I expected life to get a little crazier with 3 kids, but the last week has been a joke! But lets start at the beginning. On Thursday, the 1st, my doctor stripped my membranes (which didn't hurt as bad as I thought it would). That night I went to a BBQ and was a little uncomfortable, but nothing regular was happening. John and I stayed up until about midnight waiting to see if the pain I was feeling would get stronger or be regular in any way. We finally decided to go to bed and about an hour and half later, ya, they were stranger. So, off to hospital we go. When I got there, I was at a 6, and let me tell you, I don't want to feel that again. I wanted to swear and cry all at the same time. (But you would be proud that I didn't do either.) Luckily the anesthesiologist was just down the hall, so I only had to wait about 45 minutes for the awesome drugs. Seriously, all you who did it naturally, I think you are nuts (or just a whole lot tougher than me!) My favorite part was when the nurse kept talking about all those poor women who come in wanting an epidural and end up running out of time or can't have one because the anesthesiologist is in surgery or something. Ya, I kind of wanted to slap her at that point. But anyway, about an hour and a half, two hours later, my doctor came in to check on me and said, "lets have a baby." So they pulled a transformers on the room and bed and we were ready. I pushed through 3 contractions and they plopped her on my tummy. Yay, she's here! My first thought was, "yay, we made it through" and then "wow, she is louder than the other two." I was very happy that Jordan was healthy. She weighed 6 lbs, 15 oz and was 21 1/2 inches long, and she really does look long! She did need to be on the billi lights for Jaundice for a few days. We even got a nice little bed to take home with us, ya, that was hard trying to make sure she was on them all the time. As for me, I only needed one stitch, so the recovery hasn't been too bad, which is good because did I mention we are trying to open a dental practice? Ya, so if that didn't keep John away enough, he got strep last Thursday and he has been sicker than I have ever seen him all weekend long. Needless to say, I have been extremely overwhelmed trying to keep up with dishes, laundry, feeding everyone, making sure the older kids are still alive and feel somewhat loved, and trying to do it all on little sleep. Oh, and did I mention there was a wedding and 2 birthdays in there? Really, my hat goes off to single mothers. So, sorry for not getting pictures up earlier, but I think you will understand. An now, here are a few pictures of our beautiful little Jordan.
