Announcing Skye Riley Stepniowski

The Stepniowski family is proud to announce our newest member, Skye Riley. Skye was born on 1/9/09 @ 6:48pm despite a somewhat chaotic chain of events.

That morning, we were due at the hospital for the induction at 7am. Trying to get Aidan up early and out the door on time was a real task, but we finally thought we had done it when we realized the garage door was broken. It turned out we were unable to get the cars out due to some unknown mechanical issue. So, we had to call my dad to come bail us out. Fortunately, he and Luke were able to manually lift it while I pulled the car out. We were on our way…

I stayed around 5cm dilated for most of the day. With the epidural ordered around 2pm, I was ready to go when they broke my water. Of course, Skye had her own schedule in mind! All things considered, I was still happy we were able to schedule things!

With my lower body totally numb, I was getting increasingly frustrated. Around 6:30pm, I sent Luke to get some dinner. The doctor had come in a few minutes earlier and said that I was still 5cm and even indicated some concern that things hadn't changed much.

At 6:35pm, the nurse came in and suggested I try lying on my side. I told her I felt a little pressure in that position, and the next thing I knew, Dr. Dillon was in the room saying that I was a full 10cm and ready to go. With Luke missing, I frantically called him to come running back ASAP. He made it back, and three or four pushes later, out came Skye. Still totally numb, I barely felt anything at all!

Skye was born 8lbs and 1oz and was 20.5" long. She was covered in goo and sported a full head of black hair. She was the most beautiful baby girl we had ever seen.

We left the hospital 24 hours after she was born, and we've been at home in kind of a zombie state ever since. It turns out Skye is much like Aidan in that someone always needs to hold her. In fact, I think I've banked about 2-3 hours of sleep out of the last 48 and find myself not thinking very clearly. Thankfully, my parents had Aidan for the weekend and my mom is bringing us over some food for the week. So, I'm hoping we get in a groove sometime in the next few days. For now, I'm enjoying every second of her wanting to be close. I had honestly forgotten how absolutely wonderful infants are. And, Aidan seems to genuinely love being a big brother. So, I can't imagine the whole experience working out any better… In fact, I can't think of a single thing that would make life any better right now!