Five of Five: THE ONE!!!!!(sorry, it's loooooong)

Wednesday morning I woke up around 5:40 am with a little back pain and was a little uncomfortable. I went to the bathroom and then tried to go back to sleep. I had a contraction that was much more intense than normal so I started to pay attention. I had four contractions between 6:09 and 6:35. They were pretty intense but were randomly spaced. Koby's alarm for work went off and I debated on whether or not to tell him. I really didn't want to get either of our hopes up. I had a few more contractions and then thought I better tell Koby. I told him about the contractions and then around 7 he started timing them. He got up and showered and ready. By this time my contractions were closer together and lasting a minute. I had a little bloody show, so I was pretty positive that I was in labor. I straightened my hair and got ready for the day. Standing up made my contractions shorter but closer together. Koby had called my mom and then he started getting the rest of the hospital bag stuff together. Emi woke up and Koby got her dressed and tried to feed her some breakfast. We left our house about 9:15ish. It was hard to leave Emi. I knew she would be ok, but then she started crying when we got into the car. One of the hardest parts of having a second baby was wondering how it would effect Emi. On our way there I tried to stay focused and relax. It is SO hard to relax when having a contraction in the car. I felt EVERY SINGLE BUMP. By the time we got to the hospital the contractions were less than 2 minutes apart and so intense. I couldn't even walk into the hospital. Koby got a wheelchair and walked as fast as his long legs could take us. Koby had asked his dad to meet us at the hospital to help give me a blessing. I got in the gown and then went to lay in the bed to be checked and monitored. The nurse checked me and said I was to a 7 and 90% effaced. The other nurse said "and you are positive about that?" She said yes and they called the Dr. Now there are two things you may need a reminder of: 1-my Dr. was on vacation. 2-I had Group B Strep or GBS. As soon as I was laying in the bed they hooked the antibiotics to me for the GBS. Koby and his dad gave me a blessing and shortly after the Dr. came. The Dr. got there around 10:15 am and checked me. I was to a 10 and fully effaced. I was so relieved when she said that because I kept having the urge to push. Koby was setting up the video camera and I started pushing. All of the sudden I heard a popping sound and then my water flew out like I threw a water balloon. It got all over the Dr., like even her face! Koby rejoined me and I started pushing again. I was feeling like I physically could not have this baby. I was feeling so out of control. I had to regroup and get my focus back. I took some deep breaths and asked my Heavenly Father for help and strength. I started to push again and about 5 minutes later my little baby girl was laying on my chest! Holding her I just felt like crying. I was so happy to have her with me and to be holding her, but also felt so much better that the pain was over. Our little baby spent a day and a half without a name. It was so hard to decide. This is a name that she will be stuck with for the rest of her life! Koby told me about a month ago that he wanted me to have the final say for her name. We decided on a name and then Koby was going back and forth. Finally I said "Her name is Reese Nyellie, alright." Koby looked at me a little shocked. If you know me well you know that I am not great at making decisions. So me just saying it like there was no arguing with me must have been really shocking for him;) Anyway, Reese was 7 lbs 13 oz 21 in long and born about 30 minutes after I got to my room, so at 10:29 am. Reese is just a name that was kind of randomly added to our list and Nyellie is the name of one of the little girls that I knew and loved in Ecuador. She looked SO much like our little Emi did, but now has a look of her own. Emi was very unsure about the hospital setting and wouldn't go to me and didn't really care about seeing Reese much. We bought Emi and Reese the same outfit for the day that we brought Reese home. When we got home and showed Emi that they were matching she LOVED it. Emi has loved Reese every since we brought her home. She gives her kisses and rubs her soft hair and wants Reese to do everything that she does. It is so sweet and makes me feel so much better. So my number one goal this time was to keep my hospital gown on during delivery. Luckily for me and everyone else I didn't even have time to get it off, even if I felt the need to:) We love our little Reese so much and can't get enough of her!! Ok, here's some of my favorite pictures. There's so many but I'm sure you won't mind;)