ashleigh's turning 2!!!

i thought everyday until then i'd post a little about her so you don't get one huge post on the 20th.

so this is November 20th, 2006.
ashleigh was born 2 hours and 14 mintues after my contractions began. i was trying my hardest to make it until morning (well when it was light outside morning) when my contractions began at midnight. but 1.5 hours later we were calling my mom and the midwife to see if we should go in. the midwife kept saying "they sound really bad, you should come in". but i kept thinking they've got to get worse and i don't want to go in and only be at a 3 and be sent home or worse have to hang out for 10 hours like last time and end up with an epidural and all that. but 10 minutes later i couldn't walk and thought ok, we'll go in. so by the time my mom got there i was crawling around on the floor still trying to get things together and clean up the house a little. we got in the truck (well i puked first) then left the house. 5 minutes later we were in the hospital parking lot and my husband ran inside the emergency room to get a wheel chair for me (i watched the clock the whole time he was gone it was 2am, i don't think the time changed but it felt like forever). the nurse got up the 5th floor real quick i remember seeing this pregnant women walking around trying to keep her labor going and i'm being wheeled in screaming, i felt bad) then they checked me and the nurses eyes were all big (i knew that couldn't be good). then the water broke and swooshed all over the room. they wheeled me to the delivery room and said "don't push until we switch beds" we switched beds, i asked if i could push, they said yes, and with no effort (maybe one push) out popped ashleigh. smaking her lips looking for breakfast. little stinker!




this is ashleigh in the hospital sucking her thumb, she loves her thumb!



she looks kind of big in those pictures. she was 8 pounds, but only 19 inches long! she carries all her weight in her cheeks. the doctors always say how petite she looks (it's an attitude thing though). she "acts" all small and sweet, and talks all squeaky and sweetly. but don't let her fool you, she's stubborn and determined.

gotta love that little girl.