4 days until Madison turns the BIG 1!!

This Saturday July 12, Madison is turning1. I can't believe it. I get very emotional just thinking about it. You moms out there have to know where I am coming from. Over the next week I am going to be stealing an idea from one of my fellow blogger, Kristin. I will post pictures of Madison throughout her first year! I think it's going to be fun looking back and remembering everything from her first day home to her taking her first steps. (Thanks Kristin, your idea is awesome)

I had a scheduled c-section on July 12th at 8 am. Had to be to the hospital at 5am. After 3 failed attempts to get my IV in, they finally got it right! I almost past out and was ready to go home after that! I asked that my mom and dad would bring Ryan up to see me before I went into surgery. So around 7:30 they arrived, I wanted to see him "just in case". I got to hang out with Ryan for about awhile before they wheeled me away. As they started to take me away, Ryan started crying, which in turned made me cry. I know this was probably really selfish of me for him to go through this, but you never know what could happen. He was fine after about 5 nurses came to his rescue with snacks and juice!

Madison was born at 8:30 am. It was the best thing to hear her cry! I cried, Mike cried , I saw her for a minute and they took her away! I was stitched and set to recovery! During this pregnancy I had Gestational Diabetes, so Madison had to keep getting poked in her heal to check her blood sugar. I think it took about 2 hours before I got to see or hold her. She had a few sugar issues at first. They even talked about putting an IV in her if her levels did not go up. I was a mess. Getting all this information while I could do nothing. I wanted to be there with her, but I couldn't. Mike ended up having to feed her a bottle to try to get things right!

Finally, I was able to hold my little girl!! Mike assured me he followed my number one rule! The rule was NO ONE was allowed to hold before me (well except mike of course). This was a rule with Ryan too! I know selfish again, but I carried this little girl for 9 months so I deserved to hold her first!! Madison weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz and was 20 in long. She was/is perfect and I couldn't ask for a more beautiful little baby!

This was right before we left for the hospital.

Proud Daddy feeding his girl, trying to get her sugar levels up! The nurse was so great about taking these pictures for us!

Here she is!! Madison Elizabeth! So precious!

Finally getting to hold her!! I can't believe how small she was!