Evie's Story and more photos

First of all, the pictures in the post were taken by my friend Holly. She is an amature but obviously very talented. I appreciatte her being so patient while we took these pictures of Evie. I will always treasure these pictures of our sweet Evie.




So this will include some details about Evie's birth. I had an appointment with my doctor on the 23rd of December. It was supposed to be my last appointment before my scheduled induction on the 29th of December. To make a long story short, I measured 3 centimeters smaller then I had 4 days before. the doctor told me I needed an ultrasound and they made me an appointment at the hospital center for an ultrasound. I asked her if I really had to have it, it seemed to inconvenient. She said," yes you really do"she was worried about the level of fluid. So I got the ultrasound and sure enough there was hardly any fluid. So the tech made me wait while she talked to the doctor. I went back to the doctors office and they told me to go to the hospital to start getting induced. I couldn't go home to get my half packed bag because their was an ice storm. Les had the kids and packed bags for them and packed he rest of my bag. It took Les two and half hours to make the less then 10 mile trip to the hospital . It usually takes about 15 minutes. I had my IV going and was started on pit by the time Les got there. The doctor had checked in with me but didn't break my water because Les wasn't there yet. I had an epidural and 5 hours later I had the baby. The doctor had come back about 9:00 and hung out at the hospital until she was born. She screamed when she was born but calmed down quickly. It was a bit stressful to be in the hospital over the holidays but everyone was pretty nice. They brought Evie to me in a stocking on Christmas morning. Our pediatrician even made homemade scones for the parents of the babies in the hospital. Wasn't that sweet. I thought people would be grumpy about working a holiday but most of the people were very kind about it. We brought her home and had some doctors appoinments the day after christmas and the Monday after. Evie has done great growing but still hasn't figure out night and day. I am not getting much sleep.
I wanted to say thanks to my friends Amy and Kendall who watched the kids over night on the 23rd. I also want to thank my friend Margaret who helped us get our cars home and Evie home on Christmas Day. Things worked out perfectly and we were so glad to have her when we did. My mother and sister came out which was very helpful. Thank you, and mom, I hope your feeling better. Kris took a lot of candid shots of her first few days of life, they are so fun to look through, and scrapbook. I am also grateful to my mother in-law who has come to help out while we are learning to be a family of four. I am grateful to my Heavenly Father for sending such a sweet baby into our home. I am also grateful she was healthy and that the doctor was aware that the baby needed to come that day and not wait till something bad happened. I am feeling so blessed.