...and at Banner Thunderbird God chose to bless us, with Annabelle, our first! That's right...after all the waiting Belle finally arrived, and on Christmas Eve no less! As if we didn't already know she is SPECIAL, she chose a very special day to grace us with her presence :) So here's the story...
On Monday (12/22) I had my weekly doctors appt. and I was finally diagnosed with gestational hypertension (high blood pressure) and it's no wonder with every body part swollen to 18x its normal size :) So my doc sent us to the hospital for a non-stress test. A few hours later, I was discharged, and told I was most likely in early labor. When we got home, my contractions started getting a little more intense, but still weren't regular enough for the hospital. On Tuesday, my water broke...or so I thought? Not as easy to tell as in the movies :) So we went back to the hospital to see if it had actually broke... after hours of waiting, and one test coming back negative, Brian and I were getting ready to go get dinner when my nurse came in and said, "Just kidding, you're water broke and you're getting admitted!"
About 12 hours later, Annabelle Sue Peter was born at 3:52am weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces and 19.5 inches long. I really can't complain, I had an easy labor...got an infection and fever and gave it to Belle, but after they gave us antibiotics and we were fine. Luckily, we all got discharged on Christmas Day with just in time to make it to celebrate with our family! SO we ended up getting the best Christmas present we could ever ask for...and a day early! :)
The last month has been busy, but going well! Annabelle is doing great, sleeping pretty well (usually 4-5 hour stretches at night), smiling at us...and making us fall more in love with her everyday! We're finally now settling into more of a routine (a lot of that is thanks to the book "Becoming Babywise", which I recommend to all first-time moms!). And right when I feel like I'm just starting to get a handle on this whole mommy thing...we're moving next week! Haha...so it's a very busy time...but also a very exciting one. We feel SO incredibly blessed and thank God every day for bringing this amazing little girl into our lives!
Here are some hospital ad newborn pics...next time I'll post more recent ones of Belle and ones of our new house!!
First diaper change!
"That was tiring!"
Proud Papa :)
Life is ROUGH!!
The Loves of my Life <3
Hospital pictures...only 1 day old!
...and already smiling!
Our Christmas present!!
