She's here and she made a fast arrival!
Madison Taylor was born today at 7:58 am.
She weighs 7 lbs., 2 oz. and is 20 inches long.
Madison and Dr. Mayer
Mommy, Madison, and Daddy
Getting her first bath
Here's the labor story - I went in to see the doctor yesterday so he could strip my membranes to hopefully put me into labor. Let's just say it worked like they said it could (within 24 hours). Contractions began around 3 am, they were strong and hard but they were only coming every 10-12 minutes. I tried to get as much rest as I could. The alarm went off at 6 am so we got up and showered. Today was Lexi's first day of school so my plan was to get her ready and take her to school and then head to the hospital. It was about 7 am and the contractions were coming every 5 minutes and they were so painful, I decided to ditch the original plan and get our bags and head to the hospital. We got in the car at 7:11 am, arrived at the hospital at 7:48 am. Thankfully, there was a nurse just outside the door who saw I was in very active labor and rushed to get a wheelchair. At this point my contractions are coming every 1-2 minutes so she rushed me past admitting and right into the triage area. They immediately began paging my OB. They no longer got me out of the wheelchair, changed into a gown, onto the bed and my water broke. The nurses quickly put up the side rails and rushed me down the hall into a labor & delivery room. All I can remember is they kept telling me "don't push, we are almost there!" We arrived to the birthing room and they transferred me onto another bed and made me lay on my side so I wouldn't push because the doctor wasn't there yet. About a minute or two later, it was time to push and no one was going to stop me. The resident doctor looked at me and said, "Go ahead and push, the head is right there." Two quick pushes and our new little baby girl was here just as my doctor was walking in the room. We heard her little cry and then they put her on my chest. My doctor looks at me and says, "it's a good thing all my patients aren't like you or I would be out of a job." I then asked what time was Madison born and they told me 7:58 am. She was born just ten minutes after we arrived to the hospital. We are so blessed that both mommy and baby Madison are happy, healthy, and doing well. I know you don't get any awards for delivering naturally, but I at least would like to have bragging rights. And no, I wouldn't recommend it. My advice is don't wait too late or too long to go to the hospital, so you at least have enough time to get the epidural. It's a good thing we didn't wait to take Lexi to school because Madison was born before Lexi even left the house to go to school. :)
Meeting big sister Alexis for the first time
Lexi brought Madison a few gifts
Gramma Cindy with Madison and Alexis
Lexi and Evan (the ring bearer) getting acquainted at the rehearsal.
Daddy and Madison at the rehearsal
Imelda and Mike (their last night of being engaged)
Opening her present - Auntie Imelda gave Lexi her beautiful dress for her birthday! She had "princess dresses" to wear for all the wedding events.
Getting her hair done for the wedding. She did a great job sitting for the stylist and she looked absolutely beautiful when she was finished.
Princess Alexis ready to go down the aisle
Picking flowers (like Snow White does) in between photos
dancing and twirling with Auntie Roberta
The beautiful bride Imelda and her flower girl Alexis
