Makena Catherine Devine

Well, our little girl decided to come early! My water broke at 3am on Monday night and she was born at 4:47 pm Tuesday (June 23rd) She was 15 days early!! I was dilated to 3cm when we got to the hospital and progressed with pitocin from there. Got my epidural at 5cm (around 1pm) and felt amazing! From there everything went really fast...started feeling the need to push and realized I was already at 10 cm by 4pm. The doctor barely got there on time - I pushed her out in 34 minutes! It was truly the most amazing experience of my life. Greg was so encouraging and counted for me while I pushed - we had music going from a great band called Gomez. I was dancing between pushing (seriously - that is how wonderful this epidural was!) We went home at 1pm Wed - she had her first post-pardem check up Friday and everything looks great! She has already gained an ounce from feeding (after losing a few ounces) She weighs 6 pds 14 oz right now but my milk came in last night so she will hopefully start gaining consistently from here on out. Can't believe it's all over and now the fun begins (sleepless nights here I come) Love you all and thank you for your thoughts and prayers!

BABY SHOWER

Here are some pictures of the baby shower last Sunday. Special thanks to my girls Ashley, Leah and Jeanne for throwing such a fun party! Can't believe how huge I look in these pictures...

2 CM Dilated!!!

I just back from my 37 week appointment and I am 2 1/2 cm dilated and 50% effaced! My doctor seemed pretty shocked that I was progressing so fast. Last week I was 1 cm dilated. Don't want to jinx it -but it would sure be nice to have her come a few days early! A 4th of July baby would be so fun!! Everytime she saw the fireworks we could tell her everyone is celebrating her birthday!

Maternity Pictures

I have been such a slacker! These pictures were taken a few weeks ago at Ashley's house with Misty's fabulous camera! Here are a few of my favorite.