My due date (4/28/09) rolled around and the baby was still not here. I went in to see Dr. Park and nothing had changed since I saw him the previous week. I was still not dilated or effaced and the baby was still really high. I wanted to try a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) hoping my body would cooperate, but it wasn't. I mostly wanted to try it that way because of a faster recovery, it is better for the baby and for my body, and just for the experience although I hear it isn't much fun. Dr. Park told me I could wait another week to see if she would come on her own but if I went another week with no baby I would be 41 weeks and since he wouldn't induce me because I had a C-section with Lucy (risk of uterine rupture) I would be having a C-section anyway. I didn't want to wait another week and the Dr was pretty confident that I would be having a C-section anyway because of the way things were looking. Dave and I were both fine with the C-section and felt it would be best to just get the baby here. We have so much going on in the next couple of months with moving, family stuff, etc we figured it was a good decision. The C-section was scheduled for Wednesday April 29, 2009 at noon at IMC (intermountain medical center). I was so excited to know that it was going to be over and that I would have a new little baby!
This is me before the surgery just hanging out waiting for the Dr to come.
This is such a cool picture (I think) some may think it is a little too much to put on my blog because it is kinda bloody but I love it! Look at her cute little head before she is even breathing on her own. Dave got the coolest video of her being born. It really is the most amazing thing in the whole wide world.
Here is our baby... old man Norah. That is what we call her, maybe not so much anymore but she looks like a little old man. Look at her hair line and wrinkles on her forehead. She looks so different now, well atleast she doesn't look like an old man anymore. She was born at 12:57 pm and was 6 lbs 7 ounces and 19 inches long.
This is me and Norah... don't I look lovely?
Daddy and baby Norah. I love this picture!
This is Lucy meeting Norah for the first time. We weren't sure how she would react but she loved her from the very beginning, giving her kisses and calling her sweetheart since we didn't have a name for her yet. It was so fun!
My mom, Jen, and Candice picked up Lucy and took care of her while I was having the C-section so they were all there right after her birth. I was so happy that they were there. I am so thankful for my family. They helped us so much with Lucy while I was in the hospital and after we got home. Dave had to fly out to Ohio on May 1st for some residency stuff and to find a place for us to live so we went down and stayed at my parents house while he was gone. I couldn't have done it without their help. Thanks guys. I love you!
Here is our little family. I love it! So fun!
We decided to name her Norah. I had loved that name all along but we both always said we would wait until she was born to decide forsure. I loved Norah Elizabeth but Dave like Norah Jane better and since I decided on Norah I thought I would let him choose the middle name and I love it just as much.
Big sister Lucy and baby sister Norah, or Dora, which is what Lucy calls her.
This is such a classic Norah face. It looks like she is pooping, which she probably really is.
Norah's first carseat ride to home sweet home. Yay!
Daddy's girls, all home together for the first time.
Norah is such a good baby. She is so content and is such a good sleeper and eater. She has this quiet little cry when she is hungry or needs to be changed but other than that she is so chill. I love it! Norah, we love you so much. We are so glad that you were sent to our family.
I know this is kind of random but on Memorial Day we went down to the Provo cemetary and I didn't realize that my great great grandma (Lucy and Norah's great great great grandma) has both of their middle names. Lucy Bee and Norah Jane. I knew about Bee when we named Lucy but didn't think about Jane. Now I love the names even more knowing that they have the names of their great x3 grandma. Pretty cool, I think!
If you have ever nursed a baby then you know what this little contraption is. A breast pump... so fun. Boo! Since my baby is the slowest eater in the whole world I find it easier to pump and give her a bottle.. Lucy likes the breast pump as well as you can see. Too bad it is in the wrong place.
She also likes to feed Norah her bottle. Too bad Lucy likes her bink more than her newborn baby sister. Argh!
This is my fancy new BOB double jogger that Dave bought me for Mother's Day. Not only can I take the girls on a run, walk, or whatever, it can also go to the zoo, mall etc. It has all sorts of cool things that makes it the perfect stroller. Thanks babe! What a great present.
I think Lucy sits in this baby bouncer more than Norah does. Little stinker! She is a little big for it, don't you think?
I came home one afternoon to find the girls both sound asleep. It was so cute that Dave had put a divider in between the two of them.
Norah having a little bath at Grandma's house. Thanks for bathing her for me while I recovered.
I love having a little baby around. They are a lot of work but so much fun!
