Emily Has Arrived!!!

As most of you know by now, Emily Joy made her very unexpected arrival on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:08 pm.  She weighed in at 6lbs, 10 oz. and was 19 3/4 in. long.  We couldn't be more excited!  Let me start from the beginning. . .

Tuesday night around 10:00 pm, I went upstairs to bed and was watching TV.  Shawn was already asleep for the night.  Well, shortly afterwards, my water broke.  I turned to Shawn and said "babe, wake up.  I think my water just broke!"  We were stunned and pretty much just stared at each other for a few minutes wondering what we do, before we kicked into gear.  We were obviously not expecting this as Emily wasn't due to arrive for another 3 weeks!  I hadn't packed a bag for the hospital or put the car seat in the car.  We called the dr. and she told us to head for the hospital because they want you to deliver within 24 hours of when your water breaks.  After scrambling around and grabbing the bare necessities, we loaded into the car and off we went.  We made the phone call to my brother and Shawn's mom and dad.  What I failed to mention is that my parents were in Europe on a 2 week cruise.  I had promised them not to worry while they were gone as I was sure there was no way Emily would arrive before they returned.  Apparently, Emily had plans of her own.  So after we checked into the hospital and they confirmed it was indeed my water that broke, we made the phone call to my dad and told him the news they didn't want to hear. . .I was in labor and Emily was on her way.  My contractions had started, but they were not strong and I was still only between 1 and 2 cm. dilated.  So they started me on pitocin and we prepared ourselves for a long night of no sleep.  I progressed pretty slowly and by morning was still only around 3 cm dilated.  Luckily they were able to give me an epidural to help with the pain.  Shawn stayed busy all night sending email updates and pictures to my parents (as they were 7 hours ahead of us).  By morning, they increased the pitocin and I started dilating a little more quickly.  Around noon we got the news we wanted to hear, I was 10 cm. and I could start pushing.  I was so relieved as I was exhausted by now and didn't know how much longer I could go.  Within the hour, the most perfect little girl arrived.  She put me and Shawn into tears.  We couldn't have been more excited and in awe of her.  She was beautiful and so perfect!

On our way to the hospital!

She's here!

After Emily arrived, we had a ton of visitors come to meet her.  We were so excited to show her off.  Thank you everyone for coming to visit and all the nice gifts.

Granny

Papa Mike and KK

Courtney

Aunt Julie and Cousin Lauren

Kara

Matt

Uncle Kevin

Uncle Scott

Aunt Sarah

Cathy

Aunt Ann

Kevin and Patti

Stay tuned for more pictures from her first few days at home!