She's Here!

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.

The nerve racking walk to the surgery room,

thinking of everything that could possibly go wrong.

(at least that's what I do)

Worth EVERY second! To hear you have a healthy baby!

Healthy but tiny 6lbs.15 oz.

I wasn't expecting her to be that small.

I'm a BIG Sister now!!

Just minutes after the c-section, having some tummy time

trying to get the fluid out of her lungs she had swallowed during the surgery.

What a beauty!

Our little peanut

Mom & Dad with our girls

Mom & Dad with our newest addition, Baby Piper.

The grandparents with their newest grandbaby!

A few of the many, many people who came to visit us!

Painted Belly!

If I haven't posted what my new little girl's name is going to be, it is Piper. And she will be joining our family in 3 short days. Very Exciting! We decided to take a few pictures with her name on my belly (my mom's idea) and it turned out very cool! Chris is quite the artist!

38 1/2 weeks Pregnant.

The next post will be of an actual baby, no more belly pictures.

I can't wait!

Pregnancy Update & 4th of July Weekend!

Pregnancy Update: I had a C-Section with Kennedy so I decided to do the same with the next one and use the large scar that I already have, so today I scheduled my c-section. Which was very wierd to know the exact day and time that I will meet this little girl inside of me. Aug. 4th will be her birthday unless she decides to suprise us all and come earlier! I'm getting very anxious and excited to meet her and see what she will look like. I'm also curious to see what Kennedy will think of the whole thing, having to share the spot light with another little girl. I think she'll do great and I think she'll want to help me with everything! I'm sure I'll be able to use every bit of help she has to offer!

"Fat guy in a little coat"

Can you even believe I would post this picture? Gross! My family thought it was so funny

when I put this life jacket on to get in the water they all got their cameras out and started

snapping away. So consider this my 35 weeks pregnancy picture!

4th of July Weekend in St. George at Sand Hollow!

We celebrated Sierra's 23rd Birthday while we were down in St. George and had so much fun the entire weekend! We boated and swam and saw a movie and just hung out! It was a great time with everyone who went. Kennedy LOVES the boat and didn't mind at all that she had to wear her life jacket floatie every second she was on it. (I thought she would absolutely hate it) She did great!

Happy 23rd Birthday Sierra!

A family pic swimming in the lake

Kennedy & Me

Chris is a great skiier and wakeboarder, lots of fun to watch!

Garrett my nephew is one of Kennedy's favorite people to be around!

My niece Paige and me

The lovely ladies of the trip

Paige, Annie & Sierra

The manly men of the trip

Chris, Garrett and Paige's boyfriend Ray

Kennedy loved driving the boat with Grandpa

Playing with Grandma

Does this man look 63 to you? Amazing I know. You should see him ski!

Neil is a fabulous skiier and puts us all to shame!

If there's one person who could challenge Neil to a skiing contest it

would be my mom. She's an amazing skiier too!

Our Family Vacation!

It's been SOOO long since I last blogged so beware that this is an extremely long picture post. (If you want to stop looking now I'll understand.) During the first part of June Kennedy, Chris and I headed off to St. George and Vegas for our family vacation. We wanted to stay close to home this year just in case I happened to go into labor early. We had the best time, we swam pretty much every single day so we got lots and lots of sun which is my favorite thing in the world, so I was happy! Our trip happened in 3 seperate parts, The first 3 days we spent in St. George with our good friends the Moffits, the next 3 days we spent at the Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas, and the last 3 days we went back to St. George to finish out our trip.

The first part of our trip in St. George

Swimming at the pool with mom and dad!

Liv, Steve & Soren having some family time in the pool.

Soren & Kennedy are great little buddies.

They play so good together!

The 2nd part of our trip in Viva Las Vegas

It's not a trip to Vegas without a stop at the Hello Kitty store.

Kennedy is so funny everytime she walks in this store! She goes right to the baskets and starts loading up. After she's had her fun I go through the basket and pick out the things she actually gets to keep. She such a funny little girl, she's in Heaven in this picture!

Hanging out at the Treasure Island pool was so much fun!

I'm in heaven in these pictures!

My parents were in Vegas for a couple days while we were there too so they watched Kennedy one night while Chris and I went to the Cirque de Sol show Mystere. Kennedy had a blast with her grandparents and Chris and I had so much fun at our show. The next day we met up with them at one of our favorite restaurants in Vegas Dos Caminos for some yummy mexican food.

We also went over to the MGM and saw the Lions. Which Kennedy loved!

And to the m&m factory where Kennedy picked out this cute little t-shirt

that she loves wearing to bed.

On our last day in Vegas we took Kennedy over to the Mandalay Bay Shark Reef Aquarium.

She thought it was pretty cool seeing all of the fishes, she wasn't a huge fan of the sharks tho.

Our 3rd and final stop on our vacation, back to St. George

My little sweetheart would swim everyday if she could, and on

this trip she actually got to so she had a BLAST the whole time!

Swimming with dad!

Swimming with mom!

They have a great park in St. George that's about 1/2 mile from our house that we took Kennedy and the dogs too. Lots of fun! Very toasty outside, but fun!