Hazel May Pepperling

On March 22nd at 1:32 in the afternoon, Hazel May Pepperling was born!
She is named after both Danny and I. Hazel is the color of her Daddy's eyes, and I was born in May.





I ended up having a C section after 32 hours of steady contractions. I was kinda sad that I was going to have to have her that way but after hearing that she weighed 10 lbs 5 oz. I was glad that we did. She would just not drop, even though I was fully dilated. The doc was thinking of breaking my water but said it would be too dangerous because there was a risk of her umbilical cord coming out first. So after a lot of thought, pain, and sleep deprivation, we decided that it must be Hazel's way of saying there's no way she's coming out that way.




Danny getting ready for the operating room.


Daddy cutting the cord.


first family picture. Still couldn't feel the bottom half of my body at this point...


Grammy Ro


Hazel was born on Danny's good friend Bud's birthday.