Thursday, May 14, 2009

Tulip festival


2 weeks ago we went to Thanksgiving Points Tulip festival.  It was a lot of fun, but we didn't get to spent as much time there are we would have liked due to the rain.  We tried to get some cute pictures of Alyssa and the flowers but since she can't sit up on her own we have to hold her and her face gets all squished, but of course I still think they are the most adorable pictures(I am not at all bias =) Then we bought this tutu and headband for some pictures which we will get when she is a little older.  She did not like being set in the flower pot =)



Really... are cute baby does not look like a little Budda in real life :)






Her tongue sticking out 

Monday, April 27, 2009

Updates


Alysssa is 7 weeks old today. I just can't believe it, it has gone by so fast. We blessed Alyssa a week ago. Russ gave a very special blessing where some of our family came, it was very special. I have been back at work for 3 weeks now. Next week I am going full time. Part time has been really nice but I am really sad to go full time. Russ is watching Alyssa, he is really good with her but it is still really sad to leave her. It is what has to be done right now. This past weekend we went to Park City for a hockey tournament Russ was in. He had a lot of fun. They won 2 games and lost 2. Russ scored in the 2 games that they won (two really cool shots!!). His team also won the provo city league championship. Below are some pictures...





Here is Alyssa in her cute Hawaiian Dress!








Alyssa smiling. It is the cutest thing the world!








Russ has a white helmet but I don't think you can tell which is him










Sleeping in Grandma's arms


















After winning the final game!







Sunday, April 26, 2009

A BABY CHANGES EVERYTHING

Babycenter sends us emails every week about Alyssa's development and on different parenting topics. This is the one they sent at 6 weeks, it was titled "what changes when you have a baby.."

1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.
2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.
3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.
4. You respect your body ... finally.
5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.
6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.
7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.
8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.
9. Your heart breaks much more easily.
10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.
11. Every day is a surprise.
12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)
13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.
14. You become a morning person.
15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.

Having a baby really changed my perspective on many things. I worry about her constantly and hope that I can be a good enough example and parent. She is all I think about and want to talk about (sorry). The little things in life become so much more important. She really is a gift from God.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Happy Easter


Happy Easter!! Here is our first family Easter photo . Unfortunately we were in a hurry for church so we couldn't get the best picture and the sun was bright and in our eyes. Also was also crying so its the best we could do. We had a good Easter though. It was our first day back at church and Alyssa's first time at church. Everyone of course came to look at her. I had to teach primary so my sister held her during relief society. I skipped sharing time to feed her in the mother lounge (I'm glad they have that!) After church we went to Russ' moms house for Easter dinner. All of his siblings were there so we got to chat alot. One of his sister is moving to Ohio to get her Phd sooner, so we were glad to spend more time with her.
Alyssa is now 5 weeks old. Can you believe it, time goes so fast (after the first week of no sleep =). We just love her to death and can not get enough of her. We take trillions of pictures of her. She is so fun. She half smiled yesterday so we are anticipating a real smile soon. She has a very strong neck and loves to look around. She also LOVES the bath, it is so cute sometimes it relaxes her so much she falls asleep in the bath. The picture below is funny, she loves to have her head in the water so Russ holds her and we let the back of her head sit in the water.
In her swing


A cute picture!




Grandma Judie was in town and came by to see her first great granddaughter (I am her first grandchild!)

In the bath




Noelle, me and Alyssa easter morning.












Tuesday, March 24, 2009

2 weeks


Alyssa and Aunt Noelle

Thursday, March 19, 2009

10 days old!


For all those who are interested here is our story:Last monday 3/9 I was scheduled to be induced.  I arrived at the hospital at 6:30 a.m. I was dilated to a 2.  Then I was started on Pitocin, they increase the Pit every 30min  for 2 hrs then you are at the max dose.  I was starting to feel some contractions by the time I was at the max dosage an hour.  By 1 pm I was only dilated to a 3, the doctor said getting to a 3 or 4 takes the longest.  About 3 p.m. the contractions were getting a lot stronger and were coming every 30 sec to a minute.  At this point I was about a 4 and I was in a lot of pain.  I had originally thought I would try and go natural but also I just wanted to wait and see.  At this point I thought the pain is only going to get worse and stronger and I really didn't have much of a break between contractions.  So I got an epidural at this point.  When I got the epidural I could tell that it was more on my left side than my right but the Dr. said that with in an hour it would even out.  I felt better after 15 min or so, I was able to watch T.V. and talk to Russ.  I could always feel my contractions on my right side but they were bearable.  After about an 1 hrs, the contractions started to get painful.  There was a button to press if you needed an extra boost of medicine, I had pressed it twice because my right side was pretty painful.  The machine started to beep and the anesthesiologist came in and fixed it and said,"You know you aren't suppose to be completely numb you are suppose to feel some pain." He said this in a very rude voice that made me feel very stupid.  When my nurse came in I told her that I could feel almost everything on my right side and what the Dr. had said. She told me we want you to be comfortable so I can have the Dr. come in and fix your epidural.  I didn't want to call that Dr. back in because he had made me feel stupid. So I said its okay. But with in 10 min, my contractions were so hard and close together that I felt like I was going to die.  I asked for him to come back and fix my epidural.  Well at that point all of the anesthesiologist were in the O.R. so no one was available. I took about an hour for him to come back.  In this time I went from a 5 to a 10 in a period of 45 min.  The pain was so excruciating all I could do was scream and cry and ask when the Dr. would be there.  Russ was a great help, fanning my the entire time, that was the only thing that made me feel somewhat bearable.  The nurse was wonderful also she said with me the whole time and would press on my back when I was having a contraction.  The Dr. finally got there and fixed it and with in 15 min I felt so much better.  I could still tell when I was having a contraction but it wasn't painful.  I could even move my legs well my R leg, my Left leg had received all of the medication so it was pretty much a log.  I started pushing at 5:30.  At 8:15 (almost 3 hrs of pushing) the Dr. told me that the head was not making it past the bone and after that long of pushing I should have had her already.  He told me my options were to keep pushing on my own, or try the vacuum.  But the babies heart rate was dropping every time I was having a contraction sometimes even as low as 60 bpm(it should be above 120)  but the Heart rate would come right back up in between contractions.  He said that the vacuum might irritate the baby and she might not tolerate it well and in that case I would need an emergency C section.  Or she might tolerate the vacuum just fine but she might not fit, in that case we could have a calm C section.  So we tried the vacuum and I pushed my brains out because I did not want a C section especially after 14 hours of labor so far.  And she came out at 8:37 p.m.  She had a little cone head due to the long travel as well as the vacuum.  But the next morning her head was back to normal and perfectly round.  She weight 7 lbs 1 oz. Was 18 1/2 inches long. Her APGARs were 8 and 9.  
Now she is 10 days old.  We are both doing well and adjusting to life.  Unfortunately she doesn't sleep well at night but great during the day, but I have heard she will adjust in a few weeks.  

Russ holding Alyssa in the sling

Alyssa in the sling



The day she came home from the hospital 3 days old.


10 days old. Sleeping she always likes her hands by her head.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Here is the hospital photo of baby Alyssa!

Hi All-

Here is a picture of the baby that the hosital took, enjoy!