Delivery and beyond

Hello everyone! Aaron started this cool blog for the family and I wanted to say hello.

What a week we have had! Probably the most exhausting, terrifying, and amazing time of my life. Labor definitely surprised me 2 1/2 weeks early with strange lower abdominal pains that started a few hours after a long shift in the ER... I didn't know what was going on until these pains came every 10 minutes and seemed to get more severe as the hours went by. Aaron was at work when I texted him at 1am to ask him if he had time to talk. The exact text was "ru busy?" He was able to get home and frantically take me to the hospital. Amazingly, this was the real thing and the labor and delivery ward went into full swing. 12 hours from start to finish-delivery at 11:35am on Dec. 4th. I was very grateful to my OB doctor, Matthew Lee. He was with us all morning and delivered the baby himself. He thinks we should rename her "Emmi Lee" to commemorate his name. :) I'm considering it...
Our L and D nurses Jessica and Deb were awesome and I owe them thanks!

Emily is a beautiful baby with a slight yellow tinge....more on that later. She eats well and has good GI function. We are not getting much sleep but I hear this should change....eventually. My mom is here with us in Milwaukee for a few weeks to help with baby. This has been quite a blessing. We are looking forward to Aaron's moms visit and more family visiting in January. We will keep you posted!!