Eileen gave birth to our beautiful baby girl at approximately 5:35 pm. She weighted in at 3 pounds 7 ounces. She is 15 1/4 inches long.

Her name is Lilianna Mei Sanchez. She is named after her two loving Grandmothers.

She is doing very well in the NICU. She came out screaming and full of life. We have been told by nurses she is breathing well without any help.

Thank you for all your prayers and support.

David, Eileen, Isaiah, and Lily

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Lord willing, if all goes well will be Baby Sister's birthday. Last night I was given Cervadil, and now I will start on Pitocin this morning. We have been told that I am 1cm dilated, which is good news. I was originally planning on going without the epidural, but I'm pretty sure I've changed my mind, since hearing that Pitocin can be quite painful.

Thank you for all the prayer and best wishes.

Most likely the plan is still on. They will probably prepare the cervix tonight and start the induction. She will most likely be born Friday morning. I am hoping to deliver vaginally without any pain meds. Since she is small and my second birth, it seems very attainable.

As far as we know, she is developmentaly on track. Her brain and heart are functioning normally. Her lungs are of the main concern. If I had gone 1 more week the situation could have been better. But we have gotton steroids administered to help her with that should she be born tomorrow. I am still hoping to hold off for week, another few days or just 1 more day. Just to give her body a chance to develop more in her coccoon before being yanked out into the bright cold world.

For those of you who have asked, we have registered at Target (the store and site) and Amazon.com.

Target Registry

Amazon Registry

Also, there are links to our registries to the right.

These days I am HUGE, although she is a smaller than Isaiah was at this point, was I am starting to feel really slow and walk like a penguin. Going up the stairs leaves me winded and squatting for any reason is just out of the question. Sleep has once again become elusive, because my mind is even more pregnant (with thought) than my body! So waking up to a well rested toddler who's been out for 12+ hours when I've had less than 6 has been lots of fun. Still, I relish these last weeks with our only child. Our quiet times together will soon be over, and our lives will change so much. I can't wait to meet Baby Girl, but I hate to say goodbye to our status quo at the same time. It's really weird to feel this way, as you have absolutely no sense of this with your first child.

The worst part of this pregnancy so far was this past week. Isaiah and I both got sick, he got a cold, and I came down with Strep throat, of all things! It was a miserable week, but hopefully we'll get back to "normal" or whatever that is these days!

Our days being out and about are numbered and I still have so many things I wanted to do before I became house bound! We will be spending the next weeks madly prepping for a newborn! I think we are slowly and sadly coming to the realization that we are not going to complete our to do list before she is here. But who's ever really ready anyway? I'm still waiting for that burst of energy nesting phase to happen. Otherwise, my mojo is completely depleted and all I want to do is put my feet up and eat something.

I am so looking forward to falling for a newborn all over again, and watching my husband hold our daughter in his hands. Isaiah is completely void of all his former babyness, and I miss that pure innocence that babies bring. We wonder what she will look like, if she will look just like Isaiah did... how her personality will be... so many things to discover about this new little miracle. We still have not chosen a name for her, but I'm sure we'll figure it out before we leave the hospital! Otherwise, we'll be calling her Baby Sister like Isaiah wants!