She's Here!

I had my baby girl!!!!

I'm a little late in posting this, but that's what happens after you have a baby and suddenly sleep is non existent. Not because your baby won't sleep, but because the precious piece of heaven came a little too soon. Taking care of a tiny preemie is hard work! I now have 2 babies 8 months apart, and a 6 year old that is home for the summer. When ever I get a moment and have time to post, I find myself busy again with being obsessed with my 3 precious pieces of heaven. I'm so blessed!

Our tiny miracle

Callie was born early Sunday morning at 2:55 am. We always joked that our baby girl was going to come on a Sunday. When I went into labor Saturday morning, we thought we might be wrong, but she took her time getting here to make sure it was on Sunday. My sweet little girl even made me miss my own baby shower. 

Hanging out in the hospital

The Story

Saturday mornings I teach 8 classes from 3 to 7 in the morning. My last class for the day was rough to get through, because I started having hard contractions. As soon as I said goodbye to my last student, I laid on the couch hoping that the pain would stop. When it didn't stop, I started timing the contractions and found that they were as close as 2 minutes apart and as far as 6 minutes at times. I let my friend know I probably wouldn't make it to a baby shower she had planned for me, and once our boys were settled and ready for the day, off we went to the hospital thinking we would soon welcome our little girl into the world. I was keeping it together until I talked to my mom. It was then reality set in and I knew I was going to have another preemie.

Well, our babies can never come on a Saturday. They always wait until Sunday. After being monitored for a while, walking around the hospital for a while, and finding out I was in labor but nothing was progressing, we were sent home with a little hope that my labor would stop, and we'd have a little more time for baby girl to cook and become more ready to join our family. The longest labor in history continued all through the afternoon and into the night. Once our boys were fast asleep, it was then baby girl decided it was time for us to head back to the hospital. She made her arrival at 2:55am Sunday morning weighing 6lbs. 4oz. And stretching a whopping 19 inches. She could not have been more perfect! We were instantly in love and cried tears of joy the moment we heard her cry. Before she was born we didn't have a name picked out for her. We had 3 possible names, but that was so hard, let alone picking from those 3. Once we saw her however, we knew that she was definitely a Callie.

Meeting sister for the first time

We were so afraid we would only see our sweet baby for a little while before she was taken to the NICU. I think our Heavenly Father knew exactly where we needed to be, because it turned out the hospital had a program where the baby has their own nurse for 24 hours of monitoring. That nurse is assigned to baby so that mom and baby are never separated. It was hard hearing her cry every time the pricked her heel to check blood sugar, but I think I would have had a harder time if my little baby girl was not with me. 

Daddy and Callie 

After spending 2 days in the hospital, getting a blood transfusion (for me), and juggling 2 little boys at home, we were able to take Callie home and our crazy life began with 2 babies 8 months apart and a very happy and helpful 6 year old. Both of my boys grew up over night, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my baby Daxton. He now seems as big as a two year old although he still has no teeth and he still cannot crawl. He rocks the army crawl and gets in plenty of trouble with that. 

My not so little baby

I've had so much help from family and wonderful friends have offered help, but I'm nervous for when all that goes away. I only hope our sweet Daxton doesn't feel like he's been forgotten. My baby is now a big brother!

Grandma came to help out!

Well, if you don't hear from my for a while, I finally have a good excuse! Lack of sleep, running around with two babies, and enjoying all the crazy blessings that have come our way! Life is hard, but life is also wonderful!!

Our crazy new life