SHE HAS ARRIVED!

Eja Diane Goulding

Born: Friday February 26, 2010

8:01pm

7 lbs. 13 oz. 20 inches

I already wrote about my experience Monday night. It was a frusterating week. I would have contraction and think I was going to have a baby and then they would quit. So my mom was giving me a massage on friday and I got a call from the doctor. She said "Are you ready to have a baby?" and I said "YES!" She said "Labor and Delivery is pretty open right now, come on in and we'll induce you."

I'm not going to lie, it kind of freaked me out because I wasn't expecting it, but I was totally excited too. I called Dusky and he headed home, picked me up, and we went to the hospital. By the time I got there they had gotten busy (3 emergency C-sections had come in within the hour) so I had to wait at the hospital for about 2 hours or so before they even got me in my room. But that was good, because I started having regular contractions and got things started on my own. At about 3:30pm they got me in my room and hooked me up to an IV. They started my pitocin, which increased the contractions and within about a half an hour she came in and broke my water. They checked me shortly after that and I was dialated between a 5 and a 6. I got an epidural about an hour later. Just in time for the contractions to get really intense. It was perfect. I kind of feel like I cheated because I never got the point that I did with the other girls, where I was going to kill someone if I didn't get an epidural. Plus, the guy that gave me the epidural was good. I could move my legs and feel everything, it just didn't hurt.

Everything was perfect and easy with this delivery. I told the nurse that I was feeling pressure so she checked me and said "you're complete, we will wait for the doctor and then you can start pushing. The doctor walked in right after that and I started pushing. I was expecting it to be a long, hard process like it was with the other girls, but I pushed 3 times and out she came. We had to stop for a minute because the cord was wrapped around her neck, but the doctor untangled her, and she came out pretty easily. She reminded me of Kaia from the second she came out. Her looks keep changing but she still looks like Kaia to me. She has soooo much hair. We have only heard her cry once and it was more of a little wimper. She's been a little angel.

The other girls have been having a hard time without mom and dad there all the time, but they are so excited about their little baby.

We are STILL at the hospital and totally ready to go home. Eja had a fever for about 3 seconds right after she was born so she has to stay for a full 48 hours until we get her cultures back. They didn't send her cultures in until 1:00am so we have to stay until tomorrow morning and then we are home free.

Thanks to everyone for their prayers. We love this little girl so much and we are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for giving her to us. She's such a sweetheart.

NO BABY YET...

Just thought I report that we still don't have a baby. That's okay, I still have like 9 days until my due date. Monday night I was SURE I was going to have her. I was having PAINFUL, REGULAR contractions. They were coming every 2-4 minutes for about 2 1/2 hours. So we went to the hospital in the middle of the night. That afternoon at my doctors appointment I was dialated to a 2. When I got to the hospital I was dialated to a 3. They said they would keep me for a while to see if I was progressing. At the end of 2 hours I was dialated to a 4....and then my contractions STOPPED. UUGGGGHHH! It was soooo frusterating. The jerks at the hospital sent me home and told me to come back if they start again. (just kidding, they weren't jerks, they were really nice) And since then, NOTHING!

In other news,
Kaia is going through a MAJOR phase right now. I can't imagine why. We've only moved from the only house she's ever lived in, to a different state. She doesn't get to see her dad as much as she used to. We are having another baby. So I guess she is justified, but she is really going out of her way to get attention.

Yesterday she colored on my new walls. It made me sooo mad that it was Kaia. I expect that from Sienna, but Kaia hasn't done stuff like that for Years. Then she colored on Grandma's couch. Then she pooped in the driveway. Yes, that's right! Pulled down her pants and POOPED in the driveway. Then she put lotion all over grandma's chair. And on top of all of that, she still pees in her pants like crazy. This morning she came in to me and said "mom, I really like my house" But she wakes up everynight, puts her shoes on, and wanders through the house crying and saying "I'm Lost!" Poor girl, she's having a rough time.
She also woke up the other morning after we had been at the hospital all night and said "I thought you were bringing my baby home!?!" She was quite upset that I didn't have the baby for her to hold.

Senny, she's just a happy little camper.

AND WE'RE IN!

I finally have internet again... I took pictures of our house in Louisiana and all the writing on the wall we left behind (literally). It was kind of sad as I drove away. That's been my home for the last 4 years. It's the only house my kids have ever lived in. As we were moving into our new house Kaia was crying that she wanted to go back to her house in Louisiana. Dusky assured her that she did not, and then when she saw her new bedroom she changed her mind.

We closed on our house last Wednesday. We are in and my wonderful husband has ALMOST everything put together. I LOVE IT! So far so good. It's nice to be in my own house again and have my kids on a schedule. I'll post pictures as soon as I get EVERYTHING put away.

The day we were unpacking all of our stuff, it snowed like crazy. It was sooooo fun. I had my fireplace going and there were HUGE snowflakes coming down. The next day there was still TONS of snow on the ground. Dusky and Kaia made a snowman.

Dusky is still studying like a crazy man. 4 weeks left of dispatcher training and I think he's ready to be done.

In baby news.....NOTHING is going on. I'm so ready for her to come, but she's obviously not. I'm only dialated to a 1 and not having very many contractions. Oh well, I still have 2 weeks until my due date.

MOVING IS NOT FUN......(just the packing part)

On Monday we went with Tricia to Natchez, Mississippi. It is the cutest little town. All of the homes are the old antebellum, BEAUTIFUL homes. We went on a tour of one really cool house. They also have a lot of Civil War stuff over there.

How would you like to use this toilet?

Well, we are officially moving to Georgia...Which means, I've had less than a week to pack up my entire house (by myself because Dusky is in Georgia), and did I mention that I'm 9 months pregnant? But it's okay...We close on our house in Georgia on the 10th and I want to get moved in before the baby comes.

My wonderful mom came down yesterday to help me pack and watch the kids...It's a good thing because the day before I was on the verge of a breakdown. I'm usually not a stressed out person, but the girls were killing me on Wednesday. I could hardly stand because little baby sister has got herself wedged down there so far. Everytime she moves I want to cry. And Kaia and Sienna were DESTROYING everything they touched. I would pack a box and leave to get the tape and by the time I got back, it would be unpacked.

So I decided it was time to take the girls outside and clean my car out. While I was in the back of the car getting the garbage they found some make up and put it all over the front seat. I kind of lost it at that point and I yelled "STOP MAKING MESSES!!!" Kaia responded "Mom, Take it easy! (like this...take it EEEEEEASY) We're just trying to have a little fun!" What? Where did she even hear that? I don't know, but it made me laugh.

But all is good now. Mom is here and entertaining the kids while helping me pack boxes. Aren't mom's amazing? I hope I can be as good and productive of a mom as she is someday.