As most of you know Bradley and I welcomed Aria Ly Cine into the world on July 3, 2011. She was born at 2:13am weighing 6lb and 13oz and was 19 inches long. We were excited to have her after enduring a long 29 hours of labor.
We went into the hospital Friday July 1st at 9:00pm, bags were packed and parents in tow. I started with the little pills that dissolve in your mouth, then the fun stuff came. They put this balloon in my uterus to help me dilate. After that we waited, and waited, and waited. I was dilated at a 5 for about 12 hours. They were trying to decide if we should just go in with a c-section and gave it one last chance. at 10pm they came in to check on me again and I finally had movement I went from a 5 to a 7 in just a hour and a half. At around 1am the doctor and nurse said I was good to go and it was time to push. Within a hour I pushed out our little Aria and nearly knocked out exhausted.
Every minute of it was worth it. We have this beautiful little girl to show for all of the hard work. It's been a week exactly today and even though you know your life is going to change you will never really understand how it does until your child is here. She is amazing, and smart, and talented already. In one week she's held a 2oz bottle by herself, lifted her head it is amazing how strong her neck is I've never seen a newborn do the things she does, and I am pretty sure within a month she'll be able to roll over on her stomach she's already half way there.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures thus far:
Knocked out after a visit to Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Just hanging out.
Playing with Mommy
Proud Daddy
I love my panda and her amazing mommy. I don't know where the last 9 months went, I feel like you just peed on the stick. So glad she's here and so glad to be apart of your lives
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