The Story of Kenadie

Prepare yourself for a long post! And here we go!
After waiting and waiting for April 12th to come, it passed with no baby. Not feeling like I wanted to deal with two very energetic little girls named Paityn and Andee, we shipped them off to my mom's house for a few days. That was Sunday. Then came Monday, and you'd think I would just sit at home or clean or something, but no. We went car shopping. Without the girls, it was a perfect day to go. That night I went into "nesting" mode, cleaning and doing laundry, knowing that I was being induced the next morning.
So it begins. Monday morning, April 14th at 6:00 am I called the hospital to see when we could come. We were told to come at 7:00 am and that's just what we did. I was so anxious to have this baby but soooo nervous at the same time. I had never been induced and had heard some nightmare stories about it but had also heard some good things so I wasn't sure what to expect.
We got checked in, got in my gown, got my IV and was in for the long haul. My nurse was fabulous and made my stay there as comfortable as possible. She started the pitosin and I waited for those dreaded contractions to start. My dr. came around noon and broke my water and that's when it all started. I got my epidural a short time after that, after taking the pain as long as I could. I kept waiting for the epidural to take over my pain but it never did fully so I gave the button a push and got a little extra going in my system. This didn't work so after an hour I pushed it again. Once again, it wasn't working and the contractions were still so strong. I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working and thought that the epidural hadn't been put in right and I was worried they'd have to do it again. Well, come to find out, I was progressing sooo fast that the epidural couldn't keep up with the pain. The nurse kept a close eye on the babies heartbeat because everytime I was having a contraction, the baby's head compressions would go crazy. She thought the labor was just too much for the baby. Actually it was just that I was dilating so fast and getting ready to deliver. The nurse was shocked at how fast I was progressing. So in came the doctor and about 15 minutes later, after pushing only a few times, out came Kenadie. She was laid on my stomach while Dave cut the chord and all was well. She was beautiful and looked just like Paityn and Andee. She had lots of dark hair and her eyes were wide open. She got to hang out with me in the room for an hour before they took her to the nursery to get a bath and do the regular newborn routine. I was just so relieved to have her here and so grateful to my Heavenly Father that she was healthy and that all went well. We said a prayer before we left for the hospital that everything would be OK and I know he heard that prayer!
For some reason, these pictures are out of order so I'll just tell what each of them are. Here goes.

Kenadie in the nursery. She was already sucking her thumb.

Dave holding her and talking to her. He was so loving and tender with her. I just love his cute "daddiness"
This was after they had checked her out in the delivery room and handed her to me so she was only about 10 minutes old. Look at those nostrils.

Right after they gave her back to me. The nurse had put warm blankets around me because I had been shaking and shivering so hard. Not because I was cold though. It was because my body was in complete shock.

Kenadie in the nursery. I think she looks so chubby and healthy in this picture.

This was the girls when we came home from the hospital. They were so excited and couldn't wait to talk to her.

She is so cute in pink!

They just look so teeny in those car seats. This was coming home from the hospital in her cute yellow premie outfit that my mom gave her.

Andee just wanted to be close to her new sister. She has been really great and so loving.

Paityn was so excited because her and Kenadie both had their little velvet outfits on, on the same day.

Paityn thought she could help with bath time

This was Kenadie as I just put her in the bath. Nice and calm right?

Not for long! Needless to say, she did not like her first bath.

This is my wonderful mother who came to stay and help out. I can't thank her enough for coming. She has no idea how much I appreciated her coming and doing all that she did. She doesn't think she did much but, believe me, I couldn't have done it without her. I was so overwhelmed by it all that I wondered how I was going to manage with 3 kids, but having her here helped me focus and get my feet planted again. Thanks mom! You're the best and I love you so much!And this is just the cutest. One night I had put the girls to sleep and went upstairs. I had given Dave the baby to hold while I did this. I heard the girls out of their beds and went to check and see what was going on. I went down with every intention of getting mad at them for being out of bed but when I walked into their room, this is what I saw. I couldn't help but just smile and be OK with it. He said he had promised them a bedtime story. I thought it was absolutely precious.