Craig, Joanna & Karli: 2011

Friday we were at the town house painting and trying to get it ready to rent. This picture was taken close to 2am. Joanna was surprised how much energy she had. I think it was close to 2:30 when we finished for the night and planned to go back Saturday. (I guess at that time it was just later on that day)

Joanna fell asleep when we got home and I made it to bed about 3:30...

About 5:30am Joanna woke me up and said she thought her water might have broken. She was paranoid about it happening in bed, the car, or at work so there were plenty of towels around, and the towels she had in bed were a little wet. We called the Dr., and were told to come on in. So this next picture was just before 7am, with 3 hours of sleep, on the way out the door.

We got to the hospital at 7:30 and they checked and said she definatly was in labor.
They hooked her up to the monitors and we started the waiting game.

The birthing room was massive. It would have made for a much better room when people came to visit. The one we were moved into after the birth was tiny compared to this one.

Joanna's process was slow, so they put her on pitocin to speed things up. They checked her off and on, and around 4 the Dr. said she was at 5 cm, and should increase by 1 cm every 2 hours, that sometime between 12 and 2am she should be ready. I told Al and Ali that there was no need to rush back in so they could get some things done.

We both fell asleep...

I woke up at 6:15 to the Dr saying "Oh, you're ready! Get a table set up this baby is coming."

I called Allan and said I think it's happening now.

Well by 6:45, after about 20 pushes, Karli Jo was born.

The next few pictures need no explanation, She is the cutest baby ever!

I guess they had been pretty busy the week we had Karli, so it wasn't until early AM Sunday that we were moved into our new room. I said we were fine in the birthing room, but I guess they needed it... That's too bad, because we could have used the space when everyone came to visit.