He actually got into the chair and asked to hold her, but I think he had second thoughts once she started screaming! :)
Grandpa spelled Luke's name out for him--so cute!
On our way to the hospital!
Waiting for her to make her grand entrance.
Here she is! Peeking out to see what's going on...
Proud papa.
Addie and Grandpa
Luke's first look at his new baby sister.
Grandma Mary meeting Addison for the first time.
I think she's already a daddy's girl! :)
Looking so sweet in her little outfit!
Sleeping peacefully...
Addie and Auntie Em
With Grandma Cathy
I may be biased, but I think she is the most beautiful little girl!
Whew! What a crazy week!! Last Monday I had a doctor's appointment that left me so discouraged and frustrated. I knew this was a big baby girl but I was informed that they would not induce before 40 weeks. Little did I know, she'd be making her entrance very very soon! Tuesday evening around 5:30 right as I was fixing dinner, my water broke. I went ahead and ate a quick bite, seeing as how I wouldn't be eating again for who knows how long! By the time we dropped Luke and Peyton off at Jonathan's sister's and got to the hospital, it was close to 7:30. My labor this time was very similar to Luke's--S-L-O-W!!!!! My contractions didn't start getting hard until later in the evening. They started me on pitocin around 1am but I couldn't get an epidal until I was further along. They did give me another pain killer which helped some but only lasted about an hour and a half. Needless to say, those were not fun hours and I was so grateful when I finally could get my epidural around 6:45. The epidural went fine for me, though Jonathan about passed out when he decided to look at what they were doing! :) I felt great for the rest of the morning but around lunchtime I started really getting uncomfortable and feeling a lot of pressure. My doctor had checked in with me and gone back to the office since I was still only about 6 centimeters dilated. They called him back sometime around 1:30 or 2 and I was soooo uncomfortable! It took him next to forever to finally get there and get ready and at 3pm he asked me if I wanted to start practice pushing or wait a little. I was like, "You've got to be kidding me, let's get this show on the road!" I pushed through the first contraction and he told the nurse, "Wow, we need to get ready, I think this baby's coming on the next contraction!" Those were the sweetest words I've ever heard! I was so worried that I would have another hard time pushing like with Luke and I did not want to push for 3 hours again! By the time the next contraction came around, I was ready to go and Addison Marie was born at 3:09! It was so amazing and awesome! She was 20 1/2 inches long and 8 pounds 6 ounces! I am so glad she decided to come 12 days early because who knows what she would have weighed by her due date!! I feel like the labor was harder with her than with Luke but the delivery and recovery have both been much easier. It took us until Thursday to finally pick a name. Addison had been on our list of names we could agree on and after spending time with her and looking at her, I just felt she looked like an Addie! We were able to come home Friday and have been doing pretty well so far. My family has been here which has been such a huge help, I can't even describe it! The first two nights were rough but last night she did much better with sleeping in her bassinet and eating more regularly. Luke has acknowledged her and talks about baby Addie. If we ask her if he wants to give her a kiss or come see her, though, he says no. He has been so busy and his schedule has been tossed out the window, so all things considered he has done a great job adjusting. Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to let anyone who was interested know what our week has looked like! We are so so blessed and cannot thank God enough for our children!!
Luke enjoyed trying out some different instruments.
Checking out an old store with daddy.
Go, Luke, go!
Enjoying the day with daddy.
He was not too sure about the carousel.
Hanging on for dear life!
Luke and Emma checking out the river after our picnic. Who knew it could be sweatshirt weather in the middle of July??
I had my 36 week check-up Monday morning. My doctor is not changing my due date, so it's still the 10th. Everything still looks good, although he did say her weight from the last ultrasound (5 pounds 15 ounces) is in the 75th percentile, so she may be big. Yea. We'll have another ultrasound in another week or so to keep an eye on her size. Dr. Delapp informed me that she is right up under my ribs and that "that must be really uncomfortable". And then he saw her kick me on my right side and stated that that is right by my liver and gallbladder, which must also be uncomfortable. Gee, thanks for the insight there doc. I had no idea. As of Monday, I was not dilated at all. I am having lots of Braxton Hicks, but nothing major by any means. I head back next Monday--weekly visits are here already! :)
