Ivy Mattea Webb

 
Finally I am posting about #5. We are so happy to have Ivy here! After a week of no sleep and many false alarms, she arrived two days after her due date, October 4th. My parents arrived from Washington the night before. It was so nice to have them here to take care of the other children while I was in the hospital.
Here is the TMI paragraph if you would like to skip it. I had an appointment in the morning with my midwife. After a non-stress test, they stripped my membranes and said, see you in a few hours. I was dilated to 4 cm. Matt and I came home and he ate lunch. We headed to the hospital around 1PM. My contractions were not very regular, but very strong when they came. They had actually stopped on the way to the hospital. I wasn't sure if I should bother going inside or not, but after a few strong contractions in the parking lot I went ahead. I was only 6 cm when we arrived. That was a little discouraging, but at least some progress had been made. They checked me in and as long as I was sitting I had very few contractions. At 2:30 my midwife went ahead and broke my water. Four contractions (very strong ones) and a few pushes later, Ivy was born at 2:49. They were still dressing my midwife for delivery when I was holding my new arrival. I will never say that labor is my favorite thing (or even that I like it), but this one had to be one of the best for me!
Ivy is a name that both Matt and I could agree on. We would like to thank both the Bosley's and the Beecher's for having such cute little girls that we couldn't resist stealing the name. Mattea is the feminine version of Matthew. So, she is named after her Dad. Also, I knew a number of Mattea's in Italy and have always liked the name.

 My parents brought the girls by the hospital to see their new sister. They loved her right away.

 Getting ready to go home. I can't believe how small she looks is the car seat.

I made Matt bring the Cadi because all of our children have come home from the hospital in that car. I NEVER would have guessed that it would still be running, but I love a tradition.

 I stayed overnight at the hospital and went home the next afternoon. The girls were so excited to have their new sister at home.

My Parents and Ivy

Introducing #4 - AGAIN

Cora Gayle Webb

Ok, so now we have proof that we are crazy. After a week of calling Eva, Eva, we decided to change her name. It just wasn't working for Matt or I. Cora is a name that we have liked for a long time, and she just seems like a Cora. We were waiting to see if we could actually change it before we let everyone know. Apparently in the state of Iowa you can change a name until the child is a year old. Hopefully this will not ruin her later in life (she can share it with her therapist). The other girls are still having a hard time remembering to call her by the new name, but I'm sure by next week we will all have it down. Today we blessed her in church- with her new name. So no changing now. We love our Cora! Grandma and Grandpa Webb are here for the week and got to share this day with us.

We're having a...

We found out this morning that Webb baby #4 is a
GIRL!
Yes, that makes four and we couldn't be happier.
Bring on the pink!!!

I have been having a few complications so I went to see the doctor yesterday. The doctor scheduled me for a short ultrasound this morning and I had them take a peek (I still have to go back next week, Wednesday, for the long one.) The good news is the baby and everything else looks great - just no lifting, exercising or mowing my lawn for awhile and I get to put my feet up whenever I feel like it.