Leaving the hospital

I think things went as smooth as possible. We got to the hospital about 7 am and they started the patocin (spelling?) and began monitoring my contractions. It was a little slow going, but around 12:30 I received my epidural and life was good! The doctor came in to check on me at 3:50 and quickly got ready. I pushed for maybe 10 minutes and Mallory was born at 4:08. It was that easy. I'm very blessed and the doctor even said I was meant to birth babies! Ha! Dont' get any ideas because we're not planning to have another one for awhile! :) One other funny story about my doctor. He kept saying I looked familiar and wondered if we went to AUMC with him. I kept telling him, no we go to St. Michael's. He then asked, do y'all go to Auburn baseball games. We informed him that yes, we go to about every single one. It's pretty bad when my doctor recognizes us from attending so many baseball games!

About to leave the hospital with my babies! Love these critters!!!!

Two of our nurses go to church with us and they must have asked 10 times if folks from the church had come by to put the sign up. What a sweet sign! Love it!

My sweet mom had seen these wreaths in Birmingham, but none of the stores around Auburn carried them. So, she got online and found a store in Selma that sold them and she bought us one. How pretty! Thanks Mama Sims!

It's a Girl!!!!

Alright, I'm going to have to get used to this pink, frilly stuff, because I gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Mallory Sims Johnson at 4:08 pm today. She weighed 6 lbs 3 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Right now we think she looks like the girl version of Luke.

Luke telling me bye and holding my hand right before Mallory was born. We later found out he wasn't supposed to be back in the labor and delivery room with us. Oh well! What a sweet picture!

This picture does NOT portray an accurate description of what was going on at the time. I had just been wheeled down to a regular room and I was freezing cold and exhausted. Luke was running around like a chicken with his head cut off. I was getting a tad frustrated and really wanted my parents to take him back to our house since it was way past his bed time. I had briefly mentioned to mom that I wanted a picture, but we were waiting on Mallory to get out of the nursery from her bath. Finally, the nurses brought her back to us and we snapped this picture and I think it turned out beautiful. Even Mallory looks content!

We love you sweet girl!!!!

Ready to meet Newbie!!!!

Since I'm getting a tad uncomfortable being pregnant (of course I don't have it near as bad as those poor women who are expecting babies in late August) and can't sleep, I'm ready to meet this sweet angel. We did not find out the sex so I'm eager to learn more about newbie! I think it's another boy, but Tim thinks it might be a girl. We shall see. When we ask Luke if he thinks it's a boy or a girl, he just repeats boy or girl. If you believe old wives' tales, I'm carrying low and the heartbeat has been low. I feel about the same as I did with Luke, except that I crave fruit and sweets as opposed to meat and potatoes.
At 39 weeks, I went to see the doctor and he asked if I wanted things to progress naturally or if I wanted to be induced. Since I've been having contractions off and on, I was ready to be induced. Plus, it will help us get family here to help watch Luke while we go to the hospital. We had some friends on standby here in Auburn, but we really didn't want to call them at midnight to come keep Luke. Here was the only catch with being induced, my doctor wasn't on call for another week. I really didn't want to wait another week, so he called Dr. Harris (whom I've seen this pregnancy) who was on call the next day and he said he'd be glad to induce me. Hooray, we'll meet our baby boy or girl tomorrow! Can't wait!