Weighed: 6 lbs 12.9 oz
Length: 20 inches
Long hair on the very top and in the back...Can you see the hair sticking straight up?
This is Grandma Gayle!!! I was so lucky to have my mom come and stay with me the first week of Lindi's life... She helped me to become confident that I could do this! I love her with all of my heart and I am proud to tell the story of Lindi's middle name. My middle name is gayle : Trista Gayle. I wanted Lindi to be named after mom and my Grandma Vayomee, that we called Vay. So I blended them together and named her middle name Vayle!!! I love it. I love you mom, Happy Mother's Day!
Grandpa Steve and Deanne! My dad is so proud of his beautiful little grand daughter. He was such a nervous wreck while I was in labor! His Baby Girl having her first Baby. I pushed for about 2 1/2 hours, and he just didn't think that things should take that long, I think that he harassed my nurses until they were ready to just come and pull the baby out of me so that he would leave them alone...Ha Ha!
Labor was as good as I thought that it could have went for the first time! I LOVE the epidural. I started contracting at 4:45 am when I started to time my contractions and they were every 6 to 8 minutes. Woke rusty up at 6:15 and told him that my contractions were every 4 to 5 minutes. So we Showered at 6:30 am and left for the hospital at 7:30. Got to the hospital at 8:30 am (yes Rusty speeded just a little, a 1 hour and 15 minute drive only took us 1 hour) when contractions were every 2 to 3 minutes and were very HARD back labor because she was turned and her nose was face up. Was finally admitted at 10:00 with the most painful part, the I.V. ! ( I am still bruised in my hand today). The doctor broke my water at 10:30 I was a 3+ and there was melanoma (spelling?), Lindi had had a bowel movement in the water. At 12:00 I was a 5+ and got the epidural, and life was great! @ 4:30 I started pushing. They had me stop pushing at 5:30 and rotate from side to side to get Lindi to finish rotating to the right position. I got a new nurse just after 6:00 and she came in and checked me and kind of asked why I wasn't pushing, because my bladder was full, and she said we needed to get the baby here now! She was a life savor and an inspiration because she had me do one hard push, and made me stop so that she could call the doctor and get him there fast! My whole family stopped Dr. Gatherum out in the hall way and said, you better get that baby here fast so that we can see her, they had been waiting in the hall for a solid 4 hours. Doctor arrived at 6:30 with a hat on that said "Stay Calm" and Lindi arrived at 6:54pm. It was such an amazing experience. I only had Rusty in the room and that is how it should have been! It was so calming and relaxing and a moment that we will never forget. I love my Husband, and I love my baby girl. She is such a good baby and sleeps a good 5 to 6 hours at night before waking up for a good hour to hour 1/2 (which isn't the greatest, but I will take it!)
Well There you have it! I am sorry that it took me three weeks to get this done, but its done now! If you go to http://www.janicetwitchellphotography.blogspot.com/ you will get to see Lindi's first photo shoot taken when she was 12 days old! Lindi is the first two posts on the blog, so keep looking...
