Paisley Anne

Today Paisley woke up and at 9:39 am she was a 3 year old! Here is a short story of her birth...

Around 12 or 1 in the morning on November 15th, 2005, Scott and I still hadn't gone to sleep b/c I was having cont actions, but nothing too serious. We were living with Scott's parents at the time so if I remember correctly, we worked everything around Scott's school schedule, hoping we would have her the day he was off and then not miss his clinical the following day. Anyways, we decided to head to the hospital, b/c Ella was asleep obviously and we were bored. I had several small contractions on the way to St. Rose Sienna...in Las Vegas. We got there, I was dilated to a three and they decided to admit me b/c there was no one else there and b/c they were a little nervous that Pailsey's heart rate sounded a little distressed. By this time it was around 4am, I think! We got to the birthing room, a "special" phlebotomist continually tried to take my blood, they broke my water to move things along, then the contractions became a bit more pressurized and I got an epidural, things weren't moving along very fast by itself and If I'm remembering correctly again, my blood pressure was VERY LOW, I thought that I was going in and out of consciousness. Next they started the Pitocin at around 8am and an hour and a half later I was fully dilated. Now, I am not trying to make this sound like labor and delivery are not hard work, but comparatively speaking, giving birth to Paisley was the easiest thing I have ever done. I was laughing as I pushed b/c it was so easy compared to giving birth to Ella. Oh, and let's not forget the two EMT's (both male and could have been no older that 23, mind you) that were there on their OB rotation and got to hold up the body mirror that I requested...yea, a bit embarrassing. Grandma Sue and Mimi were there too so it was a great experience. Jen and Jason came right as she was born and Jason took loads of pictures, picked Ella up from school and brought Panera. Paisley also shares her birthday with her uncle Jason and her cousin Addison who is 6 today! Happy birthday both of you...if you never noticed, Novemeber 15th is exactly 9 months after Valentine's day...no wonder there are so many people with this birthday! ;)
So, that night was my first night away from Ella and she did fabulous...I actually got some rest. The next morning was Scott's OB rotation at the same hospital on the same floor and I was assigned as his patient! Crazy huh? His professor brought me flowers and all of his nursing buddies came to meet our new baby. I also got beautiful flowers from Karisa, my sister Jen and my parents. Tara and Richard came to visit, so Paisley had a warm welcome into the world with several of my very favorite people! And duh! How could I forget Mona-Kay coming to visit?! She had just had Sage 2 1/2 months earlier and I was so impressed that she drove all of the way to meet Paisley. She also brought "Cubby Cuddles", a soft bear that is precious to us b/c Ella first called her son Caleb by the name of..."Cubby".
When Ella met Paisley, I almost lost it, it was probably one of the most precious experiences of my life. She just laughed and smiled and pointed to all of her body parts and named them..."eyes, nose, mouth, toes..." so darn cute. She squeezed her in her arms and didn't want her put back in her little cart bed.

We love you Paisley Anne! It has gone way too fast, but I will always keep you my baby no matter how old you get (she refuses to be the 2nd child and hasn't accepted the possibility that someday she may be a middle child...that's okay, my mom raised us all like we were only children, so we may have to do the same.