Chris, Jade, Kennedy & Piper: August 2010

Kennedy loves getting in my closet and putting on my clothes.

Anything she can get her hands on.

Especially my heels, she's such a little miss priss!

And our new miss Piper, just gorgeous...

cross-eyed and all!

Kennedy LOVES her new sister! She can't quite figure out that she is she yet though. It's always "he's cryin' mom" and "he's hungry mom." As many times as we correct her she hasn't gotten that part yet. She refuses to take any smiley pictures with anyone except Piper. Such a funny girl!

Chris is training for a big bike race called Lotoja that he's doing on Sept. 11 that goes from Logan up to Jackson Hole, so last weekend he rode in this race called the Ultimate Challenge with the other guys from his team. It was so fun to watch him come through the finish (with a smile on his face shockingly enough.) Me, the girls and Chris's mom were all there to watch him come through. He said it was one of the hardest rides he's ever done, but was so glad that he did it! I'm so proud of him for doing it and for how dedicated he's been to his training (much better than when he trains for a half marathon) We're so excited to watch him do Lotoja in a couple weeks!

Way to go babe!

Coming through the finish line

The whole crazy crew

Spencer, Mac, Chris & Kacey

Piper Lane

August, 4 2010

6lbs. 15 oz.

*Piper's into the world story*

Just because someone has a scheduled c-section does not mean that everything goes according to plan. (Does it ever?) But that's ok, you take what you get when bringing a little one into the world. We showed up the morning of the 4th to get ready for surgery. Everything was going according to plan, the doctor was on time and ready to go just when he said we would. I got my anesthesia in my spine which I was very nervous for but it ended up not being bad at all. Once my legs started going numb is when I began to get panicked and nervous, and feeling like I couldn't breath. Before it even started I just wanted the surgery to be over. Once I was completly numb and they started cutting, it only took them about 5 minutes to get her out. Once she was out my nervousness and panicked feeling went away and I was fine as they stitched me up for the next 40 minutes. Knowing that she was out, safe, and crying made me feel so much better! The best sound while laying on that table was my sweet little Piper's cry, and I couldn't help but cry myself at how lucky I felt to have another healthy baby. Little did I know as I was lying there being stitched up that as they were pulling Piper out of my belly she took a large gulp of amniotic fluid into her lungs and she was having a hard time getting it back up. After 40 minutes of the nurses trying to get it out of her they took her to the NICU to see if they could get it out over there. Once my surgery was over they wheeled my bed back into my room to recover. 1 hour after Piper is born and Chris or I have still not held our new little baby, you can imagine how emotional I am by this point. Another hour passes and it's time for me to be wheeled up to my actual recovery room which would be my home for the next 3 nights. On our way there the nurses who were pushing my bed made a little detour over to the NICU to see our little sweetheart where I FINALLY got to hold her for the first time! Not an ideal way to meet my baby for the first time, but by that point I would take it any way I could get it. Her breathing was still to rapid for us to take her with us, so we left Piper there and headed up to our room. Tear filled eyes and all! Later that night around 7:30 (7 hours after she was born) Chris and I were in our room by ourselves (our families had all gone home, we told them we'd call them if we got any news when she'd be able to be released) when we heard a knock on our door and a "Do I have a suprise for you guys!" The next thing we know our little Piper is being wheeled into our room to stay. We couldn't have been more excited for our unexpected suprise. And Chris was SO excited to hold his little girl for the first time. In the end it could have been so much worse and I'm so grateful it wasn't, but when you hear the word NICU right after giving birth it's a really scary feeling no matter what they're going in for. I'm so grateful that she is healthy and breathing perfectly now! I couldn't ask for anything more!

The hospital stay has been great, my mom has brought Kennedy up to visit a couple times a day for every day we've been here (But it has been so hard being away from her this long.) She loves her new baby sister but is not so keen on me right now, she pretty much wants nothing to do with me. Hopefully once we get home that will change.

Piper is such a good baby! She loves her sleep, she's a great little eater, and a fabulous little pooper. Which are 3 great qualities for babies so I'm happy! I'm ready to get out of the hospital and go home, which is what we're getting ready to do.

Here are ALOT of pics! Sorry it's so long, I couldn't decide.

A few minutes before going back to surgery.