So today was supposed to be Bailey's birthday....

Just some more pictures....so fun!
I guess I never really explained why she came early, huh? Well, Jack's entrance into this world was pretty traumatic. After he was delivered by an emergency c-section almost a full month early, he spent some time in the NICU. So, this time around, my Doc wanted to monitor the pregnancy very closely. Since week 30 of my pregnancy, she had me going to the hospital for non-stress tests...basically, they'd just hook me up to a bunch of machines to monitor a bunch of stuff like amniotic fluid, heart rate, contractions, blood pressure, etc. Up until Friday, April 4th, all the tests were going fine and nothing appeared that gave the perinatologists anything to worry about. Well, about an hour into my non-stress test, after reviewing Bailey's heart rate which had been dropping down to the low 90s- high 80s, the perinatologist called my Doc. And about a minute later, I was being escorted down to check in to Labor and Delivery. Jack's heart was dropping and peaking way more dramatically than Bailey's was- but my Doc just wanted to err on the side of being too safe than sorry. I called Eth and asked him if he was ready to have a baby that day? :) I knew I wasn't--the house was a disaster, the guest bathroom is still under construction, the laundry was piled a mile high on our bed in 'to be folded' status, I had some work to do for the campaign, etc. But, we really had no other choice. By 3:30pm, my epidural kicked in. By4:00pm I was in the operating room. And Bailey was born at 4:27pm. The first thing I said when I saw her was, wow--she looks like Jack. She really did...and does. She is so sweet and all three of us are just fascinated by this precious lil' spirit that has joined our family. Jack has mastered "little kisses"--he gives them to his lil' sister very frequently. He also points to her head nose, and ears, and tickles her feet--and probably doesn't understand why she doesn't laugh like we do when he does it to us. We are so blessed and so excited and are really feeling grateful to be alive and to be having this experience in our lives.