meet miss elle.

Close your eyes and imagine the easiest labor ever...No pain (thanks to the drugs), great nurses, quick, hardly any pushing required, no pain afterwards, and a beautiful reward at the end. That is exactly how my labor with Elle was. Sorry to rub it in! Matt and I arrived at the hospital at 7 am on Friday, April 6th. After the millions of questions, and hooking me up to everything they started the petocin at around 8:20 am. My doctor broke my water about an hour later and then right after that I got my epidural. At 11:30 am Elle was ready to make her debut, but of course I had to wait for the doctor to get there. 5 pushes later and she was born at 11:42 am. 7 pounds 5 ounces and 18 inches long. She looked a lot like Gaige. They gave her to me right away and she stayed with me for at least the first hour and a half.

We spent all the time we could in the hospital since the boys were super sick. We came home Easter afternoon. Since we've been home she has been a dreamy baby. Sleeps well at night, hardly ever cries, and burps like her mom (before I got married). We're crossing our fingers she stays this way.

The boys adore her and Matt and I are smitten. I can't believe we waited so long to have her.