Baby Jace is HERE!!!!! He was born early Sunday morning at 4:10 am. I started going into labor Saturday night, well..what I thought was labor, I wasn't sure. I was just contracting more frequently so I thought we would head to the hospital. When we got there, they hooked me up to a moniter to time my contractions and I started contracting 2 minutes apart! They also checked me and I was dialated to a SIX! So I WAS in labor! My Dr. came shortly after to break my water, and then came the epidural. Then we just waited around for me to progress. Around 3:00 am I was ready and started pushing. I felt pretty nauseated during the whole labor so they decided to turn my epidural off which made me nervous, but it was pretty cool because I was able to feel everything but without pain. It was a really neat and wierd feeling. Delivering a baby is such a miracle! Dallin and I are VERY PROUD parents! :) Here are some pictures of our little miracle! :) Right before we headed to the hospital!
7 lbs. 3 0z. 19 1/2 inches
Lots of DARK hair!
Cambria made Jace the CUTEST taggie blanket!! I LOVE it!!! And so does he :) Thank you Cam, mom and Ayrion for helping me with Bentley and thanks to all the wonderful visitors we've had!!! Bentley has also adjusted really well and loves his little baby brother, but he has been sick so we haven't let him get close enough to take pictures of them together, I will be sure to post some later.
I had my LAST OB appt. yesterday! My Dr. was quite shocked I even made it to the appt. She thought she would have seen me at the hospital first, but noooo...... Well this little guy weighed 7 lbs. 5 oz. as of yesterday. My Dr. said I was dialated to a 5 and 90% thinned out. WHAT?! Doesn't that sound like I should be in labor?? Well, I guess not..no contractions 5 minutes apart and no water breaking.. But on the upside, I have been enjoying my last couple uninterupted nights. Well, I am off to go do some jumping jacks. ;)
My friend Brittany B. had this article and video on her blog and I just HAD to share it with you. You won't be able to stop the tears. Against the Odds
Two months before he was born, Eliot was diagnosed with Trisomy 18—a genetic disorder with a very low survival rate. His parents, Matt and Ginny, began writing letters to him daily.
"Dear Eliot: Right now you are two months from being born," Matt wrote in one letter. "Doctors tell us that you won't likely make it to birth. Your mom and I are praying against that. We're praying for healing. We are praying for nothing less than a miracle. You're our first child, and the day of your birth couldn't come sooner."
Against the odds, Eliot survived his birth. "You are already a miracle to us," Matt wrote that day.
Every day that Eliot lived, he beat the odds. The median lifespan for children with Trisomy 18 is just five to 15 days—but Eliot just kept on surviving.
Matt and Ginny's letters to their infant son continued for 99 precious days. They turned their letters and literally thousands of photos of Eliot into a video that has now been seen nearly a million times on YouTube.
Matt and Ginny join Oprah and Celine from their living room in Fayetteville, Arkansas. And they have some big news—they are expecting another baby!
Matt says their tribute to Eliot started as a blog, which they used to keep friends and family updated on his status even before he was born. "Once he was here, we just took a lot of pictures and took a lot of video, and we knew we wanted to put that together in some way to tell the story of his life."
"We knew from day to day that we had that day," Ginny says. "I would tell Matt a lot: 'I'll be sad later. I'm going to enjoy every second now.' So even though his diagnosis never changed, we just decided we were going to enjoy every second that we had."
Celine is moved by that idea. "Life imposes things on you that you can't control, but you still have the choice of how you're going to live through this," she says. "Once you know the diagnosis and it's not good, then you make the best of it."
"We celebrate you," Oprah says. "What an inspiration your family has been to the world."
My friend Brittany who was due with her baby girl a day after me had her baby late Sunday night. So, that's it..I am going for a jog right now! I am so jealous but mostly VERY HAPPY for her and her GORGEOUS new baby!! Congrats Britt and Adam! :O)
Rhonda made this photo collage from Cambria's Halloween party, and I thought I would steal it for my blog! :O) Thanks Rhonda! And thanks Cam for throwing such a FANTASTIC party! It was a blast!
Well, I have been doing some of those last minute baby things this week...buying teeny tiny diapers, new binkies, Dreft, (which I swear wasn't $16.00 when I was buying it for Bentley! OuCh! That is SpEnDy) getting a couple NeWbOrN outfits, (Bentley was born in the Summer & has NO warm newborn clothes) washing the newborn clothes, having Dallin hang the shelf in his room and getting some stuff for me to pack for the hospital. I am pretty much ReAdY!.. I had my OB appt. yesterday. I was dialated to a 4, which is progress but the way I have been feeling I could have sworn I was dialated to an 8! I really feel like I am walking around in the splits and that he could fall out on his head any minute.. She did say that his head was even LOWER, so maybe that's why.. My Dr., Dallin and I decided that if I haven't gone into labor by Nov. 20th, I am going to have him by C-Section on that day. I'm really hoping to go into labor before then and have him naturally so the recovery will be easier on me and I don't HAVE to have a C-Section next time if there is a next time. :) But as long as he gets here safely, I will be happy! His rapid weight gain has slowed down a little and as of yesterday he weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. I can't wait to see him! I will keep you updated. :)
So Bentley was not so much into wearing his pumpkin costume his mommy made him wear, especially the hat, but he was WAY into getting candy just by knocking on someone's door! After he got the idea, he kept saying, "Mo houses mommy, mo houses!" He definitly thought trick or treating was AwEsOmE!
If you can't tell, he is PUMPED about all the candy he is getting!
If you noticed Bentley's army/camo pants, your probably thinking, "What? Army pants with a pumpkin costume??" Well, I had a back up plan in case he wouldn't keep his pumpkin costume on..He could be G.I Joe or a hunter!?..
Just a couple of pumpkins!.. Bentley kept trying to sit down on the grass so he could dump out his candy and rumage through it! He picked out the licorice rope this time..
My mom works with this Dr. who is a MAJOR Harry Potter fan and he decks out his whole yard to look just like your in the Harry Potter books on Halloween. There are people dressed up as all the characters, games, drinks, the works! It's pretty awesome. So we decided to take Bentley up there, and oh was it CROWDED! It was a lot of fun though..we saw this bird/horse character who got right in Bentley's face and it freaked him out!! I convinced him he was a "nice bird" but he still wouldn't take his eyes off him just in case he decided to pull any funny business..
Well, I am now dialated to a 3 and baby Jace is nearly 6 1/2 lbs! I guess I better get anything I wanted done before the baby got here, DONE! It's getting close... :)
P.s. HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!! (This is how I feel if I eat right before bed or if I bend over..haha:o)
8 TV shows I love to watch 1. Grey's Anatomy 2. Private Practice 3. Dancing with the Stars 4. So you think you can Dance 5. Anything on HGTV! 6. Extreme Home Makeover Home Edition 7. Jay Leno 8. Man vs. Wild But in all reality, I watch cartoons A LOT more than these! :) 8 Favorite Restaurants 1. Famous Dave's 2. Olive Garden 3. Paradise Bakery 4. PF Chang's 5. Cafe Rio or Costa Vida 6. Tepenyaki's 7. Applebees 8. Chili's
8 Things that happened yesterday 1. Woke up and ate cereal and watched cartoons with Bentley. 2. Colored with Bentley. 3. Went to my mom's. 4. Went to Union Grill. 5. Did some cleaning. 6. Watched Dancing with the Stars. 7. Got on the computer. 8. Got fatter :) 8 Things I'm looking forward to 1. The baby coming! 2. Halloween 3. Christmas Season 4. Dallin coming home. 5. My back to stop hurting. 6. Spending my days with Bentley and the new baby. 7. A vacation! (Not that we have one planned..but someday!) 8. I am already looking forward to Spring..:)
8 Things on my Wish List 1. That my family will always be safe and healthy!!!! 2. Baby Jace to get here safely. 3. Family Vacation. 4. Some home projects to get done. 5. To fit back into my old clothes one day! :) 6. A nice camera. 7. Be a better wife and mommy. 8. my life is pretty good I can't think of anything else to wish for!!!
8 people I am tagging: 1. Brooke 2. Shaundalee 3. Britt 4. Hillary 5. Beth 6. Courtney 7. Becky 8. Amanda
