Introducing.....Grace Kathryn Carney...Gracie of course!

Getting dressed to come home

My 5 minute ride home

Love my car seat

So very lovely

This girl was soooo worth the wait! We are so in love! She is worth every minute! I am so proud that God decided to let me be her mommy! Every good and perfect gift is from above.
Ok, here's the story. We went to the Dr. on Thursday March 26 and I was still only 1 cm dilated. I went to work on Friday and "nested" like crazy. I think I knew I wasn't coming back on Monday. I started having really bad back pain and a lot of pressure. I went home and started feeling really queasy and having flu symptoms. I was seriously ill until about 11 p.m. when I finally fell asleep. At around 3:30 my water broke. I also noticed that there was meconium in the fluid...kind of scary. Got to the hospital and was still only dilated to 2. They also noticed that the variability in her heart rate was not great. The Dr. put me on pitocin to test whether or not she could handle labor. At 10:00 the Dr. came in and decided to do a c-section. I was a little scared but I was in so much pain already from the pitocin, I really didn't care. I would've spent hours more in labor and may not have progressed any more, which was another problem we were having. So they wheeled us back to the OR at 10:30 and at 11:05 she was here! Her first cry was like no feeling I have ever felt. It was the best sound I've EVER heard. There is no explaining it unless you have experienced it before. She is mine. She is so lovely!
She is doing wonderfully. She loves to eat and is a very good eater. Mommy is still having a hard time figuring out the whole breast feeding thing but we've had much help and we are thankful for it. Real friends don't mind touching your boobs! Remember that people. That is my quote of the week.

I've heard this song before and never thought anything of it. I heard it one day recently and decided this would be a special song for Grace and I.

Isn't She Lovely
By: Stevie Wonder

Isn't she lovely,
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious,
Less than 1 minute old.
I never thought,
Through love we'd be,
making one as lovely as she,
But isn't she lovely made from love.

Isn't she pretty,
Truly the angel's best.
For, I'm so happy,
We have been Heaven blessed.
I can't believe what God has done,
through us he's given life to one.
But isn't she lovely made from love.