Welcome to the world Baby Girl

I feel like I'm just now coming up for air after the birth of our baby girl. Last week Wednesday May 21, 2014 at 3:36pm we welcomed Lydia Marie into our world. She weighed 7lbs 15oz and is 20 inches long. She is beautiful and perfect in every way. 

Her entrance was more dramatic than her sister's and I'm starting to wonder if this is a telltale sign of our future! Lydia's heart rate kept dropping with every contraction all the while I wasn't progressing as much as I should have been. I ended up on oxygen and had to change positions multiple times hoping that it would be more conducive for our girl and hope her heart rate would stabilize. At one point the nurses could not pick up her heartrate on the monitor for a good 2-3 mins: which seemed like forever. I thought we had lost our girl but luckily she was just hiding and after an hour long process of pushing sweet lovely Lydia was born healthy and perfect. 

We are thrilled with her and so is big sister Grace. She loves her little sister fiercely and we have to watch them closely as Grace doesn't grasp how fragile Lydia is. She'll learn and I hope that she continues to love her as much throughout their lives. 

 

I am absolutely smitten with my girls and love every ounce of our family. To have my two sweet beautiful ladies is a dream come true. ❤️ 

The final stretch home

 

Can we really be this close already? I am getting very anxious to meet our baby girl. It's hard to imagine she will be here any time now. It feels very surreal and I have a hard time imagining what it willow like having two girls at home. Grace is already a handful- what is another one going to do to the mix. I'm sure in time I will love every minute. But first I have to actually birth this baby/ on her time time/ which of course is not in my nature. 

Today was my last full day of work and tomorrow I will start working shorter days, for that I am grateful. I get tired by mid afternoon and need to rest. I also would like to spend a few extra hours with our family of three before we are a family of four. ❤️ 

Rounding the corner

This week I reached the milestone of 38 weeks. We now have a full term baked baby and are just waiting for her arrival. On Wednesday we had our pre admission appointment at the hospital. It is a relief to have that out of the way before I go into labor. Being back there was very surreal as the last time I went through those doors it was to bring Grace home. What a flood of emotions! It's all starting to come together though as I settle in and anxiously await the appearance of our baby girl. 

At work today the girls threw me a baby shower which was very sweet and so much fun. They gave me some cute clothes, a bunny blanket, some

pacifiers and a very nice gift card to Target. I feel incredibly blessed. 

We went to the Dr today for our second to last (possibly) appointment which is so hard to believe. Only 12 more days until my due date and it's hard to imagine that for sure in less than two weeks we will be a family of four. Wits getting so close I can almost touch it. I just want to be able to enjoy these last few days with Grace and love ony girl as much as I can before I have to split my attention. 

We've rounded the corner and are nearing the finish line- I can't wait to meet our newest addition!