Friday Novemebr 7th, 2008 I received a phone call at about 2:30 a.m. from my sister Keitra's husband Isaac (mind you dom and I had only been asleep for about an hour because Dom works until 1 a.m.), but I was really excited! My sister was going into labor and I was going to the hospital with them. The best part was that my one class on Friday had been canceled so I didnt have to skip class :)
I am going to do a little backtracking, Keitra had been having really strong contractions the night before (thursday) and really wanted the baby to come so her and Isaac decided to go on a long walk (keitra had been told by a few co-workers and friends that if you walk around alot, the baby will come quicker. Gravity maybe?) Never the less, it seemed to work! The babe was on her way.
So, once we got to the hospital (around 3 a.m.) the nurse hooked my sister up to a machine that monitored her contractions as well as the baby's heartbeat which was kind of cool. Keitra was only dilated to a 3 at the time so the nurse called the doctor on call to ask if we should be sent home or if it would be better to stay. The verdict was to stay, luckily.
The nurse had us walk around the hospital to see if the contractions were legitamate (I guess if you walk around and they go away they are false contractions? I think, this is all really new to me too). Needless to say, they didn't go away, in fact they got stronger... a lot stronger.
We finally were brought to the birthing suite where Keitra was to have her baby. She kept having contractions and they kept getting stronger and stronger until she couldn't take it anymore ( I don't blame her at all, that whole process looks extremely painful on its own). She them proceeded to get an epideral. After that , it was smooth sailing, well until it wore off.
At around 12:30 p.m. the doctor came in and told my sister that he was going to have her push at 1 p.m. which was pretty exciting. What wasn't exciting was the fact that most women, especially for their first child usually have to push for about 2 hours to get the baby out, or so the doctor said. So the doctor came in at about 1:30/1:40-ish and had Keitra start pushing. After pushing for about 20 minutes that baby was out! Amazing? I think so. Good job Keitra!
We now have a brand new beautiful baby neice! Her name is Gabrielle (Gabi for short) Lynn (also my sister's middle name) Knight. We are so excited. She is probably the most adorable baby I have ever seen. And she most definetly did not look like a newborn but that could have to do with the fact that she was 8 pounds and 10 ounces straight out of the womb. She is darker complected like her daddy, has dark brown hair and blue eyes with the cutest chubby little cheeks. She is absolutely gorgeous and is such a good baby!
What is so awesome is that we only live about 2 seconds away from my sister. We live in the same apartment complex and only one floor above them so it is really convinient for the both of us! Not ony that but we get to be the designated babysitters when Gabi is a little older! How sweet is that?! We don't even have to have our own kids yet, we can just play with theirs. Not to worry, we do plan on having kids in the future, this just gives us our baby fix until we have our own.
Oh, one last note. My mom is in town for about two weeks and is staying with Dom and I in our spare room, we love having her here, it i really fun! I know Keitra really appreciates the help as well having a new babe and all. We look forward to seeing my brother and his wife (Ryan and Jennie) over Thanksgiving. I never thought I would ever be having thanksgiving in Rexburg! But it will be nice not having to travel.
Sorry that this post is so stinkin' long, but what I wrote probably doesn't even contain half of what happened, but I think i pretty much got the essentials down. Anyways, here are some pictures that have been taken this past week. Gabi is now officially 1 week and 1 day old today! Happy Birthday Gabi Girl!
Keitra and her pregnant belly!
She is the cutest pregnant lady I have ever seen.
Lucky devil only gained like 30 pounds being pregnant, I hope I
got those genes too.
The knight Trio right after delivery.
Proud Daddy with his brand new Baby Girl
Little Sweet Pea Gabi
Keitra says that this picture was taken right after she finished eating and she just laid like that on my sister's belly. So satisfied.
Baby comming home all cute and swaddled with her bunny.
gabi all cozy taking a nap, this is one of my favorites.
Gabi holding Isaac's hand, precious.
Grandma talking to Grandpa with little Gabi Girl
Keitra, Isaac and Gabi
Gabi girl in her cute little purple jumpsuit outfit
Baby Burrito!
Mama and Baby. Keitra, you look dang good!
Another Picture of her cutle little purple jumpsuit!
This is another one of my favorite pictures. She is starting to
crack a smile here.
The Christmas pile
The Goods!
Christmas tree take two! Merry Christmas to you!
Oh presents!
