More Aubrey
I can't believe I have three kids! Life is speeding up and keeps getting faster. I remember with Ethan the days seemed long because I was no longer working a full-time job and I was at home all of a sudden with a baby. I was sometimes bored at home and didn't know what to do to keep him entertained. Then with two the baby months went faster and with me trying to get Ethan to be soft when touching Austin and with them growing to be buddies that played together. Now with three kids, two in school, and working on the side, the days seem to fly by! Since Austin is in kindergarten and Ethan is in 2nd grade I am going to the school three times a day for dropping off and picking up, nursing all the time, (feels like it), and trying to find time to work and clean. Here are more pictures of cute Aubrey in October......
Long Overdue Birth Story
We've been enjoying, and adjusting to, having a new baby in our home, and I haven't had time to update my blog! The only reason I have time today is because she's asleep and we are actually caught up with the work load for my medical transcription job, and there's no work for me to do today on New Year's!
I was dilated to about a 5 for several weeks and getting very uncomfortable. The doctor's office let me schedule the delivery, which I did for Friday, September 14, mostly because it was right before the weekend and Bryan would be home more and not as busy with school and work. They told me, though, that I wasn't first priority and whoever came into the hospital actually in labor would be a higher priority, even though we tentatively planned on going in early in the morning. When I called in the morning they told me they were pretty busy right then and to call back in an hour if I hadn't heard anything. I called back and they said that if I hurried and came in right then they would squeeze me in and there should be a room available.
Once I was checked in and they gave me a little Pitocin everything happened really fast. They gave me an epidural right away, and it was going to be the same guy that gave me one when I had Ethan eight years ago. He's a really nice guy from Alpine that's worked there forever, but then for some reason a guy that recently transferred from a hospital in Arizona showed up. He has been administering epidurals for a long time, but only in the OR when patient's were knocked out or something and he was totally nervous and shaking because someone had to watch him and he had to do a certain amount of epidurals on awake patients before he could do them independently. So he didn't do that great a job on his first attempt and had to do it again and I was really bummed it wasn't the other guy. He didn't give me enough of the meds either and I was feeling a lot of pain and contractions until they finally got the meds hooked to my IV and let me control the dosage. They tell you that you can't overdose so I pushed the button probably a few too many times because I was afraid of the pain I was feeling and that it could get worse. With Ethan I seriously only had to push two times and he was out because he was so tiny. Austin was I think four pushes, and Aubrey was maybe one more. It always amazes me when you first hear the cry of your baby as they take their first breath and what a miracle it is that a live being was actually just inside of me. What a miracle birth is! How can anyone not believe in God!?
I had been going to a clinic where you rotate doctors and you don't know who will be on call when you deliver. I really liked Dr. Brian Woolsey the best, who is in our ward, but I wasn't sure how I felt about having him deliver our baby because I would see him every Sunday; and of course he was the one on call that day! It actually was a great delivery and I'm glad he delivered Aubrey. He did a great job and it's not awkward at all.
Like I said in the quick post in the hospital, Aubrey was born at 12:50 p.m. weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19 inches long. She was bigger than both the boys! She had a little bent nose, I think from being down so low for a while, just like Austin. Austin's was a little bit more prominent and took longer to go straight than Aubrey's. Hers went back to normal pretty much on its own within a month.
I'm so thankful for my mother-in-law who helped with the boys while I was at the hospital and took them to school and picked them up from school for an entire week, and for my mom who took the boys up to her house in Alpine for an entire day to play with Rohme and Rocco. What would I do without such great family?
I'm so thankful for my mother-in-law who helped with the boys while I was at the hospital and took them to school and picked them up from school for an entire week, and for my mom who took the boys up to her house in Alpine for an entire day to play with Rohme and Rocco. What would I do without such great family?
Here's some pictures of Aubrey from her first few weeks of life.......
Mommy in Time Out
Today I gave
myself a time out. I realized it wasn’t
fair to give my son time out for something that I had just done earlier in the
day. His face was surprised as he
watched me set the timer. He was curious
to see if I would follow the same rules: no toys, no talking, and staying on the
chair for the entire time.
I looked out the window at the trees covered in snow as I sat in my chair. We had our first big snowstorm this last weekend and it really dumped a lot of snow. Several trees were knocked over at a local park, and one of ours even had an entire branch break off. The storm was over now, however, and the sun was shining and the sky was blue; when just yesterday the sky was covered with what seemed like clouds everywhere you looked, even blocking the view of the enormous mountains to the east. The thought struck me that I – and all of us – we are like these trees. Life has its fair share of trials and hardships, frustrations, and disappointments that continually dump on us, “filling our branches” until we no longer think we can endure the weight. Our view may be blocked by the “clouds” that surround us and things may look like they will never get better, and some of our branches may break off, but just like the tree still standing in my backyard, we can endure it if we wait for the sun to come out to melt away the snow and lighten our load. No matter what our burdens or challenges are, the key is to turn to Jesus Christ, the son of God, and let him lighten our load. He is always there to help us, but we have to turn to him. He will always help us. Without this knowledge I don’t think I could make it through a single day. I have many weaknesses and life frustrations that if I didn’t have a testimony of the Savior and his atonement, I would easily give up and say, “Why try?” I am thankful for my testimony.
As I sat there in time out, my son ran in to double check that I was fulfilling my time and he called out “I love you!”, as he ran back into the other room to continue his play. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, loves and forgives us just as quickly as a little child. I glanced one more time out the window as my timer went off. The sun seemed to shine brighter, and big clumps of snow fell from off the leaves and branches…..I felt lighter already.
I looked out the window at the trees covered in snow as I sat in my chair. We had our first big snowstorm this last weekend and it really dumped a lot of snow. Several trees were knocked over at a local park, and one of ours even had an entire branch break off. The storm was over now, however, and the sun was shining and the sky was blue; when just yesterday the sky was covered with what seemed like clouds everywhere you looked, even blocking the view of the enormous mountains to the east. The thought struck me that I – and all of us – we are like these trees. Life has its fair share of trials and hardships, frustrations, and disappointments that continually dump on us, “filling our branches” until we no longer think we can endure the weight. Our view may be blocked by the “clouds” that surround us and things may look like they will never get better, and some of our branches may break off, but just like the tree still standing in my backyard, we can endure it if we wait for the sun to come out to melt away the snow and lighten our load. No matter what our burdens or challenges are, the key is to turn to Jesus Christ, the son of God, and let him lighten our load. He is always there to help us, but we have to turn to him. He will always help us. Without this knowledge I don’t think I could make it through a single day. I have many weaknesses and life frustrations that if I didn’t have a testimony of the Savior and his atonement, I would easily give up and say, “Why try?” I am thankful for my testimony.
As I sat there in time out, my son ran in to double check that I was fulfilling my time and he called out “I love you!”, as he ran back into the other room to continue his play. Our Savior, Jesus Christ, loves and forgives us just as quickly as a little child. I glanced one more time out the window as my timer went off. The sun seemed to shine brighter, and big clumps of snow fell from off the leaves and branches…..I felt lighter already.
Aubrey Summer Niven
I'm just about ready to be checked out of the hospital, but couldn't wait to post the arrival of our sweet girl, Aubrey Summer Niven. I'll blog more in detail later, but in brief she was born on Friday, September 14, 2012 at 12:50. She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 19 inches long.
I was grateful today for the chance to take the Sacrament at the hospital, (and this might be the only hospital that does that), but I appreciated this quote the couple gave me by President Boyd K. Packer,
"Children are the past, the present, and the future all blended into one. They are consummately precious. Every time a child is born, the world is renewed in innocence."
Here's Aubrey.....
I was grateful today for the chance to take the Sacrament at the hospital, (and this might be the only hospital that does that), but I appreciated this quote the couple gave me by President Boyd K. Packer,
"Children are the past, the present, and the future all blended into one. They are consummately precious. Every time a child is born, the world is renewed in innocence."
Here's Aubrey.....
Okay baby......I'm ready!
I am 39 weeks pregnant today and I'm having a hard time waiting for this little girl's arrival! Both my boys were two weeks early, so I kind of assumed that would be the case for this one. Although I'm anxious, I'm very thankful she's taking her time so that she can grow and develop as much as she needs to and hopefully not have any complications! Here's a recap of my pregnancy.......
Here's the ultrasound where we found out I'm having a girl!
I took weekly pictures to add to my BabyBump app on my phone, but I guess it doesn't help that I'm wearing something different each time!
22 weeks pregnant
24 weeks pregnant
25 weeks pregnant
26 weeks pregnant
28 weeks pregnant
29 weeks pregnant
30 weeks pregnant
31 weeks pregnant
33 weeks pregnant
34 weeks pregnant
35 weeks pregnant and different hair
36 weeks pregnant
37 weeks pregnant
38 weeks pregnant
And TODAY 39 weeks pregnant!
I made a goal to catch up on my blog before having my baby girl, and as of today I am all caught up! Hurray! So thank you for waiting little girl, you can come any time now! :)
Park fun!
Here's a few fun parks we've been to lately; one in Spanish Fork and one in Saratoga Springs.
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| Ethan made it to the top! |
Labor Day Ice Blocking
For Labor Day we went ice blocking at Rock Canyon Park......well, I just watched since I'm almost 9 months pregnant, but the boys went with Peter, Jessica, Peter's brother, Daniel, and Daniel's roommate, Trent. They had a fun time!
And it was so hot the boys enjoyed eating their ice after!
All Caught Up......or so I thought!
I finally finished transferring all my iweb blog posts over to blogger, and I was so excited to be done.....until I realized my last post in iweb was Halloween 2011 and my next post on blogger was May 2012. :( I guess I'm still making progress, but now I need to try and catch up on the months I didn't blog.
