our little hadder-bugs

our little hadders is 3 weeks old today! i cant believe how fast time passes. we've had so much fun getting to know her and her little personality! she is such a good baby and we are so blessed to have her in our family. we are forever grateful that our father in heaven has sent her to us. here are a few glimpses in time that jordan and i are cherishing:

mommy and daddy and me

grandpa kirk's favorite pictures!!

hadleys aunt jeanne was here for a few days soon after she born. it was so good to have her around to help me out! she was sooo excited for hadleys first "photo shoot." she made a brown tu-tu and we added a headband and bow and wah-lah!! super cuteness. here's what hadderbugs created for us.....

the rest of the story...and the first day at home

so here's the rest of our adventurous story.....jordan had had quite a long day at work last thursday. needless to say, when i woke him up at 12:30 am with the news that we might be having a baby today, he was not quite with it and didnt seem super excited. in fact, he told me it was probably nothing and that i needed to lay back down and just try to relax and go back to sleep. i couldnt relax and never did go back to sleep. finally at 2:15ish we were on our way to the hospital. when we arrived on the labor and delivery floor, i was informed that they had no open rooms and so they led me to the "antepartum room" which is essentially a storage closet, no joke. take a look. no bed (just a stretcher) and no tv. definately nothing "suite" about it.



because i thought i was going to die, i was begging for my epidural. however, i was denied because i had walked in at an 8 1/2 and we didnt have time for any drugs at all! i sent jordan back to the car in a hurry to get the cameras, which was almost a huge disaster. they wouldnt let him back in through the ER and he had to wait like 10-15 minutes for security to let him in. in the meantime, the doctor came in and broke my water and said i was free to push. i told him he was crazy if he thought i was going to be pushing without jordan in the room. those 10-15 minutes were the longest of my entire life. when he finally got back to me, it only took 2 contractions and she was born! start to finish we were only in there 40 minutes. short and sweet....it was fantastic. although i wouldnt recommend the delivering on a stretcher bit to anyone!

we were super excited to finally get hadderbugs home. we came home to a super cutely decorated door and once we got inside jordan enjoyed showing her all of her new things! welcome home cuppie cake!

my favorites.....

hadley nicholle

we were blessed with our new addition, hadley nicholle, at 3:40 am on friday, march 6th, 2009. she weighed 7 lbs and 7 oz and was 20 inches long. she's absolutely a wonderful addition to our little family. more to follow on her adventurous arrival, but for now just need pictures for grandmas and great grandmas who live a ways away!

working on 39 weeks

it seems so crazy that march is already here. i cant believe that within just a week and a half (i hope!) we could be bringing her home.......i still feel like there's so much i need to get done before then. but im trying to take the moments as they come and just savor every last one of them. as exciting as it will be to actually have her here and be able to hold her, i imagine that ill miss being pregnant. when you go for so long being able to feel her kick and squirm and hiccup, i think im going to really miss those quiet moments when its just me and her. its an extremely intimate relationship from the very minute you find out youre expecting, and im so thankful that my father in heaven has blessed me with this entire experience. one of my favorite things about being pregnant is jordans obsession with my tummy. i love having him want to lay his head on there to feel her kick. i love having her kick at just the right moment to bring a smile to his face. i love having him talk to her and feeling her respond to his voice. i love having him play his favorite songs to her. i love having him tap at her and watching her play back. i love having him find her heartbeat and pat it out so i can hear it too. i decided with this weeks picture we definately needed to include daddy. hes already such a big part of her life and im so grateful for that. i know shes always going to be daddy's little girl.