All the little details

Ok so many of you have asked about the details of my labor. So here is a quick synopsis of it!

Lets just say it was fast and an all around good experience.
I started to have contractions around 4:30pm Tuesday after a nice morning and a lot of walking at the zoo with Eric and Noah.
After many false contractions I did not get my hopes up until around 8:30pm, I then stared to time them and stuck it out until 11:45pm, when I called my midwife and promised her this was the real thing:)

I then got myself ready and called my friend to come and watch Noah and headed out to the hospital around 1:30am Wednesday morning.

I was only 3cm dilated when I arrived at the hospital so my midwife had me walk the halls. She wanted me to do this for two hours but after 25 mins I could not walk anymore. My contractions were on top of one another and really strong.

My midwife checked me again at 3:45am and I was 5cm - they called for my epidural.
That was the worst part actually - the doc had a hard time putting in the catheter and I had a hard time sitting still as I was having strong, strong contractions. Once I received the epidural though I felt better, but almost immediately after getting the epidural I felt some extreme pressure - time to push is what I thought
My midwife checked me and I was at 8cm and it was only 4:30 So I went from 5cm to 8cm in a half hour. My midwife had said when I was at 5cm, "well juliana I expect a baby by 10am". How funny that within minutes it looked more like I would be having the baby by 7am
My mom and Joy were called and thankfully they made it just in time. I started to push around 5:30am and Silas was born at 6:40am.
It was a piece of cake, despite those ugly contractions, but thank goodness for the epidural.

My first days home with just the boys
Eric went back to work last Wednesday but my mom came around 2:30 so my first "real day" home with just the boys and I was Thursday and much to my surprise it was FABULOUS and Friday was even MORE FABULOUS. It was so much easier than I had ever thought.

Thankful I am blessed with a very sweet, laidback, and independent one and a half year old. NOAH HAS BEEN AWESOME - HE IS SO GOOD - IT MELTS MY HEART!
Silas is really good too - he is very laidback and sleeps well and is nursing just fine!
I have been very good with "letting things go" I am not as anal as I usually am - so that is good! I have only mopped the floors one and fro me that is a big deal:)
Hopefully things will continue to be this easy and only get better:)
Do not get me wrong I have had my hormonal breakdown, crying spell moments but for the most part they have been very limited. They are usually due to lack of sleep. So on that note I am off for a nap:)
Peace