She's Finally HERE!!!

Introducing...


Ava Gabrielle Williams
7 lbs 15 oz
21 inches
October 22, 2008
9:31 AM




** I'll post more later...we're at the hospital now & our laptop takes forever to upload;) **

Well, after 19+ LONG hours of labor here is the result....the most precious gift in the world!!! And I survived...WE survived!!

My contractions started at 2:40pm on Tuesday and were pretty quick to pick up to once every 4-6 minutes, so I gave Eric a call around 4:00 and we were at the hospital by 5:15ish. After sticking me on a monitor for a couple hours they decided to admit me.....thank goodness because I told them I was not leaving without a baby:) hehe. By 11:00pm they started me on pitocin to move things along a little quicker because my contractions had slowed down a little bit. Let me tell ya, pitocin=evil ;) That stuff causes some mighty severe contractions!! So, needless to say I was in much need of the epidural by 2am. Those things are AMAZING.....at first:) I was so thankful that I could rest a little bit....and rest was all I could do, there was no sleeping through the night for any of us really. By 5am they broke my water and I was 6 cm dilated. And the epidural began to wear off :( 7:30am I was 8 cm so I figured I wouldn't actually deliver until closer to noon...nope! 8:30 rolled around & I was nearly 9 cm, with a WHOLE LOTTA pain from the contractions!!! Soon enough it was 9:00 & time to push!!! The rest is history....! We are sooooo blessed to have such a sweet little bundle of love!!!! Cutest darn baby we've ever laid eyes on... hehe

The wait continues...

Well, unless I go into labor right now :) it looks like all those October 18th guesses have no promise either:( Sooooo....we'll see what tomorrow brings.....nobody guessed the 19th ;) maybe that'll be the day!!!

Either way, we'll have this baby by next Thurs. Oct 23....that's my induction date if she doesn't come sooner ;) So this time next week our lives will have changed forever and we will be parents!! It's more reassuring to think of it like that....I have to remind myself that I WON'T be pregnant forever ;) hehe

Due date has come & gone... :o(

Still pregnant... boooooooooooo! Just wanted you all to know ;) We get so many phone calls and emails asking the big question and I know everyone's curious if it happened yesterday :) Nope!

Oh by the way, Eric is SOOO not blog-savvy but I will do my best to teach him so he can be the official updater while I'm a little preoccupied :) We'll definitely take our laptop to the hospital...someone will be able to do some updating!!

OH Karina, have I ever been trying to sleep!! Even that's not going so well anymore... I lied awake from 2:30-4:15ish last night after my nightly trip to the bathroom:( This is getting old..... ;o/

We're going mattress shopping today (gotta get that spare bedroom squared away!) .... and maybe to the Circleville Pumpkin Show. I'm over trying to relax and take it easy... this is getting just plain boring!! I need to get this labor moving!!! I am off work now ... with no baby to occupy my time ... I NEED to go in labor. OKay, enough with my rantings.... hope you all have a wonderful day!!