It's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I was having steady contractions much of the day about 25 minutes apart. James and I went to his office Christmas party at dinner time. I was wondering if I might go into labor during the night. I got into bed and within a couple minutes I got another contraction and during the contraction I felt a pop that made me jump. I wondered if my water had broken (although I was not expecting that at all). I felt no liquid coming out, so then I pushed on the baby to make sure she was okay. She moved around. I layed there another minute and decided I would get up to go
to the bathroom. I almost made it before the gushing began and right away, I knew my water had broken. We were both pretty excited. We called the doctor to see what he wanted us to do. Because the baby had been high, he wanted us to go on down to the hospital. We made it down here at midnight. My contractions eventually got quite strong, but they were pretty far apart. They started the pitosin early in the morning after I got my epidural. It didn't take much pushing before she arrived. I was in shock and couldn't believe she was a girl. It took a little bit of time to process it all. I'm starting to get used to it, saying "she" instead of "he". She is so sweet. She has been pretty alert when she has been awake. I haven't slept much since arriving at the hospital. I'm hoping for some good rest tonight. What a wonderful blessing God has entrusted us with. We couldn't be happier!
When we called my mom after she was born, I was still processing it all. She asked how big she was and I said 18 pounds, then I said 11 pounds and something ounces. She was like "what??" I quickly realized I was not thinking straight. Finally I got it right with 8 pounds, 14 ounces. She is 22 inches long and was born at 10:48 a.m.

Excited Momma

Isn't she precious...

She was pretty alert after being born. I love this picture. James was pretty excited.