The Little Arrives...Finally!

Well Hello World! The Little Has Arrived!

Welcome to the world! 7 lbs, 7 oz, 20 inches, born Sunday June 9,  2013 at 1:14 in the morning. The moment she came out I burst into tears and was instantly in love. It was an amazing moment and by far the best moment that I’ve been blessed to experience in my life. I kept saying to Nate, “We did it, I did it!”

We went in for our induction on Friday. Silly me, thinking you’d be here in like a day…ha! We went in on Friday at 2 pm (I was scared as hell, but had the kindest nurses to help keep me somewhat sane) and the Little didn’t arrive until Sunday at 1:14 pm…I’m really all about the whole marathon birthing…highly recommended…

The birth its self was actually the easiest part…I’ll regret this thought later I’m sure, but literally she came out and I thought, “Sure, I could TOTALLY do this again!” The worst part was the waiting, we tried a variety of things to induce, and each one took its sweet time to make minimal progress. It was an emotional ride, filled with anticipation and nonsensical self-doubt. I woke up Sunday morning, only to burst into tears with one of our fabulous nurses and just wanted to give up, not from the pain because I wasn’t really in pain much, but from the frustration of “What’s wrong with me/my body, why isn’t this working!?” Finally, they broke my water and whalah, LABOR!

I got the epidural…always get the epidural! I naively said before, “Oh, I want to do natural, that’s the way to go,” (yes this was BEFORE I was pregnant), well what a load of crap that was! Epidural = <3 in my heart forever! I’m already starting my, “I will never…when I’m a parent” list…it’s growing quite long and she’s only been here a few days, how is that possible ;)

She came out and she was perfect!

Already In Love! 

Nathan was the most amazing support person ever! I am so excited that he is the man that I get to raise my children with. He is one of the best fathers that I have ever seen and my Mini and Little are the luckiest children in the world to have him for a father. He and the Little instantly bonded, it was a moment that I will never forget.

She's already got him wrapped around her finger! <3

Big Brother was the first of the family to get to see the Little. He was SO EXCITED. Mini doesn’t usually show excitement, he’s pretty reserved, but the smile on his face and the giggles he let out when he saw her…he was one proud big brother! Ever since we’ve been home he’s been uber concerned about her! During our first outing to the doctor, he used his hands to shield her face from the sun while in the car…again, a lucky Little to have such a great big brother.

So Proud!

We were finally “released” (I imagine that prison releases must feel like this…waiting, clock ticking, dying to escape but having to wait) on Tuesday…again, Marathon Birthing, Friday to Tuesday agggghhh! Nathan literally RAN out of the room he was so done with Kaiser. We decided it was a Kaiser policy to come into your room 10 minutes after you fell asleep, or after the baby fell asleep. They like to poke the baby, wake the baby, test the momma, ask unnecessary questions. There must be cameras in the room and once you fall asleep or stop moving a buzzer goes off to tell someone to come wake you up! Needless to say we were tired! (Despite that, Kaiser did an AMAZING job and I was nothing but pleased with the whole experience).

We have been home now for three days and it’s going really well. This new role as MOMMY is the most amazing. I can’t wait to see what the days ahead bring.