Imported Blog

So I just integrated the baby blog that I had set up for Emily into this blog,  I originally had made that blog just so that I could "tell"  about the baby before we were really telling anyone.  So lovely thing that blogger is it let me import all of the posts from that blog into my regular family blog and I will now be deleting the old one.  So if you missed out on that one you can go to September thru May on this blog and find the additional posts that are now part of this blog.  If that made sense to anyone I am impressed but hopefully you get the basic gist of it!

Emily Christine Wertz May 25, 2011

So obviously I suck at blogging still maybe someday I will be good at it but for now I will just try and be better! This is a fairly long wordy post (but I did leave out the gory details) mostly for my own journaling purposes so if you want to you can skip to the pictures at the bottom!
 So as the title makes obvious our baby girl was born just over 2 months ago.   Long story kind of short.  I was induced on Wednesday May 25 at 5am (ya nuts)  they had me all checked in and hooked up by 6 and then it was just time to wait!  At 8am my Dr came in to check me and I was at the exact same as I had been on Monday (actually it seemed less effaced than I had been on Monday).  So at 8 the Dr broke my water and the fun started.  By about 10 I was thinking holy cow this hurts more than I remember and I asked the nurse if I could have some drugs just to take the edge of because I didn't want an epidural yet as I knew it was still going to be a long time before the baby got there.  Also I was in contact with my mom but she was teaching that day so she was planning on leaving Bear Lake at about 12 figuring she would be there in plenty of time for the arrival.   So back to getting some drugs the nurse told me that the epidural guy was actually on his way up so if I could just wait a little bit that they would just do that.  I figured okay I can handle it I mean I figure I was at maybe a 4 at this point and I could handle it.  So the epidural guy came in and got me all hooked up (in 1 try mind you which is difficult for a person with a back as screwed up as mine.)  So now that I am feeling all happy and mostly numbed the nurse checks me and is very surprised to find out that I am at an 8. (no wonder it was hurting so bad)  So she calls the dr to let him know and low and behold my mom walks in.  Thankfully the woman that was subbing for her was already at the school and told her to just go so she wouldn't be so antsy and thankfully my mom listened otherwise she would have missed it. (I love people that listen to that still small voice)  So my Dr didn't answer so they left a message and he called back 20 min later so my nurse checks me again so she can give the Dr up to date #s and I am at a 10,  so the nurse turns the Pitiocin off and the Dr hurries to the hospital.  It is about 11:10ish when he gets there and in the most calm delivery I have ever had our little girl comes into the world.  Our Dr was great and so calming we were having conversations in between contractions and pushing,  it was awesome.  Anyways so she came and was perfect cried for just long enough for us not to worry about her and then was completely calm.  After a little bit of looking at her and being out numbered on the name thing we decided to name her Emily Christine (that happened to be the only name we even came close to agreeing on)  She was born at 11:21am and was 8lbs 8oz and 21 inches long.  She is such a good baby and super cute she has dark brown hair, what we think will be brown eyes (although they are still deciding)  and a beautiful olive skin.  She looks a lot like her big sister.  Anyway so that is the not so short story and here are some pictures.

Baby needs a name has a scheduled birthday!

So I went to the Dr. today I am 38 weeks and measuring at 39.  The Dr checked me and I am at a 1.  I was hoping to schedule my induction for Friday the 27th but they only schedule inductions for Wednesdays and Mondays so it looks like unless she decides to come sooner I will be induced one week from today!  That is a little scary and not perfect timing but it will do!  I am excited and nervous all at once I am definitely ready to not be pregnant any more but not really so sure if I am ready to have a baby!

37 Weeks Officially Full Term!

So I had a Doctor's appt today and all looks good.  I am actually measuring at 37 weeks this week which is odd because last week I was measuring at 38,  but this is the first time he has me measuring at on time.  He also checked me and I am still pretty much closed,  which is good considering Sara's wedding is in 2 days!   So it looks like it will still be a while until we meet this little girl and hopefully figure out a name for her!   I did jump on the trampoline with the kids today we will see if that will encourage her at all.   She also seems to know that I am talking about her because she is more active right now that she has been all day!  Maybe she can just hear the typing and it is driving her nuts!!!

Lost tooth!

Ryan lost his first tooth on Monday, May 9th.  It was really loose the night before but he wanted his daddy to pull it and Chris was still on his way home from school in Texas.  So Monday night right before Chris went to work Ryan decided that he was ready to have daddy pull his tooth.  Well Chris had a little trouble getting a grip on it and could only get it half way out,  so mom and her fingernails to the rescue and I got it the rest of the way out.   He didn't cry at all and was such a trooper!

He was so excited to put his tooth under his pillow and even more excited to find that the tooth fairy left him a quarter.  She also kissed him on the cheek.  Here he is trying to show you his missing tooth, his quarter and his lipstick stain all at the same time!!!

Belly Shot

So this is the only real belly shot we have taken this pregnancy Chris was making a presentation for school and he wanted to put in some pics of his family so this was how he chose to show our little girl!  Anyways this is me 35 weeks and 6 days pregnant!

She actually has already dropped a little bit which is nice because I can breathe a little better now but the downside is that she is resting more now on my already super sore hips!  I have a Dr appt tomorrow so he will probably check my progress then last week I was about as close to a nothing as you can be without actually being at a nothing!  Hopefully there isn't too much progress this week since Chris will be in Texas all weekend for school and next week is Sara's wedding.  After that she is good to come!