Introducing Veronica Rae,
born 12:38 am February 8th, 2011.
8 lbs. 2.9 0z. 20 in.
After a few weeks of teasing us, our baby girl decided it was time to make her entrance into this world! What a crazy entrance it was! I won't go into too much detail but after being admitted around 11 pm on February 7th we were told I could have my epidural and to expect a baby by 6am the next morning. Before they could even do my bloodwork I was in serious pain. After being admitted at 5cm dilated the nurse checked again to find I was now at 9cm with hardly any time passing. My water broke and all the nurses and doctor were in a mad dash to get things prepped for a baby. I was told there was no time for an epidural. From the time I began pushing it took about 10 minutes to deliver our baby girl. So needless to say the birth did not go as planned and Michael is just glad to still have use of his hand after the birth. From the time I got into my room and Michael had notified our parents around 11:30pm to expect a baby the next day we had a healthy baby girl about an hour later. I had not planned to have a natural delivery and still can't believe I did, but everything just happened too quickly.
Veronica has been such a good baby! Maybe because her delivery was so dramatic, she is just going to be calm from here on out! Fingers crossed:) She lets us know when she is hungry and that's about it so far. She has even given us some pretty good nights so far with a few 4-5 hour stretches of sleep here and there.
Her big brother is doing great as well! I think he is more interested in her every day. When he wakes up he wants to see "sissy." He has been quite the big helper around the house as we all adjust to our family of 4! Michael and I are so blessed and excited to see our kids grow. Thank you to all our family and friends for their love and support!
