Stacia Starr Murray

And here she is!  Stacia Starr Murray was born at 11:17 on Tuesday, August 20th.  She weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. and was 20 inches long.  Ryon and I keep saying how tiny she is, while all of the nurses agree that she is average sized.  (I just keep telling them that I am used to 9 pound boys!)  My C-section went very smoothly, even though I was nervous.  I had a great anesthesiologist and great nurses, so my experience was definitely a good one. 

After they delivered Stacia I was able to see her for a minute until they took her to clean her up a little and take all of her vitals.  Ryon went with her while I finished up with my fun operation!  In recovery they brought her to me and she was crying and crying.  She finally calmed down after I held her and nursed her, but she was definitely upset.  The poor, sweet thing did not like being taken from her warm, comfy home and brought into the cold world!  When I was put in my room she was calm and decided to sleep the rest of the day away. 

Later that afternoon, Ron and Kathy brought Hoyt and Jett to meet their little sister.  They were both enamored with her, especially Hoyt who wanted to hold her the whole time he was at the hospital.

I have always know that if I had a girl I would want to name her Stacia after my sister who passed away shortly after birth.  She would have been about 18 months older than me.  I also knew that her middle name would be Starr, which was my great-grandfather's first name and also my brother Gareth's middle name.  I have just always thought that Stacia Starr was the perfect girl name and I'm so happy that we could use it.  How excited we all are (OK....maybe just me) for bows, headbands, frilly dresses, accessories; I could go on and on.   

For now I'm going to try and treasure every moment with her because I have a feeling that she is our last.  We will not be doing any other rounds of in-vitro so I think she is our final, sweet baby doll.  How I love her smell, her tiny fingers and toes, her sweet pink face and perfectly shaped lips, again I could go on and on.  I will try and remind myself often to slow down and cherish this last baby of mine!