Oh, Landyn. We couldn't love her more already! Throughout my pregnancy, Collin and I often talked about having another little girl, and it was hard to picture anything different than Brooke. Landyn changed all of that instantly! She came into this world with her own sweet little look, which happens to not look a whole lot like Brooke! She is so beautiful. I am doing my best to soak up her newborn phase after learning how fast it goes with Brooke. I could snuggle her all day long!!
We checked into the hospital to be induced Sunday night (3/19) around 8pm. All of me assumed the process would go very similar to Brooke.. check in the night before, start the induction process, and wait hours and hours to dilate. We told everyone not to rush to the hospital in the morning... around lunch time would be fine because it was most likely going to take forever. Well, Landyn had her own plans!! We began the first part of being induced Sunday night, and that was all it took to get things going. We didn't even make it to the Pitocin. Around 5 or 6am Monday morning, I began feeling pretty strong contractions. My contraction monitor wasn't fitted right, so the machine was showing nothing! I've never felt such pain.
I finally got an epidural around 7am after the nurse told me I was at 4cm, except it wasn't working where the majority of my pain was coming from. They gave me a few boosters and luckily it was in full effect around 7:20am. 7:30am, my doctor came in and was shocked to say it was time to push! The nurses took about 10 min to prep the room, and at 7:51am, Landyn Reese joined our family! 7lbs 6oz, 20.5 inches. I can't even describe the feeling when they placed her on my chest. My heart instantly doubled in size, and I felt like she had been apart of our family forever. She is meant to be ours.
Our families were surprised to hear how fast it all went, and rushed up to the hospital asap. The poor kids were dragged out of bed, but they were all there. Our families mean so much to us!
Here are a few pictures of sweet Landyn's birthday. Our hearts are so, so full!!
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