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Chloe, daddy and little Deuce. Chloe kept trying to give Scarlett the balloon...by give I mean hit on the head.

Chloe looks like such a young lady in this picture. I know I'm her mommy but she is really a beautiful little girl. Daddy's not too bad looking either...

Little Scar about an hour or 2 after she was born.

I look like I've been put through the ringer. Oh wait, I had just finished 17 hours of back labor. I debated putting a pic of myself on this blog, but we're all friends, right?!

Just a cute pic of Scarlett after her bath under the warmer.

Thanks for all your comments! I got to pick the name. Trevor was gone at work and I had the papers in front of me. It was the name I liked the best, though I don't know if she quite looks like a Scarlett. She can grow into I guess.

So for all of you who are interested, here are the details. Trevor and I went out to eat at Yamato Japanese Steakhouse on Saturday night. We both joked that I'd probably go into labor since I had such a full stomach. Well about 11:30 that night I did. I'd been asleep for about an hour and woke up with a start. Thought it might be gas, but it was more, much more. After monitoring them for a couple of hours I called the doctor's office. The doctor on call told me to come in b/c the contractions were 2-4 min apart and lasting about a minute each. We got to the hospital around 2:30am and they hooked me up to monitors and stuff. My whole labor was back labor so when we got to the hospital I was asking for medicine. They gave me a shot of something which slowed my labor so the contractions were 6-7 min apart. Since the labor slowed and I hadn't dilated anymore they SENT ME HOME!! I was so angry. I was in a lot of pain and I knew I was in labor. I was afraid I wouldn't make it back in time once I got home. We got home around 6am and I continued to labor. I was in so much pain. Back labor is rough. Finally, I called again and said I had to come back and "I couldn't do it anymore". (Those were my exact words.) I went back and was 7cm dilated in full blown labor. I was like "yeah, duh"!! They had to admit me and give me so many fluids before the epidural. Trevor thinks I broke his hand during my contractions. Oops! When my water broke there was some meconium staining which scared me. It didn't cost any problems so we were grateful for that. I got the epidural around 2:30- it worked wonders. About an hour after that I was 10cm. They turned me on my side so that she could drop down. I pushed for about 15 minutes and Scarlett was born! I was so thankful for the epidural. My total labor was about 17 hours- all of it was back labor. After that experience I don't know if there will be a child #3. The most painful experience of my life to date.

So there it is. I have to thank Jade for her post about me being past my due date! That in combination with the Japanese steakhouse must have been what did it!!