A quick update...

I have been working on a detailed blog for awhile now, but I'm enjoying having my family home (well, Jarrin and Kayla are gone now for a couple days, but we were all home until after Christmas) and having Shawn home has been great too! So with everything going on, I haven't made the time to blog much...but I wanted to at least share some pictures...promise to write a little soon!!

My kids at Christmas Eve: Jarrin (9 1/2), Cailin (2 weeks) & Kayla (16)

Christmas Baby Cailin

Cailin and big brother Jarrin

Cailin and big brother Jarrin sleeping

Cailin's First Bath

Cailin's First Shopping Trip with Mommy

Cailin McKenna Briley has arrived!!

Cailin McKenna Briley

December 10th, 2009 at 3:04 am

6 pounds 13 ounces

20 and 1/2 inches

Here comes baby!

Well, we're in the hospital. I'm in labor. :-) Don't know yet if she will arrive before midnight to share my sister's birthday, or if she'll wait til after midnight and have her own birthday on the tenth. We went to my doctor's appointment with strong contractions about 7 minutes apart. Went straight from there to the hospital. Arrived a little after 3:00, doctor came to break my water around 4:20, tried laboring in the water--it made contractions stronger--so I broke down and got an epidural around 9:15 or so and then they started petocin because she wasn't progressing fast enough. So, while I can still feel the contractions, it's more just pressure than anything else. Well, I'm going to try and rest a little now. Will be updating as soon as I can after our baby girl makes her arrival! :-)

Time is ticking away....

Well, still no baby yet, but that's ok. We technically still have 5 more days until my due date, so I'm just waiting it out at this point. I am amazed at the number of women who induce these days though. I currently know a number of pregnant women due close to me, one is due like a week after me and is being induced tomorrow. Another is due 6 weeks after me and is already ready to be induced but has to wait to hit 37 weeks. My doctor even asked me today if I wanted to be induced or just ride it out. I'm like, um, I've still got 5 days til my due date, I'll wait thank you. I mean, I'm as impatient as the next person, but come on people! Is it really so bad to wait until your baby is ready to come out to have them? Even with Jarrin (which was a miserable pregnancy) I waited until he was ready. This pregnancy (up until the last 2 or 3 days) has been a breeze so why rush things now? I'm just amazed. So, even though I'm ready for our little bambina to make her appearance any day now, I will sit back and try and relax and wait for her timing because I know that she'll come when it's her time to come. Maybe she's just waiting for her perfect birthday...and who knows when that will be:-)