Thursday, May 08, 2008




She's a girl! Jordan Joy arrived May 3rd at 9:55 am weighing in at 7lbs 10oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Kaelea made it to the hospital to help with the labor at just the right time. Lanny and I got to the hopital at 7:30 a.m. and I was able to effectively prove to the nurse my contractions were real in about 5 minutes. I was taken to a L&D room just when Kaelea arrived. Lanny was so relieved for her help he got a little teary eyed. It must be so hard to see your wife doubled over in pain. Things moved quickly and I was ready to push our little treasure out by 9a.m. Of course, Jordan decided to give everyone a little scare but dropping her heart beat. For about 30 min things were touch and go - OR was prepped for a C-section but after much prayer on my part and great help from everyone - I was able to push Jordan out. It was another painful, exciting, wonderful blessing! We got home from the hospital Monday evening (Jordan had some jaundice issues and got to hang out under a special light for 12 hours - giving us a little longer stay in the hospital). We are all doing great with the usual adjustments. Kezia is so glad that we had a baby and wants to hold her all the time. In the hospital she asked me "can we keep her forever???" - how cute! Eden loves her baby sister but hangs on to mommy whenever she can - she will need some extra attention. Jordan and I are still working out our nursing technique and it's been a little rough on mommy. But she only wakes up once in the evening for about an hour so right now I'm not too upset about her all day feedings (or at least that's what it feels like). But I'm sure we'll both be pros in another week or two. Thank you to all of our family and friends who have been such great help this past week - and will be in the weeks to come. I'm a little overwhelmed at the thought of caring for these 3 little girls. I know that we will get things worked out - I'm just not sure yet how. Well - off to sleep while I can.

8 comments:

Kristi said...

Yay! She is beautiful. You did good, Suzy!

Kristi said...

Yeah! Congratulations. I can't wait to meet her.

Unknown said...

Oh my. Suzy, she is just beautiful. I can't wait until I'm able to come visit and see her in person!
Love you all.

brenda said...

3 kids! Can you believe it? You are a pro and I know there is nothing to worry about, everything is going to fall into place nicely for you all. Love you!

Unknown said...

Congrats! Congrats! Congrats! I can't wait to meet her! Welcome to the world Jordan!

Amanda Rae said...

she is so beautiful!!!! congrats suzy!!! if you need anything, let me know!! she is exactly 8 months younger than Anaiah- they will have fun playing together in a few years!!! love and blessings to you all!

Aimee Jo said...

I am SO happy for you!! She is precious. I am very thankful that she has arrived healthy & strong--what a blessing. Congratulations! Enjoy these first few weeks of snuggling and getting to know each other!

Cheryl Russell said...

Congratulations! What a good and perfect gift! She is beautiful! You all look great. Give our love to Lanny and the girls.