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Well, I have to say that this was the most uneventful Halloween ever for us...but by far the best. It's really no fun when you have a 3 week old baby, and it's freezing cold outside! But, being able to dress Macy up, and just take pics of her first halloween was so precious. Aaron handed out candy, but Macy and I stayed inside where it's warm!! We are so lucky to have such a beautiful daughter...who makes an awfully cute kitty cat!!
Boy, we've all heard that before...that having a baby changes everything...and it does! Never before have I ever realized how much I love my husband, and how much he does for me. All the time and effort he puts in at work, so I can stay home, really is a blessing. He truly is an amazing man, and I have so much respect for him. I have realized that I can not take things for granted anymore. Every second we have together, now as a family, is precious. I thought my life was complete with just him, but having Macy has totally completed both of our lives. There was this instantanious unexplainable love, between the three of us, that I could never had imagined. Being a mom is what I have always "wanted to be". And I am so lucky to be able to have everything I have, and more. It is very emotional to have a baby. Not only to completly change your lifestyle, but to change yourself into this person, who is in charge of this little baby's life. Seeing Aaron, hold Macy, or kiss her goodbye, when he goes to work, totally melts my heart. It's almost like he's a different person...now a dad. Things change so quickly and time really does fly by! I have had to stop myself, and take in what is really going on, and to cherish every second of my own life, and of my daughters. It's unbelievable how quickly you can change yourself as a person, wife and now a mom. Time really does change everything. I have also found this new sence of love and respect for my parents. Knowing that they've gone through what I am now going through. This stage in my life, of giving birth to my first baby, is over. She is going to grow up...and become her own person...Macy. Aaron and I are left to raise her...and hope that we do as good of a job as our parents have done for us. I can only hope for the best. I sit and look at this little life that I have created, with the man I love unconditionally, and I just have to thank god for giving me such a perfect little baby, and now a complete life. Having a baby changes everything...it changes your entire life...forever...it's so amazing.
On Satuday, October 7, I started having contractions...so I went to bed hoping they'd get stronger...and at about 4 am, I woke up having pains and a bad headache. So we decided at about 5:30 am to go to the hospital. Sure enough, I was in labor, and my contractions were 7 minuets apart! MY blood pressure was WAY high, so my doctor would not let me have any visitors...just me, aaron, and my mom. They moved me into a delivery room. And I slowly progressed, and dialated about a centimeter an hour...at about 4 cm I got an epidural. Getting an epidural was not what I thought it'd be! It HURT like hell, and for the most part, I still felt alot of my contractions...even with the magic button, that gives you an extra boost of meds...so from that point on...I tried to sleep...what I could! I did wake up frequently throwing up, and feeling BAD contractions! They were also giving me pitosin, to help move my labor along, and encourage contractions! At about 3 am my doctor came in and said she'd give me another hour to see how I progress...at this point I was at about 5-6 cm...Well, by 5 am, I made it to 7 cm...and that was it...no more!! So, My doctor finally made the decision to do a C-section...after all my Blood pressure was very high and I'd been in labor for 26 hours. So, they gave me an extra kick of epidural, and wheeled me on down to the operating room! I just laid there...I could not feel anything!! Aaron came in all scrubed up, and on went the surgery! At 6:17 am, my daughter was born! She weighed 6 lbs, 8 oz, and was 19 inches long. I cried...of course. They let aaron watch the whole thing, then after she came out, he got to hold her, and take her out to meet the family that was ever so patiently waiting. They stitiched me up, and rolled me back to my room. My mom and dad, aaron's mom and dad, and sister were all waiting there! I was soooo groggy, I don't remember to much! Everything from there was so perfect...we had a more that perfect little girl, that was all ours! After a nightmare of a pregnancy, and a hell of a labor, it was all worth it...I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.. My life is complete now...I love my little girl and my husband more that anything in the world. She really is a miracle.
