Little bit makes her apperance

I tell you what... it is really nice to fianlly have my baby girl in my arms and half of my body back! :) Little bit, aka Abbygayle Molly, made her apperance on August 21. Chad was hoping that he would be able to hold his little girl as his birthday present which was on the 19th. ( he got the Hunger Games as his present like a week later). But here is her tale of her entrance into this world:

As stated in previous post about being induced/membranes stripped, we made arrangements to have our little guy stay with a good friend from church to play with her two girls for the day then Grandpa would pick him up and come down to the springs. So we get to my doctor's appointment just barely in time and finally see her around 2 (forty minutes after my scheduled time). She tells us that she is only on call until five o'clock and if I was far dialted that she would just have me come back down the next morning instead. Well... my body was five cm dilated and baby was VERY low! And my contractions were not very consistent, at least whenever I tried to time them during the day and were not very painful (it is really hard to time them with chasing after Cam). My doctor decided that it would be best to go ahead and strip my membranes, which felt like majoring cramping and uncomfortable but wasn't too painful. Well.. she broke my water doing this, which she didn't mean to do! :) So that means that baby girl was planning on coming very soon, like maybe that weekend. As we head over to the hospital, I am eating my Which Wich sandwhich because we didnt' have lunch yet. And i just knew that as soon as I check myself in that I would not be allowed to have food! And it was a GREAT sub! As we drive the few blocks to the hospital, my contractions are getting stronger and closer together. Chad laughs while he drives as I'm eating my food and complaining of "there's another contraction". So we get checked into a room (which is really odd to walk to the room where I'm going to deliever compared to Cam's birth experience) and get placed in the bed. And sadly, I had to have an IV put in me. Which I have to say, I HATE needles! (yes I still have a bruise from having my blood drawn from the hospital over a week ago!) I really complained about having it put in compared to all the contractions I was feeling. A big baby when it comes to needles! Anyways, while we waited and waited, we wrote down six ways to spell Abby and get most family guesses on weight, height, hair and eye color, and time for baby girl. :) My doctor came over to the hosptial after 5 and waited. I was sitting at 9 cm for a while so they gave me just a little pitocin (spelling?) to move those things along since walking, birthing ball, and pushing wasn't getting me to a ten quick enough (and this is around 6:30 or so). Wow, my contractions got harder and way closer together. And yes, I did elect to go all natural again (which I somewhat regretted when I remembered the pain of pushing at the very end! lol). At 7:19 pm, Abbygayle Molly came into the world with Daddy catching her :) When she got placed onto my chest, I said "hi Abby" and saw how we should spell her name out of the two ways we liked best. She weighed 5 lbs 11 oz (which is just a pound difference between her and big brother) and 17 3/4 inches long. She is a tiny thing but she is two weeks early! But she is beautiful! Chad is the best dad and husband ever! He teared up just like when Cam was born. Well.. so I tore a small amount which had to get stiches, but I recovered so quickly with this birth compared to Cam's. I even put my own PJs on at the hosptial, which was great! I have to say that pushing hurts like no other but the recovery time (at least for me) was great. Cam and Grandpa came to the hosptial to see Abby and take pictures. It was great! I just wish my mom could have been here for her birth. This is the second grandchild she missed out on. At least with Cam, she barely missed it, but we were not sure for Abby. So we just figured it would be best if she just out from the 30th to the 4th to be here mainly for the blessing. :) So that is basically her entrance into this world.. and yes, I know I am a little crazy for electing to go all natural again. But here are some pictures from that day/night. And Cam LOVES his little sister. He gives her kisses, wants to hold her, and everything, but he also tries to sit in the baby swing when she is sleeping in it or folds it over. Oh well.. he does well for being just 20 months old. lol

happy birthday daddy!

last sunday with belly

last belly shot!

mom, dad, abby

grandma with abby

he loves his little girl

big brother meets little sister

grandpa holding abby

first bath

awake and alert

cam going to give sister a kiss

hiding in the room

how small she is in her carseat to go home

hanging out on the blanket

Ohio Visit Pictures... Finally!

Finally here are the pictures from one of my best friend's wedding! Sorry that took so long to finally post!

the bride and her dad!

 us in pink!

Cam playing at a little park while we visited with great-grandma corder

Playing grandma canter's piano!

Visit to Grand Junction..and three days left

Last weekend was a lot of fun. We went to Grand Junction for a wedding and got to see some great friends who we haven't seen in a LONG time! We decided to turn Cam around for the trip in his car seat to see how he would do.. he seemed to really like it! And.. wow.. is he loud when he yells! What a difference from backward facing to forward facing. :) We went to a store first before we checked into our hotel. Once we got there, we went down to visit with Rachael, Mark, Matthew, and Jaclyn! I have to say that I have never seen Cam so shy! We get into their hotel room and he just hides behind Chad when people come up to him. It was so cute and I so wish I had my camera to capture that moment. Matthew was so cute! and getting so big too. Finally Cam came out of his shell and started to "play" with Matthew and saying hi to Rachael. :) It was cute. We let them get back to doing stuff before Jacob's wedding by us going to the pool. Chad and Cam swam together while I watched and talked to my mom. It was so hot there about 96 degrees which we are going used to like 80 something. Poor Cam was so cold from the pool that it took him forever to warm up. We got ready and went to the wedding. It was a really nice ceremony which pictures will show. And it was just great to catch up with Jaclyn who I hadn't seen since her wedding and when we found out we were pregnant with Cam. :) My mother-in-law kept saying to me that I better not have baby two there in Grand Junction! We took the hospital bag to make sure. Sadly, we didnt' get to hang out with Rachael, Mark and Matthew on Sunday because poor Matthew was sick. So they decided to head back home to make sure Matthew got sleep and didn't get sick later the next day. Chad, Cam and I enjoyed our last hotel trip with just the three of us. and we got to watch some of the olympics! Which maybe means nothing to others but that was all I have gotten to watch since I never think about getting on the computer much anymore. (yet here I finally am!)

My handsome men! (Cam's pointing at an airplane)

Jacob and his wife!

Rachael with Matthew, me with Cam (and can't see the belly much of little bit)

me, Jaclyn and Rachael

Watching the Olympics with Daddy

On the 14th, we had my doctor's appointment which we found out that I was 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced. So baby could come anytime but we are planning on Tuesday for sure! Wow.. I only have two days left until then. Yikes! So the plan is (if this all goes according to plan): to drop off Cam at a friend's house, go to my doctor's appointment at 1:20, have her strip my membranes then go to the hospital. I feel a little bad for Chad because he is coming off of night shifts.. so no sleep for him on Tuesday! Unless he gets a nap in the morning which I might try to make sure that happens.. again.. if it goes according to plan. And we should have baby girl aka little bit later that day! Wow.. life is going to get crazy this week! I can't believe I'm doing this whole birth thing again. Granted, I knew it was coming but it is still crazy that it is just around the corner now. I'm excited to see her since I've dreamed of her the past two nights but here is just praying and hoping that she waits until Tuesday. :)

Countdown to Showtime

Four weeks... seriously? I can't believe in about four weeks that our "little bit" will be here! Chad is really excited to hold her and everything. I'm a little nervous...yes, I am. I know now what birth is all about but still a little nervous about this one. I might be induced unless she comes on her on before the 29th or 30th. So there is that.. and then.. I'll have two kids to take care of! AH! I mean, I have a good routine with Cam but adding a newborn? Hmm.. we shall see how well this goes. And I'm sure that everything will work out just fine with having Cam and little bit. I am happy and excited to have her in my arms (espeically so I can sleep on my stomach or back again :)) but still a little nervous. Other than that: nothing else is really new with us except that we are getting ready for baby girl's apperance...but the best thing was that Chad and I went to the royal gorge railroad to do a dinner train ride and a night at a motel without  Cameron. It was so strange not having our little man there but it was so nice to. Poor Grandma Corder...she had him for a day and a half, but it was good for Cam too. This shows that he does okay without us espeically since I'll be in the hospital for who knows how long with little bit and what not. We shall see. But the train ride was a lot of fun and it was just nice to be us two again. And yet it was so strange without the third and soon to be the fourth. :) It is so funny how things are when you are so used to being with your child for 24/7. Even with some breaks, you think about them all the time when you are not with them. But I do have to say.. it was great sleeping through the night and in! I hardly ever get to do that any more.. and it is just going to get worse with lack of sleep with a newborn again. :) Joys of parenthood...but so worth it :)