Our Last and Littlest

Just before we left for the hospital


Getting weighed


Wendi and Aria


Marcus and Aria


Feed Me


Kylie and Aria


Landon and Aria


Just too busy at the hospital




Snuggling with Tannen




All dressed up


Small little leg

We finally got our little girl here. I was induced on Thursday August 12, 2010. We are supposed to call between 6:00 and 6:30 in the morning to see if the hospital can fit you in. I woke up at 4:45 and couldn't go back to sleep because I was too hyped up about finally having my baby. My mom had come down Wednesday night to stay with the kids. When I called in the morning they said they had 9 scheduled inductions that day and that I would be #4 on the list. They had a couple of medical induction and one from the day before that they couldn't fit in. Still feeling pretty good that I would get in sometime that day I laid in bed for a little while and then was up by 7:00 having breakfast. Tannen was up too snuggling my mom on the couch. I ate and packed up a bag for us. Then around 8 I decided to go back to bed. Marcus was up by then taking care of kids. I fell asleep finally and thought maybe they would call around 10. Right around 9 my phone rang and they asked if I could be in by 9:45. Of course I could. I was really excited and told Marcus. We finished getting ready and packed and off we were to the hospital.

We got the the hospital right on time. We were checked in and then given a room. I had talked to Tiffani before I went in and told her all the IV's I have had in the past were crappy and hurt the whole time. She pointed out a good vein and told me that would be the one she would do. I told my nurse and she used that vein. And of course Tiffani is brilliant and it was the best IV I have had. I was hooked up and had pitocin going at 10:20 am. I was really surprised because with Kylie and Tannen I was induced and it took about two hours before I was on the medicine. I started out at a 2 and 50% effaced. My doctor got there around 11:00 and checked me. He said I was at a 3 and 60% effaced and broke my water then. Marcus and I talked and played Uno. Around 12:00 I was check and was around a 4. Things were progressing great. I decided to get up and walk around. Marcus always like to tease me and says that I am the only lady he ever sees walking around the halls. But I told him he is usually in the room with me the whole time so what kind of judge is he. I had a nurse come in and tell me that the Anesthesiologist was going to go up for a Cesarean and he would be leaving around 1:00 and wouldn't be back for 1 1/2 hours. And if I wanted my epidural before we should let him know. After walking around my contractions really started to hurt so I decided to have an epidural. I was really nervous because the one I had with Tannen really hurt and I cried afterwards. He gave me my epidural around 12:20 and it was awesome. I was so relieved that it didn't hurt like the last one.

I was checked close to 1:00 and was at a 5. Marcus went to get some lunch. I got a new nurse at 3:00 when they were changing shifts. She checked me right around 3:15 and I was at a six. She told me to let her know if I had any deep pressure and that I might be ready. I remember telling Marcus that according to the book after you hit a seven you can get to a ten really fast. After about 10 minutes I started feeling really strong contractions - even with my epidural I could always feel the tops of them, but they never hurt. The nurse came in after about two and asked if I could feel them. Apparently the babies heart beat would drop when I would have a strong contraction and we thought I was ready to push. She checked me and I was. They got everything ready and called the doctor. He had three patients in that day and had just barely finished delivering his second baby.

I pushed just a couple of times and she came right out. She was born at 3:51 pm. We named her Aria Wendi. She was 7 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long. She was my shortest labor 5 1/2 hours. (Landon was 16 hours, Kylie was 6 1/2 hours and Tannen was 8 hours.) She is also my biggest but we cooked her the longest. Landon was 15 days early with my water breaking and was 7lbs even. Kylie was 5 days early and my littlest at 6 lbs 10 oz. And Tannen was 6 days early at 6 lbs 14 oz.

We stayed at the hospital for two days and came home on Saturday. My mom took Landon and Kylie with her back home and then my mother in-law came and got them from her and had them for a couple of days. She is staying with us this week to help out. Marcus has been great. He stayed with me the whole time at the hospital and took care of us over the weekend and took Monday off and half of Tuesday.

So far Aria has been a great little sleeper because she is always sleeping. But man when she is hungry nothing seems to settle her down but to eat. The kids love her. We weren't sure about Tannen because at the hospital he was too distracted to even notice her. Way too much fun stuff to get into. But when we got home he held her and never wanted to give her up. Landon came home from school and the first thing he did was get Aria and hold her. I love it and am so happy to have her.