She's Here!!!

Due to the high demand...harassment...I have been receiving from not posting pictures of Maggie, I am finally posting them! I had decided that I couldn't post them until I'd finished putting away all the stuff from the hospital and people visiting, so that is why it took me so long!

These first few are of the hospital. Maggie weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. I went in to the hospital at 7:30 on Tuesday morning to be induced. It was about 8:30 when I was all hooked up and ready to go. My doctor came in at 9:00 and broke my water. That was the weirdest, quite uncomfortable experience ever. My water broke on it's own with Sam, so I wasn't expecting that! Then they started the pit drop. I was starting to have regular and hard contractions, so at 11:00 I decided I wanted my epidural. Again, I wasn't sure what to expect with this one because by the time I had one with Sam I was in so much pain I didn't even feel the whole process. But, although it was uncomfortable, I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and thorough the anesthesiologist was. It was great! At that point I think I was dilated to a 3. From there I just kept progressing, and around 7:00 I was dilated to a 5 and 90% effaced. Around that time I started to feel weird, and that something had changed, so we called the nurse in and when she checked me I was complete. So she went and called the doctor and told me not to sneeze or cough because she could already see Maggie's head. Well, after a half hour of waiting for the doctor to arrive, and 3 pushes Maggie graced us with her presence at 7:59 pm! She is beautiful and perfect and we are so glad to have her here!!!


Maggie started to cry and this is Sam telling her "Shhhh"!





Although there has definitely been quite a bit of adjusting, Sam has been so great! He is such a cute big brother. Every morning he wakes up and asks where "baby" is. He also regularly asks to hold her and likes to snuggle with her. We were having a tickling fight in our bed on Sunday morning and Maggie was in her seat next to the bed. Either Kendall or I tickled Sam and rolled off the bed and bumped her seat. The first thing he did when he stood up was say "baby okay?" We were concerned that he'd been hurt because he just bumped the handle, but he was so worried about his baby. It's so fun to watch him be so sweet with her...for now!
Thanks Liz, for the adorable jean jacket!
I'm afraid Maggie has an old man mullet. Although Sam wasn't born with this, his hair fell out on top creating this lovely look. Oh well, at least she can wear headbands!