Kyri June Collins!

Mostly I am writing this all down for myself so if you don't want all of the details you can just skip and look at pictures :) Talk about false alarms! At midnight on the 7th of Oct. we went to the hospital hoping to come back with a baby! Obviously this did not happen! I was having regular contractions every 5 minutes but we had a TERRIBLE nurse so I got sent home without a baby. Michael called her Know it all Norma... she was just awful! Well I went to my Dr. appointment later that day and they said I was definitely in the early stages of labor. So on midnight of the 8th we went back to the hospital. Michael really didn't want to go because we had already been told to leave, fortunately Norma was gone! And even better news they let me stay and have a baby! I was having really painful contractions every 3 minutes at this point in time so they gave me some medicine to help me sleep at least and not feel the pain as much. The rest of the day was kind of a blur. Mostly I slept because of the drugs, and every so often they would come in to see how far I was dilated. As soon as I got to a 4 they broke my water and then I really came to know what a painful contraction feels like! I think that was probably the most painful 30 minutes of my life until they gave me an epidural. Yes I am a sissy and there was no way that I could have done it without drugs! There was one slight problem. The anesthaesia only wanted to go to my right side and not my left for some reason. So they gave me some more, and it kicked in a little bit, but then my right leg was pretty nonfunctional when I actually had to start having the baby. It was actually pretty funny for the nurses and Michael I am sure. Anyways I only had to push for about 20 minutes and out she came! 6 lbs. 9 oz. and 19 inches long and LOTS of dark hair! She is so perfect! The delivery went so good just like the rest of my pregnancy, I have been so blessed! She is 3 weeks old as of tomorrow and I can't believe how fast it has gone by and how big she is already! She has gained at least a pound and grown at least an inch!

We couldn't decide whether we wanted to name her Kyri June or Ellie June so her name tag was blank until we decided the next day! I guess she just looked like a Kyri. She is named after Michael's mom... Shirley June, and we love her to death. I'm sure Michael's mom kissed her goodbye and sent her down here to be with us!

I know I look rough.. it was a long day but she was definitely worth it!

She had some pretty high billi levels the day we left the hospital so she had to stay in this little mini "tanning" bed for 4 days till her billi levels went down. I guess getting Jaundice is pretty common for babies especially at high elevations, I knew she would get past it eventually, but it still broke my heart that she had to stay in there even when she was crying... She hated being in there.

She is also a little confused with her nights and days. She thinks that you are supposed to sleep all day and be awake all night. This was really bad the first 2 weeks but she is getting a little better. She also loves to suck on her fists so Michael was trying to keep her awake during the day by keeping her fists away from her mouth. Needless to say she was NOT happy! She is doing a little bit better now.. enough to where we might get 4 hours of sleep at night anyways!

She is definitely a daddy's girl and she also has Michael wrapped around her finger! She likes to snuggle dad while he plays xbox and mom gets a break to take a nap or clean the house! Look at all the dark hair!

I had to take this one because she was grabbing Michael's arm and snuggling it! Too cute!

Not only does she love to suck on her fist, but it is turning into sucking on her thumb now too! We are trying to break that before it becomes a habit!

She loves to giver her daddy kisses!

I love this cute little bumble bee outfit and my sister in law made me tons of cute bows but there was a yellow one with pink polka dots that matched this outfit perfect so I had to get her all dressed up and take a picture for my sister in law! Too cute!

Thats our little angel! We are so happy she is finally here and healthy and that everything went ok! She is a little drama queen sometimes, or maybe diva is a better word I'm not sure, but she is definitely spoiled. She looks so much like Michael it is not even funny! She got to go home and meet all the family on my side, and then hopefully for Thanksgiving we can make it up to Lovell/Billings so she can meet all of Michael's family! Being a parent is so much fun and I can't believe how much Michael and I love this little girl, it is like she has just been part of our family the whole time! I'm so lucky to have an amazing husband who is so helpful, and I am also blessed to have a job that will allow me to work around Michael's schedule so we don't have to put her in a day care when I go back to work! That is all for now! Sorry it is such a long post, but it took me 3 weeks to get geared up to even post about our beautiful little girl, so I figure I might as well get it all out!