Meet Our Newest Addition

Elizabeth Rose Gustafson was born five days early on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 11:58 a.m. She was 7 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long. As you can see, she has a head full of dark hair and and is sweet as can be!

I started having contractions on Tuesday evening but they were far apart and not too intense, but by Wednesday morning around 6:00 a.m. they started getting really close together and I could tell that we needed to head to the hospital. My mom came over to watch Nicholas, and Jeff, my best friend, Lyndsey, and I jumped in the car and headed to the hospital. We arrived around 8:00 a.m. and I went into triage to be accessed. I was 5 cm dilated and was admitted to my room around 9:00 a.m. At this point my contractions were only about a minute or two apart and very intense. I asked for an epidural and while I was waiting got into the jacuzzi tub to ease my contractions. When I got out I was checked again and was dilated to 7 cm, had the epidural and felt so much relief since I was starting to have back labor. The doctor broke my water and I quickly dilated to a 10 within about 20 minutes. I started feeling the urge to push and so the doctor let me start to push and then told me to stop because Ella was going to be born and nothing was ready! I waited patiently while the room was quickly prepped and the doctors got into place. I pushed 3 times in one contraction and out came our lovely little girl! I was kind of in shock about how fast it all went since Nicholas's labor and delivery was so much longer.

We are at home and so happy to be a family of four! Nicholas loves his little sister and keeps wanting us to lay her next to him. He calls her "baby" and is all smiles when she is around. It is so wonderful to now have two children to love!