Welcome Tiegan Luisa Bowman

Hello world, I would like you to meet Tiegan Luisa Bowman! She surprised us by coming all on her own Monday morning! We were positive that she was gonna wait until I was induced, which was scheduled for March 29th. Instead, she came March 26th! 

Actually what had happened was that Daniel, Jada and I went for a walk to the park that's just around the corner and.... well.... it was ALLOT of work for me. After our Sunday stroll, I was giving Jada a bath and was going through, what I was positive, were braxton hicks. Well my "braxton hicks" lasted ALL night long and were coming 20-25 minutes apart all night long. It wasn't until 7:00 that morning that I really started to feel the pain (the kind that you actually have to make noises for, because somehow it helps) But Daniel and I just put it off and put it off, not wanting to have to go to the hospital, only to have them send us home. Finally, it's 9:00 and I am begging Daniel to take me to the hospital, but we still waited a bit. There was a point in time that I was on my bed crying while Daniel was in the shower, and Jada was pounding on the bathroom door yelling at the top of her lungs "DAD! Mom NEEDS you!!!" Then after that I was on the floor downstairs (crying again) and Jada started telling me that "we didn't have a reason to cry" lol what a punk ;) She also told us several times that she didn't want to be with me, she wanted to go to Jennae's and play with Holly.

 Long story short, we got to the hospital at 10:00 am and I was dilated to an 8, with barely enough time to get an epidural and Tiegan was born at 11:35 am! Daniel is now calling it "the express lane delivery" And as painful as the contractions were, I've already started to block them out, epidurals are marvelous that way. Once I was numb, I may be pushed for 15-20 minutes tops and there she was! 8.7 lbs. 20.5 inches and hair every bit as dark as Daniel's, with a chunky double chin to boot :) 

After every one was cleaned up, we were moved into another room, and not too long after that, Jada comes waltzing in singing “Mommy I got stickers” and “Happy Birthday Tiegan!” And then having had a good look at her new little sister, she lost interest and played with stickers instead J I guess Jennae got her some stickers because she was being good, (always better than your child being bad for others when there’s nothing you can do about it) Ps Thanks Jennae for letting me drop my kid off like that!

So here we are, ending our second day in the hospital and getting ready to be released tomorrow. I have little to no pain, and can walk around and get things done with ease. I’m already healing much faster than I did with Jada and have much more energy than I ever dreamed I could have after giving birth. Tiegan is a girl after my own heart and prefers sleep to eating, and if the nurses would let her she could easily sleep a solid 4 hours with no problems!!!!!  I have had several visitors from the fabulous ladies of the OP 1^st ward and feel very blessed by their generosity and thoughtfulness. My nurses have been great, Daniel has been the perfect husband, and Jada has been a superb helper and loving big sister! Plus Chelsea will be here in soon and things are going great! Please ignore the nasty picture of me, but it's my first picture with my girls:)