Oops...It's Been Awhile

So the last time I posted, it was 10/12/10...AKA, exactly 1 week before the best thing in our lives happened to us. Here's a quick run down of bringing Kaylie Elizabeth into the world...

On 10/18, I started nesting like crazy, tearing Kaylie's room apart, doing laundry, etc. I joked to Stephen that night that when women start nesting like crazy it usually means they're going into labor. I hadn't been feeling Kaylie move as much as usual, even though she wasn't a big mover in the 1st place. In fact, I had Stephen hold a toilet paper roll to my stomach, I'd read somewhere that you can hear the heartbeat if you do that. Didn't happen for us, so I went to bed and woke up in full on panic mode. I was only at 35 weeks so it was still fairly early for Kaylie to arrive, I thought it was just hormones but wanted to be sure. Around 8:00am, I called the Dr and he had me come in to check on things. My Dad was at Lowes and met me there. I got in, the heartbeat was fantastic but went to ultrasound to be sure...low and behold, she wasn't moving, but everything else looked great. I'll never forget Dr. Rushing telling me, well sweetheart you've just bought yourself a ticket to labor and delivery. Then since I had stopped breathing he told me it was just to do a stress test and see what was going on on the monitors.

I stop for gas on the way, call Stephen to meet me there and tell Dad to go home...this isn't going to be a big deal. Arrive at the hospital, get hooked up to monitors. The nurse comes in and says, um, are you in pain? I hadn't been at all and she looked at the chart and I had been having contractions. This is when I started to panic, she called the Dr and he wanted to try to stop contractions, but my heart rate was too high, so she checked my dialation...almost at 5cm already. Problem was, Kaylie was coming butt 1st. So I was scheduled for a c-section and reassured that Kaylie would be fine, but she'd have to go to NICU since she was 5 weeks early and we were prepared to have her there for a week or so. Within the next 2 hours I was rolled down and this little miracle was born at a tiny 5lbs 3oz and taken to the NICU for observation.

Fast forward 9 1/2 months and lots has happened!! Stephen got his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, plus started his PhD. We've sold our new house and moved into a bigger one right around the corner from my parents, and Stephen's parents are in the process of moving here as well! Not to mention Kaylie is just over 15 lbs now and close to walking. She's made us so happy and we are in awe of how far she has come and how happy she makes everyone around her everyday.