Left:  Sophia at the hospital...look at those wide eyes.

Here She is just hanging out on her new blanket

Well I think that it is about time to update my blog, and this is the first time in almost three weeks that I have had a chance to sit down and write a little something.  Well Sophia Rose Hoeme arrived on Monday September 8, 2008 at 7:19 pm.  In fact it was the day right after my first blog...kinda crazy !!!  It was a long delivery.  I started with contractions about 3 am on Sunday night, and since I wasn't sure what exactly they were, so I called mom and asked her what she thought.  Good old Mary said that she was almost sure that Sophia was ready to make her appearance.  By 4 am I thought that it was a good idea to wake Joshua up and have him start timing the contractions.  The were about 8 minutes apart.  I need to take a bath before the big event, but that made things go way too fast.  My contractions went from 8 minutes apart to 2 minutes apart.  So we were off to Scott Community Hospital, and checked into my room by 7.  When I got  to the hospital I was already dilated to a 3.  This made me proud, the entire time before her delivery I was worried about the amount of pain that I would be in.  And for anyone who knows me I am not good with pain.  But to tell you the truth it wasn't that bad, I would say almost tolerable.  As the morning continued I progressed and the time came to get an epidurral .  After that I felt like I was on cloud nine.  By 3 pm I was complete and ready to start pushing.  I pushed for about 2 hours and then Spohia decided that she wasn't going to come natural, so we were off to the operating room.  Finally at 7:19 Sophia Rose was born.  At first we thought that Sophia and Joshua were going to make a trip to Wichita because Sophia's respiration rate were too high, but after she had spent some time with mom she started to calm down.  

So here it is the long awaited blog that I have been promising so many family and friends.  Well today is the first of many uncomfortable days to come.  Joshua and I visited the doctor libby on Thursday and she said I was still at a 1, so we made an appointment for Monday just to check and see the status of things.  Friday morning I woke up with strep throat, no fun.  So my weekend has been full of resting and nesting.  That is right I am trying to get the house together, but when is your house really ready for a baby?  All the laundry is done, and things are clean, but I am not sure that mentally we are ready for what is awaiting us, but lets just get started already.