The news has been released and perhaps you already heard that we had our second little baby girl! She surprised and confounded us by arriving over a week late, but it looks like her time in the womb may be the last bit of slow-poke we ever see from her. A dead-ringer for her sister with almost identical newborn stats and impossibly cute furrowed brow, Luca Joy blasted into our world Friday, January 28^th at 5:01pm.

As you’ll see, everything happened quite fast this time around. Here’s the quick play-by-play:

Part 1: Funny Feelings

6:15am – Jeremy leaves the house early for a morning coffee appointment that turns into a no show. 

8:16am – Joy instant messages Jeremy at work to say, “No big deal, but just so you know, today is a little different. I feel uncomfortable.”

11:11am – Joy calls Jeremy from Costco to mention that she has noticed some light contractions that are about 20 minutes apart. Jeremy can hear Lynnea talking to passers-by in the background.

12:36pm – Jeremy leaves the office to meet Joy for a routine non-stress test at Eastside Maternal Fetal Medicine, telling co-workers as he leaves that he’ll be back in an hour and half.

Part 2: The Non-Stress Test

1:09pm – Jeremy makes his way through the parking maze to find Joy hooked up to a fetal monitor. The nurse is starting to get a clear reading on both Luca’s heart rate and Joy’s contractions.

1:47pm – After noticing the frequency of Joy’s “light” contractions, Jeremy asks the nurse how far apart they are according to the readout. She looks at the paperwork and says, “About 4 to 5 minutes apart and 60 seconds in duration.”

1:48pm – Jeremy tries to convince Joy that she is—in fact—in labor, and that he will not be going back to work.

2:14pm – The nurse explains that Luca’s heart rate has been decelerating to below 60 beats per minute with about half of the contractions. This is no good.

2:51pm – The nurse, midwife, and doctor at Overlake Hospital all get up to speed and agree that the best course of action at this time is to get mom and baby over to the nearest hospital facility so they can monitor Luca’s heart rate throughout the now imminent delivery.

Part 3: The Hospital

3:18pm – We pull into the Overlake parking garage.

3:56pm – After an unnaturally long check in process, we are taken to a room and hooked up to a fetal monitor.

4:31pm – The doctor introduces himself and promptly measures a very serious Joy at over 9 centimeters. 

4:53pm – Joy starts feeling like pushing, but one important thing has yet to occur. So the doctor breaks her bag of water and the team of strangers in the room gawk while she exclaims, “That felt awesome!”  

4:56pm – The doctor, the midwife and the doula agree that Luca’s heart rate is hovering at a scarily low rate and inform Joy that she’ll have to push the baby out without a contraction.

5:01pm – After a couple of intense pushes a beautiful, screaming Luca Joy enters the world!

Luca Joy’s Stats:

Height: 20 inches
Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz.

We made it to 6 months and the little one is growing like a weed! Here are a few nice baby shots of her around the house and playing with her toys. 

It has been a real fast a furious three months over here at the Hutton house.  Our blog has definitely been thrown to the wayside while we get things settled with the new baby.

Here are few pictures to hold you over: