Arrival of Baby Ariana! (may be a bit graffic for some)

Welcome in to the world, Ariana!
She was born at 2:50pm on 12/31/14. 7.64 oz and 20.5 in long.

I have over 300 pictures from the day, so here are just a few.
After 2 or 3 pushes, she was out!
Here is Ben cutting the cord.

 (A difference from when I had Avery,) they brought her right up to my chest; "skin-to-skin".

 Here the cord is cut.

 One reason we chose the date of 12/31 to be induced was because I wanted Dr. Lindberg to be the doctor delivering Ariana. I am very happy he granted my wish! I also had a wonderful nurse who knew just how important it was to me to "enjoy" this delivery and she was AWESOME! I am very thankful to Dr. Lindberg and Nurse Beth Ann.

 Hospital foot-prints.

 Daddy making his first phone call.

 Our first family picture.

 Just because I love this picture so much!

 Another difference from when we had Avery is that they support "skin-to-skin" mother-baby contact for at least the first hour. Before they do anything to the baby. If you are choosing to breast feed, you can try it now! I loved this!

 After that first hour (or however long you choose) they take her, clean her up and weigh and measure them.

 Daddy's first hold! She's looking directly into his eyes!

 We all had bets on how much she was going to weigh. We couldn't wait any longer so they brought the scale to us! At 7.64 oz, Ariana is the biggest of our three girls. (Alexis was 7.4 oz, Avery was 7.0 oz)

 My mom's first hold!

 Finally, Melody's first hold!

 I am one blessed Mama!