Thursday, April 9, 2009

So... I'm an aunt

Yup. Miss Riley Grace was born on April 5, 2009 at 11:35AM. Weighed in at 7lbs, 9oz. 20 1/2 inches in length.

Interesting story that goes with that. So, we get the call that my sister was admitted to the hospital at 7:45PM on Saturday night. Her water broke at 4:00PM that afternoon. Her contractions were up to 102-106 on the scale by the time we got there. Everyone thought since she was doing so well with the contractions (seriously, she didn't scream once during them), she would have no problem with the birth. My sister didn't.... but the baby did. She was fully dilated at 5:00AM on Sunday morning so they had her push. The baby wasn't going anywhere though. Oh no. The baby's head was stuck against her pubic bone. Every time my sister pushed the baby would move a little bit but once she stopped pushing the baby would go right back to it's original position. So they ended up doing an emergency c-section at 10:30AM. 5 hours of pushing.

And so Riley was born! She's such a content baby! I don't think she has ever cried unless she needs something. It's amazing. Oh and so advanced! She's already picking her head up and looking around for several seconds. I don't know if that's normal, but I love her already.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Haven't done this in a while

So I decided to blog again. I've been up to my old tricks, made a new website. Two, actually. www.wix.com/stephanieh/new1 and www.wix.com/stephanieh/new2. They aren't much to look at yet, but I'm working on it.

School started back up.... I have finals next Friday. I know, I know. My life is so exciting. And I mean that in the most sarcastic way possible. Anywhoo... I don't know if I said this before, but I love photography. I've really taken an intrest in it ever since I heard that I'm going to become an aunt. I want to take loooads of pictures of the baby for my sister so she will have all those great pics, but wont have to pay for a professional. The second site up there ^ ^ has some of my best photos on there.

For those of you who haven't heard yet, 'Tick... Tick... BOOM!' is one of the best musicals ever. It was written by the late Jonathan Larson in 1990 and was a one-man monolouge about his life. Now it is a play, but it still portrays the same information. The songs are amazing and the actors are wonderful. You should really check it out.

Well, that's about it. BYYEE!!!