Cora Jane Hancock

I know I haven't updated the blog in a while, but I've had a good reason!  We had our second baby, Cora Jane Hancock, join our family on September 19 at 9:10 AM.  She weighed 8 lbs, 7 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long.

She came on her own, a week before her due date, just like I was hoping she would.  I woke up around 12:30 AM with contractions so I got out of bed to monitor them and see if this was really labor or just a false alarm.  They continued and were getting closer together.  Knowing we still had a little time before we would need to head to the hospital, I woke Travis up and told him what was going on.  He acknowledged me and went back to sleep :)  He wanted to make sure it was the real thing before getting out of bed!  So I got our things together and called our neighbors, Mo and Drew, to come over and stay with Henry until my Mom could get there.  By that time the contractions were close enough together, so we left for the hospital.  

We still weren't sure if this was real labor, since I was induced with Henry and didn't have anything to compare it to, so we waited to call our families until we knew for sure.  But the nurse at the hospital said that I was starting to dilate, so I was admitted around 3:00 AM.

I was afraid that my doctor wouldn't be there to deliver the baby since we came in the middle of the night, but things progressed fairly slowly at first.  We ended up just hanging out through the night until the next morning when Dr. Shelley got there.  She broke my water, and after that it went very quickly -- Cora was born about 15 minutes later!

We were able to hold her and nurse her almost right away, and then Travis went out to the waiting room and brought Henry in to meet her.  He loved her right away and has continued to be very sweet with her!  (Although sometimes his ideas of what will be helpful to her are a little off :) )

Sorry this video is sideways...I tried to turn it but it obviously didn't work :)

Our stay in the hospital was a little shorter this time...we were ready to get back home to our beds and our other child!  We came home on Friday evening.  

This picture was right after we brought Cora in.  Henry was ready to read her a book right away! 

Cora has been a great baby so far!  We are still figuring out how to do life with two kids, but for the most part Cora has been very laid back and has fit herself right into our daily routine.  We are so blessed with our little family and are so grateful that the Lord has brought Cora to be a part of it!