Hanging with the Harrisons: November 2013

Heading Home

It was a bitter sweet time to leave the hospital. It was such a life-changing time for us while we were there; it was hard to say goodbye to everyone and leave a place that holds such an amazing memory.

We were excited to bring Eisley home, but nervous too! It was that time...time to do this parenting thing on our own. Were we ready? Did we know what we were doing? Yikes!

Going home meant another big moment for our family. It was time for Wrigley dog to meet her new little sister! We had Kyle take a baby blanket home from the hospital for Wrigley to smell in hopes it would help her with the transition. When we got home, Wrigley was interested in this new little person in her house, but was pretty shy. She did give her a good smell and then was off to find her ball for us to throw. We hope they get along and slowly become bestest of friends! :-)

I love this picture!

Hospital Pictures

We had Alicia, the photographer who took our maternity pictures, come to the hospital to take a few pictures. Here are some of our favorites:

Hanging at the Hospital

We were in the hospital for a couple of days after Eisley was born. We enjoyed this time and bonded as a new little family of three. I learned how to nurse (and am just now getting the hang of it), we slept very little, and fell in love even more!

The hospital staff were really great to us.

Here are some of our favorite moments from the hospital:

Eisley getting her belly button tag removed!

LOVING my Turkey Tom from Jimmy Johns!! I waited SO long for this sandwich! DELISH!

Skin-on-skin time with daddy! This girl still loves curling up on daddy's chest to sleep!

Birth Story (Part 3- It's Time to Welcome Eisley Grace!)

Birth Story: Part 3

A few hours after Dr. W broke my water, my family arrived at the hospital. I was so excited for them to be there! I wasn't a pretty sight for them...I was exhausted (I think I was a little out of it with those epidural drugs), I was quite nauseous, and I was tired of waiting on my daughter to arrive. I was just READY! Lucky for me, Dr. W came in and told me it was go time! YAY!

Chad was by my side the entire time. He encouraged me, fed me ice chips (man, did I love those ice chips!), held my hand, and gave me tons of forehead kisses (I LOVE forehead kisses!). I know I couldn't have done it without him by my side. A little under an hour of pushing later (with me sleeping in between contractions/pushing...sleeping!), Eisley Grace made her entrance into the world. She had (and still has) a healthy set of lungs and screamed and yelled about leaving the comfort of her home from the past 9 months.

Chad cried. I cried. My tears came from overwhelming joy, extreme exhaustion, absolute delight, and a new found depth of love I never knew I could feel. To this day, I can't describe the love I feel, other than being an unconditional and forever and ever kind of love.

Here's the official stats:
Eisley Grace Harrison was born on her due date of Sunday, October 20th at 4:15pm weighing in at 7lbs 4oz and measuring 21.5" inches long.

Every nurse told us that it was amazing Eisley was born on her due date. We were told numerous times that only 4% of babies are born on their actual due date! Eisley Grace is her momma's daughter! :-)

Sleeping between contractions....