Lucy Leola Rose

On June 4, 2011 we welcomed Lucy Leola Rose into our little family.

I went into labor Friday June 3 early in the morning. It took a good 12 hours for me to dilate from a 2 1/2 to a 5, and which point my labor stalled. I had an epidural and spent the night having contractions but not progressing. Finally at about 8:30 in the morning the next day the doctor decided to start some pitocin to get the ball moving, and came to break my water at 9:30 to really get things going. After spending several more hours trying to shift me into different positions to turn the baby, they finally just let me sit up and our little Lucy was born within 30 minutes! (why couldn't they just break my water and let me sit up the previous night??? Oh yeah... the doctor wanted his beauty sleep...)

Our Little Lucy was born at 2:36pm on June 4!

She weighed a whopping 7 lbs 11 oz (pretty big considering I was only supposed to be 37 weeks and 1 day pregnant!)

She calmed down right away and spent the first hour and a half of her life just happy to observe the world around her!

My mom was able to come and be there with Chris and me through the whole process. She has now been able to be at the birth of every one of her grandchildren! I love having her there as she is such a great support!

Chris and I with our little Lucy right after the birth.

Our little Lucy just wide awake and loving looking at everything around her in this strange new place.

Lucy and Daddy. She already has him wrapped around her little finger!

The kids meeting Lucy for the first time. Ethan decided she was ok, for a baby...

We are so excited to have our little Lucy here, and are just loving every moment with her!