We would like to introduce the newest member of the West family, Addie!!
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| Miss Addie, our little peanut :) |
Our little peanut arrived 3 weeks and 2 days early and was a complete surprise! At 26 weeks I was diagnosed with chronic hypertension, so we knew that she would be anywhere from one to seven days early. But on Jan 11 at 12:30am I got out of bed and my water broke! I actually just stood in shock and finally woke Bubba up and told him. He half way laughed and told me to quit joking and go back to bed. I went and called the hospital and they told me to go ahead and drop Little Man off and get to the hospital! Wait, what? I didn't believe that I could actually be in labor. I hadn't had any contractions and we had just been joking earlier in the evening how funny it would be if she came early on her own and I didn't have to be induced. I went back upstairs and woke Bubba up again, telling him we needed to finish packing stuff, drop Little Man off and get to the hospital. That sure did wake him up :) At this point, my adrenaline was going, I felt like I couldn't even think straight. I kept saying "this isn't really happening!" We got Little Man loaded up and made the 20 minute drive to a friends house. By the time we got there I was having contractions that were lasting 30-45 seconds every 10 minutes. I had a hard time leaving him, I knew he would do fine, but we were about to turn his world upside down. He started tearing up as we were leaving, but I was strong and just gave him a hug and kiss and told him I would see him in the morning. We got back in the car and made the 15 minute drive to base. By the time we got there the contractions were lasting longer and getting stronger. We got up to L&D and they checked me out and determined I wasn't crazy and I was actually in labor. (THANK GOODNESS) By 2:15am we were in a room and they were hooking up the IV and taking blood to make sure I didn't have pre-eclampsia. My paperwork that I had filled out 3 weeks before had been filed wrong, so my awesome nurse sat in our room and asked me the 200 questions. Once she had finished, the dr arrived and she was going to do an ultrasound to see how big our peanut was, but decided against it when the nurse told her how quickly my contractions were coming. Instead she checked me out and informed me that whenever I was ready to start pushing I could. With that I had a contraction, rolled on my side and screamed "I need to push, get her out NOW!" The dr ran back over to the bed and 2 pushes later, at 3:57am our little peanut was born. She was 5lbs 9oz and 18 inches of healthy baby girl.We ended up being in the hospital for 4 days, because she lost too much weight the first day and then we had to wait on her to pass her car seat test.
Little Man was very excited later that day to meet his little sister and has been the sweetest to her ever since we have been home. He loves to hold her, help with diaper changes and kiss her.
The last 3 weeks have flown by and have been equally crazy with getting her into the system so Bubba can make sure she is on his orders when we move in March. Moving definitely makes everything a little more crazy and stressful but I really think it has made us closer as a family. We definitely have to lean on each other more.
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| They already love each other :) |
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| The shirt says it all, he really is the best big brother |
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| Our happy family :) |
