Miranda Ann Spendlove

Yeah! Today is the day! This is us just waiting in the Hospital! They started me on the ptosin about 7:30am.

Still waiting! Nik and my mom and my sister all ate yummy smelling food in front of me...I wasn't too mad though, but I was starting to get hungry!

I got my epidural around 11:30am and the Dr. was going to come over on his lunch and break my water... well we waited and waited and waited some more, but he never came. The nurse finally got to talk to him and he just couldn't get over there, but they were going to have one of the other Dr. break my water if they had to come to the hospital.. nobody came. So my Dr. finally made it there around 4:30pm and broke my water, by then I was dilated to a 4... by 5:30pm I was complete and they started getting me ready to deliver! If only he had been able to break my water sooner... =)

So the nurse started having me push and then another nurse came in and told her my Dr. didn't want me pushing yet because he had two more patients to see at the clinic... so we hung around for about 45 min and then when he was on his way I started pushing again. I delivered at 6:21pm!

Miranda weighed in at 6 lbs 11 oz, 20 inches long. She has a ton of dark dark hair! We of course instantly loved her and Nik was soooo excited!

I absolutely love my Dr. (even though we had to wait forever for him).

Nik's parents brought Ian up to the hospital right after we had her... he was so cute, before he could come in we could hear him out in the hall yelling "daddo, daddo"

He was so excited to come and see us.

BUT... he wasn't so sure about my IV, the blood pressure cuff, or the baby! He didn't want to touch her or sit by her. He wanted Nik to hold her and he wanted me to hold him at first, but then he just wanted Nik's mom to hold him. He wouldn't call the baby Miranda, it was "the baby" It was so funny! But then he started warming up and would at least look at her without crying! He has since taken up kissing and hugging all over her and he has held her a couple of times. He always wants her with us and sometimes he won't let anybody but me hold her. He is already a protective big brother!

These are my two sweet sisters...they were in the room when Miranda was born!

The next morning when they brought her to me they had done her hair sooo cute... I am so excited for girl hair and bows! =)

The best thing I did was get Ian this little baby inside a backpack! (If anyone is wondering I got it at walmart for like $5) Ian absolutely LOVED the baby and he thought the backpack was pretty cool too! It was perfect because he could take care of his baby while I was taking care of my baby! It came with a little bottle (and it did have clothes on at first) so he could feed his baby when I'm feeding mine!

We love having her home! She is such a sweet little thing! She eats really good, she sleeps OK too! She started throwing up a few days after I brought her home, but I realized if I don't drink milk she doesn't throw up anymore! I guess I can live without milk for a while! =) She hasn't thrown up for two or three days now!

We think she is pretty much the most beautiful baby and we love her sooooo much! It's amazing how much peace and love and happiness come with them! Nik has been so good helping with Ian and Miranda. He has been sleeping in the family room however...it works out better that way! He gets enough sleep and then he is happier and has more energy during the day to take care of us all! =) We also get along better when he gets his sleep, so it is worth it for now! =)