She's here!!!

We are proud to announce the arrival of the newest member of our family: Lydia Joy Hill!

I started having contractions at 5:00AM on Sunday morning. It was a long labor with her finally being born at 6:20AM this morning, January 26, 2009, after three long hours of pushing. I'm still high on the fact that I was able to have her vaginally, and at home! I feel like I'm on top of the world and am so thrilled to finally have her here in my arms. She weighs 9lbs 14ozs and is 21.25 inches long. She looks remarkably like Emmy at this stage, though her hair is slightly, slightly lighter and she has her daddy's feet instead of mine. It'll be a lot of fun to watch and see in what ways they're similar and how they're different as she gets bigger.

Kurtis was so wonderful helping me in labor. There's no way I could have done this without him. He was my rock! I love him so much and love watching him hold his new baby girl with a look of total adoration on his face. He's such an awesome husband and father. Emmy is totally in love with Lydia, though she insists that her name is "Emmy's Baby Sister", not Lydia. All she wants to do is hold her and give her loves. She got really excited when she heard her cry for the first time. We've been telling her that new babies can cry a lot, so she was slightly dissapointed that she was absolutely quiet and asleep the first time she met her. So she was overjoyed to finally here her go "waa,waa"! She also informed Grandma Bunn that her baby sister is little, after Grandma commented on how big she looks for a newborn.

Kurtis has the next week off so we will be busy hanging out as a new family of four and enjoying our babymoon!

My last belly pic with Lydia still inside.


Lydia's newborn check at 2.5 hours. She was 9lbs 14ozs, 21.25 inches long.


Her first bath with Mommy. (The water's brown because it's an herbal bath.)


Mommy and Lydia


My sweet new baby girl!


Mommy, Lydia, and Cara(our midwife)


Emmy and Lydia's first meeting!


Emmy tries to get her baby sister back from Grandma Bunn

Still Pregnant

Baby hasn't come yet, and with only 5 days until the due date, she's not making any indication that it's going to be soon, either. I'm praying she'll come sometime this week for the sake of my sanity, but it's not looking too hopeful. We'll just have to wait and see!

No baby yet

Well, I am now 38 weeks 4 days. Just 10 more days until this little one is due. Things have slowed down a lot the past couple of weeks and I've gone from feeling like she could come at any time to feeling like she's probably going to stay put for a while longer. Right now I'm just really hoping that she decides to come by (or really close to) her due date because I was so convinced that she was going to be early that I know I'll cry if I go more than a couple days overdue.
I had Kurtis take a belly shot Sunday after Church so I'll have to get back on and post it later. I'm at my parents house right now so Emmy can have some Grandma and Aunt Donna time so I don't have my camera. Hope everybody is enjoying the new year!

2009

Wow, I can't believe it's 2009 already. All the family went to Dale and Laura's house for New Year's Eve and we had a really good time despite leaving around 9:30 so I could go to bed. All I can say is I'm pregnant.





Emmy spent New Year's Day at Grandma and Papa's house while Kurtis and I spent eight hours cleaning, putting away all the Christmas decorations and finally setting up the nursery and getting it ready for the baby. Emmy is now quite infatuated with the baby's room and has spent most of the day in there. Her doll has also had to try out the car seat and crib, and is wearing one of the baby's diapers.



I am 37 weeks today! Just 21 days left until the due date, but I'm really feeling like she might decide to come in about 10 days! I guess only the baby knows for sure when she's ready, though, so I'll just have to wait and see.