The Story

On the 23rd of October I learned from my doctor that I was 2.5 to 3 centimeters dilated. This scared Andrew and I since I had been early with my other two kids, those deliveries went really fast and Andrew was still in Arizona on an away rotation. Luckily the doctors at Arizona State were super understanding and told Andrew he could come home early, just in case. The next day Andrew came home to me, the kids, and Sarah and her kids who were visiting. Of course I didn't progress at all that week. Because that's how labor is: if you make plans they always fall through and if you don't you go into labor. I think Sarah was secretly wishing I would go into labor so she could meet little Kaylee and to tell you the truth, there was a little part of me that wished for it too.
So the day before Halloween Andrew was suppose to go to an interview in El Paso. And again, luckily, the doctors in El Paso were very generous and changed Andrew's interview date to mid November. Again I was secretly hoping to go into labor, and again, nothing progressed with Kaylee.
But (I told myself) that it was good nothing had happened yet because my mom hadn't arrived yet and I really wanted her in the hospital delivery room with us. The day she did come the doctor stripped my membranes and was confident that I'd go into labor that night. We agreed that if nothing happened I'd go in the next day and be stripped again. She also said that if I started having contractions I should come in since I was currently 4 centimeters dilated. I thought the timing would be perfect and was really hoping to see Kaylee soon. Of course ... nothing happened.
The next morning we went back in. We mentioned that I had been having little contractions that didn't really hurt at all since dinner time the night before and they said that since I was now 5 centimeters we could be admitted into the hospital.  YEAH! FINALLY! That was at about 11:30 am.
I got an epidural (again, YEAH!). My mom came. Everything was awesome. Until my sweet brother, who came down from Dallas to babysit Ebby and Autumn called and told us he was completely locked out of our house. Andrew had to call a locksmith and go home to give his consent to unlock our house. That was at about 2 o'cock.
In the hour and fifteen minutes Andrew was gone I had gone from a 5 1/2 to 10 and being prepped to push. Unfortunately that was also the time that I started to feel things again. The anesthesiologist gave me another bolus of pain medicine through my epidural. Which didn't really alleviate anything but made my right leg go totally numb for the next eight hours. I'm SO glad my mom was there with me. They were literally putting my legs in the stirrups when Andrew walked into the room. It only took one contraction and Kaylee was out. That was an extreme blessing in my book. She was born at 3:28 pm, was 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 3/4 inches long.
The rest of the story consists of tender embraces, sweet kisses and grateful prayers. It was beautiful and perfectly timed. Yet again the Lord totally knew what he was doing and blessed me with his timing rather than mine.

Kaylee Sarah Beesley

I'm way too tired to try and be clever or even give you all the gist of how our beautiful Kaylee came into this world so I'm going to do it another day. I will say that the labor and delivery was by far the best one I've had and that we are all happy and healthy but tired. Today I'm posting the few pictures we have.

Favorite kid quote this week

While I'm putting lotion on my leg:

Ellie: "Ha, ha, your leg shakes!"

Me: "Oh, thanks for noticing, Ellie."

Ellie: "Not your head or your belly. Just your leg."

Me: Well at least you didn't list other body parts.

For Daddy!

So, my twin sister Sarah and her two kids have come for a visit! They'll be here until Andrew gets back from his last away rotation in Arizona. They've only been here a day and I already feel SO much happier and so much less stressed. I love it and I know my kids love it. I hope they do too.

This goes out to Ebby and Ellie's wonderful Dads. We all love and miss you!

 The Blooper Reel:

 

Talking Autumn

I still have no idea what she's saying but she certainly does.

 

P.S. Her eyes totally remind me of the blue eyed people in the movie, Dune.

Autumn Feeding Ebby

I'm posting this video with the hope that none of you will judge me harshly for allowing my kids to eat off the floor. But seriously, it's getting really hard for me to crawl around on the floor four or five times during a meal picking up after my kids. At least this way my back and knees don't hurt as much and my kids actually eat something.

What-the-what?

I believe my bedroom has been cursed or jinxed or something because I've found two of these little guys in the past two weeks. Not in the kitchen by the back door, or the family room by the front door, but in my bedroom. Also (and I'm quite happy about this) I've never found a spider or any other creepy-crawlies. 

Come on guys, it's not Halloween yet. I'm sorry if I upset you but can you please lift this curse? It's starting to really creep me out.