Here's Maggie!

Our little Maggie is finally here!

Magdalana "Maggie" Lorraine Pond was born on Tuesday, July 28th at 11:45 am. She weighed 7# 9 oz. and was 20 in. long.
She cried when she first came out but then they put her on my tummy and she just snuggled up and laid there very content. It was really sweet. Later we caught her sucking her thumb so we couldn't pass that one up. She has done it a few times but nothing regular yet, it's only been a few days.
I went into the hospital at 6:30 am and they hooked me up to the pitocin at 7 am to get her to drop down a little further so they could break my water and not worry about the cord wrapping around her neck. The doctor broke my water just after 9 am. I got the epidural about 10:45 am so when the contractions got stronger I would be ready. They had me leaning more on my right side so it took only on that side. At 11:15 am I was only dilated to 5-6 cm. At 11:30 am the contractions were getting stronger but still not too bad. I just remember them being so much worse than what they were this time even still feeling it on one side, so anyway, the nurse checked me and I was fully dilated and ready to push. They had to call another doctor from my doctor's office since mine was in surgery so the mid-wife ran across the parking lot from the office. Maggie was born at 11:45 am. It was pretty fast and a lot easier than I had thought it was going to be.
My Mom and Step-Dad came into town to help with the kids and to help take care of things after
we came home from the hospital. They were true lifesavers! It has been so nice to have them here. The kids have had a lot of fun with them too! They brought the kids over to the hospital to see Maggie and spend some time with us.

Ryan's parents also came over to the hospital later so we snapped
this picture of Ryan's Mom, Mary, with Maggie.
Louie was content to sit and watch. Mary sat and played with Maggie's face and discovered a little dimple on her right cheek. We hope it's here to stay.


All the kids are adjusting to having Maggie around and love to hold her. Abby loves to kiss her and can't seem to get enough kisses in and is really good at holding her by herself. Sammie loves her but is more content for others to hold her while she watches, touches and kisses her. Lillian likes to hold her but is more content to watch at this point too. Seth and Dominic, as much as they were not excited about another girl, love to hold her and watch her and are curious with everything we do with her. It's like they're protective big brothers or something!



Oh, and Ryan is content to hold, hug, kiss, and love his little "half-pint".
He's such an amazing Daddy! He has had this week off of work and only works half days next week. He is such a great help and support.



We are so excited to have Maggie in our home. She has such a sweet little spirit and sleeps so good. She has slept through the night every night so far, knock on wood! Thank you to all of you for your love and support to our family. We are so blessed with such great family and friends!!!







P.S. We will be blessing her in our ward on Sunday, September 6th, on Labor Day weekend. We welcome all who can attend. Church starts at 9 am.