Kendall Elizabeth Arrives!

Well, it is about time that I blogged about this amazing little blessing that arrived right on time!  I love that my last post was on my due date (Sunday, July 8th) and exactly 3 hours before my contractions started!  There was I sitting in my room complaining that it was my due date and I was still pregnant.  Little did I know that 3 hours later my contractions would begin and we would be so close to meeting our sweet precious girl.  I’ll blog separately exactly how it all went down but let’s just say it was much, much calmer than Will’s story.  Here is a picture of me – a full and exact 40 weeks pregnant right before we headed out the door to the hospital.

The labor progressed a good bit slower than Will’s did and at 8:26 am Monday morning July 9th, this beautiful little girl made her debut!  You can see below the monitor says she weighed 7lbs 3 oz (exactly 1 oz more than Will weighed) and she was 19.75 inches long.  She was perfect!!We were immediately in love with her.  She just looked so sweet and so girlie.  So funny how different she seemed than Will.  She has these perfect red lips and the softest cheeks.  Amazing.  A very proud daddy! Here is a very proud Mimi who finally got her first granddaughter on the 4th try! Mimi and Ally Ally and her first granddaughter as well on her 3rd try! G.J. the proud grandpa and Kendall I think it is so fun that our family is all so close and could all be there right after she was born.  My brothers got there just in time to meet her. Uncle Dustin Uncle J Daneille meeting Miss Kendall  After we headed upstairs, we got to see Will!  Kayse had come over Sunday night when I started having contractions and stayed over at the house so Will could get a good night’s sleep – thank you Kayse!  He woke up and she told him we were at the hospital.  They came up and here is our first picture of our family of 4!  It is the only one we have so far.  I look a little crazy because Kendall is getting some skin to skin time to warm her up after her bath.  He was so sweet and Tricia got some pictures of him seeing her when they were cleaning her up in the nursery.  I’ll post those as soon as I get them. Lindsey came up to see her right after work Their birthdays are close together, so I think they are planning tea parties. Uncle Ben & Aunt Wanda Dylan was just the sweetest cousin ever.  He made this artwork for Kendall.  He was so cute and so proud.  He melted my heart. Aunt Kayse visits after work with her first niece. My good friend Lori came by, too A quick pic of the parents with our daughter (so hard getting used to saying daughter/her/she – so funny). Our sweet friends Chris & Macy came by.  Their son Jack is in Will’s class at school.  They also have a baby boy, Tucker, who is about 3 weeks older than Kendall.  So it will be fun to have both our kiddos in classes together. I will blog more about this later, but Will has been the sweetest big brother.  He has blown away my expectations.  I really can’t believe how well he has done with her.  MimiAnd we headed home on Wed around 1pm.  We were so ready to get out of the hospital! Home sweet home!  Tricia left us this fun Welcome Home Kendall sign!  Somehow I have no pics of Tricia – am hoping she has some on her camera.  She was there!  Kayse left us some fun decorations inside.  So happy to be home and settled!