December 7th, 2007

ok, it's my turn.

some of you may remember and if not you can check the "dust" but 2 years ago i played a mean trick on matt. i had gone to the hospital to see if they could flip aubrey because she was breech. after and unsuccessful attempt turning our little girl i decided to call matt and play a little joke. i called and said, "hey hun. what are you doing? um, they decided to take me today. you need to come to the hospital." to which he replied, "what?!? we have 2 more weeks!"

just kidding.....

PROBLEM: when you lie, it comes back to bite you in the butt. fast forward two years and i need to make that phone call again, but this time it's the truth.

i walked out of an ultrasound with orders to go directly to labor and delivery. leah was progressively getting smaller with each ultrasound that they did, although they have yet to know why. i picked up my cell to call matt and looked at chris and said, "he's not going to believe me.... i've said this before."

(for matt's version see previous blog)

chris took me right over to labor and delivery.... new problem. I DIDN'T BRING ANYTHING WITH ME. i really didn't think that "today is the day" and my bag and THE CAMERA were sitting at home on the bedroom floor.

all i could think was, "oh great. leah is getting gypped already. there won't be any photos of her birth, she'll think we love aubrey more. she'll be scared for life. i will have to pay for counseling." (ok maybe not all that, but at least first part.)

thankfully, they made us wait quite a while and we had the camera just in time to capture our little girl's birth. i hadn't anticipated another c-section.... but went into mommy-mode as soon as our doctor explained to us what would be best for leah. we had our little girl in our arms minutes after i went in. when i heard those first sweet little cries i gasped. i had been waiting for that moment for so long. there is something about our whole experience in the dominican republic, the early contraction and bed rest that made hearing her cries so important. she was here, she was safe, she was healthy and she was ours.