Here I am at 39 Weeks, 6 Days along.
This is right before we left for church. I had begun to feel bad cramping in the morning and knew Baby Williams would be coming soon. I was thinking she may actually arrive on her due date or the day after that. In my mind... what was the chance I was in labor? Labor had to feel different than what I was feeling. (I was wrong.)
Koen wanted me to take pictures of him too.
This is what I get when I repeatedly remind Koen to look AT me or the camera, and not just face my direction. He gets up close and personal.
And then I remember to get his attention by telling him to look for my silly face, and I get cute expressions like these:
After our quick morning pics, we went to church. Some time during the second hour, I gave up on being able to get anything out of the lesson. I just couldn't focus while I was feeling the cramps that I had. We left to go home and call my doctor to see if I should go to the hospital or not, but very quickly after leaving the church, I felt a lot of pressure to push and we immediately turned around for the hospital.
Heavenly Father watched over us and greatly helped us as Jon tried getting us to the hospital as quickly as possible, I tried as hard as I could to not have a baby in the car, and He kept Koen happy and not concerned about what was going on.
We oh-so-thankfully, made it to the hospital just in time! 6 minutes after arriving, we welcomed our sweet little girl into the world! We've named her, Hadley Faye Williams. I do not have words for how grateful I am that things happened as quickly as they did, and that she did not arrive in the car. It was an awesome experience and I know that Heavenly Father was watching over us and giving us a lot of help.
Here are a few photos. Later, I will post "The Story" for those who want to read all of the text that comes with me sharing our crazy story. But for now, I hope you enjoyed my very condensed version. :)
Our family of four... taken the day after Hadley was born.
A proud and very-much-in-love Dad.
Hadley
10 comments:
Wow! What an exciting entrance! Way to go, Kristin! So, curious, what did ou do with Koen? Was he present for the big event? Glad she arrived safe and sound at at the hospital!!
Cute cute dress she is wearing!
Hope you are feeling well.
1st you look fantastic a couple of hours before birth, great dress.
2nd Koen has the best faces ever I love that kid!
3rd love love love daddy daughter pics
4th is she crying or yawing either way its adorable
Soooo excited to meet her, and see the rest of ya!
Grandpa is grateful that she is a healty baby. He was so proud he called everyone he could think of to tell them about her.
She is so adorable in the little dress and it has to be little because she is so little.
Congratulations to you fron us.
SO CUTE!!! Congratulations on a baby girl so fun, I love her name. Where did you get your dress so cute. and I just love Koen's smiles! I hope I'm as lucky to have a fast delivery for this next baby! I'm glad it worked out the way it did though.
Koen was in the room when Hadley was born, but was behind a curtain with Jon. Jon peeked around the curtain to watch. Koen did very well and was very happy and social the whole time.
I also love that cute little dress. It was her "take-home" outfit. I am super excited about having a girl to put in dresses!!!
Thank you for all of the compliments Danielle...(Thank you EVERYONE for all of your compliments!) Hadley was yawning that time. :)
We are overjoyed for you and Jon. She is beautiful, just like her mommy. Can hardly wait to see all four of you.
She is absolutely adorable!
You look awesome and your new little girl is gorgeous! I love the pictures of Koen in his church clothes; what a cutie! Also, Emily has that very same polka dot dress and pink cardigan and wore it home from the hospital! Hope things are going well.
Congratulations! I'm so excited for your family, and glad you made it to the hospital!
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