Overwhelmingly Blessed!!

Wow what a wonderful and crazy few weeks it has been. I am so proud to announce the arrival of our beautiful and precious daughter Skylan Faith Johnson. She was born on Aug 3rd and was 6lbs 10oz and 20in long. She is pure perfection! It all started w/ being medically induced on Tuesday morning Aug 3rd.  My doctor came by around 8:30 and broke my water and started pitocin. And then the contractions started. They weren't bad..... AT FIRST! Doctor told me that as long as she was sure I was going into labor I could ask for the epidural at anytime, so after the contractions started I asked for it. It took almost 2 hours to get and by that time I WAS READY! I had no desire to feel another contraction. The epidural itself I heard was painful but not for me. It didn't hurt a bit probably b/c I had already had enough w/ the contractions and I was just ready! After that kicked in I felt like a million bucks. It was such a wonderful experience. I quickly was a 4 and then 6. After the 6 they said it would be about another 4 hrs b/c normally it is 1cm per hour. I had made some cookies and goodies for all the nurses and doctor and about an hour later the doctor came by to get another cookie. I told her I was feeling a lot of pressure and so she checked me. All i heard was "You have got to be kidding me" I was a 10:) wwwoooohhhhoooo:) She said the baby needed to drop a little more so she ran off and did a quick hysterectomy and I started pushing w/ the nurse. Holy Cow nobody told me how hard pushing was. I should have saved some of my morning energy for all the pushing. I only pushed for about 40 min which average is 2 hours so again I was very lucky. The doctor came in at the last minute and helped me w/ a few more pushes and Wow there she was. It was LOVE at 1st sight:) I couldn't believe how much I loved something so quickly. It was such a wonderful feeling.... yet it hurt b/c I knew at that moment I would do anything for her. My husband and I just cried together holding our beautiful child. Oh and by the way my husband is a complete Rock Star in labor. We all thought he would pass out or not want to be to involved but he was awesome. I can't believe how lucky I am to have him as my husband and now the father of our beautiful daughter. I seriously don't deserve any of this but I thank God for giving me every single thing in my life and for His amazing grace.
Here are some of my favorite picts from the day:

Love at 1st sight

Crying my eyes out b/c I had never felt a love like this! It is incredible!

Dr. Westmoreland admiring our little girl. She is the best doctor ever!

My Mother in law holding Skylan for the 1st time. It was great! and Kat so excited in the background!

My Mom and Sis looking to see how much hair she had:)

My beautiful husband holding our little girl!

Our 1st family photo! 

Daddy admiring our little one!

Everyone knows my motto: The bigger the bow the better the Momma:)

My sis in law and niece Riley holding her! Cuties!

Another family photo

4 generations

Our beautiful Skylan Faith Johnson!!!

After labor and she was cleaned I tried feeding the little one before we let everyone in. It was so hard to breast feed. We tried for over an hour and then at that point everyone was very ready to see Miss Skylan. So all of our wonderful family and friends were let in. I was so excited to show her off! She was beautiful and wanted everyone to see how beautiful she was too. It was awesome to see everyone!! I feel so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. Thank you for all of you who stopped by and loved on our sweet little girl. After a while of visiting and the epidural wearing off I started feeling a lot of pain on my tail bone. I didn't know what it could be from but I was in a lot of pain. Long story short they think I fractured my tailbone during delivery. Now almost 3 weeks later I am still in a lot of pain. I am only able to sit on a boppy pillow or a donut. It is so hard to sit and I have to be extremely careful. Hopefully it heals quickly b/c I am sick of being in pain.
So the day we were released from the hospital was a great day. We were so ready to come home and be in our own house. And we couldn't wait for Miss Reeces to meet her new sister. We hadn't seen her in 3 days so we were really missing her. Reeces did great meeting her and doesn't really even notice her that much. She kinda smells her and lays around her most of the time. We now have been letting Reeces sleep w/ us b/c we think she is attention deprived. Which I didn't want to do but Justin said he had room on his side of the bed so I gave in.
Here are some pictures from the day we got to come home:

About to head home

Our little Aggie girl! (Fingers crossed)

Heading out

She looks so tiny in her car seat

Home

My beautiful family finally at home

My niece holding her and Reeces meeting her for the 1st time!

Miss Skylan will still not breast feed:( It broke my heart! We went to doctors, nurses, lactation specialist, and even had a speech pathologist come out to the house. We tried everything possible and it just didn't work. I wanted to breast feed so bad but I know God has a reason for everything. So now I am the slave to the pump. I pump every 3 hours when she eats. So the best part is that she is still getting my breast milk and nutrition. I am going to do this as long as possible but I may have to stop once I start back to work. I am freezing a ton of milk so prayerfully when I stop we can continue to feed her for a while.
One of the greatest things about coming home was having my parents stay for 2 weeks. They were absolutely amazing. They brought their motor home down to stay in and came over every morning and they helped out all day. My mom cooked all the time. And there is nothing like a home cooked meal when you had gestational diabetes for months. Dad loved spending time w/ Skylan and feeding her. My parents would let us take naps in between feedings and relax. It was awesome! I couldn't ask for better parents and feel so blessed to have them!
So our 1st week alone w/out my parents and husband were good! I have loved spending time w/ Skylan. I am learning her cries each day and her sweet little personality is coming out. It's so wonderful seeing how she changes everyday. I kiss her constantly and Justin and I say almost every single day we can't believe she is here and she is ours. Daddy comes home everyday from work and helps out so much. He helps w/ feeds and comes home and holds her right away.  I seriously can't say enough how blessed I am to be a Mommy. The love I have for her hurts so bad and feels so good all at the same time. I would do anything for her. I know it's the way God feels about us. How did God give up his one and only son?? It amazes me even more now being a Mom and the love He had for Jesus. What a sacrifice for us sinners!! Indescribable LOVE that we will never understand!!!
Here are some of my favorite pictures over these past 2 weeks;) Enjoy!!

Not happy about the outfit or the car seat:)

Daddy comes home after a long day at work and cuddles w/ his little girl! It's precious!

Hanging out w/ my girls

Who says girls can't spray! Daddy tried changing her diaper in the car but I told him not to do it this way and he didn't listen!! I was laughing so hard!

Sweetest and cutest little girl i know!!!!!!!!

So that is all I have for now! It's been a crazy/wonderful 2 1/2 weeks! I feel more blessed than ever! I never knew how rewarding and hard motherhood could be. I serve an amazing God and can't Praise Him enough for His glory!!! I feel so honored that He blessed us w/ Skylan and I am going to pray daily that God guides us as parents so that we glorify Him! 

Love and Blessings to you all!!!