Meet Miss Riley!

We had our baby!!!

Riley Colleen Kunz was born July 26th, 2010, at 3:07am. She weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. I keep wondering where to start--there is so much to say about her!!! She's just amazing, and her daddy and I are completely smitten.

About 5:15pm on Sunday, David and I were relaxing on the couch, getting ready for our Sunday Food Network marathon. We were both looking forward to just relaxing for the next little while--mom, dad, and Whitney had all come up the day before, and we had a blast (pics to follow)! So Sunday was going to be our sit-and-do-nothing day...until my water broke. Kind of took us by surprise! David was very calm (albeit a little pale!), and got my bag and pillow and the car seat and started packing up the car while I worked on not freaking out completely. We got checked into the hospital, were they checked and told us that, yes, my water had indeed broken, and that I was about 5 cm dialated already--woo!!!

They got us into a delivery room, and hooked me up to all kinds of fun machines, and then my nurse (who was phenominal!!!) came in and told me that the strep B test I took the week before at my last dr. appointment came back positive! So they hooked up the penicillin, and let me chill for the next 7 or so hours. Once that was done, I was still only about 7 cm dialated, so they hooked up the ptosin (sp?) drip! It wasn't that bad, especially once I got some nice pain killers to "take off the edge". A little after 2am on the 26th the drugs wore off (sadly), and the nurse came in and told me to start pushing! about 40 minutes later, Riley was born! (I won't go into the more gorey details). I got to hold her a little before the nurses took her to be cleaned and weighed, but she was just beautiful, even covered in gunk.

They took her to the NICU nursery because she was about three weeks earlier than she was supposed to be, and she's doing great! David and I get to see her often (we're hoping to take her home once she gets the hang of eating more), and she absolutley amazes me every time I see her. She's still hooked up to a bunch of moniters and an IV, but she's such a beautiful little girl still! Overall, we're all doing great. I'm feeling good (albeit sore...), and David is an excellent daddy! You can tell he's crazy about her--we both are!

Our moms came up, and we've had so many calls, texts, and visits from family and friends--thank you all for your love and support! It means so much to us, and we're looking forward to introducing Miss Riley to you all! Love you!