Caroline is here!!!!

Caroline Caprice Warren was born Monday afternoon at 4:33!  She came in at a healthy 7 lbs 10 ounces and 20 inches long.  We are SO blessed and in LOVE with this baby girl.

Monday early morning I woke up about 1:30 am with some very strong contractions. They were about every 6-7 minutes for several hours and then got to 5 min around 5am. I called Dr. Rister and he said to come on in. So, I woke Josh up ( who was mad I had let him sleep) and called my mom to come watch Lila and we were off.

It was about 6:00 when we got to the hospital.  Of course, as soon as we got there the contractions stopped! They checked me and said they weren't sure it was in labor or had false labor at home.  I was so frustrated not knowing what was going on.  Dr. Rister got there and checked me and said I was about the same as I was in his office last week. He said he wanted to check me in a few hours to see if I was progressing or if what happened at home was a fluke.  I could either stay there or go home and come back in a few hours.  We decided to stay there.  I was feeling so disappointed.  Sad that I had misread labor and sad that Caroline wasn't coming yet.  By now it was 10:00.  I was just ready for them to let me go and get on with the day when Dr. Rister came back.  Prepared to hear him say "this happens to a lot of people" and send me home, I was so surprised when he said I was at a 4/5 and needed to go to a L&D room!!!

 

By about 2:00 I had progressed to about a 6 and then slowed down.  They decided to put me on some potosin to speed things up.  I got my epidural and  by 4:00 was ready to go.

 

Here we are waiting to  meet this little peanut!

 I couldn't make myself walk around the room without shoes on, but everyone thought this get up was a little ridiculous:)

My parents anxiously awaiting!!!

Big sister Angie

Sweet Caroline :)  

 

So in love!!!

 

 After keeping her to ourselves for about 15 minutes, we brought in the family to meet her.

 Josh's family was in Shallowater waiting on the green light to come.  Once we got it, they jumped in the car and hurried down here.  They got here just in time to meet their newest grand daughter.

Roxann Josh's sister and Mia Grace.

 After we got moved to a room, my sweet friend Kristiana, who had been watching Lila and Ally, dropped them off at the hospital.  Lila was SO EXCITED to finally meet Caroline.

"That's my baby sister"!!!

All the girls.

We had the most amazingly smooth and easy day with baby # 2.  We feel beyond blessed by all the family and friends we had praying and surrounding us.  One major missing person, my sister Caryn.  She is way too far along to travel.  It was so sad not having her there with us:(   We sent her pics all day long.   Not to worry, there are lots more pictures of Caroline coming soon.