Happy Birthday Brylie!!

It was 4 years ago today at my prenatal checkup when Dr. Benson told me that this was probably going to be the day that we would meet our second child. I was dilated to a 3+ and had been having false labor pains for about 3 weeks so to hear him say that I was close got me very excited! It was 9:00 in the morning and he told me to go home and if contractions started and continued consistently for over 2 hours to call him. Robb decided to go over to the farm and get some work done before the big event and Hunter (who was 19 months old) and I took it easy at home. I layed him down for a nap at about 1:00 and decided to take a rest myself. At 3:30 I woke up to my first contraction. It was much stronger than my first ones with Hunter so I definitely took note. After 2 more equally painful ones I called Robb and he came right home. They started 5 minutes apart and were not letting up. After an hour of painful contractions we called Dr. Benson and he told us to wait another hour and to come in if they were still coming consistently. At about 5:00 we decided it was time to take Hunter over to Robb's sister and brother-in-laws house and head to the hospital. I arrived at the hospital at about 6:15 and was dilated to a 5 and things were moving quickly. After going through one delivery without medication I was determined to take advantage of the epidural this time around, so they administered that about an hour after we got there. I was in heaven!! I went from intense pain to NO pain at all! I couldn't believe that I had passed up that miracle drug the first time around. Anyway, after being told for about 3 months that we were expecting a boy and were planning on Hudson Robb for the name, our little Brylie Ann came into the world at 9:45 pm in front of Daddy, Grandma Pat, Grandma Corinne and our good friend Val, who had volunteered to get some pictures for us right after the birth. Brylie was the most beautiful little girl with wide open blue eyes and a very content, easy going personality from the very beginning. After 6 grandsons she was the first granddaughter for my mom so she gladly volunteered to go to the store the next day and purchase some pink. We had only packed blue. Grandma over did it to say the least! :) Brylie is still the only girl on my side of the family and she continues to get a lot of pink stuff regularly from Grandma Pat! Brylie has been a wonderful blessing from day one. On March 10, 1993 Robb's dad went to be with the Lord after a very unexpected farm accident and 9 years later the Lord brought true joy on that same day. She is my princess, my pride and joy, and my precious, precious daughter. I am so thankful for this blessing that was given to us four years ago. We are going to be partying tonight and tomorrow night so I will post pictures of the Strawberry Shortcake party on Monday! Have a great weekend!