Long awaited update...

Well for those that haven't heard, baby Avery Jean was born July 10 at 6:52pm. I was induced at 7:30am, got an epidural around noon, started pushing around 6:35pm and she was out within 20minutes! It only took 3 bags of pitocin, 2 bags of penicillin, a whole lot of liters of lactated ringers, 3 lidocaine boluses, 2 doses of demerol, 1 dose of toradol, 8L of O2, an internal fetal monitoring device, internal uterine device, foley catheter, motrin, oxycontin, an episiotomy, a 3rd degree tear :) and 2 cups of vomit to get her out! she is perfect in every way and although we're exhausted we love having her around. Here are some pictures of the process and the first 6 days of her life.

the family the night before the birth

Just out of the womb!

she's not sure how she feels about being in the world yet...

First picture with Daddy!

Thanks doc. linzey, you're the best!

Grandma and Grandpa Pratt adoring their first grandchild!

our push team as we're transferred to post partum

skin to skin time after our first bath

putting on our first outfit

daddy and baby avery in their matching beanies!

this is what encouraged us to nickname her squishy (thank you auntie erica)

home from the hospital!

"this is my squishy, i will call her squishy and she will be my squishy"

squishy is learning too many faces from grandma...

our roomie made a really great welcome home sign!

mommy holding her after her first bath at home...