Pictures of baby Sadie!

"Train up a child in the way he should go & when he is old, he will not depart from it."

Proverbs 22:6

Happy Birthday, Sadie Laine!

Today was the BIG day!!

Tori & Russ went to the hospital at 7:30am.

At about 9am or so, they started Tori on patocin & they broke her water.

At 10am, Tori decided she would like her epidural since the contractions were getting painful.
She was still only dialated to 2 cms or 3cms.

I talked to mom & she decided to come earlier, & not wait for dad who was going to work through the lunch rush at school. Mom made it to my house about 11:30am.

Scott was planning on coming home between 12;30 & 1.

Russ called us at 11:50am & said "We are 10 cms!" Mom & I freaked out!! I called Scott & told him we needed to go. Scott rushed home & mom & I ran out the door as he was walking in!

We made it to the hospital at 12:30ish. We had to circle the parking lot three times before we followed a lady & took her spot!

As we parked thte car, Russ called again & asked "Where are you guys?!" I said "We are RUNNING into the hospital!" & we were RUNNING in the hospital!!

As we got the the fourth floor, & got in the doors, we saw Russ's mom, Carol. As she showed us where to go, the door was shut to Tori's room! We thought we couldn't go in! Finally mom knocked on the door to say we were here & Russ let her in.

The dr ran in the room at about 1pm. She must have been at lunch, because she had her purse. The nurses paged her THREE times! She said she threw her keys to the valet & ran in!

We heard mom getting excited & then at about 1:09pm, we heard Sadie crying & everyone cheering!

Sadie started nursing right away!

She weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, 20 1/4 inches long. She has some chubby cheeks!

Because she was so big, she was having some blood sugar problems, so about 3:30pm, they brought her back to the room & told Tori that they wanted her blood sugar to be at or above 40 & right then it was at 40, so they needed her to nurse her right then!
So Tori & Russ tried to nurse her & she was too sleepy! They tried for 2 hours & had a terrible time! They even tried some sugar water, but she didn't want it.
In that time, dad, Scott, the girls, Lana, & many friends showed up to see Tori & baby Sadie.

They finally decided that they would try again later & check her blood sugar again.
Something must have worked because her blood sugar was up to 54. So that was a relief!

Lana was so excited, she was beside herself!!

The girls & I are planning to go up tomorrow so the girls can see Sadie. I can't wait to get pictures of them with their new cousin!

I will post many pictures tomorrow!

5 days until THE BIG DAY!

Today Tori went to the dr for her weekly checkup. She is still only dialated to 2 cms but she is 100% effaced, meaning she is totally thinned out.
The dr was going to talk to them about inducing the week of the 31st, but Russ asked if they could do it sooner since he is being deployed again on Sept 8th. So the dr agreed to induce Tori on Tuesday August 25th! Tori was so excited!! She can finally see the light at the end of the "baby tunnel"!

Tuesday, August 25th at 7:30am, they will go to the hospital! I will keep everyone posted!

We can't wait to meet baby Sadie!

38 &1/2 weeks!

Here we are, less than 2 weeks away from the due date!! Today Tori went to the dr to be checked. She is still at 2 cm, but 75% effaced. The dr. seemed to think that Sadie is just a bit smaller than 8 lbs!
We are hoping that Sadie will join our world safely & strong & SOON!!

3 weeks until the due date!!

Thursday Tori went to the dr to be checked. She is dialated 2 cm & 50% effaced. She is measuring 38 weeks. The dr said it could be anyday!!! We are waiting, but I won't say we are waiting patiently. I am having dreams about labor...but it's not ME (Katy) in labor!!
The excitment begins!!