Mattalyn Kay Stania was born on May 8, 2010. We found out we were expecting in the fall of 2009. It was a blessing and I was hoping that this pregnancy would result in having two children within one year span of each other. As it would happen however, I was nursing and there was a mix up with the insurance. I would not be covered until January. So at five months pregnant we saw the doctor and had three different due dates! There was mine which was the 15th, the doctors which was around the 20th and then the ultrasound which put us at the end of May.
Mattalyn came on none of them.
On the morning of her birth I was teaching Shannon how to go down the stairs on her back side. We got to the bottom and I walked into the kitchen. Just as we stepped inside, my water broke. It was right out of the movies! My first delivery was an induction so, I didn't know really what to do. I called the Dr and was told to come in. Still having alot to do.....I started on the to do list.
We weren't packed, Matt was at work, our arrangements for Shannon were not going to work, and the house was A MESS! By the time we got to the hospital the staff told me they were not sure I was till coming in!
My water broke at 7:00am and I believe we got to the hospital somewhere around 11:00am.
We walked the hall over and over and over. I suppose the time it
took for her to come reflects her personality??? Mattalyn has reddish hair and takes her time to do things. She could be called stubborn and lets you know very quickly if she doesn't like the situation. She is very particular in her thinking. One day we had a friend over with her twins. The little boy had his sister's silky. She decided he needed to have his and his sister needed hers so she arranged this with no prompting from the adults. If she is put in her crib with a stuffed animal that doesn't belong. She lets you know it doesn't belong there. You get the idea.
Well, she came at 9:13pm in the evening. We used the ball, walked, waited.......and she came!!! The past two years have been a wonderful journey. She has this red tight curly hair that makes me want to tousle it every time I walk by. She loves freely often going up to people and hugging them with no pretense (we will have to work on that). Her love for her sister and brother is unending, the very moment she wakes calling for her big sister. Anywhere Silas is she can be found patting his head or trying to kiss him. She has a sense of humor that I cant describe but if she can get you laughing she will do whatever causes you to laugh over and over. Often times she climbs on my lap and snuggles into my arms. Her two fingers and a ugly old black baby dressed up as a duck accompany her anywhere and are often her source of comfort.
We are blessed indeed. I can't wait to see what this little girl does in life!
