Our Sweet Pea!

Well, our little girl is growing. She was 9lbs 6 oz at her second MD visist and he said all is going well with her. We are adjusting to life with a new baby and each day gets a little easier. We thank God each day for blessing us with a beautiful new baby. The picture of she and I was taken when she was only 5 days old. We were headed to her first MD appointment. The other is when she was about two weeks old. Today (06-30-07) she is 27 days old and likely weighs at least 10lbs by now. She is eating like crazy!

OUR NEW BABY GIRL

Finally after 40 weeks and 3 days, our new baby girl arrived. MGC (her initials) was born June 3, 2007 at 5:57pm weighing in at 9lbs 2oz. After 16 hours of trying to induce labor, we decided on a C-section after a long talk with the greatest OB/GYN in the world, Dr. Brazzel. When Stacy and I went to the OR for the C-section, I was a little nervous but yet excited too...then relaxed after I was drugged. When MGC was pulled out of her nice warm home, everyone in the room exclaimed what a big girl we birthed. I was happy we went with the C-section afterall! Stacy guessed her weight exactly and Dr. Brazzel was over by 1oz. The C-section was a good experience for us. Funny thing, Stacy and the Doc end up talking about motorcycles during the surgery while I am thinking, "He had better be cutting a straight line and not the outline of the Ducati he was talking about!" All in all she is great and we are so blessed. God gave us a precious gift that we don't deserve at all. Isn't the Lord great in how He blesses us when we don't even deserve it!

GETTING READY FOR BABY

The Smith side of the family gathered around for two weeks awaiting the birth of the newest grandchild. She liked it so much in there, she did not want to come out! We all gathered together at Karen's Uncle Rickey's house four days before the baby arrived for a low country boil. We had a great time. My belly was about to bust and my clothes were pulling at the seams. The kids had a water balloon fight that ended up with Grandpa Smith (Karen's dad) getting wet along with Uncle Walter and last but not least...Walter pored a 5 gallon bucket full of cold well water on me, nine months pregnant! I thought I was going to go into labor. The family made guesses at how big our baby would be and Stacy ended up with the bragging rights. Read the baby blog to learn more about the birth!