February 25, 2012

Tyson's 5th Birthday

We had Tyson's 5th birthday party at Leo's Place this year. I cheated and ordered a cupcake cake. I usually make them cupcakes myself, but Hailey was only 5 days old, so I decided that was a good excuse to buy them this year. It was cooler than I could have made anyway, and he loved it.

February 20, 2012

Hailey Paige Astle

I was scheduled to be induced at 5am on February 20th, apparently Hailey had different plans. At 2am on the 20th, my water broke. Right before we went to bed, Rob asked if I wanted to put down a towel just in case. I told him no, I honestly didn't think anything was going to happen, I wasn't due until the 27th. I guess I should have listened...but don't tell him I said that. He woke up my mom and the 3 of us got to the hospital about 3am. On the way there my contractions starting getting pretty painful. I was laying in the hospital bed and my whole body was shaking. It was like I was shivering, but I wasn't even cold. One of the nurses brought me a warm blanket, but it didn't help. They said it was because I dilated so fast. When I would have a contraction, I would stop shaking, and as soon as it passed, I started shaking again. It was kind of crazy, and pretty annoying. I got the epidural and felt much better :) Then my doctor arrived, I pushed twice, and there she was! It was so relaxed, and so easy! Much different than when Chloe was born. I was only in labor 3 1/2 hours! She was born at 5:24am. She weighed 6lbs 9oz and was 19in long. She had tons of dark hair and looked so much like Chloe! My family came to visit later that day, Chloe was so excited to meet her baby sister, but was confused that she wasn't in my tummy. We stayed until the next day and then got to bring our sweet baby girl home.