Our St. Patty's Day Baby!

The newest member of our family, Kalijah Isaac Fricke, was born on March 27th at 1:40pm. He is our St. Patty's Day baby!  Friday we got everything ready for baby and spent most of the day walking hoping to get my labor going. My parents were on their way home from Seattle when I thought my water was leaking. We went to the hospital around 8:30pm and my contractions were 2 minutes apart but no sign of my water leaking. My mom made it and we waited and waited and waited. They were going to send me home but his heart rate was dropping so they decided to keep me there. The doctor came in to check me and broke my water around 1:30am. They put a monitor on the baby's head to monitor his heart rate. I was having consistent hard contractions for a while so my mom stayed and we all tried to get some sleep. Nothing was happening so my mom went home to get some sleep. They decided the would start me on PIT soon so we decided to wait until the doctor and my mom got some sleep. I tried to sleep but was so uncomfortable I couldn't rest. They started me on PIT and the contractions starting getting stronger when they upped it to a 3 my labor was progressing even more. Finally it was time to push and after 4 pushes our precious baby boy was here. He was born at 1:40 pm on Saturday. He is our biggest and longest baby weighing 8 lbs 1 oz and being 21 1/2 inches long. It was my longest and most difficult labor but I would do it all over again if I had to. We are so grateful for our precious baby boy. I am thankful that I was able to have the support of my husband and my mom throughout my labor, I couldn't have done it without them. Love you mom and Russ. :)

Kalijah and Daddy


Kalijah and Grandma