She's Finally Here and We Couldn't Love Her More!!!

 My last hour of pregnancy, yay! We had to be at the hospital by 5:30 a.m. and so of coarse I didn't sleep at all the night before. So I took a shower and did my make-up, why not, I always feel more awake and more like myself when I do. It's amazing to me that with a c-section, you show up and just with in a couple hours you're done. I don't love c-sections but they definitely have they pro's. It all went perfectly and I swear that each c-section gets easier and easier. The worst part was actually walking into the operating room alone (they don't allow the husband back until after the epidural) and it was 62 degrees in there. After a little while of prep work I looked up and there was my warmth, my husband. I felt so much better after he was aloud to come and be by my side. What a difference it makes to have someone next to you that you love. We just looked at each other through most of it until I heard that noise of relief. I love hearing that new born cry after they are out. And then of coarse I waited anxiously for the doctor to let me know if it was for sure a girl. Right after I breathed a sigh of relief from her first cry, I breathed a second sigh of relief as the doctor said "Well hello little lady!". I was then the happiest women in the world. Not only was she here healthy and strong but she was in fact a 'she'! I love my boys with all my heart and I wouldn't change them for the world but I have, of coarse, wanted to experience both. And lets face it, girls are more fun to dress. I spent my whole pregnancy holding myself back from full on excitement until I knew for sure that she was my girl! I aloud myself to cry a moment but then told myself to stop because I have (in the past) hyperventilated before when I'm stressed and start crying, so I really didn't want that to happen. I had to keep myself calm for the rest of the c-section. I couldn't stop staring at my little girl and then the morphine kicked in, so that's when they carted her off to be cleaned up and checked.

 PERFECT!!!

 I LOVE this picture! This little guy has been more excited then anyone, to have a baby sister. This picture melts my heart.

 First bath.

 Her first bow! Daddy got to pick it out all by himself, I think he did a good job!

 She is going to grow up so loved and protected. Her brothers have been fighting over her non-stop. They absolutely love and adore her.

 I think my mom was more emotional then I was that day. My mom is such a spiritually strong woman and I know that she definitely felt the spirit very strongly that day. I always love thinking about how these little babies came right from our Heavenly Fathers arms, to ours! They are so perfect, so clean, so pure! Nothing on this earth could be closer to Heaven. 

 Getting ready to go home! I had to put her in a lady bug outfit, it's only fitting. I have had this outfit for a few years now and it was so fun to be able to pull it out. The nurse took Lucy later and put a red and a black bow on her instead. That was right up my ally. You can kind of see it in the picture below.

The day we came home. I am, of coarse, tired and I sometimes sit and think about how life was easier without a new born and wonder if my life will ever be normal again and if I will ever get to sleep in the same bed as my husband again. But those are just fleeting thoughts and I really couldn't be any happier. She is the best baby ever. She already has such a sweet little spirit and I feel so incredibly blessed to be her mother. The spirit that she has brought with her and filled our home with is worth ever moment of lost sleep and crazy messed up schedules. I really feel that between my amazing husband, my 3 wonderful boys and my new baby girl, that I got the golden ticket.