She's here!!!

Vanessa Nielsen

Sunday, April 13, 9:00 a.m.
6 pounds 9 ounces

19 1/2 inches longShe has a little bit of reddish brown hair (I still don't know where that came from) and we've heard that she looks a little like her big sister. She's nursing and sleeping well. We're glad that she finally has name... she was still NonaMe for the first few hours of her life.

Savvy is doing pretty good with Vanessa. She likes to laugh at her and talk to her (standing about 2 inches from her face) and when I asked her to point to the baby's nose, she almost pulled it off of her face. She likes to put the binky in her mouth a lot.
I'm doing excellent. We decided to go to the hospital at midnight, dropped off Savvy at friend's house and arrived at 1:00 . We walked the hallways for about 30 minutes and then I was admitted as a patient (woo hoo!). An epidural came at 4:00 and then Eric and I both took naps until about 7:30. I was ready to go at about 8:45, my water broke at 8:55, and after 3 quick pushes she was here! Dad is doing great too. Since we had the baby over the weekend, there was no panic about him being away when I went into labor. I'm sure that he's worn out from being at the hospital with me or with Savannah non stop.