This little one was due on November 21st. I thought for sure she would come on time, if not early...and certainly not more late than Izzy or Judah. Neither of the other kids made it to their induction date, so I definitely didn't think this one would. I mean, really, why would my third kid "cook" the longest?
Dan's parents came into town on the 23rd so I was glad that I hadn't had her before then. But, I was hoping that she would be born by the 25th so we would have someone here with the kids while we stayed in the hospital. Well, that day came and went and the Hampton's were supposed to leave on Monday the 28th. Since I still hadn't had the baby, I was scheduled for a biophysical on that Monday, another doctor's appointment Tuesday, and the induction Wednesday morning. Susan stayed until Tuesday morning to help out while I had my appointment on Monday which was really helpful. On Tuesday after I dropped her off at the airport I made some arrangements with our friends, the Mabry's, to watch the kiddos for us while we went in on Wednesday.
Wednesday morning I was really excited to meet this little boy or girl (I was convinced it was a boy) and also really nervous about the induction. We dropped the kiddos off at the Mabry's house around 6am and headed over to the hospital. We got all checked in and then the induction process began.
Pitocin was started at 8:30 and the contractions started within 5 minutes. Crazy! At about 9:20 I was 3 cm and the doctor broke my water. By about 10:45 I decided I had experienced enough of the painful contractions and I got the epidural. At 1:50 the doc had me start pushing. I literally pushed through 3 contractions and she was born at 1:52pm. They placed her on me right away and Dan got to announce that it was a girl! I got so teary eyed because everything with the induction went completely fine, there were no complications, and we had another girl!! I mean, I never thought I would have one girl, let alone two!! I was also really excited that we were able to use the name we picked out for a girl.
I had a lot of bonding time with Kelila right after she was born and then they took her to do all the measurements. I didn't think she was as big as Izzy. I guessed she was around 9 pounds. So, when they put her on the scale and she was actually 2 ounces heavier than Iz I started cracking up.
A lot of people have asked how we came up with the name and how you pronounce it. Kelila is pronounced Ka-lee-lah. It is a Hebrew word from the book of Lamentations that means "perfect, utterly". We were trying to come up with middle names and I loved the sound of Kelila Grace and I LOVED that together it would mean perfect grace.
We are truly blessed. We have another healthy child. We had amazing friends watch our other kids while we had Kelila. We have had a bunch of meals brought to us from the women in our small group, not to mention the huge amount of frozen meals delivered from Stacey and Jessica. Wow...just wow.
Daddy holding his little girl for the first time
Kelila with her mommy
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