LIDDY

Time to start blogging again :) Our sweet baby was born on Friday, February 18th at 7:34am.  She was due on Feb 13th, and 5 days over due is a LONG time! I was DYING and so ready for my baby to be here! I had a doctor's appointment the day before she was born, and there was NOTHING going on. I was distraught.. so my doctor gave me castor oil in hopes of getting things going.  I took castor oil on my own the day after her due date, and it obviously didn't work.  apparently i didn't take enough, because my Doctor gave me a huge amount to take at my appt.  They told me to mix it with juice and a Tbsp of baking soda, this was a mistake...  Castor oil is disgusting.  But mixed with juice and baking soda it turns into a chunky, oily beverage, and it was awful! I could barely keep it down.  However, at 11:45pm I started having contractions!   She was born about 8 hours later.  So I LOVE castor oil, it really works!  My contractions started at less than 5 mins apart. I called the doctor, and we headed to the hospital. By the time we got there they were less than 2 mins apart, and I was ready for an epidural.  After the epidural Ryan and I both went to sleep for a couple hours, and she was here before we knew it!

These pictures were taken at the hospital.  A photographer came by and asked if she could take Liddy's picture, I assumed it was the simple hospital snapshot with the hospital blanket and hat so I left Ryan and Liddy with the photographer. When I came back 10 mins later I was shocked that it was a real photo shoot! She had props and had gotten Liddy's blanket out and they were looking really cute! I was dying that my baby was being photographed and she didn't have a headband on! So i quickly got a headband out of my bag and put it on for the last couple of pictures.  At first I was sad that I missed out on putting a big bow or flower on her head for her first photo shoot, but then I decided this is probably better for us. She will probably have a flower or bow on her head in every picture for the rest of her life, so I decided it is nice that these pictures when she is only a day old in the hospital are just of her- nothing distracting :) and I love them.  

Liddy Kate Jackson

This is my favorite

We love her