Adelaide's Birthday

We tried to wait until we reached our due date before scheduling any kind of induction but because of my blood pressure continuing to rise and the gallbladder becoming excruciatingly painful we decided to schedule it for Wednesday, June 17.
My mom came out the night before to be with us during the labor and I'm SO thankful she could make it. We headed to the hospital at 6:30 AM on Wednesday after getting maybe 3 hours of sleep. Once I got settled into our room our doctor arrived and started talking about hooking me up to the pitocin to start the induction. I told her I'd rather have my water broken rather than start any drugs. Thankfully she was willing and she broke my water at 9 AM. The first 5 hours of labor were a piece of cake with contractions about 8-10 minutes apart. We spent time walking around the courtyard and sitting on the labor ball. Then I decided to get in the birthing tub as the contractions were getting a little more painful. After about 10 minutes in the water my contractions picked up and were about 3 minutes apart. During all of this Jordan was being an AMAZING coach and was always ready to rub my back during each contraction.
Contractions were so intense that I just laid on the bed for the next two hours and concentrated on breathing through them, with Jordan counting through each one. My mom was reading scripture through all this and was a great cheerleader. Pretty soon I wanted to push pretty badly and started pushing at 4 PM. After 2 hours of pushing Adelaide Hannah Johnson was born with a head full of red hair just like her father's. Jordan had the experience of catching her and cutting the cord. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 19 inches long. Because I tore significantly we were kept in the hospital for 2 days and released on Friday.

She has been the easiest baby I've ever met. Sleeping all night and all day and only cries when I don't feed her soon enough or when we attempt to change her diaper. She makes so many amazing facial expressions already and is quite the noisy sleeper, always cooing and sighing in her sleep and smiling. The biggest trouble we've had yet is she falls asleep every time she nurses so her feedings are very prolonged, but I'm so greatful for the time.

Being parents is the most amazing experience Jordan and I have had yet. We love her beyond words and it's definately bringing us together in our marriage. We thank God for her presence every day (almost every moment!).

.That time of year.

It's softball season!

Jordan is playing on the Mean Jean's team this year (it's an internet cafe here in town) with a bunch of good buddies.

Last night they had their first game and it was a great game to watch. Very exciting and very close at the end. They led by 10 points for a lot of the game and during the last few innings the opposing team caught up to win by 1 point.

D Day came and went.

and no small child.

her loss.

I think she would've liked to be named Adelaide Normandie.

At least her father would've like it.

oh well.

we move on.

To anyone that is interested, I thought I'd give a little update on what's happening in regards to my pregnancy. Well I got off bedrest and medication about 2 weeks ago (huzfreakinzah!) and since then I have been contracting consistently every 7 minutes. So consistent in fact that I could set my watch to them, if I could find it! There have been a few times where the contractions have been every 3 minutes for up to 4 1/2 hours, in a normal pregnancy this is when you would make the call to the doctor and they'd tell you to come to the hospital. However, this is not your normal pregnancy. So I just wait. And try to distract myself so I'm not constantly timing them. At least these contractions are making some progress, I was dialated to a 2 on Monday and a 3 yesterday (Wednesday) so slowly but surely we are getting there. I am not that impatient right now as I know that I'm not due for another 2 weeks, but the annoyance of the contractions combined with my high blood pressure and the risk for pre-e as well as my painful gallbladder and the non-fat diet really makes it hard to be patient. But Jordan and I are really enjoying our last few weeks alone and it's exciting to see him get excited and impatient to become a father.

That's pretty much all that is going on for now. I'd say that I'll let you know when I'm in labor, but I'm not sure I'll know it myself! : )

First of the summer!

Last weekend Jordan and I found a little break in the rain and Jordan suggested going for a hike. Very weird coming from my husband who does not like to "hike" and even though I am almost 9 months pregnant, I didn't argue. Here are a few shots from the afternoon:

(yes we're still in love)

I think it was around here that I mentioned the similarities to March of the Penguins.

I'm perfecting the waddle.

About a mile up we finally made it to the real trail head...unfortunately it began to pour on us a little further up the trail and I was getting quite worn out, so we turned around. But it was a very nice first hike of the summer!