We have a BABY!!!!!

Alright, it's been a tough couple of days but the absolute BEST of my LIFE!!!! Our little Makenzie is HERE!!! And she is absolutely gorgeous! She has her Daddy's lips, my nose, my hair, my skin and my hands and feet!!! When you look her in the face, all you see at first is her Daddy! Then you see the nose and yep, that's Mommy's nose! Haha!

The Labor:
If it can be called that. Ok, so last you heard, we were going to the Doctor so they could do a nonstress test on baby. Well, we got there, I was getting pretty dizzy in the lobby and when they took my BP it was 158/94...which is not good, at all. So, Dr. Williams told me to sit down, they got a wheel chair and took me and Shane to the hospital. We got checked in and prepped and then they started doing all kinds of stuff to me! IV, cathiter, meds, and got Shane some scrubs and told us to hang on. I wasn't really freaking out...really. I was nervous and scared for Makenzie but not freaking out. Mike and Sheila came and hung out, ate subs, chilled. Mike said that it wasn't so bad, "This having a baby thing." It was funny b/c he was sitting there on the couch eating his sub and drinking his soda and just having fun....watching me drool over his sandwich. (Dr. Williams had told me not to eat or drink anything after midnight, so I was hungry!)
So then they came and got me and took me back to get my spinal and prep me for the SURGERY! (dun dun duuuun!!!) So, I get back there and they put me on the other bed and lean me over to give me the spinal block. And once that was in, my legs were pretty much useless and they made me lay back really quick. They strapped me to the table, stripped me of everything from my chest down and called Shane in. They pinched me a few time to check for feeling, (I was to tell them if I felt sharp pains) and then they started. By this time Shane is with me and he is standing up looking over the curtain making the craziest faces and freaking me out! So, I told him to stop and then they put some music on. (Jason Mraz, I'm Yours) I started singing this to kinda zone out since I could feel EVERYTHING they were doing and as you all know I kinda freak out about stuff like that. So, then I started to feel this incredible pressure on my belly and then it was like a 'sploosh' and I could breathe better than I have in FOREVER! And then I heard her cry...it was the best thing in this world! I started to cry immediately and Shane looked at me and I could tell he was dying to get over there. So, they took her over to the heater thing with Shane and cleaned her up and did whatever, then Shane brought her over to see me then took her to the nursery. After they left, they stitched me back up and took me to recovery. I was feeling totally out of it but all I could think of was that little baby, and wanting to see her SOOOOOO BAD!!! So, FINALLY, they took me back to the room and Shane went and got her so I could hold her. She is absolutely breath taking! (Of course, I'm her Mommy so I could be a little biased.)

She does have a little issue with laziness. B/c she is a premie and she has a little heart murmur, she's having trouble with her blood/oxygen saturation level. So, until that murmur closes up and she learns how to breathe deeply, she'll be hanging out with the cool nurses at Bingham Memorial. They have been so great! Being here, with sweet nurses that are understanding and very accomadating has made this, a situation that could be seriously stressful, not that bad at all. I mean, don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to have her at home right now and not have to worry about her blood/ox levels but it isn't that bad. I mean, I am able to sleep all through the night b/c the nurses are caring for her. That is going to be a big help when we finally do get her home. I am healing up nicely and I'm able to do that with lots of help up here. I could go one and on. This has really been a wonderful experience! Getting a c-section wasn't as bad as I though it would be. (The cathiter was the absolute WORST part of it ALL!!!)

I will post some pictures as soon as I get the cord for my camera. Which will probably be tomorrow! Ok, I'm going to go hang out with Shane and Miss Makenzie now. I will keep you posted.

(SHE IS AWESOME!!!!)