It's Time!

7:13 am May 28
The last couple of hours were rough as the pain meds were wearing off, but Vicki pulled thru! Ed was able to be there via FaceTime! He happened to be under wifi when it got close so while Vicki was pushing we had her phone by her head so she could see her dad and hear his voice while she was pushing. At 7:13 am the little mermaid left her private pool for dry land! An awesome navy team delivered a beautiful, crying and head full of hair baby girl! They asked her name and without hesitation Adrian said Gabriella. So after all the long conversations of names, Gabriella it is!!!








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Long Night

May 27
Yay! They are admitting Vicki! The mermaid is definitely making her debut! How exciting!!! Vicki was dilated at a 2 but after her doctor stripped her membranes, she was a 5 and in a LOT of pain!!! They quickly got her all hooked up and soon she had some good meds being fed thru her IV! She was getting much happier!!! It was a long night! Adrian showed us how marines are capable of sleeping anywhere! 😂 Vicki had fun wearing her dad's Chewbacca mask. We sent him a very funny video of her in labor wearing it. 😂






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The Mermaid Is Coming

May 27
Vicki called to let me know her contractions had kicked in to full swing! Looks like the mermaid will be splashing in soon! I headed out to Miramar and helped Vicki kill time until time to go in. It is funny being on a base in her house on the same base we lived when she was little!!! We walked outside, walked her stairs, she did Zumba and I held her hand thru the really hard contractions.






Adrian sat with her when she was just too exhausted to even stand up! Soon it was time to go! A mermaid is coming a mermaid is coming!!! :)😊


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Baseball in Utero

First baseball game for the mermaid! Well, in utero!!! Daddy was in the opening ceremony carrying the flag for New Mexico. Fun day at the Padres game in San Diego. Momma was just hoping she didn't go into labor since they were sitting in the nose bleed seats!!! She climbed a LOT of stairs that day!!!


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Vitamin Sea

Mommy and Mermaid getting some vitamin sea!!!


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Nursery Is Progressing

We went looking around today for some things for your nursery.....we were in luck! LOTS of fun and cute items to add to your room!!! Hope you like it sweet little mermaid!!!


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Getting Peace of Mind

April 10
The little Mermaid was causing some concern for her mamma....so after consulting her midwife via a phone conversation Vicki was told to head over to Labor & Delivery and have a double check to make sure all was okay and see if she was in preterm labor.






After several sets of eyes examined her and the mermaid she was released and told to take it easy! Sooo glad all is ok and she wasn't in the early stages of labor!!! Vicki followed her doctors advice and met her cousin Juliana at the beach!













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