Introducing....Maddy Jane Eerkes!

Madeline Jane Eerkes

3-2-2009

7 pounds 13 ounces

19.5 inches long

So, after 3 to 4 weeks of pre-term or false labor...she's finally here!! I was scheduled to be induced on Monday morning around 7:30 am. Sunday afternoon, like many other days past, I started having contractions. Thinking that it would be like every other time and come to a stop, we went on with the day. At Famous Dave's for dinner, they started getting stronger. By the time we got home, they were strong and close together. We were there long enough to grab our bags and head back out. We got to the hospital by 7 pm Sunday night, I was already dilated to 5! Yeah, they didn't want to send me home this time, unlike the week before. Within the next 2 hours, I was admitted, given an epidural, and dilated to 6.5. By 11:30 pm, I was dilated and ready. She was ready to come now on her own terms. At 12:49, after only about 10 minutes of pushing, our little miracle angel arrived!! Healthy, happy, and a strong little set of lungs on her!! Here's daddy to be and I patiently awaiting...wasn't much longer!

Proud big sister feeding little Maddy! Am cut the umbilical cord! I was suprised that she wanted to...but glad!

Cute cousins Savvy, Lukie, and Carter (Smooth like butta...) visiting new little Maddy. After which, they all told their mom that she needs to have another baby. Go Robyn!!! It's your turn!!

Proud daddy! Boy, you talk about 'wrapped around your finger'. It took maybe being in this world a mili-second, and having all of those around you completely wrapped around your finger! How do you not fall in love with that sort of beautiful innocence! Yes, she is my baby, but I must say that she is perfection! Perfect eyes and hair. Perfect nose and chin. Yummy little hands and feet. For the third time in my life, I have fallen completely and totally in love! Yes, I am lucky, I am so extremely blessed. My husband and my girls...are the loves of my life!