We're Back at Home!

I will start out with posting a picture of our new family. :)I tried to post the other day in the hospital, but Blogger wouldn't work for whatever reason. Most people received this information in an email, but for those who didn't, here's what I sent out:

I of course wanted to post last night but things got a little crazy!! Our precious baby girl, Karys Elizabeth is here!! She arrived yesterday at 5:20 p.m. weighing exactly 7 pounds and was exactly 20 inches long. Everything went really smoothly, for the most part. Some of what I ended up feeling was a little unexpected to me, but what everyone says is true: once she had arrived it made everything worth it and I really wasn't thinking about the pain I had been in before. We arrived at the hospital at 6:15 and the Pitocin was started at 7:00. My doctor came in around 8:45 to check me and break my water. I was given the epidural around 9:30, which was a very weird process. It made my blood pressure go way down and made me very nauseous so they had to give me some medicine and once I got that, I felt a lot better. I started feeling really badly around 2:30 because the pressure I was feeling couldn't be helped by anything, until we started the pushing stage. That was started at 5:00 and since she was born at 5:20, only took 20 minutes. :) That was the best part of the whole day!! My doctor ended up using suction on her head to help her get out because her heart rate was starting to drop. She's absolutely precious and we love her so much!!

Now we are back at home. We were discharged around 1:30 this afternoon. The pediatrician came in this morning and said Karys looked great and she had no concerns so we weren't going to have to stay the 48 hours we thought we'd originally be in for. We do have to go back to the hospital on Sunday and have her heel pricked again because she's slightly jaundiced. Things are going really well so far. She's a good baby...really never cries unless something is wrong. In the hospital she was really content laying in her bed and watching everything that was going on around her. I feel so blessed to have this sweet little girl in my life and I can't believe God has given her to us. :)

As far as how I'm doing, I'm still a little sore, but it's really not too bad. And my doctor sent me home with a prescription for Vicodin so it's all good!! :) Thanks to everyone for all of your prayers and for all of our great hospital visitors!! :)

And now to leave you with more pictures:

This is my sister's favorite picture of Karys because of how cute her tongue is!!

Here is me with my precious baby girl:

And her is Karys with her daddy, who is head over heels for his baby girl!