Down in the Delta: lucy is here!!!!!!!!

announcing the arrival of lucy caroline roberson! born 10.12.10 @ 6:10pm.7lbs 5oz, 19in.

first picture

proud daddy :)

so... labor is tough! we had to get to the hospital at 4am on tuesday, october 12. they started the medicine to induce labor at 5 and my dr broke my water at 7:30. 10 1/2 hours later, still no baby :( dr said i would more than likely have to have a c-section but i could wait a little longer to see if i would progress anymore-if i wanted to. i tried to wait, but the pain was so intense. called the dr back a mere 30 minutes after our previous c-section conversation and said ok. it took another hour for him to get ready for surgery (he was at work at the women's clinic right next door to the hospital). at 6:10pm lucy caroline roberson was born.

she is perfect. she is precious. she is amazing. she is everything i could've imagined. being a mother is the most wonderful thing in the world. even though being pregnant for 40 weeks (which does equal 10 months for those of you who think pregnancy only lasts 9 months!) and going through 13 hours of labor was so miserable (and recovering from a c-section is no walk in the park either), it is (obviously) worth it all. lucy is changing every day,which is both amazing and sad. this past tuesday, she turned 12 weeks. holy cow! it's been 12 weeks already?! i don't know how it goes by so fast :( i am so very thankful that i have such a wonderful husband (who is also an amazing father) who is letting me stay home with her. that news came 2 days before christmas and was, by far, the best present i have ever received. i couldn't imagine being at work and missing her first everything... not many moms get to stay home these days... i am truly so thankful. and blessed!

so this post is short. hopefully i can update again soon..... but no promises; life is hard with a newborn. lucy consumes every minute of my day (which i wouldn't have any other way :). i'm still getting adjusted. you'd think after 12 weeks that i'd have the hang of it. but it's hard. i'm a lot better now than i was at first though! here are a few pics of luce. while i have at least a million, there's not enough time to post them all!

enjoy! :)