Tater Tot: Emilia "Emmy" Aubrey Wilson

The Wilson Family

Littlest bundle of joy. Emilia Aubrey Wilson

We are finally getting around to updating our blog - yes, we know it has been a while, things have just been a bit hectic trying to be as ready as possible for our little one's arrival.

So the story goes - there we were...busily preparing for her entrance to our bright world when I went for my regularly scheduled doctors appointment and I had to ask the question "so which way do we know she is facing? Because I am due Thursday..." "Well Leah, we will go and check the ultrasound and see". Sure enough after we went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on the previous Sunday - if you have never heard of them, they are an orchestra that add electric guitars, violins, and Christmas carols that rock with laser lights, pyrotechnics, etc. Like Pink Floyd does Christmas. The baby enjoyed the experience - was quiet - except when the high pitch women were singing. It must have been the music that made her give a standing ovation in the womb and she sure was not turning around. And the ultrasound confirmed she was still upright. To shorten the story a bit they wanted me to go in for what is called "Version" on Wednesday morning at 5:30 am - an hour of the day we have become familiar with since Emmy's arrival - and see if they could manipulate her in the womb by using their hands as well a "muscle relaxer" for the uterus that is like drinking "6 shots of Espresso". We are decaf people so that and the 20% chance it would work and send me into labor any way, was not terribly appealing to either of us. So we opted to for the c-section.

At 8:38am this is the cute little face we saw

It was an amazing experience to see her and cry over how cute she is and become a family. We wound up staying in the hospital until Saturday morning but we were ready to go home Wednesday night. When we were finally able to go - we were beyond ready.

So that is the quick summary of our story - and here are some more pictures.