Elizabeth's birth story, part 3 - siblings meet + going home

After a while I got really restless in the delivery room and wanted to get out of there and to a regular room. Well, if there is a next time I will not take the blood pressure cuff off... oops. I apparently needed to be hooked up to it for a specific amount of time afterwards. And I would plead for the rest of the night to get that IV out of my hand (omg do I hate that) with no luck. Good grief.

But then it was time for Elizabeth to get a bath, for me to rest a bit in my room with the saddest lunch ever, and for Dan to go home to get James.

After a bit they brought Ellie in to me and we were in our little bubble world for a bit before the boys arrived. Just me and my sweet baby girl. (and the neighbor, this is NYC.)

When Jaime walked into the room and saw me on the bed I saw all of his emotions in his eyes. That one wears his heart on his sleeve.

He sat on the bed with me and was pretty concerned about the situation but we chatted about it all as he took it in. And we snacked on bagel crisps, everything flavor. He was worried about the IV in my hand and tried to understand what it was all about.

Then Ellie stirred in her crib and he saw her for the first time. He said a little "oh!", pointed and then looked at me with the biggest eyes. He wanted to see her and gave her little pats on the tummy. He was so curious and just wanted to know all about this new baby sister. It was the cutest thing ever.

I just know that these two kids are going to be great friends.  They have my heart and I can't wait to see them grow up together.

It started to get a little late so Dan and Jaime headed back across the park to make dinner and get some sleep. And I started the cycle of napping and nursing... and had the absolutely saddest little dinner ever.

Elizabeth's cries were so quiet that I didn't know if they would wake me up, after being used to a toddler screach being my wake up call. But of course they did and we spent the night getting caught up.

Having a baby is so exhausting and yet so emotionally charged. My love and bond with this little girl was instant and I feel such a calm when snuggling with her or having her sleeping next to my bed.

The next day we left the hospital in the late afternoon. Even though I ended up having the shared room to myself it was incredibly cramped and not the least bit comfortable.

I felt okay and so did the little miss. It was a little bit of chaos getting out so there weren't many pictures taken but we finally had all of the papers signed and both of our littles bundled into their car seats in the rented car. Ellie was in the little star onesie that Jaime wore, a gray kimono top, blue pants with little white dots, and her bear suit.

Jaime was so cute smiling at Ellie and chatting about how she was in the back seat with him on the short drive across the park.

And before we knew it we were home.

Love.