Naomi Isabella Arrives!

Well, she finally has arrived! After a really awful pregnancy our little girl made her way into the world on Dec. 2nd. I couldn't be happier to have a girl and to also be done being pregnant! I was induced a week early just due to the fact that I have large babies. Weren't we surprised (and pleasantly so) that she was ONLY 8lbs 1 oz!

We arrived at the hospital on the 2nd at 5:30 am. I was SO tired because of course I didn't sleep at all the night before. The Dr. started me on pitocin (a drug that helps you start contractions) about 6:30 and we waited and waited and waited for something to happen. I was having just mild contractions all morning. It was all very boring. Luckily I had Loren and my sister-in-law Cheri there to keep me company (grandmas were in the waiting room doing crossword puzzles the whole time). The Dr finally came back in around 1:50 and broke my water. He hadn't done that until then because the baby was still high and he didn't want to risk a prolapsed cord. I finally started having some real contractions right after he broke my water. 1 hour and 20 minutes later Naomi was born.

She has been the most even tempered of all my babies so far. She just sleeps, eats, looks around etc. She loves to cuddle and is happy to be held all the time. Loren is totally smitten by her. It's rather funny to watch. The boys like her but don't pay a whole lot of attention to her. They forget her name half the time and just call her baby. I have a feeling that she is going to be really spoiled.

I have a bunch of pictures on smug mug of her. Our address there is www.mamabaird.smugmug.com I have been updated it alot.

That's all for now....more to come