Life On the Outside

I am loving life with two little girls! Emmy is such a content and happy baby and we feel so blessed to have her in our home. The Lord knew she was exactly what our family needed!

Here is a breakdown of the day Emmy came into this world.
7am - Went to the hospital
8am - Started pitocin. I was dilated to a 1. Watched a bunch of HGTV and talked with Brian. The nurse kept bringing in homemade cookies and treats to Brian and I couldn't eat anything, but some flavored ice chips. I was dying! Despite all that I LOVED my deliver nurse, Sue! She was the same one that delivered Sadie and I am going to make sure she is there to deliver the next couple I have too.
11:40 - Dr. Leavitt broke my water. I was only dilated to a 2.
12pm - Got my epidural and took a nap.
2pm - Nurse came in and said she wanted to check my dilation, but not to expect much. When she checked I was dilated to a 9 and she started buzzing around the room getting everything ready. My dr. was in surgery, so the epidural dude came and gave me an insane amount of lidocaine because it felt like Emmy's head was already half way out.
2:50ish - I was so incredibly numb, but I pushed two times and Emmy came out at 2:54. Brian cut the umbilical cord in between taking some awesome pictures.

Let's just say it was a really easy birth and I couldn't of asked for anything more than to have such a healthy, sweet baby.

Here is the first time Sadie & Emmy met. It is amazing to me how fast Sadie has bonded with her sister. She always wants to know exactly where Emmy is and will give her a kiss and say, “there you go baby.”

Sadie holds Emmy really well (with just a little help) and wants to snuggle her baby all the time.

Emmy isn't too sure about this dude :)

Here is our only family picture at the hospital. We will have to make up for that now that we are home.

Some of the nurses were calling Emelia “Emeka” because someone’s got some really bad handwriting! I got a kick out of it though. Especially when they would say what a cute name Emeka is. Now that I think about it... it's not that bad.

A few people have said that Sadie and Emmy look so much alike, but I think these pictures kinda tell a different story.

This picture melts my heart. Sadie is really so intrigued with “her baby” and it makes me really happy that she is doing so well with all the changes going on.

This little old lady that worked at the hospital brought around a box of little knit hats for me to choose from. I thought that was really sweet and if I actually took Emmy anywhere I would put her in it more.

Sadie came to the hospital everyday to visit and got into a lot of trouble like pushing all the l buttons on my bed (I had no idea there were three different places to call the nurse!) Every time she left she was sure to tell Emmy goodbye over and over again.

Here we are getting ready to go home. It was really fun to dress Emelia up in something other than that boring white hospital onesie.

As soon as we got home Sadie's personality shined through (she's a major tease) and started grabbing Emmy's shoes.

My friend Kimberly made this cute car seat cover for me! I absolutely love it! I picked the fabric out from the baby boutique on 17th street (such a great store!)

Here are some of the proud grandparents!