Miranda Mae Is Here!

Our little girl is finally here, and unbelievably she's already 15 days old! We're settling in nicely and working out all the little bumps and hitches that having a newborn throws at you. Currently the biggest challenge is teaching her older brother that smacking the baby is not OK... fortunately he's young enough that the jealousy factor is pretty minimal so far. We certainly are lucky to have them both!!!

Labor was not too bad. I had to be induced, and we had one scare early on when Miranda's heart rate slowed down a bit, but we were able to bring it back up with some oxygen and changing positions in bed. Once I got my epidural (God bless whomever invented epidurals!!!) we were able to get some sleep and it turned out that Miranda decided to come down the birth canal and almost completely crown on her own. I only had to push 4 times and out she popped! I was really lucky that everything went to well and easily for us. We have lots of pictures, so if you'd like more please let me know and I'll email more to you.