There was so much going on this weekend so let me start with Friday afternoon. Scott and I left Friday after work to pick up Molly and then head to Mom's for the baby shower and ultrasound. When I picked up Scott he said that he had talked to Brittany and that she was already showing signs that she might start going into labor in the next few days! I had a feeling that something would happen and that we wouldn't be there when she had the baby but from what her doctor said it could be another 7-10 days before we had anything to worry about so we went on to Mom's. Saturday morning we got up to start getting everything ready for the shower and we got a call about 10am that she had started going into labor but that her contractions were still fairly far apart and not regular so it still looked like it would be a while and we knew there wasn't any way for us to be there so we just asked that they call as much as they could. In the meantime the guests started arriving and I can't begin to tell you how much it meant to me and Scott to see everyone there that made it and there were several people that I hadn't seen in many years and we did end up with quite a crowd. I don't really have any pictures to post as we didn't get any pictures with our camera but there were several people there that did so we should have some soon. The shower was so much fun and Jayci received many things that she will get a lot of use out of and I can't wait to see her in all the cute clothes, blankets, swing, shoes, etc. I will be taking a lot of pictures of her using all of these and will think about all the love that came from those that gave them to her. Scott and I want to thank everyone for being there and sharing this special time with us and Jayci will soon find out what a lucky girl she is for being born into such a wonderful family and having a lot of friends in her extended family as well.
I need to extend a couple of extra thank yous to a couple of people. First off Mom and Cheryl for planning the whole shower and in getting everything ready! Mom the house looked great and I know how hard you worked on all of it and I will never be able to thank you enough! Cheryl did a lot of hard work in getting the invitations out and they looked fabulous and I know you had a big hand in also getting a lot of other stuff ready for the shower....THANK YOU! Amanda (or the other Mandy) I really want to thank you for the cupcakes (they were so adorable) and bringing dip and handling the punch and the other things that you did. I can't ever thank you enough for all that you did and it if you ever need anything please let me know. Melanie is such a cutie and I am so glad that she got to come.
Well that was Saturday and before we went to bed that night we talked to Scott's family and they said that Brittany's contractions were a lot closer and that the baby would be born before the sun came up. We went to bed and Molly had the phone so she would get the call when the baby was born. We got up Sunday morning and when we woke Molly up she was so excited as she told us that she got a call about 3:15am that Makayla was born at about 2:15 and weighed 5 lbs 15 ozs and that both her and Brittany were doing fine!!! We went ahead to our ultrasound Sunday morning (see Jayci's page for details) and after the ultrasound all of us went out to lunch and then we headed back to Mom's to pack the car and get back to Alabama to see Brit in the hospital. We got to the hospital at about 2:00 and were able to spend about 3 hours with Makayla and she is so adorable. Brittany was understandably very tired and sore but she is doing great and hopefully they will send the two of them home sometime today. I will post again when she is home.
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