Update much? Not really =)

Well we're coming up on a year since my last update. Bobby keeps telling me to update our blog, followed by me telling him to do it. You see, life has been busy and blogging has not been a priority. Since my last blog I started teaching at a new school, got pregnant, found out we were having a girl, remodeled our living room, finished my Master's degree classes (I still have to take comprehensive exams before I'm officially "done"), had to leave work early because of pre-term labor, and then was bored at home (but still didn't blog). I watched my due date come and go, which was ironic since I couldn't work because of all of the early contractions. I think I got royally payed back for all of the times I have been "tardy" places. I think she was saying "haha mommy, this is what you get".


My water broke at 1am on June 16th. Bobby was very frantic, it was pretty comical. I didn't think I'd be the one keeping HIM calm during this ordeal. He was better once we were checked in at the hospital. There was meconium in the amniotic fluid, which put my poor baby at risk for various things and put me at risk for a c-section, which was my worst fear. I tried to labor as much as I could on my own. Bobby and I walked the halls of the hospital for 2 hours before the contractions were getting so bad that my knees were buckling. I threw the towel in and got an epidural around 7am, which immediately took all the pain away. I wasn't dilating very quickly throughout the morning, even with pitocin. I thought for sure we'd (and by we'd, I mean I'd) be laboring into the night. But after that, everything happened so quickly. I dilated from a 4 to a 10 in 1 1/2 hours and was beside myself when the nurse told me it was time to push. Bobby almost passed out, I had to give him a pep talk to let him know that he was going to need to pull it together. =)


Reagan Rose Ward finally arrived, 6 days late, on June 16, 2011 at 3:45 pm. She was 7 lb 2 oz and 20 inches long and absolutely perfect. She is now 2 months old and weighs just 9 lbs 11 oz, only the 10th percentile for her age. But the doctor said it's fine, she is just very petite. She has brought an incredible amount of joy to our lives. I don't think either of us thought it was possible to love someone so much. God has given us the greatest blessing to be parents. I pray that we would make the best choices possible for her, choices that would glorify God's name. 


That's all for now. I'll try to keep up on blogging more, even though only like 3 people read this. But at least it will be a means to chronicle milestones in Reagan's life and our little family's life so that we never forget how precious this time in our life is.