Mckenzie is here!

Mckenzie is finally here! It was a long wait. I was induced 9 days after my due date. I was not going into labor on my own. I tried all the tricks to make myself go into labor.... spicy foods, running, special pizza, walking up and down the bleachers at the high school. It did nothing. She just was not ready to come yet. So on August 2nd the hospital called me at like 5:00 in the morning and told me to come in at 7:00. I took a shower and did my hair and we stopped for a bagel and smoothie at McDonalds on our way in.They started me on pitocin right away and the contractions started. They broke my water a couple hours later and then the contractions started to hurt so I got my epidural. It was way better than I was expecting. Then we just hung out in the hospital room all day. Our nurse hooked us up with a room with an awesome view! It was such a beautiful day. So we just hung out, watched some Modern Family, ate ice chips and watched my monitor go up and down every couple minute with the contractions. And I felt no pain! Nothing was really happening so we told Sean's mom to bring him some dinner around 5:00. Then we were just talking to our moms when the doctor came in to check me again. The nurse told them to go wait in the hall while the doctor checked me. And then my doctor (same doctor who delivered Sean!) said okay this is how I want you to push during the contraction. Ready go.... What?? right now? And then the nurse running around grabbing blankets and getting the bed ready and she said she wasn't going to have everything ready in time and then the doctor had me push during like 3 contractions and she was out. It was CRAZY! It happened so fast and all of the sudden and I felt no pain at all. It was AWESOME! And then they plopped my baby right on my stomach and it took a minute to get her to cry. They weighed her and wrapped her up and then I got to hold her! It was so incredible to hold her for the first time. It's such a miracle! I couldn't believe that she was actually MY baby. She was born at 7:01 PM and was 6 pounds 14 ounces and 19.5 inches long. The rest of the night was such a blur. Our moms were already there so they got to come in and meet her. And then I had to change rooms and eat dinner because i was super hungry and all our brothers and sisters were coming to see her and I had to try and feed the baby and she needed a bath. It was a crazy night with not much sleep. We had lots of visitors the next day at the hospital and then the next day we got to bring our baby home! She is such a beautiful baby! We love her so much!