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!