She's here! EARLY!

Hello everyone! Cyan has arrived!

Well, this might be the longest post on the blog yet... so get ready!

What a surprise I had Monday at 3am when I stood up from bed and my water broke, 3 weeks early! I went through many stages at this point... the first one being denial, then panic and finally, after having made a little trip to the hospital, acceptance that indeed Cyan was coming 3 weeks early.

The entire labor process was very long but Neil and I took it all in and were extremely positive. For the first 12hrs or so we were in and out of the hospital so I could be given some antibiotics for something they had not yet tested me for. We were very calm and grateful for all the help from the amazing nursing staff and doctors at the hospital.

We made it back to the hospital officially around 3am on Tues. I was checked in and started breathing through my contractions. By about 9:30am they induced me (they had to induce me because my water broke and that could cause an infection if baby wasn't here within 24hrs). I started some major contractions... lots of pain... but still ok! How else could this baby come anyways, right?

So, the pushing started at 8pm. I pushed for 1 hour and a half... wow... what a feeling. I had Neil, my mom and sister there cheering me on. It felt so great to have all of them there for me. They were amazing coaches. By this time my dad, Phil, Lee, Carrie and Denise were in the waiting room waiting for baby to arrive.

My last push finally came and Cyan appeared at 9:41pm. Neil was the one to announce - IT'S a LITTLE GIRL! The new proud daddy cut the cord and put Cyan on my chest. Again, this was the most amazing feeling.

We finally made it home yesterday afternoon. Cyan is doing great. She seems to love her house very much, she loves the car, she even loves going grocery shopping! (Jeff, I'd like to point out that Thrifty Foods is the first place she shopped at!)

She is an amazing little girl. We are in charge of waking her to feed her every 3 hours or so since she's too small to wake up on her own. Feeding has not been the easiest but I'm happy to say that this little kitten can suck hard!

Everyone is so in love with her. It is so nice to see how everyone is with her.

So... thats the latest! Again, thank you for all your kind words and support. I know that all our friends and family will have so much influence on our little one. Neil and I truly believe that it takes a village to raise a child and I know our little girl will turn out to be amazing with all your help.

Without further ado... here is the latest picture of our little angel. There are many more to come thanks to daddy and his amazing eye!

love,
Ladéna, Neil and Cyan