Happy Birthday Rebekah

Today is Rebekah's 8th birthday and I thought I would take a trip down memory lane to the year she was born.

Rebekah is my only summer baby.... and boy am I glad I didn't do that again! I was miserable to say the least. We didn't have A/C in our house at the time and knew I didn't want to be so hot all summer, so we got a window unit. It worked well, but I found that we all slept better in the living room in front of the unit.

Well, the doctor decided that I looked uncomfortable and suggested induction. I had had Rachel on her own time and she was a few days late. I jumped at the idea and the date was set. We arrived at the hospital and got all set up. We didn't know it until hours later, but our anesthesiologist was going to make a mistake that would keep me in the hospital for days. But I am jumping ahead of myself. Labor went very smoothly and I enjoyed not feeling any pain.... in fact I couldn't feel anything really below my waist. You would think that would be a good thing... didn't help when it came to pushing though as my legs were so medicated I couldn't move them at all. With my sister and hubby's help (and of course the doctors and nurses) I pushed and she arrived. She was smaller than Rachel. 8lb 6oz. 20 in. long

Then mistake that the anesthesiologist had made would catch up to me many hours later. She had placed the needle in too far and I ended up with a spinal headache that lasted for many days and kept me in the hospital for 5 days instead of 3. I did finally go home and my body did heal. 

Now today we get to celebrate my little headache....just kidding...my little blessing, Rebekah! Happy Birthday Rebekah!!

Here are some pictures of Rebekah through the years.......