My Birth Story...

It was a Saturday afternoon, July 18, 2009. Mommy & Daddy had just started to settle back in at home from a loooooong stay at the hospital. They thought they were finally gonna have a nice, relaxing evening at home... little did they know I couldn't wait any longer to come out and meet them!... :)

Mommy was at home by herself laying on the couch watching TV when her water broke. Daddy had gone to the grocery store to restock the empty kitchen. He had a cartful of groceries when Mommy frantically called to tell him what happened and that he needed to hurry back home! Daddy left the grocery store and raced home to pick Mommy up so they could go to the hospital.

Luckily, they hadn't fully unpacked from their last hospital stay ;) ... When Daddy got home, they grabbed their bags and headed to Baptist hospital.

It was 4:30pm when they were on their way... Mommy was having really bad contractions that kept getting worse but her and Daddy stayed pretty calm. When they got to the hospital, the nurse checked Mommy and she was already dilated to 5cm so things moved kinda quickly. They moved her to a Labor & Delivery room and called her doctor.

They hooked Mommy up to all kinds of monitors to watch her contractions & to keep an eye on my heart rate...

By this time, Uncle Chris & Aunt Melissa were on their way to the hospital to be with Mommy & Daddy... When they got there, the sun had just started to set and the sky was painted a pretty band of pink... Uncle Chris said it was because "Baby Anniston was coming"...

After they got to Mommy's room, it was time for her to start pushing! They went to the waiting room while Daddy stayed with Mommy...

After pushing for 2 1/2 hours, I finally got the meet my Mommy & Daddy!! :) I was born on July 19th at 12:09am!!! I weighed 4lbs 15oz & was 18 1/2in long...

Since I was 6 weeks early, I had to be taken to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. After the doctors made sure I was stable, Daddy got to come visit me...

I stayed in the NICU until I was big enough to get sent home...