Admitted -

I spent my first overnight visit at the hospital, and I can't say it was an entirely pleasant one. Knowing that I have to stay tonight as well makes me feel a little anxious but I think it's mostly due to the fact that I'll be sleeping with the most beautiful girl in the world. I got here at 10pm last night. They went through the normal whirlwind of paperwork, awkward questions while my mom was in the room, the whole bit. They decided to skip the cervix ripening tablet and just jump straight to the pitocin. I've been hooked up to an IV since around 11:00pm - the dripping noises freak me out. They gave me an ambien and somehow I was awake until 2:30, driving Alex crazy and babbling about how my IV looked like a dragon. Lesson learned, don't fight the sleep meds. I remember sitting on the toilet sobbing because I didn't want to go sleep in the stupid hospital bed that they wouldn't let Alex sleep in with me. I didn't want him to have to sleep on the pull out couch, and I realized just how much I love him. It's crazy to me for my heart to literally hurt from loving him so much. I didn't want to go to sleep. But I did, and here we are, 6:30am, and I'm still only dilated to a 1 1/2. BUT the contractions that, according to the screen have been going on all night, are finally being felt.. They're not terrible yet, just uncomfortable. I wonder if they would bring me coffee if I said pretty please.

I can't wait for you to meet Kiley :)