Our family welcomed a new little addition on Monday, May 17, 2010. Grace Isabel Simmons arrived in what could be described as a whirlwind of events. It started out typically enough as Andrea woke up at 2:40 am feeling some discomfort that she thought could be contractions. She had had an anesthetic when Hannah was born and wasn't quite sure what contractions really felt like. So, she waited and timed them and finally woke me up at 3:40 telling me it was "go" time. We were out of house ten minutes later racing toward Mercy Hospital in Folsom. We didn't arrive a moment too soon. As we were walking into the labor and delivery room, Andrea surprised us all by announcing that she had to push and the baby was coming right then. This caused quite a clamor amongst the nursing staff as they switched into urgent mode. Our nurses Sheri and Karen did a great job keeping us calm and reassuring us that they had plenty of experience delivering babies as we weren't even certain whether the doctor would make it before the baby. The nurses implored Andrea NOT to push, but then the Dr Haskins showed up in time for two pushes and Grace was here. The labor was so fast that Andrea did not even break a sweat!(Not an exaggeration.)
Grace is beautiful and perfect in every way!
Hannah was so excited to come to the hospital and meet her little sister.
We brought little Gracie home Wednesday and feel so blessed to have this new wonderful spirit in our family.
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4 comments:
yay, been waiting for this post. She's a doll, I pray my labor can be that quick and effortless
Welcome Gracie! She's such a cutie :)
What an awesome delivery story. Glad you made it the hospital. Grace is beautiful. Wish we lived closer to each other. It would be fun to get our kids together.
Congrats! All of my friends are stealing the baby names I like. I guess that means I should have some kids of my own. Gratuliere!
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