Look Who's Here....

Stella Jane!!
Arrived October 19th at 1:46pm
7 lbs 4 oz 21 1/4 in

At church I was having quite a few contractions, but didn't think it would turn into anything. I came home and finished the cleaning/organizing projects I was working on, Travis worked on his projects, I vacuumed and mopped the entire downstairs, even behind and under the couches and went to bed pretty tired. I was awakened a few times in the night with contractions, but around 4am the contractions were pretty intense and I couldn't sleep. They continued to get worse and closer together so around 4:30 I got out of bed, started packing my bag and a bag for the boys. I called my mom at 5:30 to tell her I was in labor and that she should look for a flight out here. I woke Travis up at 6:00 and told him to get ready, we dropped the boys off at his sister's house at 6:30 and we were at the hospital a little before 7:00.
I was able to get an epidural a few hours later which was SOOO nice. I seriously don't know how people manage without it, I think I must have a low pain tolerance. Everything went really smoothly, except for the fact that little Stella was posterior and we couldn't get her to turn around. As a result it took 45 minutes to push out my smallest baby and the epidural wore off at the end, when I needed it most! She was definitely worth it, but I hope to never experience that again!

Beacause of the swine flu they are only allowing 2 visitors at a time and they have to be 18 or older. That was disappointing because the boys really wanted to come to the hospital to see the baby, and I think there's just something special about being able to do that. I wanted to get home as soon as possible to see the boys and to have them meet their new sister so we were able to leave the hospital around noon the next day.

One of the first things the doctor said was that she has big feet, and indeed she does! She also has really long fingers and she's pretty long for a baby too. The doctor joked that she won't need her brother's to protect her, she'll be protecting them! Here's hoping she grows into her appendages.

Pretty in pink. I have to say that I love all the sweet little pink outfits she has. So far she has been a very easy going baby. However, she does seem more alert during the night and likes to wake about every 2 hours to eat, hopefully we can change those things in the near future.