Family of Five

After what seemed like an eternity, our sweet Carissa Jayne finally made her appearance on September 27th at 4:43 in the afternoon. After having contractions for 2 solid months, we were sure our sweet girl would come on her own BEFORE her due date, but, proving herself a true Logan, she scoffed at our plans! Since I was so uncomfortable, Dr. Gardner scheduled me for an induction on September 22. So I called mom, she packed her bags and her dogs and headed up here to meet her newest granddaughter. Well, at 2:30 in the morning, I got a call from the hospital telling me that they were full, so I would have to reschedule. Ugh. The earliest they could get me in was Wednesday, the 28th. That was unacceptable to me, so I decided to do everything in my power to get the baby out myself. I tried every natural induction method out there. Went to the doctor on Monday the 26th, and all my efforts had resulted in exactly ZERO change. Baby was still high, and nothin' was happening down below. So discouraging. But, they WERE able to move my induction date up to Tuesday, and this time they couldn't cancel it since I was officially overdue. YAY, we were having a baby!!

Bright and early Tuesday morning, Josh and I kissed our girls good bye and headed to the hospital.

We got there around 7, waited for a room for about 15 minutes, and then got the party started. I'd never been induced before, so I was a bit nervous, but honestly, it was my best delivery of all three. Once the contractions got a little uncomfortable, I got my epidural and life was good. About 4:00, I was complaining about how hungry I was (if you know me well, you know that I get VERY grumpy if I'm not well-fed!), so my fabulous doctor volunteered to bring me a Fuzzy's taco on her way back to the hospital. Then, about 30 minutes later, I told the nurse that my epidural had stopped working, so she decided to check me and see how I was progressing. She had checked me about 30 minutes earlier, and I was 5 cm dilated, so we assumed I'd be maybe 6 cm this time. WRONG--I was 10 cm, and the baby was crowning. The nurse called Dr. G, who had just gotten back from getting my taco...she ran until the room, set the taco down, and 5 minutes later, Carissa was born.

Love at first sight

After the baby got cleaned up, we let the girls and our parents come in and meet her. Kate and Avery were SO excited to finally see their new sister...9 months is a LONG time for a 5 and 3 year old to wait!

We hadn't decided on a name yet, but had narrowed it down to either Charlotte or Callie. After looking at her, we agreed that she didn't look like either of those, so we needed to think of something else. Carissa had been on our original list of girl's names, and we both thought it fit her perfectly!

We're all so in love with her, and I just can't wait to watch her grow and see who she becomes!