D DAY

On November 8th 2012 at 8:00 AM I left behind the person I was to readily accept the person I was destined to be…A MOTHER. I was so blessed. The entire experience was really pretty great! Unfortunately we had to do a Cesarean delivery because both lil babes were facing the wrong way. At first I was sad but It definitely has its perks. As we were driving to the hospital at 5:30am I said to Stephen how grateful I was that we were able to avoid the chaos of Labor. No water breaking or rushing or stress… we just woke up and had a nice drive downtown and got checked in started my IV and got prepped for surgery. My dad was the first one there he was so excited! My mom and Stephens mom were also there as well as his brother Rob. I was amazingly calm about it all. Stephen gave me the most beautiful blessing the night before and I was really just anxious for it to be over and to meet these sweet people! Everything went perfectly. I was in zero pain, they put in the spinal block and got me set up and before I knew it Stephen was telling me he saw feet! I didn’t even think they had cut me open yet! I could feel them moving around but I never felt any pain. Charlotte head was still inside and the doc was holding her by her feet pulling her out when she peed everywhere. Bearett flipped and came head first…..also peeing:) HAHA Next I knew it was over and my babies were here and yelling and getting cleaned up so they could be in my arms! I couldn’t believe how easy it was. They wheeled us off to recovery where Stephen immediately started taking pictures and I finally got to hold my little sweets. Once again, my dad was the first to sneak his way back to see us and meet the babies! After I started wiggling my toes they moved us upstairs and we got to spend the entire day with our babies in the room with us just loving on them and staring at them. I am forever thankful for that day. Later, Charlee passed her blood sugar test and was able to have a bath. Brother on the other hand, was having a harder time. He wasn’t eating as well as she was so he ended up having to go to the NICU for a couple days. He worked so hard to get back upstairs with all of us! It was so hard to have them split up. And between feeding her, leaving her in the nursery to go feed him then leaving him to spend time with her…..mom and dad were exhausted physically and emotionally. I’m so glad all that is over and they are just doing so great now! Nothing makes me happier than seeing them together and happy and home.

This is Charlotte Ann Murray(Ann is after my middle name) and she was 6lbs 7ozs and 19.5" long.

And here is Bearett Wayne Murray (Wayne is after Stephens middle name) 6 lbs 19.25" long. I cant even begin to describe the transformation we have felt over the last few days of our new lives as parents. I have never loved my husband like I do now. I have never loved myself like I do now or been happier with my life. It is the most incredible thing to experience, I cant believe this is my life now and I get to spend it with these two precious babies. Nothing has ever or will ever bring me more Joy than the sight of their faces, their need for my love and care. I knew I would love them but this….THIS is so much more than just love. When I met my Stephen I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to find true love! To know without a doubt that I was meant to be with him forever and to know that he would always love me as much or even more than I love him! In the fairy tales at least, that is always where true love lies. But there exists an even greater love than the kind shared between soul mates. That love is the truest of love, and it is not found but it is MADE. When two hearts come together in love and become (in our case) four hearts. That is when you know true love. And they all live HAPPILY EVER AFTER.