Carlei Janice

She is here!! We love her so much already! She is just the perfect baby! She weighed in at 6lbs 14oz, 17.5in. long. Whitney and Carlei both had the same size head when they were both born...13.25in. Here are some pictures of our wonderful new addition!

Carlei's coming home outfit.

Whitney and Carlei

Whitney just LOVES her little sister!

Carlei on the scale

Mommy and Carlei

Daddy and Carlei

There she is! Big dark blue eyes!

First time Whitney got to see her sister.

The nursery gave Carlei a really pretty blue bow!

Daddy and his girls!

Whitney giving Carlei kisses!

Mommy and her girls

 

 

 

 

One big happy family!!!

Ok so I am just going to document the event. You can stop reading at anytime.

Justin and I were suppose to go to the hospital on Thursday, July 28th. The hospital called and said that they didn't have enough room for me to be induced that day. They scheduled us for Friday morning. Friday morning rolls around and they have room for us to come in so I can be induced. We show up and get all of the paper work filled out and signed, and get to my room. To my surprise, I have the same nurse that helped me when I delivered Whitney! Her name is Barbara and she is absolutely the best labor and delivery nurse ever! I get all dressed in my lovely gown and the doctor comes in. He checks me and I am dilated to 3cm and 70% effaced. He breaks my water and then I get my pit. started at 8:10am. By 11:50am, I am having regular contractions and back labor! How awesome...not. I call Barbara in and she checks me and I am 6cm and then I get my epidural finished at 12:15pm. Then at 1:40ish I was ready to push! The doctor was paged and he showed up about 5 minutes later. After 3 contractions, Carlei was born. She had the cord wrapped around her neck once and her cord was really short. Justin got to cut the cord again. Then they cleaned her up and handed her to me. She was perfect. The placenta was completely intact and healthy.

Whitney did not want anything to do with Carlei when she first met her but the next day when she came to the hospital and she just loved her! She kept giving her kisses and hugs. She loves to hold her and give Carlei her pacifier. We love having Carlei as part of our family! She is just lovely.