Back Here Again!

I woke up early Tuesday morning on the 20th, and I knew something felt a little weird.  Jay was out the door for work around 6 am, so Muffin and I went about our normal morning routine.  I called Sally and Janie and told them not to get too alarmed, but I thought I was having contractions.  By 7:30, I called Jay and told him he should come home.

Jay and I headed to my doctor's office, and they hooked me up to all these wires. My contractions were measuring about 5 minutes apart, and I  was 5 cm dilated.  Time to head to the hospital. We checked in and had a couple of hours to ourselves before everyone arrived.  It was nice and relaxing...even more so after the epidural.  We talked about how excited we were about Cookie's arrival and all the great things we have planned for the future.  Jay played Mahjong.  I ate ice chips. 

Ann, Solon, Sally, Janie and Poppy rolled into the hospital just in time!  My contraction were coming every two minutes, but we managed to have a couple of hours to hang out.  Everyone was pretty excited!