Coming Home

We got to bring Makena home on Saturday, August 23rd. We were so happy that she was healthy and doing good and could not wait to have her home with us.

In her new outfit ready to go home. Mom is pretty excited!

First time in the carseat. She looks so little when she is in it. She slept the whole ride home.

Mom couldn't resist putting a bow in that hair as soon as we got home.



We were all a bit exhausted after the week we've had. Papa and Makena decided to take a little nap, so cute!

Makena's room all ready for her!

NICU

While I was in labor I got a really high fever for some reason, so my doctor was pretty concerned about me and the baby and put me on antibiotics. When Makena was born she had a little trouble breathing at first but quickly seemed fine. Just to be safe they took some blood test from her to make sure everything was ok. It seemed like she was just fine and she was able to be with Shane and I in the room through the night. Unfortunetly, in the morning the blood test were showing that her White Blood Cell count was incredibly high and other things were not looking right so our Pediatrician came in and told us she had to go into the NICU because it appeared that she had a really bad infection. This news was obviously very overwhelming and upsetting to me, expecially since I didn't really understand exactly what was wrong with her. Also, they weren't sure how long she would have to be in there. The first time I went in and saw her in the little incubator with all the wires and iv hooked to her it was so sad, I couldn't beleive my little baby was so sick. The next few days went by in a bit of a blur. I had to feed her every three hours and since she wasn't eating enough just breast feeding I had to do a lot of pumping and bottle feeding which took a lot of time and became exhausting. Luckily the antibiotics began to work quickly and Makena started doing much better. Several tests were done and she was finally well enough to go home by Saturday afternoon. As you can imagine Shane and I were so excited and releived! It was definitely an emotional rollercoster this last week but we are so thankful for our darling baby and that she is doing well. We are also so thankful for all the support and prayers from our families and friends, I truly believe that Makena's quick recovery is a little miracle. Here are some pictures of our little lady in the NICU.

Makena is here!

After having contractions all night I woke Shane up at about 4 am on Tuesday, August 19th, and told him I thought it was time to head to the hospital. It was a long day of being in labor but thankfully I had an epidural to make things a little easier. I truly do not know how people do it without having an epidural, that is amazing to me. I personally loved my epidural. :) Shane was right by my side all day and was a great support to me. At 5:38 pm our sweet, little Makena came into this world. It was an incredible moment that I will never forget and I am so thankful for her and for my sweet husband and this special time we were able to experience together. Makena was 8 lbs, 5 ounces and 21 3/4" long!! Yep, she was a big girl. I was shocked when they told me how much she weighed, I never expected to have that big of a baby. She has tons of dark curly hair that is just adorable.

Papa putting on her first diaper.



After her first bath...she's not sure she liked it.



Makena and Moma having some bonding time.

Our sweet Makena, I can't believe she is finally here. What a special day it was.

Almost there...

So it has been a long time since I have posted, I just can't seem to stay on top of this blogging thing. So I am due on Monday, it is crazy to think we are almost to the end of this journey called "pregnancy" and about to begin a new one called "parenting". I am so ready to have this baby, I keep hoping that any minute I am going to go into labor. I really do not want to go over my due date but I guess at this point all we can do is wait. I have received lots of "advice" as to how to get labor going so this morning Shane and I decided to give one of the ideas a try. I was told that Curb Walking is a sure way to get things going so we went on a walk this morning and I walked with one foot up on the curb and the other on the road. I will say during the actual walk my belly did have several contractions and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I am really hoping that our little walk will pay off and by tonight we will be up at the hospital, but it has been over an hour since I have had a contraction and I am just really tired at this point. I just want our little girl to come, I can't wait to meet her and see what she looks like. I am as ready as I think you can be for her to come, it will be a long week next week if she doesn't decide to come. I am used to being so busy at work that being home I just keep cleaning my house and organizing things but you can only do that so many times. Her room is all ready and it turned out so cute, I will post pics of it soon. Anyway, we have our fingers crossed that she will be here soon, I am so excited! We'll keep you all posted.