She's Here!!!

WARNING:

There are about a Billion pictures in this post!!!

Having said that;

WELCOME ASHLEY PEARL

At about 7:30am Wednesday morning I started having contractions. However, they were irregular and not lasting very long, plus Isaac had school pictures that day, so yes, I took Isaac to get his school pictures taken while I was in "labor"



This was the view from our delivery room!
Pretty awesome!

After returning from school pictures they were getting stronger and longer so I called the hospital and we were admitted around 11:30am. We walked around to get the contractions to be more consistent. The nurse we had was amazing! She gave us some good tips and advice to get the baby to drop (no she still hadn't dropped yet) and to get the contractions closer together.  She was also really good about leaving us alone to do our own thing.

I ended up getting my epidural, which slowed down my contractions so they hooked me up to some pitocin which got them stronger and closer together.

After 14 hrs of labor and 10 mins of pushing she made her grand entrance at 1:20am on December 1st weighing in at 9lbs 6oz and measuring 20.5 inches!

 

She is an amazing baby!! A great eater, super sleeper, and not fussy at all!!

The nice part was that since she is our 3rd and there were no complications they let us go home that evening.

Tiny Feet

Gary is totally in love with his baby sister. Always wanting to hold her and kiss her and hug her.

On our way home

Daddy's little girl!

Isaac is also loving having a baby sister. he is always making comments on how cute she is.

Day 2! She slept for 8 hrs straight!

Day 3. She's starting to open her eyes more.

Greg's Aunt and Uncle were kind enough to bring his Grandma up to meet her newest Great-Granddaughter.

Day 4. Ready for church!

Sunday nap time!
So in love with this little girl

Isaac is not as forward as Gary but you can tell he loves his baby sister

Gary is constantly asking to hold and love her

She's making the I love you sign.

I love this picture!

Greg trying out the sling

She loves cuddling with her daddy.

Such a daddy's girl already!

We are all head over heels for this little girl! We're so glad she has joined our family and we are loving every minute of it!