Thursday, May 2, 2013

1 Year Ago ...

I cannot believe my Lilly Grace will be 1 year tomorrow! It is incredible how time flies by. At this moment last year we had the O'dells over for dinner and were just hanging out like we typically do. I was super pregnant, and Raina gave me the crazy idea to take castor oil. So we looked online and found a "midwife recipe" cup of orange juice, 2 tablespoons of castor oil, and a tsp of baking soda. I gag the drink down wait for 45 minutes and nothing...I then spend the next 15 minutes in the bathroom ;) Well nothing else was happening so the O'dells go home and I am thinking to myself-what a waste to drink that nasty stuff. Well I start to have a few contractions. Nothing big, but they were consistent. It was about 10:30 pm and I decided to pack a bag just in case anything happened. Well we are getting ready for bed and I am still having them, I told Dave we aren't going to the hospital until I know that I know I am in labor--After having a couple false alarms with my first pregnancy I was not about to look like an idiot after going through the birthing experience before! Ha! So I try to go to sleep, and about 11:30 I realize these contractions aren't going away and they are getting stronger and closer together. I told Dave "Load up Gabby, we need to leave NOW." So as we are driving to the hospital, Dave is driving the speed limit and I seriously feel like she is coming- So I say step on it!! We get to the hospital, and I run in because I knew she was coming and coming fast. We go to the triage room and they track my contractions- They keep me in there for an hour and tell me that my midwife (who delivered Gabby) was not on call that night. I lost her pager number and at this point I am freaking out. One I am full blown in labor- There were no walking the halls to get the contractions going. They finally put me in a room and check to see how far dilated I was- and I was at a 7! The nurse comes in and tells me they paged my midwife and she was on her way.
She gets there and checks me again and I was at a 9. She tells me that I only have a couple more contractions and she wanted me to push. At that moment the only thing that was going through my head was- I'm not ready! My whole life is going to change. I'm going to be responsible for not only a tini tiny newborn, but my 2 year old. I pushed and there she was :) She was the most beautiful baby girl. So tiny with blue eyes and a full head of golden hair. She was perfect. And now here I am a year later writing about her.
She is my miracle baby. It is a miracle that she is alive today. I am so thankful for her. She has the sweetest disposition. For the longest time she was just quiet and reserved. She hardly ever cried as a baby baby. She has grown into herself and can be pretty stubborn--only when it comes to her food. She takes eating very seriously and it is her way or no way ;) She is such a blessing and joy in our lives. I am so honored to be her Momma. So Happy First Birthday to my beautiful Lilly.
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 1 YEAR!