Daddy time

The other night I had a haircut appointment that I'd already moved twice, that I just couldn't bring myself to cancel.  My hairdresser now only has evening appointments and I knew I'd be sticking Eric with both girls at bedtime (ugh) but he insisted I go.  I told him to text or call me if I needed to rush out of there--it's just up the road but still.



He was reading to Amara in bed and she fell asleep in his arm, while Cora was snoozing up on his shoulder, so cute.

He texted me this photo not half an hour after I'd left--apparently they took mercy on him and he enjoyed it much more than we thought could be possible.

I'm SO glad it went well--though, no more evening appointments until after maternity leave for me :)

Welcome baby sister

Cora Mahrea Young!...now here's the story...

Thursday i worked from home b/c my BP was up--Eric decided to also b/c I had maybe a half dozen contractions Wed. night, not enough to count or anything, just precautionary...so we got Chipotle for lunch, maybe a contraction lasting 20 seconds every other hour, but no biggie.

We lost power around 2:30...and I was dilly dallying waiting for power to come on and deciding whether or not to have mom bring Amara back here, w /no power.  Around 4, I started having contractions every 15 minutes, but short, not a minute like they tell you. At 4:15,(I know I was still on f/book and emailing... )

I finally decided to just take a quick shower, and sometime after 4:30 and before 5ish, contractions basically doubled up and all of a sudden were every 3 minutes. Literally. Eric called the hospital and they said, well, you can bring her in, just to have her checked--but by the time he was off the phone, i had to have him help me get dressed and we rushed out the door with my hair wet, etc.. mom brought Amara over and we literally said 'bye' in the driveway.

I was in astonishing pain the whole ride there, basically in contractions every 90 seconds lasting a minute for the 35 minute ride, I was swearing at Eric for laughing at me, telling him to drive faster, then pull over, then faster, then avoid bumps, it was comical if i didn't think I was dying!

I got to the ER entrance at 6:19 and they brought a gurney for me, I was taken into triage where they decided I was 8 cm already and it was too late for any epidural, IV, pain med, etc. and that " I was going to have this baby in a second anyway" so i got into a room, they took my clothes off while I'm yelling "oh God" and "help me" b/c I was SO scared and freaked out and shaking in so much pain, and she was born at 6:41. Perfectly fine (ornery) and big, and loud, etc.

Mom brought Amara up to the hospital--considering it happened all so fast, it was nice for Amara to meet baby sister (finally) and let her know what was going on.  She brought this adorable blue and orange snail for baby sister, which, I'm sure will be a long term favorite keepsake for all of us.  We kept it in her bed in the hospital room, and have it in the house now too.

When my OB came in on Friday--I was 'supposed to be induced then' she said "um...why were you only on the monitors 20 minutes? Is there a story there?
classic..

Ready for baby sister?

I asked Eric to write this post, one night after Amara going to bed...he'd asked her if she was ready for baby sister to come, and I guess she got really excited and started talking about all the things she was going to do with her...

This entry is well after-the-fact, but especially when I’m involved, better late than never, and we wanted it recorded … Shortly before Micki’s due date, as I was putting Amara to bed one night, I reminded her “you know, baby sister will be here soon.  You’re going to have so much fun.”  To which, the reply was much more detailed than I expected : “Yeah, it’s going to be greaaaat.  She can read books with me.  She can eat food with me.  She can play puzzles with me.  She can watch Tom & Jerry with me.  She can lay in bed with me and look up at moons-and-stars (her ladybug night light/star projector).  And, I will give her biiig hugs and kisses!”

 

super cute ;)