Mar 07 2008
It’s Amina Grace’s Birth Day!
So the day started out quite early for me… I ended up waking up around 4:00 am but was so grateful that Carol was able to sleep thought the night. She rolled out of bed around 8:00 am and we quickly got ready and headed over to the Black Diamond Bakery for some yummy breakfast. Carol was under strict orders not to eat after 10:00 am so we did it right with French Toast, Eggs and Bacon at around 9:00 am. We then took it easy the rest of the day with a trip over to the coffee shop to sit by the fire and then a stop by Hollywood Video to pick up a few movies for the Hospital stay. After getting home we took a nice nap and Carol jumped in the tub for some more relaxation. By this time it was getting close to our time to leave so I packed up the car and drove over to Ben and Maralee’s, where my sister was anxiously waiting for the fun events to start. We had previously asked Maralee to help us through the day with all the little odds and ends that would come up and to be our very own video\photo ographer. The drive up to the Hospital was pretty uneventful but for the quick stop at Fry’s (a big electronic store) that Carol for some reason wanted to make. And you know what… I just had to oblige her wishes you know! We ended up getting to the Hospital around 3:45 pm where we registered and were escorted to our nice fancy hotel suite! Well at least that is how we played it up. Funny hotel though because they only provided me a little nook in the corner to sleep while Carol got this fancy bed that sits up automatically and all! Oh well…
So Carol was assisted by the wonderful nurses at Evergreen Medical Center into her scrubs and got all prepped for surgery. At around 5:50 pm Doctor Hyde showed up to let us ask any last minute questions and walked us down to the O.R. After given a spinal to numb Carol’s lower haft the baby was out in less than 20 minutes. There were no complications at all and everything was extremely “textbook.” Amina Grace was born at 6:20 pm, 7 pounds 7 ounces and 19 ½ inches long! A perfect little girl! After the nurses looked the baby over they handed her directly to me. I so enjoyed holding Amina right next to Carol for the rest of the surgery. With her little faces, noises, coughs and yawns. After the doctors finished up we were then taken up to our room where Carol was able to hold her close. After a few minutes getting to know her momma, Amina immediately latched on and fed for over an hour! It was so precious and wonderful! We made the rounds with phone calls to all the family and enjoyed many joyous tears from all. Carol has done such a wonderful job and is going to make the best mother ever!
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She is so darling, so grateful everything went so well. Can not wait to hold her!! Love you guys and good job!!!!
Yay! Yay! Yay!!! I am so happy!!!!! I know you all are over the moon with Baby Amina…she is gorgeous! Praise God for a wonderful surgery and such great bonding with baby so early! I was a “crazy person” all day thinking about you guys…Enjoy every sec with your new little blessing! I love those little noises they make as newborns!!! :)!!!!
Our Baby Easterly is here. Thank you God!
Douglas and Carol we have waited so long for Amina Grace to arrive.
She is so Beatiful.Wow!Greatness is all over her we are so Grateful.
Thank you thank you love Grandp and Grandma Easterly
Baby Easterly is so Beautiful
thank you God
Douglas and CarolWe waited so Long for this day
and now We have a Gift from God to love!!
thank you for Amina Grace what a Treasure!!
Yeah!!! We are all soooo excited for you in the Burns household. The boys have been especially excited knowing that Carol was going to be giving birth today, they wanted to know all the details
And when I told them that you had sent pictures of the baby both the boys said, “OHHHH!!” and ran to the computer to see her, they were very impressed! And so were we. Amina is beautiful, thanks for sharing your story with us, we can’t wait to meet her. I just hope she stays nice and little until we can manage to get over to see her. Bless you Carol as you recover and settle into being a mama, you will be a spectacular mother, I can tell already! You guys are truly blessed!
Love, Jenni
What a precious, beautiful little girl. We are so happy for you.
With our love,
Erik and Karen
Congratulations Doug, Carol and Amina! God has sent you a very beautiful blessing indeed! I am so happy for you and can’t wait to have the same feelings of joy you must have when out little boy arrives. I am so happy to hear the procedure went well and that you are bonding with your little girl. All the staff at Lake Wilderness and in the school district will be so happy to hear you are doing so well. Take care and I can’t wait to meet baby Amina!
How exciting for you both. I know Kerrianne wanted her to be born on the 20th, our birthday but Im glad that Carol didnt have to wait two more weeks. Congratulations to all of you.
She is so beautiful!!!! CONGRATS you guys! I am so glad to hear everything went smoothly! I cried through all the pictures…what a beautiful blessing to you both and a beautiful name! I love everything about the meaning and I have to say she has the BEST middle name…=) I can’t wait for more pictures and will continue praying for you guys as you transition home.
Can’t wait to meet Amina!!
WOW! Amina is so beautiful. God is soo good. The name is perfect as she looks so peaceful and secure. Can’t wait to meet her on March 20th. Congratulations! You did good. Blessings to all three of you.
Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Bob
Congratulations! What a beauty you have. I love the name Amina and the meaning behind it. I pray a quick and speedy recovery for Carol, and that you all have a wonderful time getting to know your precious little girl!
Wow, that’s one beautiful baby you got there! Congratulations!!