Auntie Bethany

I love being an aunt. So far it's been less than 24 hours, but so far it's been awesome. Yesterday after school I left early to drive up to the hospital in Murray so I could see Emily. The roads were terrible because it was raining like crazy. I could barely see the cars in front of us and I thought for a minute that maybe we'd end up riding to the hospital in an ambulance.

When we got there Emily looked pretty good. Her hair was even really nice. She got an epidural earlier that morning which made things a lot better. She went 9 hours without one and then finally decided to do the sane thing...drug herself.:) The doctors were worried because every time Emily had a contraction the baby's heart rate went dangerously low. They were trying to figure out what to do when I got there. Eventually they decided that the best course of action was a C-Section. It scared me so much when they said that. This is my little sister and the thought that she was going to go through major surgery really made me nervous.

During the procedure we were waiting in the waiting room. We heard them announce a code blue on the first floor which is where Emily was. My mom started freaking out, but it turns out everything was all right. After the C-section Emily looked so worn out. She hadn't slept hardly at all and she hadn't eaten anything either. She was still sedated a little and she just looked totally wiped out. The baby had to spend some time in the NICU because he had a little bit of trouble breathing at first. So while we waited for them to get him cleaned up, my dad, Dillon, and I went to celebrate at Red Robin. It was amazing! I love that place.

When we got back the baby was out of NICU and with Emily. I got to hold him. It's was the first time I've ever held a super newborn baby. He is so cute. Since she had a C-section he didn't have a cone head so he actually looked like a normal, cute baby. Completely adorable. Granted, I haven't seen dirty diapers or spit up yet. I already love him. I'm so excited to be the fun aunt that gets to play with the baby all the time. I keep looking at pictures of him and thinking how adorable he is. I made my classes today look at pictures of the baby. Emily is staying in the hospital for probably 4 more days to recover from the surgery. I didn't think that I would want to make the drive back up there to see her, but now I just want to go hold that little baby.
Name: John ? McCleve (Middle name unknown: Emily wants Tanner. David wants Curtis or Mark. I'm crossing my fingers for Tanner.)
Weight: 7 pounds 13 ounces
Length: 23 inches
Time of Birth: 3/7/11 at 5:30ish pm
Level of Cuteness: five hundred

Sympathy Pains

My little sister is having a baby. Right now. Her water broke at 3 o'clock this morning and she's at the hospital having contractions right this moment. I'm stuck at school absolutely going crazy from worry. I couldn't sleep very well last night and I woke up really tense and stressed because I'm so scared and nervous and excited for her. The big sister overprotective thing is really kicking in right now. I wish so badly that I could be there with her. I think I'm having sympathy contractions. I've been cramping uncomfortably all morning and there's no reason why I should be. I can't wait to go see her and this new baby. Yikes!