Here is Gulianna looking at her new little sister...
So on Friday, Jan. 16th, I got up at got ready for the day, the usual, though I had slight cramping while I was in the shower. I had a dr. appointment the day before, and he said I would most likely have the baby "with in the next couple of days" so I figured I'd really pack my stuff and put it in the car.
Still no clue as do what we were going to do with Gulianna, because I had no idea when the baby was actually going to come, I really just wanted Gulianna right there after she was born...So we went to Scrapalicious to work, Gulianna was getting into everything, and I was not even cleaning up after her at all that day. I was having "slight" contractions all day...I figured I might have her that night??
Cherry had called in the morning to let me know she was going to the movies at 4:30pm to see "Hotel For Dogs" with the girls, and if I wanted to go...I didn't know for sure if I was going, I thought about going home for once to "rest"...lol, {sure glad I didn't do that} but I decided that we would go to the movies.
My dad and Rene stopped at the store around 3:30pm to see Gulianna, and to see how I was doing, Rene asked when I was going to have the baby, I said "I don't know, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow?" It's always funny to think back about your conversations, and to play back the day in your head...
...anyway, we left at 4:30pm {of course when the movie is starting...} I had a couple last minute customers of course. Then we get in the car, and of course I'm on empty, so I have to go to the gas station. Now this is when I started to pay attention to the contractions...I was making kits all day in the back room at the store, so I was not looking at the clock all day, and not even paying any attention to what was really happening to me. {of course, because I'm not like that.} So I am pumping gas, and having a contraction...now that I look back, I was having them all afternoon. I called Levi to tell him that I was going to the movies with Gulianna, hinting to him to come along, but he wanted to work on his Bronco. So I told him that he better come home anyways, because I might be having the baby that night. Oh, and I forgot to really tell him that I was having slight contractions, all afternoon...but remember I didn't really know, or should I say realize.
I figured if I was going to have the baby, I might as well be in Rexburg, I figured when Levi got there we could just go see another movie, or go and eat or something...
So I get in the car, and we head for Rexburg, I looked at the clock, and then what do you know five minutes later, I have another contraction. And so it continued, they were all five minutes apart. Not even thinking about going to the hospital, I just wanted to go to the movies. And I thought to myself, plus they say don't go to the hospital unless your contractions are 3-5 minutes apart. lmao.
So we get to the movies, and of course I am having my contractions every 5 minutes throughout the whole movie...I sent out a text message to everyone, saying I would probably have Isabella that night. Lol...so funny to everyone that got the messages I sent, because it was super fast...
Anyway, Cherry kept asking if the contractions were really bad, and they weren't really, nothing I couldn't handle. She asked if she needed to take me to the hospital...we continued to watch the movie. It was hard though because I was uncomfortable in my seat, and Gulianna was sitting in her own seat, and I had to try and hold her chair down the entire time, because she wasn't heavy enough to hold it down, it kept folding on her! Towards the end of the movie, I was starting to feel them more, and Cherry said let's just go to the hospital...the movie was almost over, about 10 minutes left or so. So we left the theater, I really had to go to the bathroom, but of course I put it off, until the hospital. Cherry took the girls out to the suburban, and brought it to the front...and of course I am thinking about how to get my car and all my stuff to the hospital...Levi was in Rexburg, we told him to meet at the hospital...
So we get to the hospital, ER entrance, and by then I was really wanting to go to the bathroom...Levi and Cherry ran out to get a wheelchair, Gulianna was starting to freak out, because I was getting out of the car and she wasn't, I told her I was going to the doctor to get baby Isabella, and she started crying. I wanted her to stay at the hospital, but then I didn't want her to see the labor of course...Cherry was going to take her to Nancy's house.
We enter the hospital, they check me in, asking me questions...all that stuff, when I am having more contractions and just wanting to use the bathroom, a nurse comes out and pushes me into the ER, I run into the bathroom, and then I hear her say can you put this gown her, to Levi...and as I am going to the bathroom, I felt like the baby was going to fall right out! I yelled for Levi..."I think the baby is coming out NOW!!" so he runs in, bends down to look, and my water breaks...with an unbelievable loud pop {like a balloon, no joke}all over my pants, my shoes, and Levi, lol...he said "gee thanks!" So in the meantime, I was still trying to use the bathroom...when in reality, I didn't have to go, it was just the pressure I was feeling, from the baby's head, who knew, I sure didn't. {the whole time I was just wanting to make sure I had gone, because you hear stories of ladies pooping while they are pushing the baby out, and I certainly did NOT want that to happen}
So as I am still over the toilet, Levi is trying to take my shoes and pants off...so that I can put the hospital gown on, of course I get mad, not my priority at the moment...plus I was having more contractions...then the nurse yells, just get her on the bed...so we walk out, and Levi puts me on the bed, somehow, from the time that I got off the toilet and on the bed, we got the stupid hospital gown on...they start pushing me to Labor & Delivery, and they are remodeling the hospital, so it seemed like forever, and such a maze just to get there. I was starting to think that I wasn't going to make it. They pushed me into a room, we transfered beds, and then they pushed me into another room and I pushed the baby right out...of course no Dr. Barton once again, the nurses' delivered Isabella. One of the nurses said "wow He has a lot of hair!" and then I start to freak out..."HE? they said it was a girl, they said it was a GIRL!" "oh, never mind She's a girl..." she said. hello you idiot, I'm thinking! Anyway, Dr. Barton comes in to let Levi cut the umbilical cord, and then he leaves...while I am lying there still in pain, because I still have to deliver the placenta, blah...I was so weak, and shaking so bad, I couldn't hold Isabella. Levi was holding her, and taking it all in, she is so beautiful. She looks like Gulianna, but a little different, she has Levi's head shape instead of mine. I just laid there thinking about all the what if's...like,
- what if we waited the ten minutes till the movie was over, then I would have used the bathroom there, and had her over the toilet, literally, and that would have been embarrassing.
- what if I went home, which I was considering doing, then I would have had her at home, and in front of Gulianna, there would have been no time for an ambulance...and I don't even have any of my neighbors phone numbers, yikes that would have been a disaster. so glad I went to the movies.
- what if I didn't go home, and decided to stay late again at the store, which I did the night before...
I couldn't even believe that I actually had her, and so fast, no words could describe everything I was going through and thinking of...it was maybe, and I mean maybe 15 minutes at the most, from the time that we arrived at the hospital, to the time that I delivered. So if there is a next time, I'm thinking I will go to the hospital and have contractions there? ....nah...
Levi made phone calls, first to Cherry to bring back Gulianna so that she could see Isabella, she didn't believe him. No one believed us, because it all happened so fast. Gulianna just stared at her, and loved her, so cute. My family came over a couple hours later to see Isabella. Levi went home around midnight with Gulianna. The new place in the hospital, I forgot what its called, was full, so we had to stay in the same room that night, and there was only a crappy chair for Levi, so he went home to sleep. I didn't mind, because if he would have stayed then Gulianna would have had to stay at someone's house, and then I would have worried about her all night, instead of resting, which I didn't even get any. {She's never stayed anywhere, and away from us!} They came back the next morning, Gulianna was so excited to see Isabella. They moved us over to the other side, to the nicer rooms-that afternoon, and Levi and Gulianna stayed the night. But the bed wasn't as big as the last time, I told him to bring a blowup mattress, but he didn't listen.
This is Gulianna Sunday morning, Levi set Isabella next to her as she was waking up, and she smiled and put her arm around her...{and still a little sleepy}
and more of them snuggling...Sunday morning
and this is us Sunday evening, getting ready to go home. Changing Isabella, and realizing just how tiny she is, because nothing fits her!
