The Kendall Story...

She's here! Kendall is a week old yesterday and I'm just now getting a moment to tell her story. So here I go...

Last Tuesday, 8th, I started having some semi regular contractions starting at about 4:00 in the afternoon. I continued about my normal day and even went over to Grandpa Kirk's house for a visit that evening. After we got home, went through our normal bedtime routine with Parker, and got to bed, I got about an hour of sleep before the contractions were getting pretty close together and more intense. I thought I would let Dad catch some z's and I would wait until the contractions were a little closer. So at 2:30am the contractions were about 4 to 6 minutes apart, so I got Dad up and called Maus to come over to babysit Parker. We arrived at the hospital around 3:30am, I was admitted and checked. At that point I was only dialated to a 2 so they said they would give it an hour and see how I progessed. An hour later, I had jumped to a 4 so they hooked me up to an IV. Thank goodness; if they would have sent me home at that point, I don't know how I would have made it through the contractions a whole lot longer. I did last a bit longer before we got the epidural, I was dialated to a 5/6 at that point. Talk about relief and, BONUS, I got a nap! We had awesome nurses! They were so helpful and made sure both Dad and I were completely comfortable. They kept saying how fast I was moving and told us they thought Kendall would be here before lunch. Boy, did they get our hopes up! First, my pain kept coming back, so they had to give me stronger meds three times and move the epidural cathader once. Then as she got closer to coming, they discovered that she was at an angle inside me. So they had me move from side to side trying to move her (easier said then done). Anyway...Dr. Cline made the annoucement that it was time to push and after 10/15 minutes of pushing Kendall Rae Meirowsky arrived into the world! Dad got to cut the cord and I got the honor of holding our new baby girl. She was born at 2:15pm weighing in at 9 lbs 3oz and 21 inches long. And she is every bit of ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!

 Kendall had several visitors over the next week : Grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, and maybe most importantly Big Brother Parker. Kendall is very fortunate to have so much love in her family.