Hi Everyone!
Well we brought little Lily Grace home from the hospital this afternoon! We are all settling in pretty well so far. Just to give everyone a recap. We checked into the hospital Wednesday morning at 8am and I was supposed to be induced then. We had to wait around for a room because there were so many ladies having babies that day! It was about 10:10 when they got my IV started and things progressed well. I got my epidural pretty early on (my theory is why should I feel any pain if I don't have to!) and things were smooth sailing. Then all of sudden I felt a lot of pressure. The nurse told me to go ahead and try pushing to see how things were going. She pretty much immediately told me to stop and went and called the doctor. Dr. Sofia left a patient in the exam room to come deliver Lily! I pushed all of about five minutes or two contractions and she was here at 3:41pm! So it was about 5 1/2 hours from beginning to end. Ella was still quicker at 4 hours 50 minutes but she was also a week late.
We spent a little extra time in the hospital this time because Lily was go big at 9lbs, 1oz. They wanted to make sure she was getting enough to eat etc. She's doing great! All of her checkups and tests went well. She looks sooo much like Ella did when she was born (I'll have to post a comparison picture soon!).
Ella is a great big sister so far. She has tried to give Lily toys when she was crying and to give her the pacifier. She doesn't seem too jealous yet. Just seems to have accepted that this is the way things are right now. We'll see if they continue to go well.
Oh, and Lily has webbed toes on both her feet just like me and Andrew! (Ella didn't get the webbed toe trait) Lily also liked sucking her thumb when she was first born. She was having trouble finding it later though and we've had her "burrito" wrapped in a blanket most of the time. And she hasn't latched onto the pacifier quite the same way as Ella. So it remains to be seen if she finds that thumb again.
Thank you to everyone for all their well wishes and congratulations! And check the latest pictures link on the right for more pictures of all of us!
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CONGRATULATIONS to all of you! Try to say "Holly Ella Lily" five times fast. It's really fun! :)
I clicked on "latest pictures", but I didn't see any new albums. Maybe I need to refresh my browser or something.
Anyway, I'm off to pick up my race packet for Sunday!
Love, Benj
What a beautiful family!
Little Ella looks so big now and Lily looks like she's smiling.
Holly, you look terrific!
I can't help but think how blessed we are to have two wonderful granddaughters.
We're counting the days until we come out to meet Lily and see all of you.
Much love! Mom
So it's taken me a little longer than I expected to get the photos up. I have a feeling this will be a recurring thing in our lives now....everything taking a little longer than expected. ;-)
They will hopefully be up by the end of tomorrow (Oct. 1).
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