Alexia Maryn Kristensen is here!!!

I apologize for the delayed blog post, but life got pretty busy as we welcomed our baby girl into the world on Wednesday, July 11th at 2:04 pm!!! She weighed in at 7 lbs 2.2 oz and measured 20 inches. She is absolutely perfect!! We've spent the last week at home just loving our little Lexi.

We arrived at the hospital on Tuesday around 2 pm to begin the induction. It was a slow going process as contractions didn't start in earnest until around midnight. I made it to 6 am before asking for an epidural, and it turns out I was 10 cm by the time I got the epidural at 9 am (apparently the anesthesiologist technicians are in high demand on a labor and delivery floor). The doctor let me sleep for a few hours after getting the epidural before we began pushing. And after 2.5 hours of pushing we were holding our perfect little girl!

Sorry for the short post, but I'm anxious to hold my little girl again!! Stay tuned, more pictures to come soon!