Welcome little one!

What an adventure! Thursday was a very long and eventful day... Alice Ruth came into the world at 4:06pm at 7 pounds even and 19 inches long. She was having a hard time coming down normal way so they had to take her c section. When the doctor told me we would have to do it that way I was terrified! I have never has surgery before and the thought of being cut open really scared me! My dad and ben gave me a sweat blessing and told me everything would go fine. Ben put on his fancy scrubs and we were off to the O R .... The doctors got me onto the table and were underway really fast. And before I knew it she was here! Ben went with the baby while I was being stitched back up... When he came back he put her right up to my head and it was one of the most amazing feelings! She was MINE and she was BEAUTIFUL! Ben took her down to the nursery to bathe her and they took me to my room. Ps . I just want to say how much I loved my nurse and doctors!!!! They seriously made me feel so great! I couldn't have done it without them! I said thank you to each of them at least a dozen times but it still doesn't feel like enough!
All of ben's and i's family had come right before they took me back so they were all able to watch as ben helped with her first bath. ( well mostly everyone... Aaron was stuck at work, James was driving to Seattle, heather was in cedar city and Michael was sick) they all took a ton of pictures and brought them back to me. After they got me into my new room they brought Alice in so I could hold her.... WOW!!!! What an amazing feeling! She is so precious! That night we had a few visitors. Starla and Tyson came first and then Jason and Bailey and Aaron Tobler. It was nice of them to come down and they all said she was beautiful! After they all left ben and I were so tired! Ben stayed with me and slept on a chair bed thing that looked so uncomfortable! But I was so glad that he was there! Thursday was a crazy day but one of the best days of my life and one that I will never forget!

BABY DAY!

So today is going to be one of the best days of my life! I'm having my baby today!
This morning around 430 I was awakened by what I thought was bad has or something.... I went to the bathroom but the pain kept coming in waves... So I thought maybe they were Braxton hicks... I started timing them to see how close together they were and about 7 min apart. At 530 when bens alarm went off, I was still having these pains... All of a sudden there was this popping feeling and a big gush of water! My water had broken! So we got dressed and headed to the hospital. The contractions had pretty much stopped at this point but I was still leaking everywhere! Haha they admitted and checked me out. I was dialated to a 2! They hooked up all the equipment. ( I feel like I'm totally tied down! Haha I cant move anything without pulling on some cord!) I got an epideral right away because I wanted to enjoy this experience to the fullest and not have to suffer through it. So I'm really numb! Haha my nurses name is chelsie. She is great! It is super busy today here at the hospital! They only have one room left! So that makes her really busy but I still feel well taken care of! The doctor came in a little while ago and just said hello. He is great too! His name is dr brouburg. He is super friendly and made me feel super comfortable. He said baby sounded healthy and everything looked like it was moving along well.
They put me on petosin right when I came in so that my labor would move along faster. Chelsie just came in and turned it down cause I was having to many contractions to close together. I didn't even notice them! Haha
I am feeling so overwhelmed with excitment, joy, and fear... I cant beleive that I'm already on this stage of life! And that heavenly father would trust me with this precious soul... It's so overwhelming! In so many ways..... :)

Week two!

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I'm pretty sure that this is a record! I don't think I have ever posted two weeks In a row! Haha
This week was a great week minus behind super sick and super itchy.... Let's start with the good stuff. My birthday was great! Ben surprised me with patio furniture! I love it! Now if only it Would warm up enough to use it! Next was my Moma graduation! It was a great couple of days celebrating all her hard work! She really is one of my heroes!
Then on Saturday, I had an awesome baby shower at the in law's! It was a great time and we got lots of really great stuff!
After the shower I was told that I needed to go meet with Alicia to help her with some last minute choreography... well it turns our that was a lie.... Haha My ballet girls wanted to through me a surprise shower! needless to say, I was very surprised! I am going to miss teaching them so much! They are such a great group of girls! I am very proud of all of them! They have come a very long way since the beginning of the year!
Saturday night I want to bed feeling super exhausted from the crazy but awesome week. But I woke up just after I has fallen asleep feeling super yucky.... I was up most of the rest of the night feeling terrible and wishing I could just throw up so I could feel better.... At 4:30 my wish finally came true so I was able to get a little bit of sleep... But I woke up sunday feeling just as awful. By Sunday afternoon I just wanted to sleep so I took a nap and woke up feeling not perfect but mostly better... Except one thing.... I was super itchy all over! I figured it was just pregnancy swelling and that it would go away later.... Later that night I started feeling super yucky again and I was still very itchy and swollen... After throwing up a second time we decided we better call the doctor to see what he thought we should do. He said that the throwing up could be anything but most likely was just the stomach flue that is going around. But the itching he wanted to have me do some blood work to get it checked out. He said it could be a rash that happens to some women late in pregnancy that is not really harmful but very uncomfortable until the baby is born... He said that a lot of times they will Indus people early if they have this... So yesterday I went and got some blood work done and I am supposed to get the results back today. I am still itchy and it is driving me crazy but at least I am feeling better flue wise!
I think that just about sums up my crazy awesome week... So until next time, have a great week! :)

Fresh Start

Okay people. I have had a blog for a very long time that I have only used like twice... I am now making a goal to use this new blog as a fresh start. I will attempt to update this once a week. I am hoping that it will be an easy way to keep a jornal of sorts.... So here is week one....


WEEK ONE:
Today I am completely exsausted! I have not been sleeping well and it makes it pretty difficult to get anything done. But alass... I was able to get a batch of laundry done yesterday! Ben and I will be going to our first birthing class tonight (seeing as how im due in 4 weeks.... crazy!!!) and I am excited and kind of nervous! haha I am hoping that the details will calm my nerves about labor rather than scare me more... I am also hoping that it wont freak Ben out! Haha He seems to be getting more and more nervous about it all as we get closer.
Also, this week is a big week for my mom! She is graduating from BYU with her Bachelors Degree on Thursday!!! I am SO proud of her! She has worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get here! She has been bouncing off the walls the last little while with the excitement of being done! haha I cant wait to give her the gift my siblings and I got  her! She is going to be so excited! My mom is seriously my hero for graduating! What an amazing woman she is!!!!