COWBOYS TO CAJUNS TO COLORADANS: Miss Sophia Grace

I was so excited that I was able to be at the hospital the day Lezlee had her baby! She and Joel have been waiting for this baby for a long time, and I am so glad that everything went so well. Matthew, Mason and I drove to Ennis on Thursday and then I went to Carrollton with Lezlee's parents to spend the night and Lez's house. They went into the hospital to be induced that night. Friday morning we weren't in a big hurry to get to hospital because we just all knew we would be waiting around all day for baby H to arrive. We were so wrong! We got to the hospital at 10 and Lez was already 6 cm and had gotten her epidural! We talked with her in her room for a while (she was feeling great with the epidural in!) and then the nurse came in to check her around 10:45. The nurse asked what we thought Lez would be and Lez said an 8 and I was just joking saying 10. Well, sure enough she was 10 cm. We gave her hugs and went into the waiting room to wait...and wait...and wait! Finally around noon, I text Joel to see if the baby was here yet because we were all anxious to see if the baby was okay (not to mention to know if it was a boy or girl). He text back saying baby was great, arrived at 11:23am and that they would let us know the gender in a little while. Lez was trying to feed and they were enjoying their quiet time together as a family of 3. I think it was a little after 1:oo and the nurse came to get us. We walked into the room and Lez was holding the baby, but all I could see was a baby wrapped in the gender neutral hospital blanket and hat. Lez told us to look closer and sure enough the baby had on a BOW! Lez and Joel just knew it would be a boy, so were so surprised it was a girl. Sophia Grace Hernandez is her name and she is the cutest little girl! She weighed 7lb 40z and was 18.7 inches long.

I stayed at the hospital all day and then rode back with Lezlee's sister- in-law to Ennis. On Saturday, Matthew and I went up to hospital to see her again. We thought Mason was getting sick, so we left him at home with Donna. Thank goodness we did, because he has been a very sick little boy. (more on that later)

I can't even put into words how happy I am for my best friend and her husband. I remember so well the days back in college where we would watch "A Wedding Story" and "Baby Story" and dream of what those days would be like for us. We got to experience the "wedding" part a month apart and she watched me become a Mom in 2008 and loved Mason from the very beginning. She was meant to be a mom and I am so glad that God blessed them with a healthy baby girl. They will be the best parents and I am looking forward to watching our kids grow up together. These pictures are all from the first day at the hospital. I forgot my camera on Saturday and she already looked so different! We will get to see them again next weekend while we are in Dallas for a wedding and I can't wait! I love her so much already!

So excited! She is about to start pushing!