She's Here!

"Sissy" has arrived and we are so happy to have her here!

Everything went just as scheduled, except for the slight delay in the IV. I told Keith on the way to the hospital that I was looking forward to the IV the least. I hate IV's. Well, a combination of anxiety, not eating anything since the night before (most of you know how I get if I don't eat often, especially breakfast) and "nodular veins" (whatever that means) resulted in three PAINFUL attempts to insert the IV, two burst veins, and me almost passing out three times. Keith said he has never seen someone so white. (Loni, be grateful you got to skip that part!)

Fortunately, they were finally able to get it in and it was smooth sailing from there. The spinal wasn't even as bad as the IV! We went into the operating room at 9:49 am and "Sissy" made her debut at 10:30 am. Her stats:

Born on June 6, 2008 @ 10:30 am

Weighing 6 lbs 9 oz (I guessed 6 lbs 7 oz, not bad!)

19 inches long

She immediately wanted to suck her thumb and it didn't take long for her to find it. I've never had a thumb sucker before!

Keith cut the ambilical cord.

Found the thumb again.

She has a full head of hair, just like the boys, only a little lighter. Here she found both her hands. While the were sewing me up all I could hear was her little sucking--so cute!

Ty meeting "Sissy" for the first time. I will never forget the excitement in his eyes. He was so thrilled to be meeting his little sister that he waited so long for! This boy is so sweet!!!

Ty was so excited to give "Sissy" the pink teddy bear he and Carter had made for her earlier in the week at Build A Bear. The cutest part: when you squeeze the bears hand you hear their sweet voices say, "I love you, Sissy."

The manimal on the other hand...true to Carter's nature: he walked into the room, perched himself onto the chair next to me and told me he would meet "sissy" after he at his snack. What else would Carter do?

When he was finally done with his snack Carter climbed up to meet his baby sister. He was so sweet and gentle and full of "why" questions.

There's her head of hair, not quite as dark as the boys were.