Sunday April 18th started out like any recent weekend. Daddy got up with Kayla and let 38 weeks pregnant Mommy sleep in to get some much needed rest. After making some pancakes and playing a game with Kayla, Daddy though he heard Mommy say his name. Since she was only 2 weeks from her due date Daddy thought it would be best to go upstairs to make sure nothing was wrong. When he got upstairs Mommy said that her water broke.
Unfortunately we had been planning to pack up our bags that very day so we were pretty disorganized but at least we had put the infant car seat in the car the night before. We called Triage to let them know we were coming and then proceeded to quickly pack up our things to get ready to go. I must say Mommy was surprisingly calm. Daddy made some phone calls to grandparents - Grandma Ferris would be with us through the labor/delivery, Grandpa Ferris and LeAnne picked up Kayla at the hospital to watch her, and of course he had to call Grandma Czar in Ohio so they could cheer us on from afar. I think when Grandma Czar picked up the phone and heard her son-in-law's voice on the other end instead of her daughter's she knew it was time to have the baby.
Although Mommy's water broke she wasn't having any contractions and wasn't very far along when we made it to triage at the hospital so we knew it could be a long day. Mommy was a trooper though and hung with the slow process throughout the day. Finally around midnight things started to move a little quicker. By about 2 or 2:30 the contractions were getting pretty painful and Mommy was very close to being able to start pushing. Luckily after Mommy was finally able to push it only took 10 minutes for baby to come out, although I think it was the most painful 10 minutes of Mommy's life.
And that is the story of how at 3:39 AM on Monday April 19, 2010 little Amber Renee Ferris was welcomed into the world. She was 8 lbs 7 oz and 19.5 inches long at birth.
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