Baylee Rae is Here!

I have been neglecting to update to say the least! However, I feel that today is very appropriate to announce the birth of our daughter as it was her original due date. I cannot express how thankful I am to be watching her rest in the comfort of our home instead of lying in the hospital right now.

Baylee Rae Goodman was born on October 28, 2009 at 7:34 pm
weighing 4 lbs 15 oz and measuring 17 1/2 inches long


She was born almost one month early! After showing up for my appointment on Tuesday the 27th I was informed that my blood pressure was extremely too high and that I had an excessive amount of protein in my urine (3x the normal amount). Much to my surprise, instead of attending the baby shower that was planned for that afternoon, I was admitted to the hospital for a 24 hour observation with a possible delivery on Wednesday. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with Preeclampsia. After anxiously waiting for the test results, we were told that Baylee would be delivered by cesarean section at 7 pm on Wednesday. We were both very excited for the fact that our worries would soon be over but at the same time somewhat worried because she was so early. I made my way to the operating room around 7 and Baylee was born about thirty minutes later. After many prayers, we were blessed with a beautiful and perfectly healthy baby girl. We stayed in the hospital until Saturday for normal recovery purposes (on my part).

Since then our life has been a tiny bit more hectic! We stayed at home for about one week which was so nice. We had the blessing of my mom to help us which I honestly don't think we could have done without (and still can't!) Then we decided that my speedy recovery was a sign that I needed to go back to school, so I did. We have been trying to figure out the best ways to manage our time and work around Baylee's schedule which is not so bad, kind of fun actually. Now that we have met her, we couldn't imagine our lives without her. She is the most precious gift we could have ever received and sharing her has allowed us to love each other more than we ever knew possible. We are so blessed.




Thank you all for sharing in these special memories.
We promise to keep you updated!
♥

Beautiful Beginnings

While awaiting the arrival of our Baylee Rae, I figured that it would be appropriate to begin this blog for several reasons. For one, to pass the time until she arrives! & also to keep everyone updated with the latest news of our little family!

This Saturday will mark 22 weeks! It is so hard to believe we are almost halfway there! Just last week we were able to find out the sex of our little angel & to our excitement, we got just what we were both secretly wishing for! A little girl! Ironically, we had only picked out a name for a girl which makes perfect sense now! We both fell in love with the name Baylee! I guess you could say the name Rae is in our family, as Matthew's dad, brother & my Paw (grandfather) all three share the middle name Ray. Also, Rae is the nickname we have for my sister Rachel. We thought it fit together perfectly!

These are our latest ultrasound pictures:



This is such an exciting time in our lives & we are so happy to be able to share it with each one of you! Can hardly wait to brag about our little princess!