2 weeks old!

Our sweet Holland baby is 2 weeks old! Time has gone by fast and slow at the same time.  Holland has been a really good baby;  She has slept really well at night, and she doesn’t cry a lot.  She’s been quite the little eater too-she gained a pound in 2 weeks!  At her doctor’s appointment today she weighed 9 lbs 5 oz (78%) and was 22.5 inches long (98%).  She’s been growing a ton. Carly has warmed up to her a little better.  She still gets jealous if Casey or I am holding her but she’s getting used to the idea of having someone else in the family.  It is a lot of fun to have such a precious newborn baby around.  It’s a lot of work but since I know how fast babies grow up I’ve been trying to enjoy all the cuddle time I can get.  We love you baby Holland!

Side note: We just found out yesterday that we got an apartment.  We’ve been on a waiting list for a while and we came to the top and we’re moving next week!  I have mixed feelings about leaving my parent’s house.  I want to give my parent’s their house back but I know I’ll miss having them around.  Our new apartment has 3 bedrooms so it will be nice to move Holland into her own room!

Holland!

Our sweet Holland Estelle Green was born on Tuesday night (my due date) at 11:25.  She was 8 lbs 4 oz 19” long.  I wasn’t expecting to go into labor on my own and I was just waiting until I could get induced on Wednesday morning, but on Tuesday afternoon my water broke at 3:45.  I was so excited when it broke because I knew I wouldn’t have to be induced the next morning anymore!  My contractions started pretty quick after my water broke so we headed straight to the hospital.  I had to wait in a triage room for a couple of hours because they didn’t have any open rooms!  It was a crazy busy day to have a baby I guess. 

When a room finally opened up I was having even stronger contractions but I was still only 5 cm dilated.  I was pretty frustrated that I hadn’t progressed very much in those 2 hours.  I had to wait another hour to get an epidural because the anesthesiologist was way busy giving the other 20+ ladies epidurals.  Once I got the epidural I started getting really light headed and I almost passed out a few times because my blood pressure was so low.  So  I had to lay down on my side for the rest of the time.  At 10 p.m. the doctor checked me and I was only at 6 cm.  Then during the next hour I started feeling a lot of pressure from the contractions and the nurse checked me at 11 and I was ready to start pushing!  I pushed a couple of times and then Holland came right out. 

Holland has been such a good baby.  She is so sweet and doesn’t cry a lot.  Carly loves her most of the time.  I made the mistake of calling Holland sweetie while I changing her and Carly heard and said, “No mama I’m your sweetie!”  She got pretty mad and has been a lot more clingy to Casey instead of me.  Hopefully she’ll warm up more to me and Holland soon. 

I am so grateful for Casey he is an amazing birth coach!

My sister Brooke came along to be a part of the birth.  It was fun having her there to help and lighten the mood. 

They had flavored ice chips -you could add snow cone flavors to the ice!  They helped to keep me from passing out!

We were lucky to have a lot of people come visit us in the hospital:  The Bergeses, The Whiteleys, Our bishopric, The McNeils, and The Edgmons.

2 days left?!?!

I have only 2 days left until my due date.   This pregnancy has gone by very fast… except for the past 2 weeks which have dragged on and on and have seemed like 2 months!  I was honestly hoping that this little girl would do her mom a favor and come a week early but she’s just like her sister and wants to come late! 

This past week I went into the doctor twice because my Dr. wanted to strip my membranes and then check me a few days later to see if I could be induced on Monday.  I know my Dr. is nice to offer to induce me a day before my due date and I was a bit hesitant honestly but I am supposedly making enough progress already to be induced.  A few hours after I left the Dr. on Friday I got a call from a nurse saying that the hospital is booked Monday and Tuesday for inductions so I can’t be scheduled until Wednesday.  Which I know it isn’t that bad to have a baby one day late, but I had been planning on being induced on Monday for a week!  The nurse told me that the Dr. is pretty sure that I’ll have the baby before then anyway so it shouldn’t be a big deal, we’ll see…

I have been trying to enjoy all the one on one time I have left with Carly. She is at such a fun stage where she is always asking me how I’m doing and saying how much she loves me.  My favorite is when she says, “mommy, you’re my best friend ever!”   I can’t believe I’ll have two kids by Wednesday. I am so excited!