What tomorrow would have brought...

Some of you know that I developed gestational diabetes during my pregnancy with Audrey. Basically what that meant was I would need to induce early to avoid having a 10 lb baby. My original due date was August 14th. My induction date was August 5th. That's right, tomorrow was Audrey's planned birthday. As I sat holding Audrey today and staring at her sweet face it hit me all of sudden that I was supposed to be preparing to go in the hospital tonight to be induced and deliver her tomorrow. Followed shortly by that realization was the realization that 1 week ago today we brought Audrey home from the hospital. They actually let us leave with a baby. (Side note: I wonder how many nurses look at a couple and think... Oh, they are NOT ready!) I consider B and I to be responsible people who are capable of raising another human being, a helpless one at that. Still, it was strange to load her up in the car seat and drive off.

Anyway, back to the purpose of this post. So here I am looking at her and just being overwhelmed at how she came earlier then we all expected. I have to say that it was definitely God's plan. Everything happened so quick that didn't have time to be scared or nervous about what MIGHT happen (insert possibly go wrong). I went in Thursday, July 24th for a scheduled doctor visit to see how things were going and left there and went straight to Labor and Delivery to be monitored. After a few hours of being monitored my doctor came in that evening and said that due to my blood pressure we were going to go ahead and try to induce. I was shocked. There was so much left to do at the house and at work. When would I have time to get it done with a new baby? Thankfully my boss at work is great and understood that things happen out of our control and B's mom and my mom worked on the house for me. As for the nursery, I'll complete that in a few weeks. It still needs a few items for the decor.

So we wait all night Thursday and most of Friday for the drugs to kick n to send my body into labor and nothing. The only thing that rose was my blood pressure, which led my doctor to the c-section route. Again, everything happened so fast I didn't have time to be disappointed that I had to have a c-section. I didn't want one, but I trusted my doctor and within 1 hour of making the decision to move forward with a c-section, Audrey was here. God's plan was different then mine, but I realize that I would have been a mess this past weekend trying to prepare for everything and a wreck tonight getting ready for tomorrow. I am so blessed (B too) that God delivered us a healthy baby girl and I pray that he guides B and I to raise her to live by his word. I also praise him for opening my heart to his new plan for me and B going forward. Every time I look at Audrey, I see his love, grace and mercy.

I know this was a long post, but here is the first picture of our new family! Enjoy (more to come soon!).