Time To Introduce...

Ms. Leila Soraya Capps arrived after only 3 hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing on June 27th, 2010. She decided it was her time and that she wanted her own birthday, since I was scheduled for induction the following morning (my birthday.) Saturday night I just knew something was going to happen soon and decided to get out and mow the lawn (we have a riding mower,) clean the house up and finish packing up everything in the car. We went to bed as usual and I was awaken at 1 with contractions. I decided to wake Todd and let him know I was going to get in the bath to see if they would slow, well they didn't. They soon became stronger and I knew this was it. I called up my sister who was near-by at a friends house and let her know I was heading her way to get her so she could take me to the hospital so Todd could worry about getting Orrin to my parents. I hopped in the car hoping that I wouldn't have many contractions on the way to get Mackenzie because they were getting hard to breath through, luckily I made it safe and we headed straight into the hospital. I called in and let them know I was coming, but didn't know if I could stop to check-in. We arrived 15 minutes later and I went straight back to a room, luckily Kenzie had her camera as I had forgot to pack ours so she took a quick picture of my tummy for the last time. I was then hooked up to all the monitors and they took my vitals and decided to check me, well I was 8 cm and things went very quickly after that. Kenzie called Todd and said you better hurry up and go drop Orrin off and pick up mom this baby is coming quick. The nurses were running in and out of my room getting everything set up and then tried to give me an IV, which only took six tries and a few blown veins but they got it. My doctor got there about 3 and checked me and said you are almost a 10 if you need to push let me know. At that point I was in so much pain as it was way to late to get any kind of pain killers and completely distraught because my husband and mom had yet to show up. I couldn't do this without them, I COULDN'T! Luckily, they showed up and I started pushing 10 minutes later. I went through maybe 4 contractions of pushing and had her at 4:11 am, the funny thing is that Orrin was born at 11:04. They quickly put her on my stomach and the emotions rushed over me just as they did with Orrin, and the look of happiness of Todd's face is something that I will hold dear to me forever. It took a while to actually get a picture with me because while I was pushing my nose started bleeding and so we waited until I had a clean face to take some pictures. I spent about 14 hours in the hospital and was sent home with my sweet little girl. Here are some pictures of everything. Even of me feeding my two babies in the hospital bed.

The Final Countdown...

Well, we have finally made it to the final stretch. I am 39 weeks 5 days today and have a scheduled induction for Monday morning at 6 AM!!! Yikes! I have the house as clean as it is going to get, the bags packed, and Orrin will be staying the night with Grandma and Grandpa (but will probably be spending most of his time with Uncle Zachie.) I plan to head in Monday morning either by myself or with my sister, as Todd will be working and my mom will be taking care of Orrin. They will break my water and allow things to go as natural as they can, just like we did with Orrin. I am not nervous for the pain (even though it is on my mind,) I worry about being a mommy of two. I know that things will be tough for a while, I just want to make sure I show them both how much I love them and that Orrin still knows how much I love him. I think that is every fear of a soon-to-be mom of two. My next post will be of our sweet little Leila. Keep watching for an update!

BED REST

Well, I have been put on "modified," bed rest. At my 38 week appointment we found out that I was almost 3 cm dilated and this little girl's heart rate had lowered by quite a bit. The doctor was also concerned that I had lost almost 6 pounds in just a weeks time, so he decided it would be best if I just relax and stay in bed until this little one comes. He set a follow up appointment for Friday (which was a NIGHTMARE,) it turned out a little better for me as he said I could be up and moving a few hours out of the day. So lets get into this Friday appointment, first I had to take Orrin, then my doctor wasn't even there and we sat in the waiting room for 45 minutes waiting to be brought back, I then had to give the normal urine sample no big deal unless you have a 2 year old opening the door while your pants are down trying as fast as you can to shut it while in turn knocking the pee off its holder where most of it ended on me YUCK, then having to go see a doctor who knew nothing about my situation, and finally spending the next few hours hooked up to a monitor at the hospital. She is still safe in there, the doctor just thinks she is so far into my pelvis that it is causing her to stress out and possibly a little bit of cord compression since I have been having contractions. I am still losing weight which isn't a good thing, but the doctor said I am still in "normal," range so he isn't too worried. We will see how things go on Tuesday as that is when the doctor wants to decide a course of action. After much praying Todd and I had decided to let things go natural and now we may be going the other route. Oh well, as long as she is here safe it doesn't matter to us. As of today I have 9 days left until my due date! YAY! Here are two pictures of Orrin and I hanging out at the hospital. He was very upset for the first 20 minutes or so that they had me hooked up to the monitors... he kept saying, "Mama, Laya ouch. No, no!" as he would try to pull the straps of my stomach. There is also one of me at 38 weeks 4 days pregnant after we got home from the hospital. Not the greatest picture, but it shows my stomach. I will keep this blog updated as well as possible, we will just see how things progress.

Our Nursery

I figured it is about time I post about the nursery. I had a lot of trouble deciding how I wanted to do the nursery, as Orrin and Leila will share it at some point in time until I am ready to move Orrin clear across the house from us. I picked out a very pretty turquoise and went to work, however I just didn't like it and changed it the next day. I painted half the wall and put up chair molding around the paint line, I love it now and the color is a perfect match to the quilt I did for the bed. I still need to finish the curtains, but for some reason my machine is acting up. I have become a huge etsy fan (thanks to Kristy,) and found some amazing white frames that I hung on the wall. I put fabric in a few and put ribbon in one to hold all of Leila's hair bows which I got from our shower. I also bought some cardboard letters of an "O" and "L" and contemplated what to do with them for the last 3 months, I finally decided to lay my extra fabric on them and hang them in with the frames. I love how they turned out and they were so easy. We have Orrin's crib that he will still sleep in, Leila will sleep in her bassinet until she no longer can then we will go from there. I can't wait to welcome a little girl to our little family. It will be very soon.

The Joys of the Last Month...

As I hit my 37th week of pregnancy, I finally remembered why pregnancy isn't very much fun. With Orrin I was so lucky I was able to wear my normal clothing clear up until the end, with little Leila and her chocolate cravings that ended at 5 months for my pants and just now for my shirts. I can't bring myself to buy new shirts so now I am walking around with too small shirts, a cute waddle, swollen feet, a beatiful outtie belly button, and what my father-in-law calls the glowing face I just consider it chunky! As any women that has gone through pregnancy knows, you can no longer sleep at night. Luckily for my baby shower my Aunt T came up and brought me her pregnancy pillow she used and that has helped SO much. I have been wanting to "nest," so bad but unfortunatley I am so exhausted it hasn't happened as well as I planned. I do have all her clothes and put away. I wish I could snap my fingers and my house be spotless, but that doesn't happen. I contemplated hiring a house cleaner to come and do all the things that I just can't do anymore, but can't bring myself to do it. I will post pictures soon of this pregnant belly. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and we will decide what to do from there. I can be induced in two weeks if I would like, but for some reason I can't decide if that is what I want to do again. I have been praying about it, so I will keep you posted on my choice.