June 13, 2011

Dear Daddy,
Sorry for the wait! I know you and mama waited so patiently for me... but I FINALLY decided to make my appearance... well, I guess I didn't really decide... YOU guys just weren't patient enough ;) I know you guys are pretty stubborn, so I let you get your way- JUST this one time... but know that since I'm your guys' daughter, I'm a bit stubborn as well... (mama says I'm "strong willed"- I know it's the same thing, but it sounds a little nicer).

Anyways... I can't tell you HOW excited everyone was that you were able to skype us... I know mama was worried in the morning because things had changed a bit and she hadn't talked to you... she texted people asking them to pray for the internet... and what an answer to prayer- skype came up RIGHT when she got in the operating room! Do you know you were the FIRST person to see me? (well, besides the doctors)... mama was SO happy that you were there to talk to her through it... I heard you talking to her... and I heard her, but she didn't make a whole lot of sense because she was on drugs... but daddy, I'm SO HAPPY that you were the first person to see me! I know it helped mama and Nana because when I came out, not only did I have to be vacuumed out (did I not tell you that I'm stubborn?!), but I wasn't breathing... Nana knew something was wrong, but turned around to me so that mama wouldn't know... and because you were still talking to mama, she had no idea that something wasn't right... I didn't pass the first Apgar test, but 5minutes later I got the highest score! You should be proud of me :)

I thought I was pretty lucky that we got to skype you during the surgery, but then when I got in the recovery room with mama, we got to skype you again! Then, grandpa and Uncle Nate came in to see me... it was so funny because the FIRST thing they said was "oh my gosh, it's a mini-Caleb"... I guess I look like a lot like you :) Mama's friend, Jill came in after them, and brought me a birthday cake a balloons... it as really nice, and mama said that she's very sweet, but she's also REALLY "on top" of things like that. When we got into our hospital room, a lot of people came up to see us... grandpa (again), Great Aunt Jean, Great Uncle Al, Grandma and Grandpa Lohman. It was really nice, but really tiring for Mama... she was still on her drugs ;) She was hooked up to a machine that let her push a button every 7 minutes to get more medicine. When everyone left Mama and Nana got room service (dinner- don't worry, it's all covered and part of the stay!) and then Nana held me for a bit because Mama wasn't really able to... I slept pretty well and let Mama and Nana sleep a bit... but those darn nurses kept coming in to check on all of us- it seemed like JUST when we all got to sleep they'd come in and wake us all up to check out vitals...yeesh, so far, the only thing I like about this world is seeing you and Mama and hearing from you :) I love you so much daddy- so glad I'm your daughter- I'm the luckiest girl in the world!
Love,
Kenzie