The Birth Experience

Well, I am sitting here waiting on sweet Quincy to wake up for a feeding and I thought I would try to post a little. The last 10 days of our life have been so amazing...Of course, we are exhausted from some sleepless nights, but that is such a small thing compared to the joy we are experiencing. We had Q on Tuesday and came home on Wednesday afternoon. My mom came for a couple of days to help followed by Sutton's mom who came for a few days to help. They made the adjustment for us so much easier. We have also been spoiled by friends bringing wonderful dinners...Sutton said he is hoping he does not have to go up a size in pants. It is a real treat expecially considering that in November we pretty much ate out every day. I also wanted to blog about the L&D process. I saw the Holy Spirit working in so many ways during our stay in the hospital. I know many prayers were prayed Monday night and Tuesday morning and I feel they were answered. It was not bad at all. The epidural worked great, but I was still able to feel when I needed to push. This was definitely a blessing. We were blessed by the most amazing L&D nurse and our sweet, gentle doctor. The only bad part was that I was sick the entire morning...I threw up until about 20 minutes before she arrived. I think that may have helped with the pushing though and my doctor joked that at least we carried the theme of the pregnancy all the way through to the end. We were able to avoid a c-section and I was thankful for that. For some reason I am still terrified of surgery. I did not know this at the time, but apparently there was talk of a c-section because my water broke at 2 am and I still was not dilating the next morning. Several friends have told me they were convicted to pray that we have her vaginally. Our baby nurse was actually one of Sutton's cousins which was really cool and our post partum nurse was a really special lady who we got to have both days we were there. We absolutely fell in love with her! One other answered prayer was that Q took right to breastfeeding- something I was totally dreading, but that is proving to be an amazing gift. I am totally amazed at the whole birth process...I do not know how you could not believe in God after having a baby. It is truly a blessing and miracle. Here is my last belly picture with many more pics of Q to come...
Headed to the hospital...We got the tree up that afternoon!

She's Here!

Sorry I have not posted in awhile, but our life has been a little busy and we are trying to soak in every precious moment with our sweet baby girl. Miss Quincy Margaret Page made her debut on December 1st at 1:42 pm. She weighed 8 lbs. and 13 oz. and measured 21 inches long. Everything went well and I feel quite certain that God answered many prayers that day. She is absolutely perfect and she already has her daddy wrapped around her finger as you will see... Here are a few pictures and I promise to be back soon with more.