Sage is Finally here!!

Yea!!! For those of you who haven't heard, we had our baby girl on Tuesday!! We are so in love with her, Sage Michelle, and she has made us happier than we ever thought we could be. I am literally exploding with love for her. I sat in my rocking chair this morning feeding her and the house was empty, (everyone was at Connor's baby blessing) just bawling. I couldn't stop crying because I kept thinking about how blessed we are to have her in our home. It is so easy to see that she was sent straight from heaven to us. I can't say it enough....I LOVE HER TO PIECES!!

The delivery was great. We went in Tues. morning at 5 am and they got us right in. They hooked me up to an IV and started (supposedly) the pitosin (sp?) to get the contractions going. I was on that for about 3 hours when the new nurse came in and noticed a puddle of something all over the floor. It was the pitosin!! It wasn't connected to my IV! However, I was having steady contractions right on top of another so they didn't notice anything. Apparently Sage was making her debut with or without the medicine! So....once they actually plugged it into me, everything went super fast. They came in and gave me an epidural and then my doc came and broke my water. (Which was so strange!!!!) Throughout the day, I had Clint, my mom, Audrie, and Clint's mom keeping me company. When my nurse decided it was time to try pushing, everyone left excpet for Clint. I pushed a couple times and she told me to wait for the doctor to come in. Once the doc came, she told me it would still be a while so she would come back later. Well, about two minutes later my nurse paged her and told her to hurry, b/c it was time! The nurse kept telling me not to push....what the heck?! I had the strongest urge to push, how was I supposed to hold it? So the second the doc came in I pushed and out she came. All slippery and beautiful. I should also mention that I was nervous for Clint the whole time. He is super skittish of needles and blood. I mean really skittish. For example....when he tries to donate blood, he passes out when they ask you the questions! But he pulled through like a champ and was awesome. He was right there for everything and cried when she came. We were both so overcome with happiness that we couldn't help it. Sage already has him wrapped around her little finger. He sits and talks to her for hours, and even skipped an extra day of work last week (shhhh Shelley, don't tell!!) to come home and hold her. It is the best thing in the world to see them together. I can't say enough how happy we are. Anyway, she weighed in at 5 lbs. 15 oz and was 19 inches long. Here are some of our pics!


Tuesday morning at four am....on our way to the hospital!

In the waiting room
Waiting through the contractions
I LOVE this shot of Sage!! Ya, she's covered in goo, but it's like she's saying "what the heck is going on here? "
My little angel
Our new and improved family!Sleeping with daddy

My principal at school gave me this Towne Meadows t-shirt, so I figured I'd better take a picture and send it in for my class to see.Clint went to work on Saturday, and he promised that he would only be gone for two hours if I put this outfit on her for when he got home. It is the one and only time he has ever been home on time!! This is one of fav shots, because it shows off her skinny minny little legs!She is so alert!! She was awake for four straight hours yesterday, with her big bright eyes opened wide the whole time!