I'm So In Love!!!!

Harper June Wagstaff

born February 6, 2010

11:17 am

7lb.

20 3/4 inches

Can you even imagine my complete joy that this precious little girl is mine? That she arrived safely, and is healthy. And of course the cutest little girl on earth. smile. I forgot how intense the feelings of love are for a new baby. They are such a miracle! It is absolutely impossible to doubt there is a God and a plan in all this when you hold a new baby in your arms. The spirit they bring to this earth is so strong and pure.

So let's get down to details....We went to the hospital on Friday morning only to be sent home. The kids all spent the night at Nana's house so I figured that guaranteed that I for sure wouldn't go into labor. To be honest I was fine to hold out until my due date because I knew it was the last chance to get things done.

Mark left to go running at 5am on Saturday morning. He was going to do a long 18 miles so he told me he would have his phone incase I needed him. I assuured him that nothing was going to happen so no worries. Well...at 6:00 I got out of bed and to my suprise my water broke. I kind of didn't believe it at first so I waited a little to call Mark. It was about 7:am when he got home and I still was doubting if my water broke until I stood up and it was like a scene from the movies. Well, that confirmed it my water had indeed broke. The weird thing was, I wasn't having any contractions.

We got to the hospital and they checked us in and pretty soon we were up in our room. That was about 9am. I continued to say that I for sure wanted the eppidural so let the "eppidrual man" know. At 10:50 my nurse came into the room and said she had some bad news. The "eppidrual Man" wanted to take a shower at home and get ready before he came into the hospital. He wouldn't be there for another hour. By this point I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable so I was a little annoyed that I was going to have to wait. At 11:00 the nurse came in because she wanted to give me a little pain medicine. I was worried that it was going to make me feel drowsy but I was in enough pain I was happy to have it. She checked me while she was in there and I was at a 6. She left and then I really started to feel the contractions. It was like before a contraction would stop another one would start. I told Mark that I was starting to feel sick. He was trying to find me a bowl or something and then the nurse came back in. At this point I started to feel like pushing. I remember her getting in my face and telling me not to push. I was like- whatever. She checked me again and then immediately called in all the nurses and the doctor. The doctor (I had never seen this guy before in my life) he walked in then said, "Ok you can push now." So I did. I pushed one good time and then at 11:17 am our newest little baby was here! I had my eyes closed and I remember when she was out I opened my eyes to see if she indeed was a girl (I would have been fine to have a boy but it was Hadley I was worried about).

I got to hold her right away and all I could keep thinking was, "I can't believe she is here!" And I couldn't get over how tiny she was! She just seemed so small and petite. She had the longest little fingers and the smallest cute little head (so grateful for that).




I love this picture of Hadley as she intently looks at her new baby sister for the first time!




Mom and Dad brought all of the kids around 2:00 that afternoon. They were all so excited to see thier new sister. The only problem was deciding who got to hold her first.