December 2009 - January 2010

Brennar Matthew Stapp arrives!!! My parents came to town on the 23rd of December, along with my brother Alex. We had all agreed to spend Christmas at our house since I was due to have our baby on the 11th of January. We spent Christmas Eve at Clint's brother's house, with his 2 kids, my in-laws and then also my parents and Alex. It was a nice relaxing night. The next morning we did Christmas at our house, just our little family, then headed over to Clint's parents to celebrate with them. We had a great time getting to spend the holidays with both of our immediate families. The morning of the 26th, I woke up and was feeling pretty good. Through out the day, when I would sit down, I had a little more "leaking" then I had been having, but still wasn't sure what it was. Around 5 I decided to call my doctor and he said to come in just to make sure it wasn't my water that had broken. I called Clint home from work and off we went! When we got there they checked and sure enough it was my water!!! I was only 1 centimeter and because my water had been leaking all day they had to induce me. They started pitocin and gave me a sleeping pill and told me it would be a long night and to get some rest; It was. I couldn't sleep at all. They checked me at 4 am and I was still only at 1, but I was starting to have some very painfull contractions and I was throwing up, not a good combination, so they gave me some pain meds to take the edge off a little. They ame back at 8 am, still only 1, but at this point the pain meds had worn off and I was miserable, so they gave me my epidural. It was FANTASTIC!!!! Highly recommend!! At 9 they checked me and finally progress, I was at 4, at 11 I was checked again and I was 7. At noon I was 10, but then I started freaking out, I was balling, and told them I wasnt ready, I was terrified to say the least. The nurse said she was going to call the doctor, and then when he showed up it would be go time. So, I made my mom come in the room and put some make-up on me!!! The doctor came in at 12:45, got set up, told me to push, I did, twice, and 7 minutes later....Brennar Matthew Stapp arrived, December 27, 1:01 pm, 6 lbs 4 oz, 19 1/4 inches

And of course, he was perfect! It was the most amazing experience of my life, I loved every minute of it, and with the help of the epidural, it was sooooo much easier than I thought. We stayed in the hospital 2 more nights and then went home to start our life as a family of 3, 4 if you count Koda!