Growing girl(s)

We just went to Ellie's 2 week checkup on the 29th.  She is growing like a weed, blowing her birth weight out of the water!  8 Ibs 5 oz! 20.5 in! She is a good eater, thats for sure! Did have a little bit of "thrush", but we have the medicine to clear that up quick.  She is becoming more alert and holds her head up much better.

Evey is becoming a great big sister! She has taken to wanting to hold Ellie and will sometimes try to pick her up out of the bouncer. So we put Evey in our lap and lay Ellie across her.  She looks down at Ellie and will give her kisses and point to her nose.  Its really cute.

Gosh I love my girls and my family!  I really am blessed!!

Sisters

Evey has been such a good big sister! I am so proud of her! She has been very gentle (or at least as gentle as a 14mo old can be) and sweet to Ellie.

Getting a closer look at her new little sister

gentle pats on the head

She was rocking her chair for her

kisses!

hehe, this was her hug to Ellie

Proud big sister! (I love this pic!)

She's Here! (The pictures) :D

All comfy now (not that I was uncomfortable before) with the epidural in.

Here she is!  She looks so much like Evey! I'll have to put up comparison shots :)

9:02am,  7 pounds, 11.6 ounces, 20 inches

"whoa, where am I now??"

Proud new parents (again!)

She was such a quiet, mellow baby.

He's out numbered even more now...3 to 1

back to mommy after her bath

Look at that cute face!!

She's a keeper!

Evey and grandma came to visit us.  Here is Evey helping me eat lunch.

bye bye kisses for the new sister

The view from our room. It was on the 7th floor. Sadly Disney was on the other side of the building, so no night fireworks. But we did get to see a beautiful sunrise in the morning!

All dressed, ready to go home (the next day!)

Going Home!!

In her carseat, ready to go. Oh so tiny!

She's here!

Miss Elliana "Ellie" Rose Heilmann joined the our little family on Friday, October 15th, 2010.  She was so fast and easy, I hope that her future siblings follow suit! Here's her story:

My doctor had asked me at my appointment on that tuesday (the 12th) what my feelings were on induction.  I told him that at this point, I really wouldn't mind.  He told me that if I hadn't delivered by my due date (mon. 18th) then we would talk induction. So I go to pick up Evey from a friend who was watching her and while we were letting the girls play a little longer, my phone rings and its the doctors office.  My doctor was scheduled to be at the hospital on friday the 15th and he had an opening and wanted to know if I wanted to go ahead and be induced.  Being as I was already dialated to 4cm, he saw no reason that I couldn't be.  So I said yes.  It was so weird to know what day I was going to have a baby, but at the same time, I liked it.  

I had to be at the hospital at 4am.  Crazy early! Talk about no sleep! Thankfully my sister Annie was able to come over late thursday evening to be there in the morning for Evey since Mike and I would be gone. It was such a blessing! We got there at 4. By 4:30 I was in the delivery room. At almost 5, they started the pitocin and a little after 5 I got my epidural. Oh how I love those! I hadn't started feeling the contractions yet, I was having them, but nothing painful, so getting the epidural was nice cause I didn't feel a thing the whole time! At 7:20ish my doctor arrived and broke my water. He had 2 c-sections scheduled, so he said I should have her soon so he could be there to catch. (He was joking about me hurrying to have her cause he knows its nothing I can control.) :) 

At 8 all I could think about was how Evey and aunt Annie were doing, but wouldn't you know, no phone reception in the room. I could barely get texts out, but those seemed to work.  I talked to Annie for a while. At about 8:45 she asked me how far along I was.  I told her wasnt sure cause they hadn't checked me in a while. I guess they were expecting me to take longer to completely dilate cause just after that the nurse checked me and with a slight look of "Oh!" on her face, she said you are at 10cm! Time to push.  She asked them to get the doctor. At 8:50 I texted Annie to say it was time to push. By this point my doctor was in the room getting ready, which took him only a few minutes.  And by 9:02, Elliana Rose was here.  7 pounds 11.5 ounces 20 inches long. She was so fast and easy! I didn't tear very much this time, which made that recovery really nice too! 

I went home at 8pm on saturday.  It was such a whirlwind weekend! The fastest hospital stay I've had! Compared to the 4 days I spent there after Evey.