will's birth.

i thought about this day for almost 9 months. i pictured it so vividly in my head. i knew exactly how it was going to go. i was so thankful to not to be diabetic and not have a reason to be induced. my doctor wasn't thinking he would come until his induction we had set for september. i would go into labor on my own, at home. i would stay at home for awhile. then, we'd go to the hospital. i'd hug and kiss my babies goodbye and he would enter this world on his own and i would go drug free.

today is his due date. he is ten days old. and his labor was about the farthest thing i pictured. i'm so happy he is here and healthy. but, another part of me is still heart broken. that morning i woke up to mark's alarm and couldn't go back to sleep. so i decided to head up to the gym for a short work out while everyone slept. i was home by 7:30 am. we made a plan for the day to go to the farmers market and hang out. a nap was on the agenda. on our drive down to houston i started googling about your water leaking and how to tell. i decided to call the doctor on call just to see if there was a way to tell. the only way was to go to the hospital. so, we went to the market, grabbed a few things and headed back home. decided to call mark's mom to watch the kids and we ran up to the hospital. i thought we'd be back to put them down for naps and i'm not even sure if blake hugged me. we went to labor + delivery and were taken into triage where they tested me. the first test was positive. clearly. they did a second test. on the way i told mark we could not have a baby today. we are not ready. well, you can guess the second test was positive. the nurse came and popped her head in and said, "we're having a baby today." yep, picture mark and i were there with blank stares. we were in shock. i asked if we could leave. i didn't even freaking have a camera! they said mark could leave. so we went to a l+d room and mark went home. they started my IV's and pitocin around 1 pm or so. he called me so i could facetime with the kids. i attempted to hold it together while talking to them. they kept the pit low while he was gone. after about an hour and a half he returned with a suitcase full of i'm not sure what. and then we waited.

the contractions got stronger. my water broke around 4 pm. then it really started. i reached my breaking point at some time. i asked our sweet nurse how long it was going to be and they said could be another hour or hour and a half. so, i asked for an epidural knowing i was so close. i don't know exactly what it was but it wasn't the full on epidural i had experienced with blake. i was so incredibly thankful! about ten minutes after it kicked in the doctor came in and asked if we were ready to have a baby! although, it wasn't my doctor who delivered him, the dr. on call was sooo nice. we couldn't have had better people around. three contractions and out came will at 6:47 pm.
a sweet, sweet boy was welcomed to our family!

this one is probably my favorite. 

8 lbs 2 oz + 19.5 in










and just like that. we became parents to three little miracles.

while there are things i would love to change this is will's birth story. he is such a sweet baby. this sweet boy is already trying to teach me you can't plan things. i can't wait to see what else he will teach us.