Garner Family: February 2010

This was a few weeks ago, but life is still going great. Brandon is as busy as ever, and barely has time to sleep. At least he's a deep sleeper and doesn't hear Emily most of the time during the night so he can get some sleep. My mom went home this last Thur, and we miss her a lot. But we are surviving. Isaac has been very good all things considered. He still adores Emily, and always wants to give her hugs and kisses and hold her. Sometimes I have to tell him to back off. He has been very helpful though, taking diapers to throw away etc. And Emily is still a very good baby. She never cries without a reason, and is easily consoled. She is such a sweet baby and we are so blessed to have her in our family. We are so grateful for all the blessings in our lives. Like I said, life is good!

Okay, Sorry this is such a long time in coming, but you're a lot more tired with two than just one. We have been very busy and any time I do have time, I want to just rest. But it is so nice to have Grandma here. She has been a lifesaver.

Anyway, here is my side of the story of how she was born, with a little more detail. So Wed I had gotten most of the house clean. I had cleaned the bathroom, done all the dishes and gotten everything cleaned up. Then around 8:40 I had a stronger contraction. (I'd been having tons of smaller ones for a while now.) So I just kindof figured I would see what else came. Then about 15 min later I had another one, and I still just wanted to wait and see. Brandon was getting Isaac ready for bed, and I was just laying on the couch. Over the next half hour a few more came, and they were getting stronger, but I really didn't want to be in labor, and I didn't want to go into the hospital only to be sent home, so I was waiting to see if they would stop. We said prayers with Isaac, and Brandon was talking to his mom on Skype about something. I really didn't want to have to call someone to come watch Isaac and then come back home, so I really wanted to be sure I was in labor. After about 2 more really strong contractions I decided we needed to go and now. So we called Brandon's sister, and then we called our neighbors to come immediately while Brittany was on her way. This was about 9:35. Luckily we live like 2 min from the hospital. We got there and got checked in. Actually, we didn't really get checked in, they just had us sign a permission to treat form and then we went back to the room. My nurse took a while to get into the room, but once she got into the room she was awesome. She got into the room and put me into the computer while I was walking around the room groaning in pain. Finally she was like, okay after your next contraction, lay down so I can check you. At that point there wasn't really an in between, but I layed down and got checked. She ran to the door to call, "She's like a 9+" So everyone rushed into the room and started getting everything ready. I really wanted an epidural, and my nurse was so awesome. She was like, "we can get you one, and he'll get you comfortable in like 5-10 min, but I think you will have this baby before then. You can do it without. You've done all the hard part." At that point I responded, "No I haven't the baby's still in there. I still have to push it out!" She was so awesome, she just kept telling me I could do it. And Brandon was awesome too, he was so encouraging. I am really glad they were cause the baby come 12 min after I got into the room. The in-house doctor barely had time to get into the room and get his stuff on. The nurse was like, "Don't worry, if the doctor's not here in time, we'll just catch this baby." Two real pushes and she was out, thankfully. It was not what I had planned for, but it all worked out. It was super fast, but she was perfectly healthy and I didn't have to worry about the after effects of the epidural which was really nice. And now I know that I can handle pretty much anything else that comes my way.

Emily is such a sweet baby, she almost never cries. (Tonight on the way home from dinner was her first time.) She has been such a blessing in our family. Isaac absolutely adores her. He is forever giving her kisses and hugs, and is very concerned when she starts to fuss. We are so blessed to have such good family and friends who are willing to help us out at a moments notice, literally.

And here are some more pictures for all to enjoy... This was right before we left the hospital.