Happy Birthday Isabella Rae

Yes, SHE is here.....what a blessing this lil baby is! Isabella Rae was born (finally) Tue March 29th, 2011 at 1:20 in the afternoon, weighing 6 lbs 5 oz and 18.5 in long. She has a full head of dark brown hair and big almond shaped eyes. This whole time I was CONVINCED I was a having a chubby boy and out comes this peanut of a baby girl!! After having contractions for almost 2 weeks, I thought this baby could come out at any moments notice and yet the days dragged on. At 39 weeks, 2:30 in the morning I started having super strong contractions about 30 min apart. They continued to get stronger and closer together so I went to lay down on the sofa and keep track of them. By 4 am my Mom had come out to sit with me, I just knew it was going to be the day yay! We called Aunt Sher so she could get on the road and make it to the hospital in time. I was showered and completely ready by 6 am, but we waited till about 7 to head to the hospital. Mo and I checked with the nurse but she said I needed to walk the hall for about an hour to try and dialate more. After an hour I wasn't dialated any further but thank God the nurse had my back and decided to admit me any way, she said the baby was so low that when the time comes it will happen very fast. Wow was she right! No sooner than they put me in room and hooked up an IV I was feeling contractions every 5 min and I NEEDED an epidural STAT! Again thank God my nurse was such a God send, she had already requested the anesthesiologist and told him to come to my room first. Within the time that I checked in to the time I was put in a room, four other Moms had gone into labor and they all needed an epidural!! I was first in line, HALLELUJAH! After the epidural I felt GREAT, such a relief, can't imagine birth without one....Mom you're stronger than I am! Aunt Sher made it just in time, my Dad picked her up from airport and dropped her off at 12:45. They were going to stop for something to eat but Ashley warned them not to stop or they might miss it. Not only did the epidural make me feel better but it also made baby want to come out. I asked the nurse to check things out but she wanted to give it an hour. I knew something was going on down there, just then my Dr. came in and I asked her to check. Sure enough I was already dialated to 9 and she wanted me to give a lil "trial" push to see if I could get the baby to come down more. I gave a little push and out came the top of her head! WOAH says the Dr., its go time! She had to rush out and change into her scrubs, the nurses all scrambled to get the prep table ready and get the bed warmer ready for the baby. Mo came in from the bathroom and saw the commotion, he couldn't believe it was already happening. Aunt Sher held one of my legs, Mo had the other, Ash was taking pictures, and I'm sure Mom was praying =) 3 pushes later and out was my lil baby Isabella!! No one said what she was, and I kept asking "what is it!? what is it!?" the Dr. held her up so I could see and I just couldn't believe it!!! I secretly wanted a girl so that Shay could have a sister and my dream came true! Everyone was crying, we were so thrilled to have our new baby. Wow was the Dr wrong about the size, he told me repeatedly I was have a 9 or 10 lb baby! Welcome to the family Isabella we Love You Sooooo Much!!!!