"The Story"

Phil has encouraged me to do this and it will probably be the only place I write it down-and since she is taking a nap I guess I should take advantage. Although she sometimes seems to think night time is party time so maybe I should wait till then since I am up anyways right?
I almost think Phil should write it-he knows more about the labor story than me...but here we go anyways.

Thursday the 17 of June when I was 38 weeks and 5 days pregnant I had my weekly Dr. Appt. at 1:15 (3 weeks prior I found out I was at a 1 and 75% effaced). Well when the doc came in my room he couldnt believe I was still pregnant-he thought I would of had the baby by now. Yeah and so did I, well I was hoping at least. He thought he stripped my membranes the week before but I reminded him that I asked him to and he said no because I tested positive for Strep B. HE asked how I felt about having the baby soon and I told him I could have her that day and be happy. He then decided to strip them this appointment and, OUCH. He said he wanted to make sure that baby came tonight. He was just helping me along. Great Doctor :)
So I left and he said, "see you tonight!" And I was sure hoping to make it in the hospital that night. I wanted to go walk around somewhere with ac so I went and walked around the mall. I wasnt feeling anything-and at this point still didnt know what a contraction actually felt like. The one thing I did feel was a lot of back pain. Well I was updating Phil on everything-who was updating everyone at work. They told him that there wasnt anything else left to do and to go home, so he got to come home and hour early.
I had tried a teeny bit of castro oil the week before and obviously it wasnt enough, and I swore I was never going to taste that nasty stuff again. Well I did.
This time I mixed it in a milkshake. Phil bought the shake on his way home from work and I bought the oil on my way home from the mall. This time we dumped almost the whole bottle in the shake (we were really ready for her). I think it was about 4 ish when I drank it. Then we walked around the neighborhood and he wouldnt let me sit down haha. Well about 7 30 ish I started to feel some cramping feelings and they got a little bit stronger so I silently timed them and they were about 5 mins apart. I didnt want to tell phil yet cuz they were not painful and I didnt want to go to the hospital and be sent home. Well about 8 I decided to tell him and let him time them. They were now about 2-3 min apart and my lower back was hurting more. He kept telling me to call my doctor (my doctor has you call him first and lets the hospital know your coming). I really didnt want to call because I seriously was not in a ton of pain, but since the contractions were so close I decided to call. He gave us the go to head down to the hospital so we did. The whole ride there I just kept thinking they were going to send us home. I felt embarrased going in so soon.
Once we got there at about 9 ish, they took me in the room and checked me...uh little did I know I was already at an 8. Yeah no joke. Trust me I was shocked, and so was the nurse-she could not believe I was still talking and joking about it. So they got me hooked up to the IV and sent me to the room I would deliver in. So crazy. Once in my room they started me on antibiotics for the Strep B. Now if I didnt have strep B this whole process could of been a lot easier and shorter. The antibiotic takes 4 hours to go through the body and they wanted me to get 2 doses of it. Since they wanted a longer labor, the doc wouldnt break my water because that would speed things up. So there I sat. No meds (yet) and hanging out waiting to get to a 10. My contractions did start to get more uncomfortable and painful and I was not excited that I would have to be feeling them for at least another 4 hours. seriously?! My nurse was awesome though. She let my doc know that I didnt have an epidural yet and the contractions were starting to pick up-so my wonderful doctor came and broke my water for me. He left saying, "Ok your contractions are going to pick up." And, they did. Wow. That was, fun? I definitly knew what a contraction felt like at that point haha. But I was so exausted already from being there in pain for a while and was only at a 9. It seemed that I just couldnt get to that 10. Plus at this point I couldnt relax, and that didnt help. My husband, mom, and nurse all did a great job at helping me through that pain but I was done. And I am pretty sure I said that over and over too haha. After a while my nurse said the Anesthesiologist was right outside if I wanted an epidural. I really thought I wouldnt had to of gotten one but after making me wait cuz the antibiotics I was so tired. I said yep and got one within 5 mins. Yes that man was my new BFF. I was not against getting one and am in no way embarrassed I did. I am so glad-and never plan to experience that pain again-if possible. Its the way to go haha. I honestly felt like I could see again haha weird but thats what it felt like. Im pretty sure Phil was glad at that point that I got one too-not for him to see me in lots of pain.
About 45min to and hour later I was ready to push and I *think I pushed a little over an hour-haha I dont remember. I just remember sleeping after each push. And little miss Kinzi May joined our family at 3:09 am. Amazing. When they put her on my stomach she just kept making a pouty face, it was so dang cute. So about 6 hours of labor for my first child-not too bad at all.

Oh wait there is more haha...
I should have phil write about this part cuz I honestly dont remember a lot of it. But after she came out there were some complications with the placenta. It uh wouldnt come out. Phil said the doctor was pulling with all his strength and nothing. All I remember is him pushing on my stomach really hard and a lot. Apparently it grew with some muscle tissue. Phil and my mom both said they were worried. I guess phil heard them say if they couldnt get it out they were going to have to send me to the OR. The nurses also said if I hadnt of gotten the epidural they were going to have to give me one because of all the pulling he was doing. So another blessing in disguise that I got it. He ended up getting it out, but in lots of pieces. And it took a while. But all is well and I honestly had no idea what was going on anyways I just loved having a little girl at that point.
We then got to bring her home on Sunday June 20th-Fathers Day AND our anniversary! Great fathers day gift and perfect way to celebrate 2 years together.
So thats her story. Its fun being a little family now and learning all that I am. She sometimes gets her nights and days mixed up so hopefully she figures them out soon. But the nights are hit and miss. Sometimes she will go 5 strait hours and others 2. But it all comes with being a new mommy and a learning process. Phil is the best dad ever. Along with best husband. He helps so much and makes everything easier. We just love him.
And how could I post all of this without pictures right. Thats all people look at anyways on blogs... here ya go. She is just a cutie.

Kinzi!

We have a sweet little girl now and we are having lots of fun!
Labor and delivery story to come later-maybe, I need to write it down somewhere right?
She weighed 6 lbs 11 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long. Born at 3:09 am on June 18.
She sure is fun and we love her!

Sneak Peak

Being done with work has been fantastic and given me lots of time to relax, sleep in, and get everything ready for Kinzi. I will post pictures when the room is officially done! Only a few things here and there that need to be done. The room sure has turned out so dang cute! Now that I am full term, I hope Kinzi knows she is more than welcome anytime she would like to come-although I have a feeling I still have a couple of weeks. I am due the 26th and my Doctor is leaving the 30th for a week so he said I need to have her before my due date so he does not have to worry about me while he is gone. At least he and I are both on the same page. Ahh, it became very real when the doc checked me at 35 1/2 weeks and I was dialated to a 1 and 75% effaced. But I know I can also walk around at a 1 for a month and nothing happen, but it still just made me realize how well, REAL this is. Carazy!

Here is the only sneak peak Ill give of her room. This might be my favorite thing in her room! I bought it at a thrift store for $8! It was a ugly gold color with some crystals missing. I painted it blue and my sister and I added some crystals-including the blue ones. I love the way it turned out.

And all her clothes and blankets are washed and put away. I think she has enough clothes...what do you think?

Lets get the party started!

This past weekend my sisters and mom all got together and had a sister weekend. There were no kids, just us 6 ladies ok and Kinzi got to come. She was the only baby allowed I guess. We rented a hotel and all stayed together and, didnt sleep. BUT worth it.

We started off the weekend the way it should be and got pedicures. Fantastic. I hadnt had once since two years ago when we went wedding dress shopping for me haha.

Which ones are the cutest?

We then had dinner at IHOP which is becoming a tradition since our last trip. Then headed to our favorite store-Savers! Holla! We decided to all pick out outfits with the same color. They let me pick...can you guess the color?

I picked Hot Pink in honor of my little Kinzi girl. Since her room has absolutley no pink in it-I thought maybe it would be ok to pick pink this one time.

Then after getting all pinked out, we tried to find something to do. Walked down main st to Sweet Cakes and it was closed. Then wanted some Bahama Bucks so we made a stop there about ten min before they closed-oops, but they were very nice about it.
OH AND, they have a new flavor-Birthday Cake. Probably the best thing ever.
Then we headed out to sing some Karaoke!! We danced and sang along with everyone else who sang. We put in our names for more than 10 songs and sang, once.

Haha water for the mormon girls.

We then headed back to our hotel and were ready for bed. But oh wait we didnt go to sleep. We all brought clothes we wanted to get rid of and went through them and took eachothers clothes home! Yeah I know, greatest idea ever. So we all came home with new clothes and didnt have to spend any money on them.

So we finally went to sleep around 3 and woke up the next morning at 8. Holy Moly. We were a wee bit tired. The next day was my baby shower so we had to get up early. But it was nice because it was in the lobby of our hotel. Worked out great.
My sister-in-law Sam provided almost all of the cutest decorations for the shower. I couldnt of pictured it any better. Thanks Sam I am so glad you are apart of this family!! And to ALL my sisters for the best "tweets" ever. I really like sweets so I decided thats what should be at the shower-it was awesome.


The Shower was a Bird theme-it was so cute!




Funny story, My mom brought Phil a present that he came and picked up afterwards. It was this shirt with paci's hanging down on it. She told him it was HIS nursing shirt haha-my mom is such a dork.

Kinzi is already getting so spoiled!

My new diaper bag that my sister made. How cute is that right? I LOVE it and cant wait to use it!




This is my cousin Alisse and I. We are 3 weeks apart and both expecting baby girls! So fun!

They love eachother can ya tell?


So a GREAT weekend was had by all. Thanks for everyone who came and for the gifts it was an amazing turn out.
And thanks again to my sisters and mom for putting on a great shower! I love being best friends with all of you so we can do fun stuff like this together!
Time to plan another girls weekend...

Birthday time!

Happy Birthday to a special girl named Lo lo! Miss Lauren turns 21 today and here is a little shout out to her! For all of you who dont know her here are some fun facts... She has thee prettiest singing voice of anyone I know. Its like that gorgeous voice you hear in the choir that you always wanna know who it is, well its her. She always has a positive attitude and outlook on life. She is outstanding at making the ugliest faces. With that being said, she is also one of the prettiest girls I know. She plays the violen very well. She is humble. She is a good wifey to her husband. She had two left contacts for a while and would run into corners a lot. (has that changed yet though?) She is the only person I want to go to dances with. Well besides my husband, but he will only dance with me on the slow songs. She was Mary Poppins at Spring Sing for EA and was the best soloist there. I know she would tell me the truth if I asked her if something was too tight on me, or looked stupid altogether. She says, "Your fine" a lot. and guess what lo? I do all the time now too. She loves her family. She is very funny. Even when she isnt trying. Oh lauren, ever since we were kids we have been such, WAIT! I have only known you since I was 18. oh oops. Well I hope your 21st birthday is the best one yet! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you! Now here are some pictures for your enjoyment... Oh and this video is on here just for you to laugh at. I couldnt decide which one to post but everytime I hang out with you and bring my camera, you always go through my pics and videos. so Here you go. Enjoy.

Ok and since Im home sick with nothing to do and have free time, here are some more videos that I know will make you laugh.

Woo hoo!

Welp, I hit 28 weeks today and out of the 2nd trimester and into the Last! WOO!
I am so ready for it to be June! And not because I am sick of being pregant and getting bigger and yada yada, but because I want my baby! I want to be a mommy!
I can't really complain about this pregnancy thus far. It has been great and I feel so blessed that it has been. We are both so excited. We bought the crib and changing table back in January-and if I remember right, Phil put it up that week :)
He is going to be the cutest dad, I just cant wait. We also have the room painted already too! He did that over spring break. I also keep buying cute clothes whenever I think she would be so cute in them. Yes I know, I shouldnt buy to many because I am going to get tons for my baby shower, but its my first child. And if I think something is cute (and cheap, always cheap) I will get it, especially if its 1.99! Come on! I had been worried since we found out the gender that the doctor was wrong since we found out so early. But no worries, I had a doctors appointment last wednesday and she is 100% girl! Good thing because her room is going to be SO cute.
She weighs just over 2 pounds and had a good time showing off for me and my mom at the appointment.
Now that I have hit my last trimester I think my body hit a unknown button or something and decided to shut down. This last week I have been so exausted, for no reason at all. And I can feel all the wonderful back pain too along with Heartburn, but I have had that since January. Poor phil has to deal with me complaining all the time about it. But although I do complain, is it wierd that I also really like all these symptoms? Im sure they will kick up here even more, but everything just reminds me that I am pregnant and have a baby coming soooon! Its just an amazing feeling to know that ever since I was little I have always just wanted to have a family and now its actually happening. Oh and I never really shared my experience about how excited I was to find out its a girl. If you are bored by this time, you can totally stop reading but I have not written any of this down so I might as well do it now.
I am the youngest in my family and never had a little brother or sister. Me being the girly girl I am have always wanted a little sister to do her hair and dress her up all cute. Well thats the whole reason I wanted a little girl so badly. Does that sound dumb? Thats why I talked myself into the fact that we were having a boy. I did not expect to hear it was a girl. Now I am not an emotional person, at all. You can ask my husband. I hardly ever cry. At movies, books, anything really. Don't get me wrong, I do cry, just not a lot. Well guess what, I was that happy when I found out it was a girl that I actually cried haha. Not expected. That was the only time I have cried during my whole pregnancy too. So I hope this little girl knows how special she is. Phil always ask's "can she play sports too?" haha he makes me laugh. He thinks that she is doomed to be "girly" girl because thats what he claims me as, since I did dance in high school and not sports baha. Oh I love him.
Well if I have not bored you with this yet I do not know what will. I just figured I havnt expressed how excited we are for June. Yeah, the sleepless nights, frustration and all. I know I might not be as excited then, but at least let me have my excitment now. We don't know what Exactly is ahead, but know our lives are going to be changed dramaticlly, and can't wait.

28 weeks ladies and gentlemen.