More On Our Newest Princess

So, here she is: a photo of Katara. She's just chilling out on her dad's lap here.

Katara decided to come into the world quite abruptly. When the contractions started, they were about 3-4 minutes apart. By the time I got to the hospital within the hour (my aunt drove me), I was dilated to 8cm and in a lot of pain. Things went really fast, and unfortunately I was not able to get an epidural or any pain killers. (Going "natural" for labor and delivery is possible, but it really sucks.) Luckily, Tyrone did get there in time. The doctor made it too, but just so. The nurses were still tying his scrubs on it seems, and he didn't have time to put his gloves on before Katara popped out. Literally, it seemed she popped out, because I had to ask if she was out or not. The doctor did catch her though. I noticed only afterward that he was still in his jogging clothes --shorts and a tank top, and the nurses were actually joking about this being his cardio workout for the day. Quite the ordeal, in my opinion, and I'm now on break from being pregnant for while. :)

So far, Katara is a good baby. She sleeps more than her older sister did and we've had two nights in a row now with only one wake-up feeding time! However, she usually will be awake for well over an hour after she eats... Currently, she has a bit of a cold.

Elizabeth is still adjusting as best she can to having a new sibling and so are we. I'm sure there are worse things than having two kids, but it's amazing how dramatic Elizabeth has become lately. She even has an "attitude face" that she's started giving us since her sister showed up.

New Addition!

Wednesday, we had our second daughter, Katara Jean Dickerson. She popped out (almost literally) after an hour and 20 minute labor and no epidural or pain killers. Tyrone is still alive and his hand is in good shape. :) She was over 8 and a half pounds and is extremely good looking. Elizabeth is still adjusting to her new sister, but we're sure they'll be great friends and playmates before too long.
More of our labor and delivery story to come later...

Family Home Evening Activity

For a family home evening activity one night Tyrone decided that we should make a tent/fortress for Elizabeth. He did most of the work since I was too big to really do a lot. Elizabeth did her best to hinder his efforts by running off with the sheets and sitting on the blankets her dad was trying to hang up and arrange. After much trial and error though, we succeeded in completing the fort. Elizabeth thought it was great.