My two children on their first day of life.
My nephew Jack and Miriam on their birth day.
More of my children on their first day of life :)
My beautiful babies.
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Picture overload
The last couple weeks have been a blur. I woke up yesterday and it finally hit me there is a baby in that bassinet at the end of my bed and she is mine. And she is beautiful.
Some fun pictures from the hospital! Such a great day. So glad to be past it.
It was so fun and such a blessing to have Grammie and Grandpa Childs come stay with us for a while after Miriam was born. I am incredibly grateful to in-laws who love me and my babies so completely.
It was nice to not be pregnant for Nathan's birthday, and to have his mom and dad here even if we didn't get the staycation we were excited for. A baby is a good present right?
Our dog Tucker found this scorpion and Nathan caught it in our kitchen! It was alive and stinking. I'm so glad Asher or I didn't find it, who knew there were scorpions in Arkansas?!?!
Asher turned 17 months and Miriam turned two weeks last Wednseday, November 19th. I can't believe how cute they are and how much fun it already is. And how fast time is going.
Nathan decided to sport the fu manch for no shave November. I was shocked how well he pulled it off when he wasn't making creepy facial expressions...
Asher has been so great at finding things to entertain himself, he is already growing up faster since Miriam came home. God blessed me greatly with such a sweet, easy going, smart boy!
I feel like our sweet girl has also grown a lot since coming home:
And these are a little over due, but here are a couple one week pictures! I love my little lady.
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
Our New Addition
As most of you know we had our baby!
Tuesday November 5, 2013 10:42
My sister Jill called me pretty early on Tuesday morning and said she was in the hospital and going to have her baby! We chatted and I was so excited for her and wished so badly I could be with her and share in her experience. (I was in tears when we hung up, and I really think talking to her released something in my body that sent me into labor, or God knew how terribly I did want to share this with her and he figured a way it could sort of happen.) Hearing her talk about her contractions made me come to terms that I had been having steady, though not close together, contractions for about three days. I talked to Nathan and we decided I should probably call the doctor just to see what was going on. At my previous doctor appointment, about a week earlier, I had been dilated to a 2 and about 30% effaced. We said if I wasn't going into labor we would go see Ender's Game. About an hour later they said I was dilated to a five and almost completely effaced. I was sent to labor and delivery never to leave the same person again.
I had a much better time managing my panic attacks at the needles, I only really freaked out at the epidural but even then I was able to relax my body even while sobbing, enough they got it in perfectly and quickly.
I had excellent nurses who were firm and exact-just what I needed, no Ruth Dayhuff, but as good as it gets in Arkansas. I tested positive for a fairly common infection so I needed a few doses of antibiotic. They started those at 4pm, broke my water around 9. I was so grateful that Nathan was patient and willing to stay with me for hours to not miss a thing. It was extra great because my sister in law Sarah had stopped in to visit and we were all having such fun :) she ended up still being there when the doctor came in! I could feel plenty of pressure even with my awesome epidural button and suddenly mid conversation the nurse took one look at my face and called for the doctor. I put my feet in the stirrups, laughed at a joke from Nathan, felt a contraction, pushed three times and heard a little cry.
She came out fast and perfect. We liked a lot of names for her but when we looked at her sweet round face and said them out loud both Nathan and I felt like she was a Miriam. I am glad we agreed. It was surprisingly hard to stop calling her Rue, and when I was on my pain medications I actually couldn't pronounce her name so that made me wonder if we had gotten it right but now it fits perfect and I can say it without a problem.
Tuesday November 5, 2013 10:42
My sister Jill called me pretty early on Tuesday morning and said she was in the hospital and going to have her baby! We chatted and I was so excited for her and wished so badly I could be with her and share in her experience. (I was in tears when we hung up, and I really think talking to her released something in my body that sent me into labor, or God knew how terribly I did want to share this with her and he figured a way it could sort of happen.) Hearing her talk about her contractions made me come to terms that I had been having steady, though not close together, contractions for about three days. I talked to Nathan and we decided I should probably call the doctor just to see what was going on. At my previous doctor appointment, about a week earlier, I had been dilated to a 2 and about 30% effaced. We said if I wasn't going into labor we would go see Ender's Game. About an hour later they said I was dilated to a five and almost completely effaced. I was sent to labor and delivery never to leave the same person again.
I had a much better time managing my panic attacks at the needles, I only really freaked out at the epidural but even then I was able to relax my body even while sobbing, enough they got it in perfectly and quickly.
I had excellent nurses who were firm and exact-just what I needed, no Ruth Dayhuff, but as good as it gets in Arkansas. I tested positive for a fairly common infection so I needed a few doses of antibiotic. They started those at 4pm, broke my water around 9. I was so grateful that Nathan was patient and willing to stay with me for hours to not miss a thing. It was extra great because my sister in law Sarah had stopped in to visit and we were all having such fun :) she ended up still being there when the doctor came in! I could feel plenty of pressure even with my awesome epidural button and suddenly mid conversation the nurse took one look at my face and called for the doctor. I put my feet in the stirrups, laughed at a joke from Nathan, felt a contraction, pushed three times and heard a little cry.
After all the needles and blood we were feeling pretty good.
They keep a warmer in the room, Nathan found it after they turned it on.
6 lbs 14 oz 19 inches long
I am so grateful for the wonderful friends and family who have stopped by and for those sending love long distance. Asher is adjusting, he seems to enjoy her as long as he can be held too. Tucker doesn't know what to do when he hears her little whimpers but he is good and stays at a distance. My recovery is going well and is so much faster than with Asher (even without the kidney and blood infections.)
Mercy hospital has tracking security devices they put on all the babies that shut down elevators and lock doors if one gets too close to a stairwell or elevator. When her discharge nurse came and cut the band our room filled with nurses and the phone started ringing. Come to find out they had discharged the wrong baby in their computer system so when they cut the band it set off the alarms, Nathan was stuck on the first floor because everything had gone on lock down till they figured it out.
I felt like it was a little extreme but looking back I'm glad no one would be able to take my baby!
First diaper change!
Reunited finally!
Asher is not sure what to make of her at a distance,
and is really weirded out up close!
Her grandma hat that was made by hospital volunteers, and a blanket made my Grammie Childs.
Grammie and Grandpa Childs are staying with us to help and they sure have! Its been fun to watch them with my kids (cause I have two! Super crazy!) Asher has been enjoying the extra attention and fun snacks and I don't know what we are going to do when they are gone.
We are home, healthy, exhausted, and happy and couldn't wish for a better situation than she has put our little family in.
She is now five days old and Adam and Sarah let us use their nice camera to get some pictures, I snapped these this morning. Hopefully I can get more and some with Asher later.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Beginnings of Fall
It has been such a delight to watch the trees change color and to feel the chill in the air, Oregon was beautiful in the changing months but we missed most of it, the year before we were in Houston and there isn't really a fall at all. The vibrant reds and yellows are amazing! We are also enjoying hot chocolate, apple cider, and carving pumpkins!
Asher likes to kick the leaves that he finds on the ground now that Dad has shown him how. He is finally learning to keep a hat on, which is good because our good friends from Oregon made him the cutest hats ever and it would be sad if he wasn't willing to wear them!
Rue is doing well, lots of contractions and one doctor visit thinking we were in labor after Nathan's work party of lazer tag and greasy pizza! But she is still in there kicking and stretching. Asher is finally feeling better and is so much energy. He is happy and smiling, he wakes up laughing and runs all day long. I am grateful that he is easily entertained for the most part. He has also gotten two molars! And two more are starting to pop through. Asher is also a huge fan of the new youtube sensation What Does the Fox Say (click on the link to see the video, its not the original but its his favorite one) and laughs and dances when ever it comes on. He is really great entertainment.
Halloween was awesome! We were able to go trick or treating with some friends, Asher dressed up as Robin from Batman and was ooo'ed and ahh'ed over at every house! One old lady even said he had made Halloween her favorite holiday. It only took him about three houses to realize the awesome concept of walking/knocking/smiling=CANDY. He was even really great at putting it in his little bag to be carried by Dad and then running to keep up with the other kids. We also had a ward trunk or treat that he liked even more because every time he put his hand out someone gave him candy. He was also good at sneaking his little fist into other candy buckets if kids weren't watching carefully enough.
There is an event here called First Friday, every month it is different but in November on the first Friday all the Wal-Mart toy venders who have an office in Bentonville come out to show what their top toys for Christmas are and they give away tons of stuff and there are a bunch of characters who come, it is kind of like Disneyland with the food venders and people walking around in giant costumes, except its free :). Asher loved the TMNT's, we also saw Thor, Hello Kitty, the Power Rangers and a bunch of others.
Nathan saw this on pinterest and wanted to try it, could be good could be disgusting -it was a success! Its BACON PANCAKES. All you do is pre-crisp your bacon so its just how you like it then drain all the grease, put the bacon back on the griddle and cover it in pancake batter then cook like a normal pancake, we ate it with syrup and it was amazing. They even keep well in the fridge and are good cold later.
Lastly the quote, my friend posted this on facebook and I loved how straightforward it was and how perfectly in contrasted. I would almost argue and say the Satan side needs to be Satan/natural man, but it is pretty good as it.
Asher likes to kick the leaves that he finds on the ground now that Dad has shown him how. He is finally learning to keep a hat on, which is good because our good friends from Oregon made him the cutest hats ever and it would be sad if he wasn't willing to wear them!
He likes to be just like Dad and read the Book of Mormon in the glider.
Asher and his buddy Anders at church, they found a hole in the rocks filled with dirt and leaves.
Asher is staking blocks! He still prefers knocking them over, but his staking skills are pretty sweet.
Halloween was awesome! We were able to go trick or treating with some friends, Asher dressed up as Robin from Batman and was ooo'ed and ahh'ed over at every house! One old lady even said he had made Halloween her favorite holiday. It only took him about three houses to realize the awesome concept of walking/knocking/smiling=CANDY. He was even really great at putting it in his little bag to be carried by Dad and then running to keep up with the other kids. We also had a ward trunk or treat that he liked even more because every time he put his hand out someone gave him candy. He was also good at sneaking his little fist into other candy buckets if kids weren't watching carefully enough.
Nathan saw this on pinterest and wanted to try it, could be good could be disgusting -it was a success! Its BACON PANCAKES. All you do is pre-crisp your bacon so its just how you like it then drain all the grease, put the bacon back on the griddle and cover it in pancake batter then cook like a normal pancake, we ate it with syrup and it was amazing. They even keep well in the fridge and are good cold later.
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