Sydney

Our little girl is now here. Sydney Stewart was born on August 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 19 inches long. Gene and I went in at 7:00 am and I was induced at about 7:30 am. So, that is about 8 hours of labor. Half the amount of time that my labor was with Ethan. Everything was going well until Syd decided to put her hand up over her head while in the birth canal. Thankfully I had my epidural before then, because the doctor had to manually move her arm back into the right place. Ouch is right! From then on, everything was good again. When the time came to start pushing, the doctor came in and got everything ready for delivery. A big light came down out of the ceiling and so did a mirror. That means I got to watch the delivery too. I thought it might be kinda gross to watch, but I was wrong. Watching my sweet child be born was the most amazing thing I have ever seen. Not gross at all. After 9 minutes of pushing, our angel was born. She is healthy and happy. Our hospital stay was very pleasant. I had wonderful nurses named Kim and Julia, and the food was pretty good too. We got to bring Syd home on Sunday afternoon. It was kind of strange to have a baby back in the house. We were soon reminded about how much sleep we weren't going to be getting. Other than the lack of sleep, it has been so much fun to have an infant. She really is a beautiful child. We can already see bits of her personality coming out. She is so sweet. We truly are blessed.