We're Home...

So she's here and home with us. We came home Friday morning after two nights in the hospital. She seems to be doing really good, and sleeps a ton, I have forgotten how much newborns will sleep. She is so tiny and is barely ever not being held because we all just love to snuggle her. Everything went really well in the hospital, we went in at 7:30a.m. and they started me on an iv of antibiotics and then at 9:30 the doctor came in and broke my water and then they started me on the pitocin to get the contractions going. I don't know what time I got an epidural, all I know is that it was awesome, so much better than the one I got in Lakeview with Olivia. By 2:00 p.m., the nurse came in to check me and I was at a 8, she than had me roll over to my other side because that sometimes helps, well I did that instantly started getting really quick and hard contractions. The nurse was gone for about 4 minutes and I had Damon call her and she came back to check me and I was at a 10. So she quickly called the doctor and he got there in about 15 minutes. There was a point where I thought that I might not be able to wait for him, luckily he made it just in time. Now I don't really tell people how easy it is for me to have babies, because I feel bad for the moms that have a really hard time, but I am really blessed with the fact that having babies is very easy for me. I only pushed for about 5-10 minutes or about 4 pushes. Damon says I didn't even break a sweat. Sophie was here very quickly . She is so cute and Olivia loves her. Surprisingly Olivia is doing really well. Sophie was born on the 6th, so we did get our 5th-anniversary, 6th-Sophie's birthday, and 7th-Olivia's birthday. We gave Olivia a charm bracelet from Sophie for her birthday and she was very happy about that.

My parents went back to Lakeview today and they took Olivia with them for the week, just so I can have all this week to really recover. I was a little nervous at first simply because the longest I've been away from Olivia has only been a day. But I know she will be fine and is so excited to go on a long date with Nanny and Grandad.

All in all we are doing wonderful, just trying to adjust to now having two gorgeous little girls. We feel very blessed.

Welcome Sohpie Kate!

This is Emma, Sian's sister, reporting that both baby and mommy are doing well.

Sophie Kate Bell
Born at 2:21 pm today
8 pounds even
20 inches long
lots of dark hair

Happy Anniversary Damon!

Today is mine and Damon's anniversary. We've been married 4 years. I was telling him today that out of those 4 years I've been pregnant 2 of them.

Its been a wonderful 4 years Damon and I can't wait for the rest them. Thank you for being such a loving and understanding husband. Your such a great husband and father. Olivia and I are so lucky. I love you and can't wait for the many years to come.

The Date is SET!

Yup that's right, my doctor has set a date for my induction. I had an appointment this morning, and my blood pressure was up and I had protein. My doctor said that he is so fed up with my up and down blood pressure that he said on WEDNESDAY I can go in to be induced. I was so excited I could have kissed him, instead I kissed Damon, haha. The doctor checked me and I'm 3 % dilated and 50% effaced so he was really pleased about that. I'm just happy that the end is in sight. I don't know what time yet I will be going in to the hospital, they said they would call, all I know is that it is on Wednesday. This does mean though that this baby will either be born on the 6th, hopefully, or the 7th. The 7th already being Olivia's birthday. At least it won't be born on the 5th our anniversary. May is sure a busy month for us. I'm so excited though, I just want to have this little girl already, I really don't like being pregnant. My mom flew in last night after leaving for the weekend, and my dad is coming down on Wednesday, so miss Olivia will get lots of attention. Anyway that's the latest news, oh and here is a my last prego picture for this pregnancy, taken today I'm 37 weeks, will be 38 on Wednesday. The other picture is of my mom and Livi having fun today.

Oh and I'm measuring 39 weeks, so I think I might have a big little baby, AAHHH!

We had a fun night last night at the hospital. Yet again no baby. I was having some pretty bad headaches yesterday, they really didn't concern me, the thing that did concern me was that I started having really sharp pains in my upper stomach on my right side. My doctor has told me to look out for that because it can mean I am having liver problems. So we headed to the hospital. They hooked me up to the monitor, monitored my blood pressure(which was great, of course) and took some blood to get some lab work. Everything came back perfect, so they sent us home. I told Damon as we were leaving that I am not coming back to the hospital, unless I know that I am going to be having this baby. We are pretty tired of going there once a week. I have a doctor appt. on Monday, and hopefully I can convince him to set a induction date. I really hate this waiting game. It would be one thing if everything had been fine this whole pregnancy but being told that if I have any pains in my head that don't go away, blurry vision, more swelling, upper stomach pain, on top of normal pregnancy pains that I need to head to the hospital, can get a little old. I don't complain to much because I would rather be safe then sorry.