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LOTS OF POSTS FROM HERE ON OUT ABOUT BEAUTIFUL ARILYNN GRACE!!!!!!

She has some very anxious Grandmas wanting to see her!

(Most may not be interested, but, hey, it's your choice to read...) :)


A little about our hospital stay...So, I was told that no one received an award for not taking an epidural. I wanted to see how far I could go and was doing pretty good! I could tell I was having contractions, but it didn't hurt. Thought, "This isn't so bad." Then the doctor came in and broke my water! I literally thought I was going to die!!!!! :) I asked him how long he thought it might be before it was too late for the "lifesaver." He said you can never tell, but he said he guessed maybe 3hrs. I decided I couldn't take it that much longer and went for it.

Well, to make things short and not giving out great details, I had her before the epidural started working!!! She decided she wasn't going to wait and the nurse ended up running down the hall for the doctor. She arrived about 45 mins after my water broke. I didn't know things were moving quite so fast and I figured when the doctor came in I had a long way still to go. NOPE! He quickly donned his apparel and Arilynn Grace made her presence into the world.

Wesley first experience changing a diaper. :)
Putting on her first sleeper...which she got lost in.



Ready to go home in her stylish car seat that Nana Bailey made.
Wesley bringing her in the house. (Excuse the cleaning supplies).
She likes her Mommy's old bed.
Daddy comes home from work and quickly finds her to snuggle.
This is her favorite spot! She loves to lay against her Mommy.

She's Here

Arilynn Grace Grissom

6 lb 14 oz

20 1/2 in

4:31 PM

Baby's Coming

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to the hospital we go...

Please pray for Wesley's family. His grandpa passed away early this morning.

More Freebies...

Went to my pre-natal group tonight and once again...

Voila!!! A free car seat!!!!!!!

They have gone above & beyond! I also received a Wal-Mart gift card for gas and at the end of our journey, they're going to give us $100 for gas!!!!!...As long as I go in 1 more time after I have the baby...DUH!!!!...I'll be there.

She said that I am ready to go anytime. They have given epiderals at the point I'm at...just waiting on contractions. Maybe it'll be tonight...

UGH!

It is 2:00 in the morning and I CANNOT SLEEP!!!!! How incredibly annoying is that?!?!?! I've already finished the book I was reading and managed to scare the bejeebies out of Wesley! (I had closed the bedroom door so the light wouldn't bother him. When I went in, he shot up and kept looking out the window. Pretty sure he thought someone was coming in...)

Sigh...what to do now...

Packed and Ready to Go

My duffle bag and diaper bag are packed and ready to go! However, I've probably jinxed myself and she will be late...SIGH! (I thought for sure she might have come last Saturday on the full moon). Last night, Wes and I took a long, brisk (for the most part :) ) walk, including going up and down the stairs of the city's new parking garage. Then I came home and ate some pineapple...read that's supposed to help. Only thing it did was give me a stomach ache! I actually don't feel too bad, but I'm soooooo big that it's getting very uncomfortable to sleep at night...and the nightmares I keep having are not helping matters.

In the words of my dear, darling husband who's not packing around this extra weight..."She'll get here when she's ready."

The excited Mommy and Daddy to be...I love our old people at church...they always have a way of just tellin' you the honest truth! :) I was in no way offended by the comment, just thought it humorous! A lady told me that she thought the top I had on was pretty. Then she promptly told me that it wasn't going to last much longer...She has also used the term "waddling." HA! I quickly responded that I had better not last much longer, much less my shirt!