Almost two weeks!!

I can't believe how fast the time is going by. I am amazed how well all the kids have adjusted to having a new baby. They all love her!! She is such a calm, sweet baby. She cries only when she is hungry. She sleeps great; I can usually count on at least one 4 hour stretch, sometimes two at night. It's been great. We have had lots of visitors including Aubrey's first friend, Zander. He is my friend, Angela's new little one. They took their first nap together in Aubrey's crib.

We ventured out as a family this past weekend to lunch and a few errands. It's always fun to watch people watch us. The kids were all pretty good. The grandma's have been a big help with house work and keeping the kids busy. Now that i am feeling normal I am trying to get things back to the routine that they are used to. School starts in a few weeks!! Logan is so excited for his first day! We will keep you posted!

She's Finally Here!!

We thought things were well on the way Wednesday at 3:00 a.m. to have our baby, then we hit a road block. My contractions weren't strong enough to keep dilating so I got stuck at 4 cm. The on call doctor decided that she wasn't going to help out by giving me pitocin or breaking my water, so I labored ALL day, still 4 cm at 2:00p.m on Wednesday. Finally, we decided to ask for a second opinion. The high risk team at Winnie Palmer came in at 8:00p.m. to discuss options. They decided the best thing to do was an Amniocentesis to determine Aubrey's lung maturity and go from there.

We waited all night for the results to come back. Thursday morning at 7:30a.m. the high risk team came back, gave us all the data, the test came back that her lungs were mature and we were going to deliver!! The nurse came in and started pitocin at 8:30 a.m, I was 5 cm. My doctor came in a broke my water at 12:00 p.m., I was still 5 cm. At 12:55 p.m., still 5 cm. But 10 minutes later at 1:05 p.m. she was crowning!!

I delivered at 1:12 p.m. She is 5 pounds 2 ounces, 19 inches long, with dark brown hair!!! After quite an ordeal we have a beautiful baby girl. We can't wait to get home so everyone can enjoy her. The kids adore her. Jayden is a proud big brother, Ainsley is elated, Logan is sweet and gentle, Carson is very curious. We are going to be busy!! Thank you all for your prayers through our pregnancy. We will try to keep updating with pictures and use this site as a blog for our entire family now!

And so it begins...

The time has arrived! We are at the hospital now. Danielle started having steady contractions at 8:00 pm last night. She was able to get some sleep from 10 to 12, but she has been steady since then. We arrived at the hospital at 3:15 am and it is almost 6 am now. Danielle got her epidural and seems comfortable. My mom and her mom are here. Our video camera was broken when we got here, but Uncle Jeremy saved the day and brought his camera here at 5 am! Way to go Jeremy! We'll keep everyone updated....

Counting the Days!! 35 weeks!!

We are in the home stretch! I can't believe I've made it this far! Everyone is getting so anxious for Aubrey to make an appearance, especially Daddy. We've had a couple false alarms, which ended in them sending us home, but at 3 cent it won't be long!

Since our last update the kids have gotten out of school. We've been keeping them busy with gymanstics and soccer camps. They did Vbs and had a blast! Moslty they've been spending lots of time swimming. Logan and Carson took swimming lessons, although Carson wasn't the biggest fan, Logan has become a little fish. Ainsley is growing more excited about her sister everyday. We have been working on the nursery, which is, of course, pink!! We'll post a picture as soon as it's finished. Thanks for all your continued prayers, We'll be sure to announce when she arrives!!