Sorry for my lack of updates, but I just got re-connected to the internet today at the Mission. We arrived back in Maun on Saturday evening and I must say, it’s so good to be home. Even Andrew got excited when he saw his toys and room……he missed home as much as we did and was even saying, “Home!” while we were in Gabs.
Backing up a bit, we left for Gabs on March 15th. The first two hours of the drive I had pretty consistent contractions and I really thought we would have to turn around and come back home. Thankfully they stopped when we got out at a check point and the rest of the trip was uneventful. The weather was over cast and raining which helped keep the temps down. Serena entertained Andrew in the backseat and he did great.
We managed to see a few movies and run a lot of errands the first few days in Gabs. We tried to get Andrew out every day as the place we were staying was very small and we knew he would go nuts! 
On Friday evening we had dinner with some friends of ours and even made plans to get together the following week as we figured we would be in Gabs for the long haul.
On Saturday morning I woke up at 7am and shot out of bed as I felt a pop…..I didn’t know if it was my water breaking or not so I ran to the toilet. Sure enough it was but I wasn’t having any contractions. Within 15 min the contractions started in and they were coming fast. By 8am I knew we needed to head to the hospital and then my water really broke…..all over the floor! Serena and I just looked at each other and I started to laugh. (Andrew was still sleeping through all of this.) I just remember thinking, “Great, NOW what am I going to wear to the hospital.” (we were going to do laundry that day too). When we arrived at the hospital at 8:30am I was dilated to 7cm and things began to move quickly. The on call Dr, Dr. Music came in and said that this was going to be quick and told the nurses to call when I was ready to push. By 9:15am I was ready and by 9:48am, Piper Grace came into the world! All told, my labor was under three hours, but HARD core! I remember just feeling such relief when she was out of me and seeing her little face. She did have a knot in her cord……we’ll never know how or when it happened, but praise the Lord she was totally fine. Kev followed her into the nursery and I laid in recovery for an hour or so before they moved me to my room. I couldn’t believe how fast things went and also that she was actually born on her due date and my mom’s birthday!! The nurses were so impressed at how I handled everything and I was able to birth Piper completely natural just like I wanted.
Saturday afternoon Andrew arrived to meet his little sis and was totally smitten with her. He kept pointing and saying, “baby!!” He was only able to stay for a bit as they didn’t allow children on the ward, but I wanted him to see her. On Sunday afternoon I was discharged and able to come home and rest. The rest of the week was busy with handling paperwork and passports along with getting both Piper and I checked out by our doctors and cleared for travel home. Piper was a bit jaundice at birth so we wanted to make sure that she was okay before we traveled back. The whole process went so smooth and we were in Gabs just two weeks!! I can’t believe the amount of grace and favor that the Lord put on this trip……it was truly an answer to prayer! It’s so good to be back home though and in our own beds!!!
Piper is truly a little treasure and such a good baby. We’ve been so blessed with good babies and so far she’s rivaling Andrew. She sleeps and eats like a champ and is just so peaceful. She sure does know my voice because if anyone is holding her and I talk she starts looking around for me. Andrew is also doing very well and adjusting to life with a sister pretty well. At moments it’s been hard to juggle both kiddos, but I know that each day we’ll get better at it. I am feeling GREAT and have managed to loose all my pregnancy weight and get into all normal clothes again! It feels so good to feel good again as much of this pregnancy was really hard on me physically. I really have to pace myself a bit though as I can easily over due it because I feel so good and want to do it all. I am even able to pick up Andrew and run and play with him again……feels so good!
So….without further ado….here are some photos! She changes every day so even these aren’t as “current”. I’m feeling more inspired to write so hopefully I will be posting more blogs and pictures soon if I can manage with two kiddos!
We took Andrew to Senita’s a tea garden in Gabs that has a great jungle gym and this tractor which he loved!
Going down the BIG slide. He didn’t want the small ones….it was the big one!
The first few days Andrew just liked to look at Piper while she slept. Here he is saying, “Bay-beee”
Piper’s first little smile.
Andrew giving kisses……I swear he looks SO big next to her.
Cheese!! (That’s an owie on Andrew’s face. )
Andrew has a hard time saying Piper……it comes out “Diaper”.
And me with my two treasures………let the fun begin!
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