THE story

The Love of My Life and I are settling in to the newness of our life. All visitors have gone home now, so today, it's just me and Little One. We're coming off of our best night of rest yet (4 hours of sleep, eat, 3 hours of sleep, eat, 5 hours of sleep, eat)!!! I'm feeling pretty rested, pretty together, and pretty relaxed, not to mention, I can see the bones in my feet again! I have found that I am much more pleasant when I've had more than 3 hours of sleep, of course. But even during those rough nights, to get up and see those big eyes looking in mine fills my heart to the brim.

I guess you're wondering how in the world we ended up with bebe two weeks before she was due...especially after posting how I needed to be patient while waiting for her arrival! Here's the scoop.

I woke up at about 2:30 on Saturday morning to the sounds of a party bus dropping of a dozen "party people" across the street. I was so frustrated with them and their drunken noisiness that I almost went on the front porch, belly exposed, to exclaim that I was NINE MONTHS PREGNANT and needed to sleep! But I refrained. Instead, I focused on the weird pain in my lower back. It kept coming and going but it didn't hurt bad enough to be contractions (or did it?). Anyway, I watched the clock and timed these pains for about two hours. As they started to get more regular and stronger, I woke LOML up. "I'm having these weird pains in my back, I think they might be contractions but I'm not sure." And he groggily says, "Uh, is this something I need to stay awake for or can I close my eyes for a little longer." heehee. So he sat with me and timed them. After they were 5 minutes apart for an hour, we packed up our bags and headed to the hospital!

I was so worried we would be that couple that show up, thinking they are in labor, just to be turned away. That's my pride coming out- I don't want to seem like I don't know what I'm doing. Regardless, the nurse took me back, strapped me in (all those monitors) and told me I was "far too chipper to be in labor." At that point, I was so excited at the idea of meeting this baby that we have prayed for for YEARS. I would say I was entitled to be chipper! It turns out I was 4-5 cm dilated. She said, surprised, "You're gonna be a mama today!" I get teary just typing that! I'll spare you the rest of the details- just suffice it to say that the actual labor and delivery was the best part of the whole pregnancy. To finally welcome this life that God designed and fastened inside of me is a miracle. My sister told me that children multiply love in a family. Little One has already brought out more love in our hearts than we ever could have imagined.