All about the girl

This is Stacy this time. Grandma Barbie has Sam, Sophie is sleeping and Stevie is mowing his mom's lawn. I have the whole house to myslef so I thought I would BLOG. So can't beleive we actually have 2 kids. It's not as life altering this time around and I feel like I actually have a clue what I am doing. ::relief:: Sophie is a great baby so far. she is just starting to be awake a little bit more than just for food. She has the most beautiful eyes I just can't help but look at them when they are open. She occasionally goes cross-eyed when she opens them too wide. I forgot about all the funny expressions newborns make. My favorite is the one eye squint while the mouth tries to find food. Too sweet.



For anyone interested (or for my own record) here is the birth story. I started having contractions Monday morning at about 1:30. The were consistant but honestly never really that bad but I wanted to go in anyway. We got there at about 5:30 and I was still only dialted 3 which was the same from my previous appointment a week earlier. My contractions seemed to become less regular when I got all hooked up I really thought they were going to send me home. Alas the doctor took pity me and let me stay. I got a little round of pitocin and man those contractions hit me like a ton of bricks. I got my epidural when I was at a 6 (we will come back to that) It only numbed half of me. Those contractions were horrendous... I'm not going to lie. The Dr came in and gave me another round of medicine which numbed every single ounce of feeling I had in my lower body. I was checked to see my progress and I had gone from a 6 to a 10 in 20 minutes.

The Dr was Paged.... about 4 pushes in about 4 minutes later Little Sophie was here!



She doesn't have the huge cranium Sam had nor was it mal-formed in any way. I don't mean to make such a big deal over the fact that this girl has hair but.... No one in my family is born with hair. The Edde Gene has always dominated with all of my sisters and their babies. Steve had the exact dark, straight, sticky-up hair that Sophie has. Her big eyes are Steve's also. She has already started to fatten up.... milk production is most definetly not a problem of mine. My usual size b's are now of playboy proportions. I am feeling pretty good at the moment... physical well and super hormonal but at least I know what to expect this time around. To put it in Steve's words from a conversation earlier today."life is good right now." I feel so blessed to have tow healthy kids and great support from Steve. I promise I will up load more pictures tonight. I can't get enough of this little girl and I get to see her all the time :)