Kylie's birth story

Happy Birthday, Kylie! In honor of Kylie's birthday, I will recount her birth story for you. One year ago, right now, I was wondering what was happening with the coming baby. At 9:44 PM, I handed Mike some ice cream and felt the baby drop. Mom was staying with us and told us to go to the hospital, but I wasn't sure if that's what I felt, and we had just gotten a $500 hospital bill from Memorial Day weekend, so I didn't want to rush to the hospital for nothing. However, in hind site, I realize that being 4 days overdue, they wouldn't have made me leave the hospital. Oh well... At about 9:55, I had a contraction....the same kind I had been having for at least a week, so I didn't think anything was happening. However, at 10:02 I had a hard contraction and we started moving. We were in the driveway at 10:15, rushed to the hospital, and arrived around 10:35. Mike rushed in for a wheelchair, and I barely got into it from the truck. We rushed upstairs, and Mike said that I was alerting the entire hospital that we were there with my labor siren. They barely got me entered in the computer, if that, and rushed me to the back. They rushed me to the initial room to get me ready and then rushed to the delivery room. I was ready to push, but there was no doctor! Mine was 15 minutes away, another one at the hospital was in a c-section, but they finally found someone. As soon as they found her, I pushed twice and Kylie was born...at 10:55!! It was soooo fast! We are so thankful for you, Kylie! We love you!

Backpack

I just finished making this backpack for Hannah. She also has one for her Bitty Baby. (Thanks to Bizzy Crochet for her pattern!)

Tomatoes!!

I was given 12 tiny tomato plants a few months ago and I planted them all in one pot....this round pot. I learned that the pot was way too small, so Mike had some planters built for me. So I ended up with 2 plants in this round pot. See how tall they are now!?

We finally got a ripe tomato! Hannah was so excited and couldn't wait to eat it!

Here is Hannah in front of our

tomato

"farm". I was told that I had too many

plants in those planters, but so far we've picked 3 tomatoes, 2 of which Hannah ate all by herself. I've counted over 30 still on the vine. I hope I get to eat some once they're ripe! :)

More Pics with Kylie!

Latest Pics of our hospital stay with Kylie!

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Kylie Mirella

After a high speed dash to the WS Forsyth Hospital, Kylie Mirella arrived at 10:55pm 6.18.2010!!!!

The most interesting part of the story thus far was that we were standing in the driveway at 10:15pm... 15 minute drive... 10-15 minutes to get from the car to the triage room to the delivery room...

Kim made sure that everyone was able to know we were on the way and needed a clear path by using the labor siren... I have a great imitation, maybe I will record it and post it later... If you recall Harry & the Henderson's and the ambulance scene then you have a good idea!

So 5 minutes later we had 8 nurses coming in and out and no doc. anywhere to be found... one in a C section and the other 15 minutes eta from a birthday party. They found a doc to pinch hit and she did great... Dr. Stilley I believe... we only knew her for 10 minutes and then our doc arrived.

Some pics below.

http://tinyurl.com/KylieMirellaBowers

Two Days and Counting

Hannah started wearing panties yesterday. :) She had about 4 accidents yesterday, but slept through her 2-hr nap and stayed dry. Today, she started telling me that she had to go potty and only had 1 accident....which was probably my fault. When she woke up from her nap, she was crying like she wanted to go back to sleep, so I left her alone for a few minutes. Finally I realized that her cry was different, and when I went to check on her I asked what she was doing. She said, "I crying." :) When I asked why she said, "I pottied on Elmo blanket!" She was standing up and had pottied right there, and was so upset that she had gotten Elmo blanket wet. :( So, if I had gone upstairs when she first woke up, she probably wouldn't have pottied in her bed at all.

At church tonight, she told them 4 times that she had to go potty and finally did once. The thing is that she hasn't gone poo-poo since yesterday morning, but she was trying to this afternoon. I'm afraid of what I'll find in the morning. Hopefully she can make it and go on the potty in the morning. My baby is growing up!!!

Hannah's 2-yr Pictures

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4. Her Easter outfit

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