Thursday, February 11, 2010

She's Here


Kenadie Kay Allen







































Kenadie Kay Allen arrived Monday night, Feb. 8th at 10:21! She is 8lbs 1.7 oz and 20 1/4 inches long. She has beautiful dark skin and light brown hair. She is so pretty and we are so excited to have her here! I cannot belive how much we love her and how much she changes our life for the better!
Sunday night we went to the hospital, worried about high blood pressure. They monitored the baby and I for about 4-5 hours. My blood pressure went down then shot back up so they decided we would probably have to deliver in the morning because of the pre-eclampsia I kept being tested for, for the last 3 weeks. So at 8 am the next morning we took off to the hospital and was monitored for about 20 minutes when they decided they needed to induce me asap. After they were able to rupture my water, the plan was to put me on patosin to start the contractions but within 10 min of my water rupturing the contractions came on full just a minute apart. At about 6pm I was ready for my epidural. Within an hour I have dialated another 3 cm, and within about another hour-hour and a half I was fully dialted and ready to have this baby! Everything went great, still a little sore and defintetly tired but doing good! Thanks to everyone that called or wrote, or even thought about us! I'm sure I will be keeping the blog updated alot more now that I have something to write about :)

6 comments:

The Helms Family said...

Oh Wow! Congrats! She is beautiful. I am glad that everything went well.

loriallen said...

I am sooooooo excited. DId I mention how excited I am to have another super adorable niece? I am soooo excited! I am also so grateful that everything went well for you and Little Kenadie Kay! Are you going to change your blog name now? It's not just Lane and Mel...Hmmm....and I am so glad there is an addition...not that you 2 are bad to look at, but dang, she's adorable!!! Love you!!!

jenkinsfamily-love said...

Congrats. What a cute little thing. I'm glad everything ended up going ok for you. I can't wait to meet your little one. Take care.

Devin and Lacee said...

I LOVE HER!!!!!! She is darling Mel!!!! Congrats!

Allen Family said...

Ok-- she is so so so cute. And I love the name! Mel, is your middle name "Kay"? Or did you really just name her after her favorite aunt Jessi Kay? ;) Now we have Sydney Kay and Kenadie Kay! How cute. I'm so glad you are doing well enough to blog. I want to call-- I think I better. Hopefully I catch you when you're not trying to sleep. Those are precious hours in these early newborn days! I love you, Mel. Congrats and way to go on labor and everything. I'm so happy for you guys. You're right, your life changes so much when they come. You wonder what you ever did before you had them! Love you guys, Jes

Cally said...

Just so you know Jessi and Lori, she's so much fun to hold! Thought I'd rub it in a little that she liked cuddling me! :)She's definitely cute! It was good to see you guys for a few hours this weekend. Go take a nap Mel! :)