With Love: And then there were 4.....

What a week it has been! We are settling into life as a family of 4, with the help of my saint of a MIL, and adjusting to a little less sleep. I'm happy to say that I had another easy c-section and my recovery is going really well. Below is a picture play-by-play of Grace's birthday.......

We checked into the hospital at 7:30am and started the "hurry-up and wait" portion of a c-section. Don't let the smile fool you, I was feeling pretty anxious at this point and ready to be done with the surgery portion of the day.

Jody had the pleasure of wearing this jump suit and, as you can see, gave it a 2 thumbs up for comfort & style.

This was right before my spinal took full effect and I felt like I couldn't breath. The anesthesiologist assured me that the heaviness was the sign of a good spinal, but all I heard was "it's normal that you feel like you are suffocating". Shortly after they gave me some oxygen and I quit panicking.

Grace Stanley Duvall was born at 9:54 am and weighed 7lbs 9ozs. Jody was thrilled to see a full head of dark hair and I was just thrilled she was out.

Just like her brother, she came out with a pouty bottom lip and peeing.

My entire surgery took about 45 min and then we headed back to our recovery room for a few hours. Our nurse was sweet enough to go ahead and give Grace a bath, once she got me settled, so we could get a good look at that brown hair.

I think it's safe to say that she immediately stole Jody's heart.......and how cute are those hospital hats?

She looks so much like her big brother......until you take off that hat :)

Thank goodness for Skype!!!! We were able to introduce Grace to her GA grandma and several aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

We spent 48 hrs at the hospital and high tailed it out of there first thing Thursday morning. I was so happy to get home to Harrison and be under our own roof.