This is the family (i am filled up with 3 bags of IV fluids so excuse the chubby face, i promise it has gone down!) Everything went really well with the birth, I had a dr. appointment on Tuesday the 1st and when i went in my blood pressure was high and my feet, legs and hands were swelling really bad and dr. ellis said that i would probably have her the next day but they wanted to monitor me that night. So I went home and told Erik that we were going to have a baby and the nesting instinct kicked in over time! Then at about 4:30 that afternoon we left for the hospital. It still wasn't sinking in that we were going to have a baby but away we went to powell. They checked us in and i got hooked up on the monitors that i stayed hooked on to for the remander of the birth (not so fun). The nurses we AWESOME and they made my first experience of have a child great. Dr. Ellis did a wonderful job too! I was dialating too fast so i didn't get an epidural, but i got a spinal block and that made everything so much better. I was able to relax becasue i had a LONG night, and i think erik liked the spinal block just as much as i did!! I do have to say the husbands do have it rough as well (well at least my husband did!) But erik was great the whole night, he would rub anything, anywhere, at any time i asked! Even when i told him not to touch me a couple times, he was always there for me! I couldn't have asked for a better MAN!! Then Lauren came at 6:07 in the morning, and when the doctor pulled her out he put her right on my chest and erik and i didn't know what we were having so i asked what it was and dr. ellis and the nurses were like oh we dont' know!! and they checked and it was a GIRL! A girl with lots of hair!!
Erik and I new we liked the name Lauren but we weren't sure on a middle name. So that day we had to brain storm for a middle name for our sweet little girl, and we decided to name her after Eriks Grandma Fran Bassett! The name fits her so well!
I have to say thank you to Kimberly for the pictures! I havn't got my pictures uploaded yet, so i will put more of our little girl on here later!
She has been such a good baby so far, she just eats and sleeps! She is starting to eat every 3 hours instead of 2 so i am getting a little more sleep for the time being. Lauren had already got Erik wrapped around her finger! Erik is so good with her, I always new he would be a good dad!
5 comments:
AWWW... Lacey CONGRATS!! She is a CUTIE!! I'm sure you're going a wonderful job at being a mom. I love her full head of hair too. How cute! I hope everythings going well. It sounds like the labor went okay, I'm glad.
Ok, I love her name! haha. It's a great name for a gorgeous baby! She is darling. Congrats! I'm so glad that everything went well. Enjoy her so much. The time goes by way too fast. :)
Congratulation Lacey! She's adorable!
That is great that she's sleeping better! It's always hard to get enough sleep, but once they get on a bit of a schedule, it's heaven! Let me know if you need anything, and I want to try and bring those pants over tomorrow for you before I leave for the weekend!
Lacey, what the heck? I had to find out you had a blog by noticing the link on Shannon's blog! I can't believe I didn't know! It's so cute and I'm glad you have one now. I'm also glad to read your engagement story and Lauren's birth story. I didn't know the details of either (you know how guys are, all I got from Erik was "We're engaged" and "We had a baby" ;)
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