December 29th! Welcome HANNAH GRACE YEAGER

Today we were BLESSED with a beautiful healthy daughter!!! Hannah Grace Yeager made her debut at 3:05pm weighing 7lbs 13oz and reaching 20 inches long. To say she came out perfect is an understatement!

I went to the doctor on Thursday for my check-up and was thrilled to find out that I was dilated to 2 cm and 50% effaced... I knew things were progressing but my doctor told me I had about a 25% chance she would come in the next week. I was really dreading an induction but was more then willing to induce ASAP if she hadn't come by 39 weeks! Waking up on Friday I felt kind of crampy all day and really had a feeling that this baby was going to come sooner than later. Friday night Stuart brought home the glider that my Grandma had given me and got it all set up in her room, the finishing touch we had been waiting for. We went to eat at Dos Compadres so I could have some hot sauce and hopefully progress this laboring along. I really couldn't even eat and even thought that we might have to go to the hospital sooner than I had thought. That night we went home and went to bed early hoping that we would have to wake up and go to the hospital. I woke up at 3:30 with consistant contractions. The first time ever they had been solid and consistant. I showered, finished packing and woke up Stuart. While he got ready I made the bed, played with dogs, and timed my contractions until they were about 5-7 minutes apart. Not wanting to let them get too painful, we headed to the hospital around 6:00am. We were admitted and GOING TO HAVE A BABY TODAY!!!! My epidural was started within the hour and we called our parents to let them know we were there and a birth was coming! I spent the morning just relaxing in the bed visiting with our family. We were also so happy that Susan was still home and able to be present for the birth of her new niece. Around 2:00 I was ready to push and the nurse called the doctor... with a few cycles of pushing (and without breaking a sweat!) Hannah Grace was here, full head of dark hair, pink as can be, and I just fell in love! I spent 2 nights in the hospital and we all went home on Monday to celebrate New Years Eve!!!