Brynlee Lynn Ericson - Day 1

She's here!!! I can't believe how quickly the past few days have flown by. We dropped the kids off at the Ericson's on Tuesday night so we could go to the hospital early Wednesday morning. Here I am on our way out:
We quickly got checked in and hooked up to everything. The doctor broke my water around 9:30 and I go the epideral around 11. Here I am just chillin':
Everything was going pretty steady and we thought we still had a few hours to go. I started feeling some pressure, so my doctor came in to check me. Still thinking we had time left, he checked me and said "Oh! Let's have a baby!" Apparently the head was already on it's way out. He quickly put his stuff on, sat down, and I started pushing on the next contraction. Half way through my first push, he told me to stop and start breathing. I thought I was getting ready to push again...um...nope! Her head was already out. He asked if I could see her head and I was able to look down and see her, then without any more pushing I watched her slide right out. It was one of the neates, most fascinating experiences to watch her come out as I felt her leave my body since I wasn't focused on pushing. By this time Josh was sitting in the chair because he almost passed out. He never had issues with the other kids, but because she came so fast he apparently couldn't handle it very well. He did manage to stand up to cut the cord. She weighed 6 lbs 6 oz and was 18.5 inches long born at 12:59pm. I still can't believe how easily it all happened. No tearing, cutting, or other major issues. We feel very blessed with how well it went and that she made it here safely and is as healthy as could be scoring a 9.9 on the Apgar scale.All the nurses quickly cleaned her up and did what they needed to with her, then Josh and I got to enjoy some time with our new little girl. After enjoying the afternoon together we were moved to our room and continued enjoying our new little miracle. Josh gave her a bath in our room so I got to watch. With our other 2 kids Josh gave them their first bath somewhere else, so I loved being able to watch this time. We had a lot of family and friends visit, and it was fun to have the energy to enjoy the evening with everyone.
The Ericson's brought the kids down for a couple of hours and it was fun to spend time together as a family of 5. Brayden has been extremely anxious and excited for the baby to come. So when he walked in he couldn't wait to see her and hold her:

Brooklyn, on the other hand, was a little more hesitant. She hasn't really understood that a baby was in my tummy and was going to come out. She didn't want to see her at first, but after a little bit she did sit with me and "hold" the baby and touch her toes:

Our family of 5! I still can't believe we have 3 kids! I still don't know how I'm going to manage hauling these 3 kids all around, but we're excited to add little Brynlee to our family: