Well if you remember my post the other day ("The doctor also noted that if she were to continue to have the contractions to head back in...Let's just hope that doesn't happen today when we are 100 miles away in Omaha for her baby shower!") you might enjoy this story.
Sunday we headed to Omaha at about 1:30 and showed up around 3. Sum's shower was at 3:30 so they dropped me off at a friends house nearby and proceeded to the shower. I ended up going completely across town to relax with a few amigos and got comfortable.
"This day couldn't be better!" I said.
-my phone rings-
"Hey babe," It was Sum, and her voice sounded nervous. "My water broke."
Immediately I asked her if she was joking, and she wasn't. It was 4:00 and she waited 30 minutes to call me because she knew I'd thought it was a bad idea to go and didn't want me to give her shit. She had called the doc and was told we'd be fine to drive back to Sioux City. So I had to get rushed over to the restaurant where the shower was being held, and off we went!
So you fully understand this situation, I must inform you that it was a full vehicle with my mother, sister, Jordan, Summer and I. Sum began to have really bad contractions, and I was timing them. They were about 4-5 minutes apart the whole way home-which means she was in active labor! So while she is fighting through the pain I am trying to calm my little man down because he didn't think that he should have to be in his car seat any more. Loud crying mixed with loud breathing equals chaos. Somehow I managed to remain somewhat calm.
We got to the hospital around 6 or so, and she was in a ton of pain until her epideral. Finally around 1:30 A.M. the doc said she was dialated to 4 and that she should expect to push around 6 or 7 A.M. I close my eyes at 1:50, and am woke up at 2:00 with the news Sum was at at 9 now, and we are ready to have the kid! At 2:48 A.M. Isabella Grace was born! It was amazing, and something I will never ever forget. Thank God...I am so blessed. I'm posting some pictures below of the whole deal, and some from when big brother came to visit his little sister yesterday!
Sunday we headed to Omaha at about 1:30 and showed up around 3. Sum's shower was at 3:30 so they dropped me off at a friends house nearby and proceeded to the shower. I ended up going completely across town to relax with a few amigos and got comfortable.
"This day couldn't be better!" I said.
-my phone rings-
"Hey babe," It was Sum, and her voice sounded nervous. "My water broke."
Immediately I asked her if she was joking, and she wasn't. It was 4:00 and she waited 30 minutes to call me because she knew I'd thought it was a bad idea to go and didn't want me to give her shit. She had called the doc and was told we'd be fine to drive back to Sioux City. So I had to get rushed over to the restaurant where the shower was being held, and off we went!
So you fully understand this situation, I must inform you that it was a full vehicle with my mother, sister, Jordan, Summer and I. Sum began to have really bad contractions, and I was timing them. They were about 4-5 minutes apart the whole way home-which means she was in active labor! So while she is fighting through the pain I am trying to calm my little man down because he didn't think that he should have to be in his car seat any more. Loud crying mixed with loud breathing equals chaos. Somehow I managed to remain somewhat calm.
We got to the hospital around 6 or so, and she was in a ton of pain until her epideral. Finally around 1:30 A.M. the doc said she was dialated to 4 and that she should expect to push around 6 or 7 A.M. I close my eyes at 1:50, and am woke up at 2:00 with the news Sum was at at 9 now, and we are ready to have the kid! At 2:48 A.M. Isabella Grace was born! It was amazing, and something I will never ever forget. Thank God...I am so blessed. I'm posting some pictures below of the whole deal, and some from when big brother came to visit his little sister yesterday!
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She is BEAUTIFUL...Summer, if you don't start calling me more often, or at least e-mail me, I am taking you out of my will...
again congrats, you guys have a beautiful family...and here is a quote you might like
Love is not a thing to understand. Love is not a thing to feel. Love is not a thing to give and receive. Love is a thing only to become and eternally be. --Sri Chinmoy
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