Catch up Time (pt 1)

Can you believe it is already February 2017?! I don't know how you feel, but for me, time is buzzing by! I feel like I can't keep up. 
So how was your 2016? Your holidays? Your New Year? 
I pray that everyone has had a great start to 2017. For us things have been busy. So lets catch up! I'm going to be making a few posts to tell you all everything that has be going on with us. 

My last post was September 13 (oops! I totally didn't mean for that to happen)

My due date was Friday October 28. I had a great pregnancy! I rarely felt bad, I loved every aspect of it. So naturally since I felt so good, what did I do for my Due Date Day??... I worked! Numerous patients asked me that day, "When are you due?" I would smile and proudly say "Today!" The looks that I got were hilarious. Everyone told me I was crazy to be working. I should be home, relaxing, enjoying the final moments of it just being Justin and I. But I figured since I was about to be off for 6+ weeks, I would get in every minute that I could. 

Now I had promised myself that I wouldn't rush Kate or wish for her to come early. But on October 28 (due date) I decided I could start telling her it was time to make her grand appearance. So I walked 2 miles on the treadmill while at work and had caffeine with my lunch. But still by the end of the day, I was not having any contractions and I was still feeling great. So for dinner that night I ate 2 bowls of spicy chili. 

Before work that morning

Finally at 10:00 that night I started having some contractions. I told Justin that we would definitely be making a trip to the hospital in our near future. Justin decided he was going to try and get some rest since we didn't know what the next few hours were going to bring. Needless to say, I didn't sleep a wink that night. I instead went over our checklist, double checked our bags, and timed my contractions. There was no way I was going to the hospital till they were 5 minutes apart for an hour. I refused to go and be sent home lol. Around 5:00 Saturday morning we decided it was time to pack up and head out. We arrived at the hospital around 6:30.

By now my contractions were getting a little more intense. We did not have the option to preregister for the hospital unfortunately. So I spent the entire registration time huffing and breathing. 

When we finally got settled into our room Justin called our parents to let them know what was going on. I had decided early on that I didn't want everyone there until we knew that we were staying. 

Finally, at 2:18 on October 29 we got to meet our precious daughter, Kate.

First family photo

I'm here to tell you, pregnancy and birth are Amazing! I wouldn't trade any of it for anything in the world. And for all of you skeptics, the birthing process is not that bad! It's true when they say you forget all about labor and delivery the moment you hear your sweet baby's first cry. My heart simply melted!

Nothing sweeter than daddy daughter

Going home

The rest of our stay went well. We were just overjoyed to have Kate. Every moment felt surreal; like I was going to wake up and it all be a dream

We went home on Monday October 31. So we dressed Kate accordingly:

Happy Halloween - I'm going home!

So there is the biggest thing that has happened since my last post. Hope you all enjoy the read and the cute pictures. :)