Randy walks over and kisses me. By this time everyone is gone.

"He's beautiful." I say, Randy nods.

"Perfect." I nod.

"He's our little miracle." I smile. Randy changes out of his scrubs. A few minutes later, Dr. Echart comes in, carrying Dakota.

"Who wants him?" She asks. I nod to Randy. She hands him to Randy. "He's 7 pounds 10 ounces, and very healthy."

"Thanks."

"Yeah, thank you." Randy adds.

"You're welcome. I'll be back in a bit, I'm going to go check on some of my other patients now." We nod and she leaves. I look at Randy and Dakota, my beautiful husband and son, and think how lucky I am. I think back to one of my previous conversations with Randy, and how I'm so glad that I found him. Without him, I wouldn't have an amazing husband or son. My life would have no meaning. I look at them, smiling. Randy looks over at me.

"What?" He asks.

I shake my head. "Nothing." Randy hands Dakota to me. I look down at him and smile. "Welcome to the world baby, welcome to the world."

THE END!

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