Welcome to the world! AKA my mother got her wish

Long ago before I met Chris, my mother told me that her biggest wish had been to have a "white" child--a blonde haired, blue or green-eyed son or daughter of her own. It was possible, seeing as my dad is blonde and green-eyed, but we all know that Ecuadorian genes are pretty dominant.
So what do we Jett children look like?
We all have my mom's coloring: dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, with olive skin that tans very well in the summer time. My mom told me, "Well I tried five times with your father and you all look like me, so...my wish is that you marry a white boy so I can have white grandchildren."
You all know Juanita...she wasn't kidding.
You can imagine her happiness when Chris and I began dating--you can imagine her excitement when we became more serious...and you can imagine her elation at the announcement of our engagement.
YES! I WILL have white grandchildren! she proclaimed.
I reminded her that I have her genes, which will probably beat out Chris's genes in terms of looks. It did with Elizabeth, after all. She has my skin tone, my dark hair, and my dark eyes.

But it didn't with our Catherine. My mother finally got her wish.
Catherine Michelle Killion, born 6/30/10 @ 12:12pm, 8 lbs 4 oz, 20 in.


Our biggest surprise was the color of her hair--a medium blonde with tons of reddish highlighting. Chris has some redheads on his side of the family; don't worry, I was wondering where it came from too! She is much more fair skinned than her older sister. Although her eyes are still dark blue, they are much brighter and lighter than Lizzie's were (if that makes sense). Every time I hold her, I marvel at that head of hair--I didn't think I could produce that hair color on my babies!

Prepping for c-section

Dr. Killion in his blue scrubs!

Hello Catie Baby!

Getting weighed

Getting situated...

First family photo, minus Elizabeth

My first time holding my Cate

Relaxing

Cutie!

Mimi, Lizzie, Aunt Julia watching Cate with Chris in the nursery

Mimi holding Cate for the first time

Aunt Julia holding Cate

Big sister Lizzie holding Cate

Mom with Cate

Dad with Cate


Some of you asked if I had the VBAC; the first picture caption should tell you that I did in fact get another c-section, which I'm very happy about. I am overjoyed that Cate is here and that she is healthy. My recovery is going very smoothly--I walked for the first time after surgery around 5:30am this morning; I'm off my IV and catheter; I'm getting a solid food breakfast here in a bit--it's all good. Honestly I feel blessed to have had another c-section because my daughters are here safe and sound. It was really quite nice to know when Cate would arrive, to hear her loud cry when she entered the world, to see that she is getting extra-special care. Maybe there is a VBAC in my far future with my third child, who knows? But I'll tell you right now, I'm perfectly pleased with my first two c-sections and I would not hesitate to do it again--I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had with my daughters' arrivals into this world for anything!
If you're around the area, please feel free to stop by, we would love visitors :)
Stay tuned for more updates and pictures here because facebook is just not cooperating with picture uploading!