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My First Bath

Pics with Grammers

We loved having my Mom stay with us. She came a few days before Azure was born and left when Azure was a week old. Mom helped us sooo much - with laundry and cooking and being with the kiddos. Violet's hair had a beautiful transformation while Mom was here as you can see. Thanks Mom!!!!

Azure

more Azure Stacey pics!

Azure Stella Marie Stacey (and preggo pics)

One week ago, we welcomed Azure into our family on June 28, 2011. She was 8 lbs. 2.5 oz and 20 3/4 inches. I went with my Mom to NYC that day so we could go to the Manhattan LDS Temple and then we went to Serendipity 3 for a late lunch. It was our first time using the train and subway. Confusing and fun. Anyways, I'd been having rather frequent contractions for a week up to that point but I noticed after we ate that I was feeling sick. I thought it was just because I had a lot of ice cream at first but as we made our way back to Penn Station, I realized it could be labor. My contractions got much stronger that I had to stop walking and catch my breath (that was around 6:30pm). We caught a train leaving at 7pm and Richard, Cliffton and Violet picked us up about 8pm from the Freeport stop. I had a really strong one just as we came to our stop and I really didn't know if I could make it off the train before it kept heading east! Our home is just a few minutes from the train station. We grabbed our bags and headed to the hospital.
Mom and I checked in just after 9pm while Richard took the kids to a friend's home. I hoped that with how much pain I felt, that labor was fairly far along. I was at a 7 when we got there and then was walked into another room where they continued to ask a lot of the same questions (grrrr! isn't that beyond irritating???!!) that you really couldn't care less about ("how old were you when you started your period?"). That changed fast though because then my water broke and I was at a 9.5 and someone said, "her head is small, go ahead and push on the next one." I had planned to have an epidural but there was no time. Azure was born quickly and quite healthy. She does have some ruptured vessels in her eyes that look worse than they are. She's a sweet lil' baby girl. Her brother and sister love this little baby and have given her sweet kisses on her head. Enjoy the many pictures!