The Craker Crew: Emory is Here....

Thursday, February 17th, started out as a normal day. Since I had already started my maternity leave, I got out of the house that morning, ran some errands, tried to take my mind of being so miserable, etc. I had to go to the Dr. for my weekly visit and I hadn't made much progress since last week so she told me to go home and she would see my next week. We were scheduled to have an induction on February 25th. I went with some girlfriends to have dinner and some laughs while Ella went to Volleyball practice with her daddy. I picked her up from practice around 7, headed home and gave her a bath, and we went to bed around 10.....

Fast forward 2 hours later....

I woke up and was having back to back contractions....I didn't want to wake Cameron up so I just kept pacing around the house....this couldn't be happening....no way...I knew they would eventually stop....but no, they didn't! I woke up Cam at 1 and he knew that this was the real deal. We called the Dr. and she said head to the hospital, so we did. Emmy met us at the hospital and got Ella and they immediately took me to labor and delivery. Cam called mom and told her to be on standby and we were hooked up. The nurses said they felt like it was time since I was making progress and the contractions were regular. They gave me some pain meds and some meds to help my nausea...

Fast Forward 3 hours.....

I woke up and they told me this was it and the Dr. would be in soon....they were changing shifts and in walked my most favorite nurse ever, Anita, she was my nurse when I had Ella, and I adore her.

My Dr. came in around 8 and broke my water, and she was born at 10:33. I will spare you the details, but it was fast! Nurse Anita was even surprised....as Emory was being born, Jeje and Pops got here and Jeje ran into the room just in time to see Emory make her grand entrance into this world.

Emory Catherine Craker was 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and 21 inches long. She has a head full of dark hair, all that heartburn was definitely worth it! She does look much like Ella did when she was born. I will write more later but this is the rundown.

Ella loves her and I love seeing Ella interact with her. I have taken a million pictures but here are a few for you to see for now. I am one deliriously happy mommy.