Baby Cade's first day...

Monday the 10th of May I went to the doctor to check my dilation one more time. The difference between this time and the others was that now my Mom was in town, I was 4 days past due and in the past 2 days I had put on like 100 pounds of water and I was miserable. So Dr. Judd told me there was still no action and I had a choice between waiting for this already large child to descend or schedule a C-section. Terrified is an understatement for how I felt about making that choice. Luckily Bill and I had decided the night before that if there was no action going on we would do a C-section, so I boldly told him I wanted to and he told me he had already scheduled a slot for me at 7 a.m. the next morning in case I chose that option, which I thought was thoughtful for a Doc who delivers babies every morning and night and has hundreds of patients. So, we went to The Pizza Factory to celebrate the decision, just me, my Mom and Chels. The next morning we were up and out the door at 5:30 to be in pre-op by 6:00 a.m. I LOVE the hospital I chose to deliver at and all the nurses are straight from heaven. I felt like they were working for tips:)

Me at some point right before they started the operation...that's the curtain to block me from seeing. My Mom, Chels and Grandma Tall were at a window to my left watching the best they could. I was so thirsty that I cried through the whole operation. I kept telling Bill who was sitting by my head to tell me about all the ice I would get to chew. The procedure was soooo fast. I got into the operating room at 8, got my spinal block which was super weird, laid me down, Bill came in and took this pic of me and the next thing I hear is Cade whimpering. We were back in my room all done by 8:40. CRAZY. Proud Dad in his sterile NASA suit:)My mom teaching Bill how to change his first black poop diaper and how to swaddle babies...Apparently this was the first time I held him though this entire day is a big blur. Glad someone caught the pic to prove it.Cade's two Grandmas!

His sweet feet that are the same size as Vance's. I will be doing a blog post just about this child's feet, so funny. The whole experience was just awesome. The pain was minimal considering what my body went through. Nursing not included:) The umbilical cord was wrapped around Cade's neck twice so I would have ended up having an emergency c-section anyway I guess. Steph had the best word to describe the last 9 days, foggy. All I want to do is cuddle my punkin and be outside walking around because for the first time in months, I can. I am so tired that I try hard to figure out what day of the week it is and just when I start to figure it out I get too tired and move onto something else, like being able to touch my toes again or fit in my bath tub:) I know there are tons of things I wanted to write about but it's late and Cade just fell asleep which is my cue to try and do the same because everytime he finishes nursing I suddenly have a 3 or 4 hour countdown before it's back to square 1...