Here's Shelby!

We finally got our computer back up and running last night and I could hardly wait to post some pics of our little sweetie! Shelby Mae Clinger was born on March 4th, 2009, at 8:53 in the morning, weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 inches long!

Here she was right after her arrival- she was a screamer!

It's crazy to look at her now- her little face was so swollen!

Picture outfit and blanket!

Her first bath at home- I couldn't get the bow out of her hair until Tuesday of this week!
I love this picture of her- she always has to have her arms out and up when she sleeps! What a cutie!

As far as the labor and everything- when we got to the hospital on Tuesday night- it was like 9:00 pm before we were admitted and ready to go- I was still at a 1, but was contacting on my own which was good. They gave me a pill to help things soften and dilate and then about 11:30 pm my doc came in and checked me. I was at a 2 and was having good strong contractions from the pill- so they broke my water. I had an epidural about 1:00 am and then they started pitocin at about 3:30 am. Every time they came to check me I was moving along more and more and then about 7:00 am I asked the nurse if it was normal to be having a lot of pressure and she said no, that means the baby is coming! She checked me and I was almost a complete 10. So I had to wait until another nurse could be in there with me because another lady was in labor also. The nurse had me push with 4 contractions and then she told me to wait for the doc. When the doc got there, I pushed with 3 contractions and she was out! It all went much faster then we had planned- crazy! Anyways- we are all doing good- we have all been fighting viral pneumonia for the last 2 weeks but we have managed to keep baby healthy! There ya go- sorry for the delay-