Story time

Okay, Friday morning we woke up bright and early at 4:00am. I couldn't hardly sleep the night before for the simple fact that I was just so uncomfortable and excited. I maybe got an hour sleep. Josh, Lacey, my Mom, Caleb, me and Sadie in my belly all drive to the hospital. I got checked in around 5:45am. At 6:30 my sweet nurse, Olivia, checked me to see what I was at. I was dialated to a 3. She started my pitocin around 7:00 and by 8:00ish I had my epideral. By then I was dialated to a 4 and it increased by the hour. Around 1:00pm, our friends Kristie and Byron came to visit and so we sat there and talked to them. I was having some pretty hard contractions but just smiled through them cause I didn't want them to feel like that they had to go and plus I was enjoying Kristie's company. I knew the nurse was going to come in again at 1:30 so I just waited through each contraction. Sure enough, right at 1:30 my nurse came in to check me and I was a 10! Yeah, it was pushing time. So, she called for the doctor and said that I could start pushing. My mom held one of my legs and Lacey (my sister-in-law) held the other one for awhile. Josh stood at the end of the bed to see Sadie. It was the first birth to see for Lacey and my mom so that was neat. Lacey was so sweet and so excited. I am glad that she was there to see her little niece born. Also, I was glad that my mom made it from NJ to see it too. Anyways, I started pushing without the doctor being in the room, and when the nurse realized that I was already crowning she told me to stop. She didn't think that it was going to happen that fast and that is why she told me to start pushing just to help things along. My doctor came in and the nurse was having to hold Sadie's head in. My poor doctor couldn't get her scrub gear on quick enough and was having the hardest time putting her glove on. It kept getting stuck on her thumb. Well, that got me tickled a little bit and so I started laughing. Meanwhile the nurse is still down there holding Sadie's head in, the doctor said okay lets get another push and sure enough Sadie came out right away. I started pushing at 1:30 and had her at 1:47pm. Not bad at all. I was afraid that this was going to be more tough since Caleb's was pretty easy but Sadie was just as easy if not easier. Thank goodness for epiderals though! I have a pretty high tolerance for pain but I would hate to be caught in a moment that I would get to far and then want one and them tell me no sorry you waited too long. After Sadie came out they had to give me a shot of magnesium because I wouldn't stop bleeding. I didn't know at the time what was going on but Josh's mom told me all what happened. Anyways, we are all doing great and Miss Sadie couldn't be any cuter and sweet. She is the perfect little girl that I always dreamed of having. I feel so content with my life. I have my favorite boy in the whole world who is the sweetest, cutest, and funniest and then I have my favorite girl in the whole world who is the most precious and beautiful gift from God. God knew exactly what I wanted when He created both of my sweet children. I am so thankful for them both and I am very thankful for my husband for being such a hard worker providing for his family. I am ready for this journey now and can't wait to see what God has in store for all of our lives together.

Some pictures...the story will come later...not much time

Josh handing me Little Miss Sadie Rae

Caleb meeting his sister

Josh, his dad, and Sadie

Nana and her grandbabies from us

Sadie's hospital picture

First night in the hospital around 3:30am

Daddy and Caleb waiting for Sadie Rae

Little Sadie Rae

Daddy and his baby girl

Bubba loves his sister

All dressed up like the doctors

Caleb seeing her for the first time

He couldn't wait to hold her!

The Allards

Little model in the making!

Right before I started pushing

My sweet Dr. Aden

My mom and I

Welcome to the world Princess Sadie Rae Allard!

To my baby girl!
I am so excited to announce the arrival of our new baby girl
Sadie Rae Allard
Born @ 1:47pm
on
September 19, 2008
Weight: 7lbs 12 oz
Height: 20 1/4 inches
She is so beautiful and couldn't be any more perfect!
I will update with lots more pics and her birth story later.
We moved into our new home on the same day she was born too. What a crazy way to do life but an awesome and exciting one we have.
Thanks for all the prayers. I felt everyone of them.

The day after tomorrow

I will be getting induced at 5:30am on Friday. I am very excited and can't wait to meet this new little princess! My mom flew on Sunday afternoon. We have had a good time just hanging out and shopping. We went and got our feet and nails done on Monday. I haven't had a pedicure since my sister's wedding which was Feb 07. Yeah, so it was a well needed pedicure. Tomorrow is going to be crazy. We have a scheduled closing on our house at 1:00pm and hopefully after that we will be able to start moving in. Talk about crunch time. That is how my life is though, just plain crazy! I guess it makes me a stronger person and easy going. You just have to be easy going when you live a life like mine. I guess Caleb is feeling the stress of all of this too because he has been extra naughty lately! I can't go to any store without him screaming on the top of his lungs if he doesn't get a toy. It makes me so embarrassed but there is only so much I can do and then I just have to plain ignore it. Oh well. Well, Friday after I have the baby, Josh will probably go home and try to move some more stuff over to the house from the apartment with his family. They will be getting here sometime tomorrow evening too. This is going to be an exciting weekend so if y'all don't hear from me for a couple of days that is why. I will update as soon as possible!

okay, so I have been a little nervous to write about this but the more and more people that I talk to say it's not that big of a deal and that all their babies were fine. So, Friday, I went in for my weekly check-up and my doctor said that I was at a lose 2 and by the time she was done checking that I would probably be at a 3. Also, she said that I was still 50 effaced. We are still holding out for Friday the 19th although the day I pick up my mom from the airport, which is Sunday, I would love to just make a quick trip to the hospital and start getting induced! Anyways, while I was in for my check-up she told me that I had Group B Strep. She said it was no big deal and that they would just hook up a bag of antibiotics when they hook everything else up. I didn't have this with Caleb and so I didn't really know what it was all about. Well, probably the dumbest thing that I could have done was go home and research it on the internet. The internet said a bunch of scary things like that if the baby gets it from the momma that they can have disabilities such as vision, hearing, spina bifida, and also may cause stillbirths or miscarriages! All of that just totally freaked me out. So I did my crying session in front of my computer while reading all of this and just totally started feeling guilty and was just praying that God would make sure that the little princess in there would not open her mouth until she came completely out of the birth canal. Then I was thinking if she is going to be anything like me she won't be able to keep her mouth shut! A little humor there. But really, I just about lost it. I should have just listen to my doctor and trusted her. She said that it was nothing to worry about and that once they start the anti then it should clear everything up. My doctor has always been calm and really laid back. That is one of the things that I love about her. Nothing seems too big. But I have talked to 2 moms about it that had it and they said everything was fine. And now reading that Melissa had it with Carter and he is fine helps me to feel better. I do know that I won't be able to sleep well until I see that she is fine although I am already having a hard time sleeping as it is being 9 months pregnant! So, please just pray for the peace of mind about the situation if you can remember us in your prayers. I know God has awesome plans for this little girl's life and that everything is in His hands.

First day back to school for MDO

My little man is so sweet. He loved his first day of school today. He had so much fun. When I went to go pick him up this is what he was doing. His new teacher Miss Vicki said he was so excited all day. He was so proud to show me his folder with all his work in it that he did. I love seeing him become smarter each day. I love the fact that he can go to school and not have a problem leaving me. It makes me feel good. I on the other hand had a harder day. I had a classroom of six 12-20month babies that were not so happy at all about their mommies leaving them. Brandy (the other girl that is in the class with me) took turns trying to gain our sanity back. I woke up this morning feeling like I had been in a train wreck! My body is so sore from all the bending over and trying to get the kids to calm down. It was a very hard first day. Thursday will probably be even harder considering that we will have all six from Tuesday and then 2 more more added to that. Mind you, none of these kids have ever been away from the parents side except for two little boys that go to the church. They did really well because they knew the church nursery. It wasn't a strange atmosphere for them. Anyways, it is going to take some adapting for the rest of them. I will only be working until the 11th cause then that following week I am scheduled to have my little girl. And then I will probably be back around the 7th of October. Just enough time to heal up and get used to having 2 kids around. Wow, crazy that I am going to have 2 kids in just under 2 weeks! Time is going fast and slow at the same time. Well, I am glad that Caleb had a great first day back yesterday.

Congrats!

Just wanted to say congrats to Cary and Melissa on the arrival of their new baby boy Carter! They all look great and Mr. Carter looks adorable as ever. We will be praying for you and your new family of five! Love y'all.

My sister wrote me this poem today!

I REMEMBER WHEN MY LIL' SIS WAS BORN,
YOUR BLONDE HAIR, YOUR BLUE EYES THE OUTFIT YOU WORE,
I SAT ON THE COUCH AND HELD YOU SO TIGHT,
STARING IN YOUR EYES THAT WERE SO BRIGHT,
YOUR TINY LIL' FINGERS, YOUR CUTE BUTTON NOSE,
I LOVED YOU SO MUCH FROM YOUR HEAD TO YOUR TOES!
HOW PROUD AS YOUR SISTER TO HAVE HAD YOU WITH ME,
TOGETHER THROUGH CHILDHOOD, GROWING WITH ME!

GOING THROUGH SCHOOL, COMPLETING EACH YEAR,
PURSUEING YOUR DREAMS, AND FIGHTING YOUR FEARS.
GRADUATING HIGHSCHOOL AND THEN COLLEGE TOO
YOU MADE ME SO PROUD, THAT YOU'VE FOLLOWED TRHOUGH.
YOU THEN WALKED THE ISLE, TO GET MARRIED THAT DAY,
NO WORDS CAN EXPLAIN, I HAD NOTHING TO SAY.
BUT HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU LOOKED, WHEN YOU WALKED OVER MY WAY.
WHEN YOU WALKED TRHOUGH THOSE DOORS, TO MEET YOUR BEST FRIEND,
I KNEW YOU'D BE HAPPY, TO THE VERY END!

WHEN YOU CALLED ME TO SAY MY NEPHEW WAS BORN,
YOU MADE ME SO PROUD AGAIN AND AGAIN!
WHEN I SEE YOUR OWN FAMILY, BRINGS A TEAR TO MY EYE,
REMEMBERING BACK WHEN YOU WERE ALL MINE!

AND NOW SADIE RAE IS COMING YOUR WAY
A BUNDLE OF JOY, GOD'S PRINCESS TODAY!

WITH LOTS OF LOVE A HEAD TO GIVE, A BIRTHDAY WISH FOR YOU
TO HAVE, TO HOLD, AND ALL LIFE THROUGH,
THEY'RE YOURS AND JOSH'S TOO!


"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALICIA"