Lily Claire is HERE!

On Wednesday, November 24th at 4:34 pm Lily Claire was born. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long! She has a beautiful head full of black hair and is perfect in every way! We are so thankful that she is here and healthy as can be!

It was a long labor process and I have never been so happy to hear a baby cry! We were all getting very worried and anxious by the time she arrived...her head was turned sideways when she was trying to come through the birth canal after about 3 1/2 hours Dr. Heaton was able to get her out without doing a c-section.

Lily Claire wore the dress that I wore when I was born for her hospital pictures! Here is the link...
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=6472249f-2b5d-4c37-872f-26f9ffbc9622


Here are a few pictures of our little princess...

38 weeks

Lily Claire will be here by Wednesday afternoon!!!! We are going to induce labor at 6AM Wednesday morning if I have not gone into labor by then! At my 38 week checkup I was 2 cm dilated & 75% effaced so Dr. Heaton said that she may be here before Wednesday!!

Since I don't have any other news other than that and I refuse to share a belly picture at this point I thought I would share the sweet gifts from Lily Claire's Papa Ken & Fran! This was one of the first gifts that she received and I have been in love with all of it since the night I opened it! Here is a picture of everything...

The background of the picture is a blanket that Fran made especially for Lily Claire! There are also two burp cloths, two onesies, bloomers, a headband, & a jacket. I LOVE monogrammed things so naturally I loved everything they gave her!

Hopefully by the next post I will have pictures of my sweet baby girl to share! Happy Thanksgiving!

36 weeks

The doctor visit went very well today. I have not dilated any more and my cervix is 60% effaced. Dr. Heaton said that we can induce at 29 weeks if I have not had her by then, which will be the day before Thanksgiving! It makes me so happy to know that Lily Claire will be with us in the next few weeks! Please keep Zach, Lily Claire, & me in your thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks!

I never shared any of my maternity pictures by Sharon Melton with Picture This Photography so I will share one today! They turned out great which reminds me that I really need to order some this week! :)