Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Alexis Marie Hickman

Alexis is now two weeks old and I have yet to post any pictures! She arrived on November 24th at 12:27pm and weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. They gave me the pitocin at 9:30, I felt my first contraction at 10:30 and she was born before 12:30. Everything went really well except for the fact that I had a resident administer my epidural. I felt like I was on an episode of ER and this was the first epidural the guy had ever given. By the time he came to my room it was 11:30 and I was having contractions right on top of each other. He kept poking me with the dang needle over and over again and probably put the epidural in at least 5 times! Finally he called the Attending in and he did it correctly in 2 minutes; however, by then I was fully dilated and ready to push! I was so mad, because there wasn't enough time for the medicine to start working and I was not ready for a natural birth! The good part is that it was really fast and it's a lot easier to push when you're bottom half isn't numb!

She's only 16 days old, but so far Alexis is such a sweet,
good natured baby. When she was first born she looked exactly like Kaitlyn did, but with brown hair and brown eyes. Every day she looks a little different and gets a little bigger. Kaitlyn is such a great big sister and loves to hold Lexie and play with her. Anyway, we are so blessed to have this little angel as a part of our family. She has such a sweet spirit and we love her so much. Enjoy the pictures!

8 comments:

The Rowes said...

What a cute family you have! Alexis sure is a pretty baby. We hope you are settling in to having two kids. Let us know if we can do anything for you guys.

So many blogs..too little time said...

She is starting to look different. I can't believe that! I would have kicked that guy after the first failed poke. You were strong. She was just like alivia, born on the 24th and weighed the same too:)

Allison said...

So cute! We are glad to hear that everything went well! I am jealous of your super short labor too!

tHe BrOwn FaMiLy said...

What a precious baby! She's beautiful! I am glad that everything is going well with ya'll.

Alicia said...

She really is such a sweetie! I wish we were right there to come over and spoil her! We miss you guys tons!

Jalei & Lane said...

I can't believe the whole resident thing. I would have been pretty ticked! Glad Alexis is here & healthy!

Julianne said...

Alexis is beautiful. Congratulations.

Christina Bassi said...

Ouch. That was horrible with the whole epidural experience. You poor thing.
Alexis is just beautiful. I love the new picture at the top of your blog. What a good looking family. :)