meet me in saint louis...

betty jean met her extended family in saint louis this thanksgiving. her great grandma, second cousins and great aunts and uncles. it was wonderful because she had her big boy cousins; luke and shane and her baby cousin; charlie bear.

march 15, 2008

kevin and i got married in saint louis, missouri; my hometown. it was absolutely perfect. we said our vows at graham chapel on the campus washington university, followed by a lovely reception at the coronado ballroom. i am forever grateful to my parents for such a beautiful wedding.

betty jean entered our world~August 25, 2009

betty jean glynn was born August 25, 2009 at 6:30 am. her original due date wasn't until the 29th, so i was pleasantly surprised.

that day started off by taking macy on a walk, and then getting ready with the intention of going to work. instead, i found myself in lake oswego getting one of my bracelets cleaned. i went next door to sur la table to use their restroom.... while i was walking back to my car...my water broke. i drove home without even calling kevin; nervous that it was not the onset of labor rather something else crazy that happens to your body while pregnant. i didn't want to sound the alarm if it turned out to be nothing. i phoned my doctor and she told me to go the labor and delivery floor at the hospital. repeatedly i asked, "are you sure, really, it might be something else?" after three more phone calls to the doctor i realized...what else could it have been? i then phoned kevin and he came home, storming in like a madman. my sister had sent me a text wanting to know if we should get together for dinner. i responded, "uhm, probably not tonight, i think my water just broke."

i remember having this calm come over me, scared, but smiling in silence.....our drive to the hospital was memorable, kevin insisting that i eat a luna bar, taking the longest route possible, all the while i am laughing. i think he was more nervous than me.

we arrived to the hospital around 4:30 pm on the 24th of August. I did not progress naturally so with hesitation, they started me on pitocin. i was feeling just great and then all of a sudden the contractions hit me hard. the ease of the epidural allowed me to rest throughout the night....each time the nurse came in to check on me i thought to myself, "please don't tell me it is time to push...i am not ready." i was dying to meet our baby, but terrified of the whole idea of pushing a human out of me, i mean, having never done it before, the thought is pretty humbling.