It's a girl!!!

Victoria Rose was born at 0857 on May 20th. She was 19 inches long and weighed 9 lbs. 6 oz.

It was about as easy a birth as humanly possible - I don't exaggerate :) I woke up at about 7:30 a.m. feeling queasy and then my contractions started. I had Andy awake by 7:50 and we were at the hospital by 8:30. My contractions hurt, but weren't unbearable and I walked to Labor and Delivery without any problems. When the nurse checked me in the exam room I was already 10 cm dilated!! She had me walk across the hall to a room and then she and the other nurses went into a frenzy getting the room ready and calling the midwife. Surprisingly, I didn't feel that I absolutely HAD to push at that moment. I was able to wait until the midwife came in and then we had a baby at 8:57. She came out with a full head of dark hair and very long eyelashes. I think she looks a lot like her siblings :)

I had a very easy recovery - with virtually no labor, I wasn't worn out. We had to stay in the hospital for 2 days though, so Andy and I sat and watched movies while we waited :) We came home this morning and all of the kids were so excited to welcome her home.

We have had to rearrange our vehicle and are now feeling VERY cramped into the Expedition. It will have to do for now. You sure can't fit many groceries in it with 5 kids and a double stroller already packed in there :)