So I had a baby!
For months we have been trying to come up with a name for our little girl, but with no success. Last Monday I went to the doctor and he decided due to some medical issues I have that he wanted to induce me this week when I hit 39 weeks. He was a little paranoid that I would have a seizure during labor, even though I knew that wouldn't happen. So this meant in two days we would be having the baby. This past Wednesday December 18, 2013 we headed to the hospital at 5:30 a.m. My doctor broke my water at 7:45 a.m. and I had my epidural by 8:00 a.m. During this time we were still debating on what name to give this baby. We both loved the name Hope, but we felt it was too abrupt with no middle name and there was no way we were going to come up with a middle name. So we settled on a first name with Hope as her middle name. However, the first name just didn't fit right and we couldn't come up with anything else. From 8:00 to 11:30 a.m. my doctor kept calling my nurse to see how I was doing. He was afraid that the seven minutes he needed to get to me wouldn't be long enough so he called my nurse a lot, which I was very grateful for. At 11:30 a.m. Dr. Pace (not my father by the way :D) showed up and declared I was ready to go. I pushed a few times and at 11:58 a.m. our baby girl was born weighing 6 lbs 9 oz and measuring 19 1/4 in. long. She came out with long dark hair, a big nose and a double chin. As she was getting cleaned up, Spencer came over to me asking if we could change the name to Paisley Hope Donovan. I have always liked the name Paisley and so immediately I said yes. However hours later after Spencer had texted just about everyone about our new arrival I asked him for the millionth time that day (not an exaggeration) if we should name her Paisley or just name her Hope. Hope has been our theme this past year and again we love that name. I asked Spencer if he "loved Hope more then Paisley" he said "are we really having this conversation again" but then he said he loved the name Hope more. So officially her name is Hope Donovan.
She is such a nice baby. She eats really good, and sleeps four hour increments at night. Yes, I know this will change, but for now lets pretend it won't change and she will just get better and better at night.
When Rhett came to the hospital for the first time, he wouldn't even look at Hope. The next time he came to visit her he kept saying 'hold' meaning he needed to hold his baby sister. It's going to be a while longer, but at least he's starting to accept that he's not THE baby anymore.
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| February 27th, 2012 hours before giving birth to Rhett |
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| December 17th, 2013 hours before giving birth to Hope |
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| Spencer lounging (studying my scriptures :D) |
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| Mom and Hope's first meeting |
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| Luckily, Grandma Donovan was here to take care of Rhett while we were at the hospital |
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| Our first family photo together |
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| When she is awake, she is AWAKE and loves her binky |
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| She's just like her big brother- Rhett loved to stick out his tongue too! |
