Our 'Lil G' arrived on December 4, 2010 at 3:12pm and was 8lbs 10oz and 20inches! She - Lillian Grace - is absolutely beautiful and we have been so blessed!
Here's a recap pulled status updates from Facebook (as that was what I was updating..and I'll work on being better at updating the blog...) and pictures from the past two Months!
11/30/10 - 40 Week check up with Dr. Fernbach - "3cm dilated, so anytime now...if no baby before Sat. we will be induced at 6am Sat. morning. Praying s/he arrives earlier - I really don't want to be induced! Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes! We'll let you know when s/he arrives"
12/3/10 "...still no arrival of 'Lil G' praying that s/he decides to kick it into gear today - I really don't want to be induced tomorrow!"
12/4/10 - INDUCTION - George and I arrived at the hospital at 6am as planned. We got checked into our room, I got my IV, and the nurse checked me saying I was only 3-3.5cm. A while later Dr. Fernbach came in and checked me, saying I was like 5cm and he went ahead and broke my water after they gave me the petocin and things progressed pretty quickly. I got my epidural around 11am and our Nurse - Erin Woodworth - Checked me again and I was already 7cm. She had me lay on my left side to ensure the epidural would be even on both sides, so when I was feeling some stuff on my right side I asked George to go get her to see if I should switch over to my right side. Well, Erin came in before he had a chance to step out. She said the baby's heart rate was dropping and she wanted to make sure it was happening with my contractions - which thankfully it was! She said she wanted to check me again (even though it had only been like 15min). So, while checking me, she asked if I could 'feel that?' and I said yes...she said that's the baby's head! You are ready to push! I had gone from 7cm to 10cm in a matter of minutes!
Erin proceeded to get everything ready and called Dr. Fernbach! After she got everything ready, she said "Let's practice pushing" I guess my pushing was so effective b/c she then called Dr. Fernbach again and basically told him he'd better hurry up! She said I was doing great for a first time mom! I guess most mom's push for a couple hours and I pushed for well under an hr. I think it was under 30min! Erin assured me she had things under control, but Dr. Fernbach got there in time :)
Lillian popped out at 3:12pm and as they were holding her, trying to see 'What she was' - I was actually the first one to say "It's a Girl!!" I had the best 'angle' :)! They laid her on my chest and I wrapped my arms around her - Best feeling in the World! - I was like 'She's so tiny!!!' and Erin (our nurse) was like, 'No she's not, she's a big baby!' Ha ha - turns out she was :) - 8lbs 10oz and 20inches long! Here's some pictures from the day and a video of our family's reaction to George telling them!
We are ready for this little one to join us :)
She's FINALLY Here!
Our 'Big' Little Girl! - they rounded up to 10oz
The Proud Daddy and our nurse - Erin:
All 3 of us with Dr. Fernbach:
The proud YiaYia (Greek for Grandma) and Grandma looking on!
My parents couldn't be more thrilled :) They've been waiting a LONG time for a grandbaby!
George's parents were thrilled to finally have a grandaughter! Here is George and his Dad!
Isn't she Beautiful!
Video of George telling our family :) Love this! (I may have to upload this separately)
12/5/10 - Lots of Visitors
Lilly and Aunt Yue
Lilly and her cousins
My family stopped by to say goodbye before heading back to NC
12/06/10 - Father Jim came to bless Lilly!
Lilly is under the bright lights behind us - she was Jaundice and had to stay in the incubator :(
We finally got to go home late that night after Lillian's blood test came back and said she was good to go! Here is Lilly ready to go!
12/07/10 - Lilly's first outing was to go back to the hospital and get her Bilirubin levels checked again! Mommy definitely shed some tears as did Lilly, but thankfully she was okay!
12/10/10 - Lillian's 1st Bath
12/11/10 - Lillian's Newborn Photo Shoot "...enjoying watching Lillian Grace's first photo shoot :) We can't wait to see the pictures - Kim is finishing up with her now :) Be sure to check back at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kimberly-Althausen-Photography/151969411511387 to see her pics :) hopefully a sneak peek in a few days!
12/12/10 "Our 'Lil G' :) Isn't she just precious? Kim did a great job and David (her hubby) was a huge help as well - they were both GREAT with Lillian! Thanks so much guys! We can't wait to see the rest of the pics :)"
12/12/10 - Cookie Bouquet :)
We took some pictures of Lilly with her Awesome cookie bouquet that George's cousins gave us!
12/15/10 - Lilly Laughing - My favorite Picture!
12/17/10 - Lilly with BUNCO Girls!
12/22/10 Had Mastisis...No fun! "Hope today is a better day...head still hurts but not as bad and fever is finally going down...finally below 100. So thankful that my family was here to help George take care of me and Lilly."
12/24/10 Had a great time with family tonight...took Lilly to see Santa for the first time :), bro-in-law ended up on the evening news..no fights :) just interviewed about how much Americans spend on Christmas, great dinner at inlaws, and my bro and sis-in-law made it in safely...let the Christmas fun begin..tomorrow is Christmas Eve :) Just got home from a wonderful Christmas Eve service, spending some QT with my favorite little Christmas gift this year - Lilly :), and then will go do the traditional Christmas Eve gift and some QT with the family. :) Love this time of year!!!!
12/25/10 Merry Christmas :)
The 3 of us with both sides of our Family!
12/28/10 Missing my family...was so nice to have everyone here..
12/31/10 Happy New Year everyone!!!
We played it low key and stayed in to watch the ball Drop!
1/1/11 - New Year's Day!
We went to George's parents to celebrate the New Year 2011! We have so much to be thankful for and to look forward to as we start the new year with this little girl!
Here's a picture of Lillian with our Godson - Athan - and his Mom and Sister!
1/2/11 Greek Fraternity Gathering
George's Parents, the 3 of us and 'Santa' :)
1/3/11 -Fell down the stairs tonight...ouch...just so thankful I was only carrying a bowl of special k and not my precious little girl!!!
1/4/11 "...I can't believe that Lillian is a month old today!!! Happy one month Lilly!!!
Lilly got finally met our good friends Ryan and Barb and their kids! Here is a picture of Barb and I holding each other's girls! :)
1/5/11 Lilly was one month yesterday, so I decided to play with my camera a bit - got a few good shots :)
Here is my favorite picture that I took of her at 1month old:
