Welcome to the world!

12/5/12
A day that was thought to bring both joy and sadness. We were preparing to welcome our sweet baby into the world and the emotions were high. Would she come out alive? Would we hear a cry? Yelp? Anything? Would she live long
enough for mommy to hold her? So many thoughts, so many questions.
The moment finally arrived and we made our decent to the OR. A nursing stuff was prepping the scene and my spinal tap was kicking in. Dr Bennett and Dr Williams both arrived to the room and we got started. Daddy was brought in say next to me and his eyes never life mine. Both our hearts were racing and I don't even remember breathing. Just waiting. Waiting to hear a noise, anything. The final cut...a tug, some pulling and alot of pressure.
A cry! Praise God! She's alive and she's crying! Thank you Lord. My heart skipped like a thousand beats and I swear I didn't breathe for what felt like 5 minutes. The tears started to flow and I couldn't stop smiling. A little jealousy came along because the angle I was at I couldn't see her but daddy could. She continued to cry while they weighed and measured her. A beautiful 6 lbs 18 inches long. Beautiful Black hair and (now gorgeous green eyes) then they were a stunning blue! (Like most newborns) mommy's nose, daddy's looks and sissys long fingers. Just in the few seconds I saw her I had picked out every part of her and matched them perfectly to her family member she favored the most. It took a while to get finished up so Daddy took her to the room to get ready to show her off to our eager family.
A little groggy but very happy mommy finally got to make her way back to te room to finally hold that precious angel in my arms. I was praying my heart out she was still okay and would be breathing and still crying for me. (Little did I know it had already been an hour passed)
Smiling faces all over the room and tears of joy. Daddy held on tight to his beautiful angel and brought her over to me. The moment was finally here. 9months of carrying her in my womb, all the heartache, tears, happiness, sadness, (heartburn) led up to this moment.
There goes my heart again.
Here comes the tears again.
Joy just pure joy. Glory be to God. Holding her in my arms, watching her breathe, listening to her coo at me. All the things that were said "impossible" have been defied. She has fought the odds against her and showed them who is the boss, who is the mighty physician and who has say so over life! God!
Perfect moment.
We brought in the rest of our family but the main one was Michelle. Big sisters here:) from the beginning she has loved Madilynn and now comes the moment she finally gets to see her.
Her reaction was to be expected. More concerned with mommy being hurt than sissy. She kissed and cuddled me and took so many pictures on the disposable camera we bought her. (Can't wait to get it developed!)
My emotions were all over the place but I was glad to have my baby girls in my arms together. My world was complete but the thought still lingered in the back of my mind..how much more time?
Our pastor came in and we had our sweet girl dedicated to The Lord. Then we had an amazing prayer for her. I could feel the Holy Spirit in the room! It was just amazing and absolutely perfect.
We finally got moved into our room and I was more than happy. More cuddle time for me:)) and who doesn't love cuddle time? I was in heaven!
I jokingly told everyone that I would play a song and when I stopped it time to pass the baby, haha. Everyone wanted their cuddle time and I was so happy to see the joy and love In their faces holding a perfect angel.
Before we knew it time was flying by 2hrs, 5 hrs, 10 hrs. Wow just wow! No sleep for mommy because she can't keep her eyes off this beautiful girl. I was in some pain later in the night so I got some pain medicine that knocked me out so I awoke the next morning around 4 praying my baby girl was still with us and she was!
I can't begin to explain the emotions I ha felt throughout the hospital. I was so so happy that she kept fighting and keep proving the doctors wrong. We were all so amazed and we were all so in love. The hours kept passing by and before we knew it we were at 24 hours! Just saying it melts my heart. 24 whole beautiful hours our baby girl had been with us. She attempted to eat several times in the hospital and gave us plenty of poopie diapers to clean up. I was so happy that daddy got his very first diaper change in there. Things all went by so fast everything is a blur. What felt like a few minutes turned into 48 hours and before we know it our Doctor is discussing going home. Can you believe it?? Going home!!
Never did we imagine taking our princess home. I called my mom to let her know the wonderful news and the cleaning spree at home started.
Phillip packed up our bags and got everything loaded into the car. Our nurse brought our paper work and talked about everything we needed to do. They loaded us down with gauze and everything we needed to keep a fresh bandage on her.
My mom and Phillip both returned to the room at the same time and my mom with car seat in hand. They loaded her up and I signed the papers for discharge. We have the nurses their final cuddles and said our goodbyes.
Poor Phillip was so nervous he drove 20 miles an hour the whole way home. I just giggled but I'm not complaining that's precious cargo. We walked into the door and excitement set in all over the place. Smiling faces everywhere. We were so happy, my family was happy. Everything was perfect at my parents house.
More to come-

We were told she looked as if she only had her brain stem through the ultrasounds we had done but when she arrived it was clear the ultrasound was wrong (yeah right we know who the credit goes to, we know that the power of prayer is amazing) She now looks as though she has the bottom half of her brain (the part under the two main hemispheres of the brain)