Baby Ashlynn is here!!!! She was born May 1st at 6am weighing 6lbs 12 oz and 181/2 inches long. She was a much smaller baby than I had anticipated! We are so blessed to have her with us! I was pretty happy for to have come on her own and 10 days early. It was an amazing experience and almost seems like a dream. She had to spend a week in the NICU after I had her b/c she was having trouble breathing on her own. She really only struggled the first day and improved everyday. It was difficult having to go back and forth from the hospital all the time and not being able to spend much time with her, but I know it could have been much worse.
We brought her home on Mothers Day! What an amazing mothers day gift!! And to think it was exactly 2 years ago on mothers day that our stake president in Dallas got up to bear his testimony and mentioned his visit with us and my desire to be a mother. He said that he knew I would be. The Spirit hit me like a ton of bricks and I knew it would happen sometime.
Our little bundle of JOY!! Well, most of the time, haha! I have to admit I was not prepared for what it takes to care for a newborn. It has been a MUCH harder transition than I could have imagined. NO sleep and a crying baby is pretty darn stressful!! She doesn't like to be put down too much, haha! She is the Princess after all. How do you ladies do it?! But, it will get better and easier and we are so happy to have her in our lives. 
