Tuesday, December 30, 2008
She's growing so fast!
Aleah is growing so fast, I cant believe it! We went to her two week appointment yesterday and she is now 6 lbs 11 oz and 20 inches long. That means that since we brought her home she has gained a whole pound and grown two inches. Wow! Here are some pictures from the last few days that I think are really cute.
Monday, December 22, 2008
She's Amazing
I need to write a quick post about Shay and let everyone know how amazing she is.
We just had our first baby girl a little more than a week ago. For those of you who don't know, Shay delivered Aleah completely natural. Yes, no epidural. Yes, on purpose. I have a completely new respect for her and what she is capable of doing.
Pre-labor for Shay started late Wednesday night. We ended up staying up that entire night, as the contractions were strong enough to keep Shay awake. We were pretty sure that we would have Aleah sometime Thursday. Well, the contractions slowed Thursday morning and delayed things. Fortunately, the contractions picked back up Thursday afternoon and evening. By Thursday night, I was absolutely wasted. While Shay was working through the contractions, I was laying around the house, hoping that they would stop so we could sleep. I was fine with the contractions starting up again Friday morning after a nice long sleep. That didn't happen. We ended up going to the hospital late Thursday night/Friday morning at 12:30am.
After a couple of hours into this final stage of labor, I was looking like an old man in church meetings, giving myself whiplash. And Shay? Well, she was wide awake in labor. AMAZING. Two nights without sleep and still able to do all that was needed to get Aleah here. I am so grateful for her, for her strength and dedication and for everything she did to bring our beautiful, healthy daughter to us. Aleah is amazing and proof that miracles do happen. We give thanks to our Heavenly Father daily for her. If anyone has any doubts who the strong one is in our family, I hope my post makes it clear that it is not me.
A huge hug goes out to Shay's parents as well, for being with us at the hospital all night and still working the next day. You guys are wonderful!
This sounds a little boastful, but I just needed to let everyone know how amazing Shay is and that I love her!!
-Brad
We just had our first baby girl a little more than a week ago. For those of you who don't know, Shay delivered Aleah completely natural. Yes, no epidural. Yes, on purpose. I have a completely new respect for her and what she is capable of doing.
Pre-labor for Shay started late Wednesday night. We ended up staying up that entire night, as the contractions were strong enough to keep Shay awake. We were pretty sure that we would have Aleah sometime Thursday. Well, the contractions slowed Thursday morning and delayed things. Fortunately, the contractions picked back up Thursday afternoon and evening. By Thursday night, I was absolutely wasted. While Shay was working through the contractions, I was laying around the house, hoping that they would stop so we could sleep. I was fine with the contractions starting up again Friday morning after a nice long sleep. That didn't happen. We ended up going to the hospital late Thursday night/Friday morning at 12:30am.
After a couple of hours into this final stage of labor, I was looking like an old man in church meetings, giving myself whiplash. And Shay? Well, she was wide awake in labor. AMAZING. Two nights without sleep and still able to do all that was needed to get Aleah here. I am so grateful for her, for her strength and dedication and for everything she did to bring our beautiful, healthy daughter to us. Aleah is amazing and proof that miracles do happen. We give thanks to our Heavenly Father daily for her. If anyone has any doubts who the strong one is in our family, I hope my post makes it clear that it is not me.
A huge hug goes out to Shay's parents as well, for being with us at the hospital all night and still working the next day. You guys are wonderful!
This sounds a little boastful, but I just needed to let everyone know how amazing Shay is and that I love her!!
-Brad
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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