Halloween

St. George

We finally went on a vacation!  If you can call it that.....it was really quick but good to get away.  It was good to see my mom and brother.  My sister and her kids were also there because she ran the St. George marathon.  We drove at night so that Eisley slept in the car which was good.  I miss my mom!  I enjoyed her yummy cooking!  It was good to spend some time with my family : )

my baber update....

So Eisley is now 6 1/2 months old.  We just went to her doctor appointment and she weighs 15.76 lbs and is slightly underweight in the 36th percentile, but the doctor is not worried because she is healthy and growing just fine.  She is in the 64% for height, and 84% for head size! She is now eating solid foods and loves it! She is becoming more and more social, and her little personality is just getting so cute!  She loves to scream (happy screams) rather than talk, and her favorite thing is grabbing at peoples faces.  She can roll over both ways, and can't quite sit up yet.  Im am getting nervous for when she learns to crawl because she will be into everything! She is so curious about everything,  I can't get anything done while holding her because she has to grab at everything....she just sees what she wants and dives for it so i have to be very careful while holding her.  I love that life is more predictable with her so we are getting out and doing a lot more....finally!  I swear every day she gets cuter and cuter, and sometimes Chris and I can't believe she is our daughter!  We are soooooo lucky! 

4th of July

This is another late post......we didn't do anything too exciting just bbq'd with the in laws.  Eisley looked so cute in her dress that grandma Adams gave her.

1st Fathers Day!

I know this is a late post but i wanted to document this momentous day!  Eisley and I got Chris a cute onsie that says i heart dad, a book about faterhood ( I saw the author on the today show and it looked good), and cute framed pictures of Eisley for  Chris to take to work.  I planned on making Chris breakfast in bed, but Eisley was having a rough morning...(so he got a belated breakfast in bed).  Just to show how awesome he is, he made us breakfast instead that morning! Chris has been such a great father, he loves playing with Eisley when he gets home from work, and is very involved with helping me take care of her.  We love you Chris! You are the best daddy in the world!

My baby's got teeth!!!

So apparently is very unusual for a two month  old to get teeth....but Eisley is wasting no time...here they are, her two bottom teeth! (you can kind of see them in this pic, sorry its sideways)

Memorial weekend

So i thought i would post a blog since i haven't in a while....This last weekend we went down to St. George for memorial weekend (and my birthday....my 29th the last one i will ever celebrate) it was our first family trip with little Eisley.  We left around 4:30 when Chris got home from work, right before we left Eisley was being a little fussy and Chris happened to notice that Eisley was getting her two bottom teeth!!! Holy Crap she is only two months!  My mom said that all of her kids started getting teeth at 4 months which is early....but geez!  Everything that i have read said that it is very uncommon for babies to start teething that early.  It explained a lot because she has not been feeling good and has been drooling a lot.......

Anyway...so we finally got on the road just in time for rush hour.  We made it as far as springville and then Eisley got hungry... We stopped and i tried to feed Eisley in the car....She refused to nurse, and was completely inconsolable.  Poor little girl was miserable. We did everything we could to try and comfort her....we were so close to just going back home but she finally calmed down and i was able to feed her.  So an hour later we were back on the road.  We made it as far as beaver and then Eisley was hungry again.....we didn't end up getting to St. George until like 11:30 at night.  So the 4 hour trip took us seven dang hours!  We figured that we should have just left around 7 or 8 (around her bedtime) and let her sleep the entire trip...we would have arrived at the same time anyway....so that is exactly what we did on the way home.....it was so much better.  

We had a good time...went to lunch for my b-day and Chris got me my requested ice cream cake which was so delicious!  Chris also got me a bath tub which he and his dad are going to install in our bathroom.  I am so excited for baths!  It will make it a lot easier with Eisley.....Anyway I will try to post pictures soon of Eisley's cute little teeth!!!!

More pics...I can't stop!

My sister's sis in law Jes (who is amazing at photography) was nice enough to do a photo shoot of Eisley....here is a preview of some of the pictures.  More cute ones to come!  I am probably over doing it with the baby pic's but i can't resist!!!!

Eisley's first Dr. Appointment

I can't believe my baby is 2 weeks old already!  She is doing really well.  She has gained one whole pound already...she is 8 lbs 5 oz now.  She is in the 70th percentile for height and head size, and in the 40th percentile for weight.  She is a long and lean little baby, but she is getting some chub on her face and thighs...its so cute!.  I just love her so much! Here are her pictures from the doctor, and some other cute ones....

Pictures of Eisley : )

A Blog....finally!

I was having trouble getting all of my pictures onto my computer, and also finding the time to blog...who knew motherhood was so much work?? Just kidding....i knew it wasn't going to be easy but i love it!  I love my cute little girl so much!  So far she has actually been a really good baby.  She doesn't cry too much....just sometimes when she gets her diaper changed and always when she gets a bath.  Other than that she has been pretty good.  She already sleeps up to four hour stretches at night.....I bet she would go longer but i wake her up to feed her.  Anyway....here is the story of Eisley's delivery:

There i was miserable at one week over my due date.  I was scheduled to get induced on Thursday night the twelfth.  The plan was to stay overnight to get this pill (citotek?)put inside me to help my cervix soften and dilate, and then in the morning they would start the pitocin.  The hospital was supposed to call me by three to let me know what time to come in on Thursday.  We did not hear from the hospital so we gave them a call.  They told us that they did not have any open rooms, but that some should be opening up and to call back at 5:00.  (Which is the wrong thing to tell an anxious pregnant lady who is a week overdue who was told not to eat anything after 2:00pm..... to wait even longer!).  We called back at five and were told to call back again at 7:30.....(by this time i was on the verge of tears)....We called back at 7:30.......and guess what?  Yep, call back at 9:00 cuz they were unusually busy (I was cursing that i am the unluckiest person in the world!!!)  So finally we call back at 9:00 and they tell us to come in at 11:00pm....(we were so tired!)

So we finally check into the hospital and they start my IV and give me the pill and we were off to sleep.  A few hours later the nurse woke me to give me another pill.  I went back to sleep and then started to get really bad cramps so i was given a shot of demerol...(yes in my bum).  After that my doctor arrived at about 8 am.  He went to check me, and then said "ok you are going to feel some fluid pouring out now"......i said "what! did you just break my water?"  He forgot to mention that.  Anyway....at that point i was only dilated to about a 1 1/2.  

Then the nightmare began.......My contractions came on fast and intense 1 min apart.  At first i was breathing good, and was trying to manage the pain, but after about 15 minutes i told Chris to get the anesthesiologist in there quick because i wanted the epidural!!!(and i wanted it NOW)  So Chris gets the nurse and she lets us know that the anesthesiologist was called into an emergency procedure so it would be a little while.  Well let me tell you....it seemed like an eternity!  I felt like i was dying, it all seems like a really bad dream now, I was seriously partly in shock and was half in/half out of reality.  (Chris can tell you some funny stories about how i was acting during this time)..I was given some pain medicine, but it didn't even make a slight bit of difference. So finally after an hour and a half of the contractions from hell, the anesthesiologist gave me the blessed epidural.  He saved me!  I didn't even care that a giant needle was being jabbed into my spine.  

From that point on things went 100 percent better.  I was eating ice chips and barely noticing my contractions.  The nurse checked to see how i was progressing around 10:00 and i was dilated now to a three.  She then checked me again just a few hours later, around 1:00...the look on her face was troubling....She looked at me and said "you are not going to believe this, but you are dilated to a ten!"  She double checked and sure enough, much to everyones surprise it was time for me to start pushing.  The nurse said for your first child it could take anywhere from one to three hours....and it only took me forty minutes!  In fact we had to stop and wait for the doctor because i had pushed for twenty minutes and the baby was getting close...so when my doctor showed up i only pushed for twenty more minutes and Eisley was born!  It was amazing!  I think i was rewarded with a fast delivery since i went a week over...i had it coming.

Anyway, there is the whole story.  Now we are just enjoying every minute with our sweet little girl!  Here are some hospital pictures, and some cute ones that we have taken since....enjoy!

the wait is over...

This is for all of you that have requested pics of my big belly....This is what 35 weeks looks like!

child birth education

So we have been taking a child birth class and every week they make one of the guys wear the "sympathy belly" so that they can get a taste of what its like to be pregnant. (like they will ever be able to know what its like!) Chris may kill me if he sees this, but its so hilarious i just had to let you all see....enjoy

baby shower

I had my first of three baby showers yesterday.  Im also having one in a couple of weeks that my sister in law is throwing for that side of the family.  Also its pretty funny because Chris' work peeps are throwing us a shower, and im pretty sure my work isn't planning on doing one.  Anyway it was really fun, and my baby is already a spoiled little girl!  Here is a look at the mound of presents that i got!  woo hoo! Showers are the best!

Our place finally coming together

So we were finally able to move into the in laws basement!  For a couple of months we were living in a room upstairs with the family while most of our stuff was in storage.  Lets just say it was a dark and dreary part of my life that really tested my patience.  Im thinking God is trying to teach me a lesson on patience since im going to be a mamma soon.  Im sure Im going to need a lot of it!  Well here are some pictures of the new place.....All we need now is our kitchen sink and our washer and dryer....Im getting pretty anxious since baby is almost here!  I didn't take a picture of our room cuz to be honest its a mess right now.  Its hard working full time and being 8 mos pregnant, my cleaning has been slipping a bit.....

Christmas.....summed up

Geez i haven't blogged since thanksgiving! I have some catching up here to do......so i know Christmas was a long time ago but here is what went down:

Chris and I went down to my mom& step dads in St. George.  We were hoping to escape to warmer weather but it was almost just as cold as Salt Lake and it actually snowed there one day.  We had a good time hanging out with my family....we of course played some mean games of rummikub.  To make things even better Chris suprised me with the best christmas gift ever!  He made it sound like he didn't know what to get me, and we told each other that we weren't going to spend very much money.....so i was very surprised when i opened up my new iphone!!!! I was so shocked!  Also i got a sewing machine from my mom, and a bunch of other cool stuff i wasn't expecting.  I really got spoiled....I did pretty good with surprising Chris too.  I got him rock band 2 ( he was suprised because im not a huge fan of video games).  Anyway, i posted the first picture that i took with my beloved iphone on christmas day....I was really striking a pose!