This little kiddo came to us two weeks early! All 8 pounds and 4 ounces of her! And so it goes, here is the story of her birth...
Sunday evening after general conference i started to go into labor (this was "not so" in my mind; I had not even packed my hospital bags yet! after-all, i still had two weeks! or so we thought!) After cleaning the house, ironing my pajamas, showering, and... rearranging her nursery, I was finally ready to go.
We (even the nursing staff) were positive this was a false alarm! I know the nurse was thinking, "first time mom, we see this all the time..." We didn't even take our bags into the hospital with us! Sure enough, it was NOT a false alarm and I was in labor!
I am pretty sure I didn't know what I was getting myself into with this whole "going into labor thing...!" I commend any mom who does this without an epidural! Wow! I however, decided NOT to take that route. Come to think of it, the thought never even crossed my mind! (wink, wink)
After the "good doctor" gave me the epidural, it was time to rest. I was very very grateful to this man and kept telling him so over and over again! However, i don't know how anyone falls asleep at a time like this! I couldn't- So, 100 phone calls and 10 perfectly painted nails later, I was finally fast asleep.
To make a good story even better, i ended up sleeping for over an hour! When the nursing staff finally awakened me, I pushed for 2 hours and our sweet baby was born! It was amazing! She is amazing! We are so grateful she decided to come to our house! This is our journey at the hospital...
getting ready... apparently by the look on my face, the epidural has kicked in!
meeting Amelia for the first time!
our first family photo!
Mikelle came to meet you, Jo!
one of my favorites!
feeling a little better after a hot shower!
proud Poppa!
Blake, Nicole, and Summer came for a visit as well!
We left the hospital a day early! They wanted us to stay there for 3 days...we couldn't, we were going "stir-crazy". After day 2, we were ready to run out of there! It did however feel like we were stealing a baby on our way home! A bit surreal... but i think we will keep her! ;)
