2 Weeks Old

I can't believe my baby girl is 2 weeks old already! I feel like time is going so much faster with her than it did with Carson. I really would like her to stay at this stage for a long time! She is such a good baby! I just love cuddling with her! It's so fun to have a little snuggly baby around again! Brooklyn so far has been a champion sleeper and I am SO grateful for that! When I first found out I was pregnant I prayed and prayed that this baby would be a good sleeper (because Carson has never been a good sleeper) and it looks like my prayers were answered! Yay! Which is good because it means I am not a walking zombie during the day and I'm able to keep up with my busy boy that is just busting with energy. Carson is finally starting to adjust to having Brooklyn around. Although, whenever I've tried to get a picture of the two of them together he pushes her away and freaks out. So hopefully eventually we will be able to get at least one picture of them both together.

Also, we have now been in our new house for 2 weeks. So far we love it here in North Salt Lake and love the ward as well. There are tons of people our ages with kids around the same ages as well. So it should be a great place to live. I will post pics of our new place soon!

I love her chubby little arms!

She still has all of her dark hair...hopefully it stays!

Pretty Brooklyn

All wrapped up after her first real bath at home. She loves to fold her arms like this. Too cute!

Meet Brooklyn

These past couple of weeks have been very chaotic between having a baby, moving, and then not having internet for over a week. So I am just finally getting around to updating the blog.

So here is the birth story: I went to the doctor on Monday, August 8th and they said I was at a 4 and about 85% effaced. I was really hoping I'd be further along by then considering I was 39 weeks and more than ready to have this baby. I had scheduled an induction date for Friday the 12th with my doctor two weeks before and he said he'd be very surprised if I made it that long without going into labor. Well Thursday came and still nothing had happened. We decided to bump the induction to Saturday the 13th in the morning so that I could sleep the night before instead of being in labor all night long. Friday night Carson got sick and was up about every 15 minutes. So much for a good night sleep! We woke up Saturday morning a little before 6am and headed to the hospital. For some reason I was so nervous. I guess it was because I actually had time to think about what was about to happen as opposed to with Carson just being in labor and not thinking about things at all because I was in too much pain. Anyway, we arrived at Davis Hospital and they started getting me all ready. I was so lucky to have one of neighbors, Lisa Flint, as my nurse, and also my sister-in-laws aunt as the tech. They were both so great and helpful! My doctor came in and broke my water at 7:45am. We waited 10 to 15 minutes and then the contractions all of the sudden came on like crazy. I didn't know what to expect, but I sure didn't expect the contractions to be that hard that soon. They came about 1-2 minutes apart and were very intense. By about 9:15am I decided that I was too exhausted from the night before to have enough energy to continue to go natural and so they sent for the epidural man. He arrived a little after 9:30am and got to work. The worst part was trying to hold completely still during the middle of hard labor while getting the epidural. Right after he finished giving all the shots I passed out. I'm not sure why exactly I passed out, but it only lasted a few seconds. Once the epidural started to take effect I was out like a light. I was so exhausted! Lisa came in and checked me a little after 10am and I was at a 10 already! They gave me 15 more minutes to rest and then it was baby time. I only had to push for 5 or 10 minutes and she was born at 10:55am. The cord was wrapped around her neck and so she came out blue, but she was breathing and everything was good. Brooklyn weighed in at 8lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long with lots of dark hair. I couldn't believe how big she was! She outweighed her brother by 2 pounds! Amazing! We were slackers on the picture taking this time and didn't take nearly as many pictures as we should have.

Getting ready to go to the hospital that morning.

Smiling between contractions.

Chad took a picture of the monitor when I was dilated to a 10 having contractions non-stop

And this is me sleeping during those contractions at a 10 thanks to the lovely epidural!

Holding Brooklyn for the first time.

Teri and Steve meeting Brooklyn

Bonding with Grandma Price

Here is a picture of Brooklyn the next day. She had pinked up quite a bit and looked much better.

I love her dark hair and chunky thighs! I am praying her dark hair doesn't fall out!

Going home from the hospital.

The waiting game

I cannot believe I made it past 39 weeks and still have not had this baby! After having some pre-term labor problems around 32 weeks and having to take medicine and go on partial bed rest to keep her from coming both me and my doctor thought for sure I would've had this baby by now. But here I am at 39 weeks shaking my head wondering how in the world I made it this far and then wondering if she is ever going to come. I know she will come, but the waiting game is just about killing me. I went to the doctor today and found out I am dilated to a 4 and almost completely thinned out. I have to admit that even though this is progress in the right direction I was a bit bummed out. With the exception of drinking castor oil, I really have done everything I can to try to get myself to go into labor. NOTHING has worked! I've even been running and doing jumping jacks, which is horribly uncomfortable at this point and still no luck. She's a stubborn one! I am scheduled to be induced this Friday night, but I am really hoping she will come before then for a number of reasons. First off, my in-laws are in town and it would be great if I had her before then so they could see her. Second, I am nervous about being induced. I wanted to go natural again with this baby like I did with Carson, but if I have to have pitocin I'm not sure I handle it. I've heard pitocin makes contractions feel even stronger so if that's true then I'm not so sure about going natural. Anyways, being induced kind of just throws off how I had it set in my mind of it all happening. Apparently this baby girl is in no hurry whatsoever to get here so I guess I should just sit back and relax until Friday.

Basketball Lover

The closer I get to having this baby the more I realize how grown up my little boy is. Which is a good thing, but also makes me sad realizing how fast it's happened. He is at such a fun stage and just busting full of energy and life! He still is really into balls and cars. -He's definitely all boy! He will spend hours on the stairs throwing the balls up and down or playing basketball (or baball as he calls it). He is talking much more now and tries to say most things. He still is a bit confused as to whether I have a ball up my shirt or a baby inside of me. It cracks me up every time he pats my belly and says "ball!" Carson is such a sweet little boy and I love him to pieces!

Dressed up for church...so handsome!

This is his new smile he does when you take his picture. "Cheese!" Such a goof!

Eating out to dinner and making a total mess.

Carson is obsessed with basketball lately. My mom recently purchased a new basketball hoop and he plays with it non-stop. He is actually a really good little ball player. We may have a future basketball player on our hands here.