Welcome Miss Amelia Grace

Welcome to the world, Amelia Grace Chubbuck, the sweetest girl to grace the planet with her presence. Cam and I are absolutely smitten with our precious daughter. And although we're obviously biased, we think she is just perfect!

Born on September 5th, 2012 at 10:24 PM
5 pounds, 10.5 ounces, 19 inches long

I can't believe it's already been nearly 6 weeks since little Millie was born! Time truly has flown and I have no idea where it went. We have just been eating up every minute we spend with her, we literally can't get enough of her! She's even taking a snooze on my lap as I write this post. Haha I've been avoiding this post for so long because I knew it would take so long, but I finally manned up to the challenge and here we are!

I'll try not to make the post too long, but for journaling purposes I'll probably write far more than anyone would care to read. So feel free to skip the boring dialogue and jump to the adorable pictures :)

I guess I'll just start from day 1! Millie decided she wanted to come a little bit earlier than we expected - I was due on the 22nd but scheduled for a C-section on the 14th because Baby Girl was sitting breach in my tummy. We tried to turn her, but she was stubborn (just like her mom) and wouldn't budge. I was loving the fact that I had a set date, because I knew exactly when she was coming and exactly how much time I had left to prepare for her - but I was all wrong! During work I started having consistent contractions, about every 4-5 minutes, but they weren't painful so I just kept plugging along. Thought maybe they were Braxton Hicks. But after about 4 hours of the contractions, I called my Dr's office and they said to go get checked out. So I worked a while longer and drove myself to the hospital...Cam was in school and not answering his phone. Haha after a couple hours of being monitored, they decided that Baby Girl was coming that night! I had a minor panic attack, but Cam helped calm me down and then the excitement set in :) After all, we had been waiting nearly 9 months to meet this sweet little baby!

Although having a C-section was not my ideal way to give birth, it couldn't have gone more smoothly. It was such a special experience, and I am so grateful Cam was able to be there with me throughout the entire process. I thought he would be to grossed out to watch, but he watched the entire surgery! I was so proud of him. He was amazingly calm and loving and exactly how I needed him to be. I feel pretty spoiled to have such an amazing husband. Hearing Amelia's cry for the first time was extremely relieving and something that I will never forget. And although I wasn't able to hold her right away, my heart was filled with so much love for this little girl that Heavenly Father blessed us with.

Since I had a C-section, we stayed in the hospital for 4 days. I thought I would go stir crazy and get sick of being bugged all the time, but we absolutely loved our hospital stay! The nurse staff was amazing, we really couldn't have asked for a better experience. We had many visitors which probably helped the time go by faster. We were truly overwhelmed by the love and support we received while there.

Happy Family :)

Pre-baby shot

Post-baby shot...the smile is much more genuine :)

Pictures from the first night and day:

I wish we would have taken more pictures of the people who came to visit us in the hospital. And although we don't have any evidence that you were there, we appreciated every one of you! So here are some pictures we took during our hospital stay. 

Leaving the hospital: