Welcome to the world, Willa!

Our little bundle of joy has finally arrived!  After one failed induction on July 10, one reschedule from July 14 to July 15...I was more than ready!!!  The rescheduling of the second induction was awful...I cried...but then I went and saw Harry Potter with Nick, which I wasn't expecting to be able to see in the theater.  :oD

Went in at 7:30 pm July 15 to be induced for the second time, and this time it worked!  They didn't even need to give me Pitocin, so that was great...I must've been close to going on my own.  Also, BIG kudos to the nursing staff at Holland Hospital.  They were fantastic...especially Jaclyn, who was with me through the worst of it.

So after 11 hours and one epidural (a gift directly from heaven, with an angel administering it) Willa Anne Pierson made her big debut into this world at 7:29 am at 7 lbs. 13 oz., 20" long.  She looks AMAZINGLY like her daddy...I will have to scan in a 5-day old picture of him that his mom gave me with his baby book.  It is nearly identical!

Enjoy the pics!  I'm avoiding posting the NEW newborn ones where her head and face are all squashy.  ;o)