Miles Sheldon Groll

Miles Sheldon Groll

Born November 8, 2011

5:25am 

7lbs 4 oz, 20 inches

Miles finally made it!  I was getting pretty anxious even though my due date was 11/11/11, I just kept having a feeling he was coming early - and each day felt longer and longer.  Miles' labor was much different that Sean's and it really threw me for a loop.  I felt like I was starting labor as early as the 3rd but by the end of the day I could tell nothing was going to happen.  I spent the whole weekend home hoping I would have my baby and when I didn't I was really sad.  I decided sitting at home waiting wasn't a good idea anymore so I arranged to go to dinner with the Wrights' on Monday night.  Sarah made a delicious dinner as always and we sat around and joked about ways to get the baby here.  Sarah "dared" me to try castor oil and at that point I felt nothing was happening regardless, but I never said no to a dare.  We sat around and chugged it, and chased it down and laughed.  As we left Sarah said "OK text me at 2am when your water breaks".  As always Sarah's prediction wasn't far off.  We went home and got in bed and started watching a show.  I started contracting almost immediately but shrugged it off as a side effect.  At 11am I got up to turn off all the lights and officially go to bed when my water broke.  We were so excited and nervous, I always thought when your water broke it meant the baby was minutes away.  We dropped Sean off at his Aunt's and went to the hospital.  I was sure wrong about the timing.  After we arrived at the hospital it still took about 5 hours of waiting around.  My mom and Nan were troopers to keep us company - well Nan was, my mom slept the whole time.  By 5:20 I was ready to start pushing, and we had Miles 5 minutes later.  He was 7lbs 4 oz and 20 inches long.  We were so happy to FINALLY have him here with us.  So far we don't think he looks much like his brother - I think from the eyes up he does, but from the nose down he doesn't.  He changes everyday though so we will see.  Sean love Miles' more than I could have imagined and he has already been such a perfect addition to our family.  We can't wait to all grow up together!  Love you Miles!