Welcome to the World, Grace!

Grace was born on Sunday, September 7th at 2:35PM, two and a half hours after we arrived at Evans Army Community Hospital in Colorado Springs. She was two weeks early. I woke up around 8:30 and felt a little different. I could hardly call it contractions, but I decided not to go to church so I could just take it easy and not go into labor since our family was not in town yet. Jake went to church, but took his cell phone just in case. I ended up calling him to come home halfway through church. He finished packing our hospital bag and fed Conner breakfast. We were told we wouldn't be admitted unless I was in enough pain that I couldn't talk through the contractions. It never got to that point, but we went anyway. We got to the hospital at noon, and discovered I was already at 7 centimeters!!! They admitted me quickly and rushed around making sure we were ready for delivery. I did not get an epidural, but I got a "block" which is like an epidural but lasts only for an hour and a half instead of a constant drip. The pain relief was wonderful. They soon broke my water, I pushed for 10 minutes, and Grace was born. The cord was wrapped around her neck twice, but the nurses rubbed her vigorously, she lost the blue color and let out a sweet baby cry. They immediately placed her on my tummy, and from that moment on, we haven't been able to keep our eyes off of her.
















There was so much excitement, he had a hard time containing himself. He pressed the call button one too many times. Oops...here he is in time out. :)





Friends from the hospital came upstairs to meet Gracie.


Such a sweet face


We have a hard time waking her up to nurse since she is so peaceful when she sleeps.


She's the most content little baby.