We just want to update everyone on the amazing arrival of our sweet Kressly Jo Ruffing. 

Our day started at 3:30AM at home, when my water bag ruptured in the middle of the night. Woke me up out of a dead sleep thinking I needed to go to the bathroom. Boy was I wrong! 20 minutes of me contemplating on whether I should just shower and go back to bed or wake Devin up, I decided to wake Devin up, get the ball rolling. I hopped in the shower while Dev woke up. We gathered our bags, the car seat and put Lucki Belle in the living room and headed to the hospital. Dev and I talked the whole way to the hospital because my blood pressure was out the roof. We made it to the hospital and went in to L&D; (Labor and Delivery) and I was admitted because of my high Ph balance and waited to move to a delivery room. They started the Pitocin to induce me at 6:00AM and we made it to 20 on the Pitocin and was dilated 4 cm. I started having to breath through hard contractions so we started the epidural and I was good to go until about 5:30PM and the hard labor came in. Devin coached me through the hard contractions and we made it to 6:20PM. The care team came in and called the doctor because of lots of pressure and feeling the need to push. K-Jo was ready to make her grand appearance. Doctor came in and four hard pushes later she made her arrival. Coming in at 5 lbs. 10 1/2 oz. and 19 inches long, our baby girl cried her first big cry.