It all started when I left my last doctors appointment knowing that I was going to be induced. I immediately called Kyle to let him know that sooner rather than later we would officially be mommy and daddy. As excited as we were and felt we already had a lot on our plates and knew we had to focus and get it all done before our baby was here! SO I left the doctors appointment on Tuesday and by Thursday things got really crazy! We finally did our final walk thru of our home and Friday morning at 8:00 a.m we closed and became first time home buyers. Once we closed we rushed to our apartment where my wonderful best friend and her husband we already loading up trucks full of boxes for us. We started moving Friday morning around 10:00 and it didn't stop unitl Sunday around 10:30 p.m. We had so many helpers that we unpacked boxes, moved furniture, and cleared all the empty boxes out and were completely moved in two our house in only three days! ....Grammy, Grandpa, Granny, Paw-Paw, Aunt Casey, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Paul, Beth, Matt, Uncle Eric, Bryan, Hannah, Mrs. Garrison, Kyle's boss, and our biggest helper of all Kandace were all apart of the madness. But wait it wasn't over yet we knew we would have our baby on Tuesday so Monday Kyle, Kandance, Grandpa, Aunt Casey, and Aunt Lisa all met me at school to put my entire classroom together in only one day!!!! Why? Well my classroom was being used this summer by special education and this was the first opportunity I had to get in there! IT ALL GOT DONE!!! I think Kyle and I put a little to much on our plates but it all worked out.....
Now onto BABY! We left the house at 4:30 a.m. and we were in our lakeside view room but 5:30. The pitocin was started at 7:30, the doctor broke my water at 10:00, the epidural was administered by 11:00 (I will again try to see what labor is like, it hurts and epidurals rock) Then before we knew it is was time to push.
It took no time to get her out! I was told I was ready to push at 4:45 and Ella was here at 5:10! It was such a great feeling to finally meet our daughter and to finally know we had a daughter. We stayed at St. Luke's for 2 days and then we brought our sweet angel home for the very first time. We are learning a lot as new parents, losing sleep, and realizing that our hearts grow bigger every day. Ella is a great night time baby for the most part she usally sleeps 3-6 hours before her first feeding (6 hour nights ROCK) Right now since I am on maternity leave I do the feedings during the week and Kyle does the weekends, but I only have a few weeks left and then we will really have to work together so we can survive the week! Ella has captured our hearts and continued to change our lives for the better. She will be 4 weeks old tomorrow 9-9-11.
