Here are the long-awaited pictures of our new little girl!

5 days old:



Grammy & Lily:



The new family!

She's Heeerrrre!

Liliana Olivia, born Aug 26, 2009 at 11:49pm. She was 7 lbs., 12 oz and 19" long. She's so stinkin' cute! I apologize because my computer doesnt want to read my camera when I plug it in and we don't have a card reader yet, so there are no pictures with this post. I promise I'll post some as soon as I can!

But the delivery went really well. We went in on Wed at 7:30am to be induced and by 9am, I had started with the contractions. Let me just tell you now, future mothers-to-be that may read this blog. If they ask you if you want the pill or the Pitocin, the pill may sound easier since you dont have to have an IV until the epidural and you can get up and walk around and blah blah blah, but it hurts! It's not an oral pill! I didnt know that when my doctor asked me which I wanted to do. But I did only have to have one dose, which is a major plus.

They did eventually start me on Pitocin about 5 hours later or so. Then things really got rockin' and it was quickly time for an epidural. I got the epidural at about 3pm, and felt soo much better!! Then, since I was feeling so muchbetter, it was time to kick everybody out and take a nap. I took about a 2 hr nap, woke up at about 9:30 when the nurse came in to check my progress. It was a welcome surprise to hear that I had gone from 4cm to 9cm while I was sleeping! I always knew naps were good for you! At about 10:15, it was push time, and little Lily popped out about an hour and a half later. Did I say that epidurals are good? I felt no pain with the delivery. We were talking and laughing through the whole thing, it was great.

But the epidural has long since worn off, and I never knew that my whole body could hurt so badly. My arms are sore from pushing (holding my legs, the sheet, etc), my left arm hurts from the tetanus shot I got, my you-know-what hurts because, well, it does, my tailbone gets sore quickly, my legs are sore from having to make so much effort going up the stairs and having to walk and do everything so slowly. Did I mention that my body hurt? :-) But it's all worth it for the cute little girl that's in her daddy's arms downstairs. I think we'll keep her.

Due Date

Our due date has finally come, and Miss Lily's showing no signs of coming today. But we do still have about 11 hours, so maybe she'll cooperate. Either way, we just had our final kidless weekend. And how did we celebrate that weekend? We watched some tv, sat on the couch, hung out, ate some ice cream. It was a very exciting weekend.

We had our final doctor appointment this morning, nothing has changed. She didnt check me, but that's because on Wednesday, I was at 1-2 cm. That won't go back and I'm not having contractions. I have a feeling that tomorrow will either be the longest day, because we're mostly ready to go, or a really short day because we still do have a couple of things to do before we can go to the hospital Wednesday morning. I think Tuesday night will be much like the night before Jesus and I left to go to Disney World. We slept all of about 2 hours because of the anticipation. But this event and it's results will last a whole lot longer than a week!

Eviction!

We had our latest doctor appointment yesterday. We're still at 1-2 cm, and still sitting and waiting. Since our doctor will be gone the weekend after our due date (which is Monday), we've decided that since we don't want Lily to come while the doctor is gone, we're going in Wednesday to begin the eviction process. If she doesn't come out and play by 7:30am Wednesday morning, we're going to be induced. So we should have a baby by Thursday the 27th! Hurray! So I guess we're going to have an August baby. I'm so ready to sleep on my stomach, even if it will only be for a night. Something about having to feed her...

Maternity Leave & Fantasy Football Draft

Finally! Friday was my last day at work for 12 weeks. We have quite a bit to do around the house before the baby comes. It's a disaster and I would like to start out with a clean house. I know it won't last, but it would still be nice to at least not come home to a giant pig sty. Lily's room (her half at least) is ready for her. The office/music room half is better than it was. We just have so much stuff that we're not sure what to do with. It doesn't help that both Jesus and I hate to get rid of things. "But I've had it since high school!" or "I might use it someday!" It's only going to get worse with one more little life around. "She had it when she was born!" "My great aunt's mom's brother's kid's dog's uncle gave it to her!" Could be fun!

Preseason football has also begun, which means that the Fantasy Football draft is Labor Day weekend. I probably won't have the pleasure of being there. It takes a good 3 or 4 hours for them to get through everybody and pick all the players. I'm thinking that my time will be better spent elsewhere. Especially with a 1-2 week old. We're hoping closer to 2 weeks old. 3 weeks old would even be okay with me.

Come out Lily! We're all waiting patiently! Okay, impatiently, but who's counting?

Moving Along Nicely

We had the latest weekly doctor appointment this morning. I had her check how things were progressing (if at all) just for the fun of it. She stripped my membranes, which didnt hurt at all. My sister said it hurt like a you-know-what, but I think she's just a big weenie :-) Love ya Sis!! Anyways, the doctor said that I'm now at 2cm, Station 2 (baby's headed south) and about 50% effaced. If you dont know what all these terms mean, it may be for the better. So all in all, we're moving along nicely! Only a week and a half until my due date!