New Addition

I have greatly neglected this blog but since we have a cute little addition to write about, I am going to try and be better about blogging! Little Cailyn Marie Reschke made her entrance (and boy was it an entrance) on September 18th at 4:08 am.

Cailyn's original due date was October 2nd and Cory and I were actually taking our last trip as a couple without kids in Salt Lake.  For our "babymoon" we went out to a fancy dinner at Zy's restaurant and then went back to the hotel room and watched a movie. Later in the evening we went on a walk outside of our hotel to get some fresh air. Shortly after we returned to the room my water broke. I hadn't experienced any contractions so we weren't in a huge hurry to get to the hospital, but I still wanted to get going since we had to drive from Salt Lake all the way to Provo.

On the way to the hospital, I started getting contractions which made me nervous because we were at a dead stop on the freeway because of construction. So by the time we got to the hospital, my contractions were coming every 4 minutes. The nurses hooked me up to all of the monitors and they immediately started to worry because the baby's heart rate was extremely fast. So after trying 3 different monitors the doctor finally came in and looked at an ultrasound of the baby's heart. Cailyn's heart was going 270 beats per minute which is about twice what it should be at.

As soon as the doctor saw how fast her heart was going, everyone moved into action and I gave birth about 15 minutes later via c-section. Cory had time to call his parents at 3.47 and Cailyn was born at 4:08. As soon as she was born her heart rate went back to normal and she has been healthy and happy ever since! We are so lucky to have a healthy little girl and we are extremely grateful for the awesome hospital staff who did a great job.

It has been really fun to get to know this little baby and welcome her into our lives. We feel so blessed to have had such a good experience at the hospital when things could have gone in a completely different direction.

We love you Cailyn! So excited that you are here!

Here are some pictures from her first couple of weeks.

This is the only pregnancy picture that I allowed and it happen to be the day I had her. 

2 days old and looking adorable

On the way home from the hospital. She didn't quite know what to do with her hands :)

First time trying out the boppy and having fun looking around

Meeting Grandpa

Just chillin out with mom