Our Little Monkey!!

39 weeks later and the most important thing in Ry and my life has arrived!

Our little monkey!



(Giving her best "Get that camera out of my face" look)

I visited the doctor on Wednesday. We had been planning to undergo an induction Friday, but the doctor suggested a natural type of induction to see if that would start things earlier. And boy did they! I got home and around 6 pm or so the contractions began. There was no consistent pattern at first so we just timed them. We figured that we'd get some rest around 8 in case they got worse. Ry fell asleep before I did and I kept timing them to see if there would ever become a consistent pattern. Around midnight they were so spread apart I figured the whole thing had just been false labor.

Then 2 am rolled around... and there was finally a pattern! By 5 am I could barely stand the pain and 6 am we were on the way to the hospital with contractions 5 minutes apart and it turned out I was 3-4 cm dilated. I was practically begging for the epidural then! Actually I was, as I'm sure Ry will attest.

Besides a slight scare during the wait for me to dilate, everything went perfect! Once I got the epidural time just seemed to fly, and when 1 o'clock rolled by I was 10 cm dilated and and ready to push! At 2:21 pm little Kailee Ann was born!

Here are her stats:

6lbs 3oz
19 inches long

Our first family pic:


And here she is with a head full of hair. I know she gets that for sure from her momma! And here are some more lovely pics of her! (Yes, I'm biased!)

Her first bath:

On the way home from the hospital:

We're now back at home and settling in. I'll be sure to post more pics of her in the coming weeks!