Eva's Birth

Just going to play a little catch up. I'll start with.... Eva's birth. :) On Dec 3rd, I thought my water broke.. rookie mistake. :) We went to the hospital and they checked me and it wasn't broken. They kept me for awhile because Eva was a little distressed. They gave me fluids and after awhile sent me home. Josh and I decided that Red Robin sounded good, so we headed out for some dinner. While at the restaurant, I was feeling some contractions. I have had false labor already, so I just chalked it up to false labor. As the night went on, though, it was getting worse. I was hurting by about midnight. I called the hospital and they said to wait until the contractions were about 1 minute long. So...... I waited.... about 4am I couldn't stand it anymore. Josh and I headed to the hospital about 4:40 am, got the the hospital at 5am, told the nurses my contractions were...."awesome"(they all laughed), got my epidural by 6am and slept until 8am. About 8am is when everyone started to arrive. The nurse kept telling me to relax and try to sleep, but I couldn't! I was going to have a baby soon! about 10:15am, I was feeling some pressure. I thought my epidural was just going to one side, but they checked me and I was full dilated. I started pushing at 10:40am. It was not what I was expecting. People talk about not feeling anything but I felt it. Probably not as I would if I didn't have an epidural, but I felt it. I just kept pushing and pushing. At one point the doc told me to hold on.. but I couldn't. I pushed and she came gushing out! The doctor almost didn't catch her. She was born at 11am. 20 mins after I started pushing! Wahoo! I did tear a lot, though. I had a 3rd degree tear. The doc had to stitch me up for forever! So, I just laid there, cuddling my little wee one. She was 8 lbs 12 oz and 21 1/2 inches long. She was a little chubbers... MY little chubbers. It was the best. She just laid on my chest and snuggled me. I had waited for so long to be a mama and then it happened. I can't believe it happened. The next few days in the hospital were tiresome. I slept with her in my arms because I couldn't not hold her. Breastfeeding was hard. I had no idea what I was doing and Eva, of course, didn't know what she was doing... and so that was a bad combination. But we both kept trying and finally got it when she was 3 months. :)

Our little Miss Eva

It's time to post some of the pictures that we got from the doctor's office of our little pip-squeak. :)

SPUDMAN!

Joshy did his first Olympic Triathlon this weekend! It was awesome! I was so impressed! He followed my family's tradition and did the Spudman Tri in Burley, ID. We went up Friday with Layne and Kim and then met his family and two other friends, Matti and Alma, there. We had a great dinner--for my birthday-- and then back to the house for b-day cake and to jump into bed. Josh and I didn't sleep well. I'm sure his nerves were getting to him and well.. I'm pregnant.

We started the morning bright and early. The river was a great temperature for a swim. From what I hear, it was warmer in the water than out. Josh, Layne and Alma started at 7:05am. It was fun watching all the little orange caps float down the river. Matti, Kim and I walked along the path and cheered them on. Swimming is Josh's event so he climbed out of the river first, then Alma and then Layne.

We got a few pictures of them in the transition and then they went one way and we went the other. I did, though, get to see my sister, Kim, off. I was looking for her and then realized she was right in front of me. I started yelling for her and she was maybe about 10 ft a

way from me. Haha.. it was quite funny.

The transition from bike to run seemed a bit rough for the fellas. I can't blame them... when your legs are jelly and they expect you to run up a hill... that's no

t easy for anyone. But, they all did it! My favorite, of course, is when they come to the finish line. Alma came first of the boys, then Layne, and then Josh with his cheering fist high in the air. It was awesome. We are so proud of all of them! They all seemed tired, of course, but great after finishing. I normally lay of the ground when I'm done, but all of them were up and walking around. It was very impressive.

Bianca the Scooter

Well, we finally got a wee little scooter for Josh. It's a 1966 Vespa, fully restored, and he loves it. We need to get her registered, etc, but she will be great to have around.

Making a habit

I am trying to make this a habit. I have been thinking about posting multiple time in the past few days and I keep thinking "it's okay, you don't need to post every day...just hang tight until you have something to post about." :)

I don't really have anything to post about other than that I stinkin love my hubby. This week hasn't been the easiest week on him and he just chugs along and gets his stuff done. Also, I love that he rubs my baby belly. Haha. It feels better that he can be a little bit more involved, even if it is just saying "Hi" to baby with a little belly pat.

All for today... I will keep it up. :)

Not good at this yet.

Well, we have a baby on the way. It's pretty exciting! Crazy to think that it's MY turn to have a wee one. It seems that I have wanted it for so long and it just never happened.... until now.

Josh and I were VERY surprised. We decided to get off BC about March, thinking it we wouldn't get pregnant until summer time. Whelp, the end of March I took a pregnancy test and WHAMMO, pregnant. I was in total shock. I'm pretty sure I took 4-5 pregnancy tests. It was just such a shock to me. I told Josh as soon as he got home that day and he, too, was surprised. I am now called Fertile Mertile.

We are 18 weeks pregnant, went to Fetal Photos and found out we are having a girl. We do have the big doctor's ultrasound on July 20th, which will be VERY exciting. It's amazing to see her on the screen.

It fun, too, because there are several people who are having babies too. Angie Cannon, Kim Latham, 7 other sisters in my ward, and most excitingly, KAMI! She was struggling and doctors were saying it wasn't going to happen and then bam-o, she works her magic and a baby is now on the way. She is 12 weeks along and doing great so far. We are all extremely excited for her.

Newly married

Well, now that I am married, I am told that I have to start a blog. :) Josh and I have been married since November and are just living as two old married people do. We work hard and then land on the couch at the end of the day, exhausted. I go to sleep early while Josh stays up and reads the news. See.... two old married people.