Splashin'

She looooves bath time. : )

Fire, brimstone, and volcanic baby cries erupt when we take her out.

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2 Weeks

The past 2 weeks seemed to go by so fast, yet, at the same time, soooo wonderfully slow. The 3 of us definitely packed in our afternoons with sun drenched naps and walks around our neighborhood.

Quinn has packed on some fresh weight and is eating like a champ. Ahhhhh, we can't stop staring at her. : )

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A Pro

What she pretty much does...all day. : )

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A week 'behind', and in a hurry

She's here! Quinn Skinner made her way and took her first, quiet, wide eyed, sleepy breath at 1:55am Saturday morning. Weighing in at 7lbs 1oz and 21 inches long.

I had been feeling reeeally minor contractions Wednesday evening and then again Friday night, really irregular, pretty much painless. Those little episodes would last for around 4 hours, then fizzle out, getting Joe and I all excited only to go to bed kinda bummed.

But....lo and behold.....

After getting ready for bed and relaxing a bit, the clock struck 11:45pm and I felt a pretty substantial 'pop' down in the nether regions. I had no idea what the pop was, but boy howdy, the rodeo was now in full swing. Contractions lasting a minute/minute and a half, 2 minutes apart.....1 minute apart.... 2 minutes apart.... 45 seconds apart....

*Internal thought* "This is my first birth.....labor for first births average a length of anywhere between 12-18 hours. How in the freaking world do people do THIS for 18 hours?!?!?!"

Joe gave our midwives a ring, giving them a heads up.

About an hour later, *ding!* time to push! Joe later said he could SEE my belly pushing down. Having been in labor for an hour, the reality of it being time to push didn't even cross my mind, but Joe called the midwives again to let them know the change in action. They were on their way.

I can't even begin to tell you how amazing Joe was. His instincts kicked in and he knew exactly the things he needed to do. Within the blur of our 2 hour marathon, Joe took care of everything, making sure we were 200% prepared to have the baby without the midwives.....just in case.

I climbed into the birthing pool, pushed for about 45 minutes, Joe delivered Quinn.

It was just the three of us.

Just three.

No one else.

It was amazing.

The midwives arrived just 7 minutes after Quinn was born, all smiles.

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Tick........Tock....

What a weird grey area to be in. Huge change in life about happen....but we have no idea WHEN it'll happen?! I can see how this kind of anticipation could drive someone nuts-o. Joe and I have been just waiting....wondering...."maybe tomorrow?"....orrrrrr "maybe tonight!"......or "maybe.....next week...." Any of those being very real possibilities is again, strange.

We picked up our birthing pool from our midwives yesterday. Joe dominated it with his air compressor, and now it's set up and ready to be filled with toasty water to soothe both baby and me.

C'mon bebeh!! We're ready when you are. : )

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