Welcome to the World!

Katie is finally here! It's taken me several days to get this up because having 2 kids is a lot busier than just 1, but I absolutely love it, and I couldn't be happier to finally have this pregnancy behind me.

Wednesday I was having contractions, but they weren't close or regular. I had to have an ultrasound to check my fluid levels since I was 5 days overdue at the time. My fluid levels were still okay, so I went home; at which point the contractions started picking up a bit. Justin ended up leaving work around 4, and we took Sophie to his mom's house.

When I got to the hospital, they determined I wasn't progressing very quickly, so they asked if I'd like to go home. Since I wanted to go all natural, we did just that. But the contractions were pretty hard by midnight, so we headed back in and were admitted.

Here I am dilated to an 8. I made Justin take the picture between contractions so the pain didn't show through. This is also when my doctor broke my water...
And here I am at a 9. Just like Sophie, Katie was posterior and would not turn, so I stayed here at a 9 for 3 hours. This made for an excruciating finish, but I was sure I could make it. They decided to pump some pitocin in to try to help me finish it off. When I finally got to the point where I said I could no longer handle it, she turned, and I was pushing!

2 light pushes and one big one got our beautiful girl here! The chord was wrapped around her neck, so she was blue and not breathing when she came out. I was so worried, but Justin managed to cut the chord without cutting Katie, and they got her breathing without problem. When they brought her over and put her on me, she wasn't even crying at all. When they took her away, we got to hear her little cry. It is seriously so tiny; I love it!

She was born at 6:09 am and was 7 lb 4 oz and 19 inches long.

My parents were waiting in the hall to see her.

I absolutely love her!

Gotta love those after labor, exhausted photos...

Justin's parents came soon after...

I could just stare at her all day!

Friday after we got out of the hospital, we headed to Justin's graduation. I'm just glad Katie came in time!

I am so proud of him! He got his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.

Our first family photo with the 4 of us!

And here are several shots of our little Katie Bug. She got her Daddy's dimples, but I never could get a good picture of them.

She is such a content little thing.

Sophie is warming up to her baby sister.

She seriously never cries, and she has allowed me to get at least 5 hours of sleep each night, so I am a happy camper!

Justin's a very proud daddy.

Life is so Crazy/Fun

Still no baby! My due date came and went on Saturday--so much for pre-term labor right? I was expressing my frustrations to my doctor, and he said lots of women are in pre-term labor, go on medication, then go past their due date. I suppose a late baby is better than an early baby, so we feel very blessed. I keep telling myself she's got to come soon, but while I used to have constant contractions, they have let up in the last few days, so we'll see...

Meanwhile, we are enjoying our time together before our lives become a little more crazy.

Here we are at the park. We love to take Sophie there, and we do nearly every day. (These pictures are in reverse chronological order, but I didn't want to switch it. They're random anyway, so I figured it'd be okay.)
Sophie loves to chase Daddy.

Here I am at the park on my due date.

Playing on the playground 9 months pregnant is very painful by the way...

Sophie loves to pretend to sleep on this little bench.

We love to take Sophie to the temple. We took her once for a family home evening, and now she asks to go all the time. We don't feel we can deny her, so we go often.

She loves to touch the temple doors.

And play in the fountain...

We have to remind her not to pick the flowers. She is always so tempted.

Sophie loves to wear her glasses in the car. She is so cute!

We love to eat at Paulas, and every time we do, Sophie has to say hi to this chicken.

Sophie loves to go the park with her cousin Tucker. It seriously makes my life so much easier to have him because they play together, and I can relax on the grass, so we pick him up, and they have a blast!

I always have people comment on how cute my twins are. Rather than explain, I just say thank you and move on. Ha ha!

My baby brother got his mission call a few weeks ago. He is going to the Rapid City, South Dakota mission. He is way excited, and we are all so proud of him!

I often wake up Saturday mornings to find this... Justin and Sophie will get up and build forts while I sleep in. I love it!

I love moments like this. So precious!

I made this cute carseat cover/nursing cover. I'm excited to actually use it!

One night we went in to check on Sophie after she'd gone to sleep to discover her bed empty...

She took all her toys under her bed and went to sleep in there. (She has a secret hideout underneath.)

You can see her little shoes sticking out. (Yes, she still sleeps with her shoes on.) We decided to pull her out so she wouldn't freak out when she woke up, but it was quite the ordeal to get her out of all her toys.

Sophie loves art time.

And she loves to wear this hat my grandmother made for her, but she has to pull it down over her eyes. Silly girl!