And 29 hours later...

I have a new NIECE!!! Stella Grace Wimer was born on Thursday, August 26 (my birthday!!) at 10:52am by c-section! Poor Aunt Stephie followed in my footsteps with having a terrible labor! Shockingly, Stephie went into labor unexpectedly on Wednesday morning. We weren't planning on leaving until Wed night, so Chris hadn't packed or anything. I was at the chiropractor and missed Stephie's phone call. So while I was on my way to work, I had to call Chris and tell him to get out of bed and get packed ASAP! We finally got on the road around 1030 and the way stephie was progressing, we totally thought we were going to miss the birth! Yiayia and gigi hopped on a plane, chris and i were FLYING through the mountains...it was quite the experience. luckily (for us) we made it to the hospital in record time, and stephie had just had her water broken. we spent the night at the hospital...ask chris about where he slept some time...and when we woke up in the morning, aunt nikki had surprised everyone by catching a red eye flight!! so all of us girls got to be at the hospital for baby tini! long story short, after 29 hours, the baby hadn't really come down and she had only dilated to an 8. on top of that, tini's heartrate would drop periodically. so the doctors decided enough was enough, and called for a c-section. to EVERYone's surprise, stephie and barrett had a little girl! they came home on saturday and are adjusting to nursing, and pooping, and not sleeping :o) here are some pictures from the hospital and home.

yiayia made a little baby coozie cocoon for stella!

this is my favorite pic i think. i also think she looks a lot like barrett

papou wasn't there for the birth but he got to the hospital later in the afternoon.

aunt nikki looking fabulous after a red eye flight

the birthday girls! stephie took a GREAT picture of us with a happy birthday sign i stole from work - more on that to come. wait til you see what my friends at work did to me!
how precious is this picture?! poor thalia is a bit confused and sometimes calls stella her baby sister. :o)

yiayia and her grandbabies

tini stella sleeping

we are having a blast getting to know the newest member of our family, and helping stephie get acclimated to being a new mommy. so far, she is doing fantastic! more pics and stories to come for sure...especially some from the rest of our trip to michigan.

much love and little sleep (we've been rockstars this trip!)

c, c, and t