Well our little bundle of joy finally came! Addison Ann was born Sunday February 28, 2010. She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 21 inches long. I finally started having contractions on Saturday about midnight and by 1:30 am we were in the hospital waiting for the oh so heavenly epidural. Then we waited until what seemed like forever when they finally had me start pushing at 8:30 am. Three hours later and totally exhausted still no baby. They'd been watching her heartrate closely during the entire labor because it kept dropping and they couldn't figure out why. At this point the baby was also exhausted and the labor was putting too much stress on her. They brought the doctor in and he decided to try using the vacuum thing to get her out or said we would have to do an emergency C-section. Luckily after about 3 contractions she popped right out. They rushed her over to the respirtory therapist and got her cleaned out and said everything looked good. Aside from a lot of worrying about her heartrate, it was such an awesome experience. We had awesome nurses and doctors and the whole hospital stay was great. We've now been parents for a whole week and I can't believe how fast the time is flying. The days are so busy and we are totally loving watching all her funny faces and little smiles. She's been a great baby so far and we are so blessed to have her in our lives! Justin has been the most amazing dad and helpful husband. He changed almost every diaper in the hospital and still jumps at the chance to do it at home. He gets up with me during the night and takes her for a few hours during the day so I can nap. I couldn't do it without him. And it's the absolute best thing to watch him hold his little girl. There's nothing better in the world!
