3 plus 1 equals...... CLARE!

On January 16th,

Greg and I woke up and had a quick breakfast,

said goodbye to our Maddy Girl

and headed to the hospital.

Our last picture as a family of 3.

I was still dilated 2-3 when we got there at 7:30,

so they started the IV and then the pitocin.

My contractions were growing,

so I asked for the epidural.

That went really quick, except I still felt a lot of pain,

so he came back and changed

up the dosage I was getting.... much better after that!!

I almost felt nothing at all.

Greg got hungry and headed down

to grab something to eat,

telling me not to have her while he was gone.....

well, all of a sudden I was feeling pressure,

so the nurse checked and I was at 10!

We called Greg to get back up to the room,

luckily he was on his way already.

The doctor was on his way in as well,

so we were just waiting.

I told the nurse I felt different pressure

and she checked and told me not to push,

we needed the doctor!

He got there and 3 pushes later

our Sweet Clare was here!!

Here she is!

Getting warmed up.

Daddy's girl already.

Bigger than her sister!

So sweet.

Dad and Clare.

Mom, Dad and Clare.

Mommy's Sweet Clare.

Beautiful.

First bath.