Born: Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 7:36 a.m.
Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz.
Height: 20"
Here's the quick birth story (for those of you who want more details you can talk to me in person!) ... I woke up Friday morning around 5:30 having some contractions ... by 6 a.m. they seemed to be getting more regular and stronger. Around 6:30 we called the Doc since they were about every 4 min. and were told to come in. Then I got a shower and Brian called our "on call" friend to come to the house since the other kiddos were sleeping. By the time I got dressed the contractions were every 3 min., and by the time we were in the car they were coming every 2 minutes. We arrived at the hospital and got checked in at 7:12 a.m. Then we found out that I was 9 1/2 cm dilated ... so after a few more contractions it was time to have a baby. And as you can see from the time of birth ... 24 minutes after arriving at the hospital Callie was born! Thanks to me, a scheduled c-section was delayed and another delivery was put on hold even though she was ready to deliver since she had an epidural and I had nothing (see ... to all of you who think I'm crazy for going natural every time ... there are some perks!). To be completely honest, I would've been ok with having the nurse deliver Callie!
All is well as we are now adjusting to life with 4 kiddos! Callie is adored by her siblings and thus far has been living the life of a newborn with ease ... sleeping and eating most of her life away. We're grateful to God for a healthy baby girl to add to the family! And as you probably noticed, we're spelling Callie different than in the baby name poll (with a C instead of a K) since it seems to be the more common way to spell it and will hopefully make it clear that it is prounced kal-ee, not kay-lee.
More pics to come soon!
11 comments:
Congratulations guys! She looks just like Sydney!
Congratulations Sarah!!! She's so beautiful and it sounds like everything went super smooth! I hope you're getting enough sleep and that the adjustment is easy to 4! Early newborn days are so nice when they sleep so much! And I love the name...it's really pretty and goes really well with your other kids' names! I'll be in touch soon about getting together!
congratulations! my mom told us yesterday you had her. she is adorable!
Congratulations! Callie is so precious. Way to break the 7 lb. mark by a long shot and continue your tradition of quick, easy deliveries. I thought my last delivery was quick with 33 minutes in the delivery room, but you managed to even beat that time!
Enjoy this time adjusting to the newest member of the family!
Callie is absolutely beautiful!! I'm glad to hear everything went so smoothly (and quickly - for your sake) and that you are doing well, Sarah. Congratulations to you and your family on this newest addition! Please tell Hailey "Happy Belated Birthday" from Claire and me!!
She's sooo cute! Can't wait to meet her and get the full story. :)
Thanks for sharing photos so quickly, Sarah -- I was so anxious to see Callie Beth. What a beautiful, precious little girl! I would imagine that you have 3 good little helpers who are eager to help take care of their little sister :) May God shower his awesome love and blessings on all 6 of you as you all adjust to a new baby in the family!
Love ya, Aunt Deb
Congratulations!! She is beautiful. I like the name you picked. I am happy to hear you had an uncomplicated delivery.
Oh, I miss her already; what a sweetie! I can't wait to see her and the rest of you on Thursday! I'm so proud of you Sarah - you really were made to have babies, you know!
Hope your famiy of SIX has a wonderful time bonding together! And hopefully there won't be too many arguments over who gets to hold Baby Callie :)
With love from Mom/Mimi
Congratulations! She is a cutie.
and for the record...I def. don't think you are crazy...if only all of us could have babies like you do :)
Congratulations!!! Callie is just precious!
That sure did go quickly! My friend Jess, I believe, was the one whose c-section was delayed!
Glad all is well!
Post a Comment