Pictures of Carli Lynn

Going Home

Hey all! Many thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! They are so much appreciated - especially yesterday. We are all doing well thus far. Carli is simply just precious. She looks so much like Keith to me - but we found some baby pictures of me - and we think she might have my forehead and complextion. I'm sure she will change tons in the months to come though.

We do get to go home today. We had the option to stay the night tonite - but they are doing construction on the hospital and it isn't very calming. They would actually keep Carli for the night and I would be considered a "courtesy" stay - so all my nice nursing help would not be here...so with Pappy and Naggy at our house - we are pretty sure we would rather just go home. So as soon as Carli is done with her tests - and passes them. And I get her fed - and happy again, we are going to pack up and go home. We are looking forward to introducing our puppy dogs to our Carli - we will record this one, it should be interesting! :)

Thanks again everyone for all your prayers - we know we are very blessed to have had you all thinking of us! Pls continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers - life just got interesting!

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Pictures!!

Finally a post with no words, only pictures...

She's Here!!

Carli arrived at 1:23 this afternoon, or somewhere close to that. She's 8 lbs 4 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Everyone is doing great, at least as well as could be expected. We're making it through the first feeding, then she's off to a nap or a bath, whichever comes first...

I would post pictures, but didn't bring the connector to the computer, so you'll have to deal with it. ha. Thanks for all your prayers! Resa is doing good, but really sore!

Time Flies when you're in labor

Well things are progressing quite well. She just went through about an hour of the epideral not working, which really sucked, but she pulled through like a champ. The got some other kind of medicine in there that is helping some, but not the goofy good that we used to have. But, on an extremely bright note, the nurse checked and she is completely dilated, so we're trying to get the baby to drop a little more on her own before we start the pushing. She doesn't have the urge to push yet, so we're doing good, just letting it come naturally. But from the sound of things, we aren't far off at all!! The doctor is due in to see us in about 25 minutes. Hopefully then we'll have a better idea of when the fun really starts. Resa is doing awesome though, and so is the baby!

6 AM Dr's Visit

It's now 6 AM, still no baby. The doctor just came by to check on her. She's still at about a 4 1/2, so not much has changed. But they've hooked her up with the inducing drug, which should speed things up. He also broke her water, which might speed things up, I'm not sure. But anyway, things are progressing, but we're still waiting.

The epideral just ran out, so they are getting her more. She sure does like her "epi".

October 1 it is...

Well, midnight has come and gone, and still no baby. Resa got an epideral around 10:00 and has been feeling much better since then. We've had some pretty big contractions, but she's slept all the way through it. The nurse says once she has the urge to push, she'll come in and check her again to if she is further dilated. They were making bets as to whether she would come before 3 am or not. We're kind of thinking not, but we'll just wait and see. So far, everything is going great, especially with the epideral. We're just really thankful that labor began when it did and we didn't need any special drugs or a c-section.

BTW...she just called you all jerks for not commenting...but she just realized it's the middle of the night, so that makes it ok. Have I mentioned she likes the epideral?

September baby, or October baby??

Well, it turns out all we had to do was threaten Carli with c-section or inducement. We showed up at the hospital at 4:30 to get some medicine to help get Resa dilated, but when the doctor got here, she was already at a 2-3, so the doctor said not to do the medicine and see what happens in the morning. However, things have gotten worse (better) since he left, so she's now at a 4! The nurse left a few minutes ago and said she should have her tonight!! Yikes! So, we might have a September baby, or we might have an October baby...stay tuned...

Here Comes Baby!

We had our final Dr.'s visit this morning, and for once we got some good news! She has dilated to a 1! Woohoo! So, we're supposed to be at the hospital at 4:30 this afternoon. They are going to give her some medicine to help her dilate through the night, then we'll start induction in the morning. There is a chance however, that the medicine today could throw her into active labor, so it could really be anytime this evening or tomorrow! We will try to update the blog as things progress, depending on our internet availabilities at the hospital. Thanks to everyone for your prayers, keep them coming!! KH

41 Weeks

Who would have thought I'd be posting my 41 week pregnancy picture on the blog today and not one of a one week old precious baby girl?! :) This weekend has been good. Keith and I enjoyed sleeping in one last time and doing our "list" of to-dos. We know for sure our lives are about to dramatically change come Wednesday - there is no doubt - Carli will be here by then.

Until then - here we are at 41 Weeks.

And as Keith has mentioned before - our precious dogs have each prepared for Carli's arrival in their own ways. Most recently, Shea has come up with a bum foot. At first we thought she was putting us on, limping when she wanted attention and what not. But after taking her with us on our nightly walk Friday, we discovered the pad of her foot was quite raw and swollen to twice it's size. So we have been trying to keep her from licking it, while keeping meds on it during the day. At night, we take the bandage off so it can air out but we do tape a cute little pink baby sock on it to keep her from licking it. Really - this picture makes her look pitiful, but she walks better in her bandage than she does when there is nothing on it. Strange little dog.

And Whitey Tighty simply cracks me up. He's like a cat that needs a window box or something. He spends all day here watching over the backyard or catching a 3 hr nap. I think he is a cat trapped in a dogs body...

Check back on Tuesday - our appt is at 10 and we will know then if we will be going into the hospital to be induced that night or if we will be having a C-section on Wednesday...