At the hospital...

Hailey's Arrival

Hailey was born on Monday, December 22nd 2008, at 10:24pm. She was 7lbs 14oz and 21in long. Her hair is dark brown. She has long dainty finger's, and is very beautiful. She looks a lot like her big Sis, "Allana." Hailey was born healthy and we couldn't be more happy. Her delivery was very difficult and we had some complications.

I was induced around 8am on Monday. My contractions began around 9am and continued until 10:00pm. I was dilated at 9.5 for about 3hrs. Hailey's head was stuck in my pelvic bone. Finally, the decision was made that I would need to deliver her via C-Section for both our safety. My brother in law hurried to the hospital to give us a blessing. Thank you, Andrew. I'm very grateful you could do that for us. Within the hour, our daughter was born. :)

I am so grateful to my husband for all he's done for me during this time. He has exhausted himself caring for both myself and Hailey. He has been absolutely amazing! I am so blessed to have him in my life! He is such a good Father and a very sweet husband to me. He's taken such good care of me this week, both emotionally and physically. I am so happy we're a family! I love you, Aaron, so very very much!!

I couldn't have made it thru this without all of my family. I just can't say enough about the gratitude I have for them. My love for my family has grown even more. I am so happy to have them in my life.

I am so grateful for my Mom and the support she's given me this week. I can't say enough how much I love you, and how glad I am you're my Mom! She was with us the entire day, Monday. She was wonderful. It is hard to write this without crying! I love you, Mom, so very much!! Thank you for everything you've done for me.

I'm also very grateful to my Mother in Law for all of her help this week. She has done so much for my family. I really appreciate every bit of it! Thank you, Connie, you've been wonderful to us thru all of this. Both of our Mom's have been such a blessing.

I can't tell you how happy I am my beautiful little Angel has finally made it here! Because of the circumstances, she hasn't had the chance to meet all of our family yet... I can't wait for everyone to meet her. It's overwhelming the love I have for her already. Heavenly Father has blessed our family with a very sweet little spirit. I look forward to our future together as a family.

Allana has been here with us for the Christmas holiday. She and Hailey have bonded already. She has been a great big sister. I'm so glad they'll have each other growing up. Allana has taken such good care of her already. We're really going to miss her!

Soon as I have some energy, I will get some pictures posted of our little Hailey.

Doctor Update...

Things are progressing well with Hailey. We're scheduled to be induced this coming Monday morning, the 21st. Unless she makes an early entrance, by next week, we'll finally get to see our baby girl. We're so excited! Connie, Art, and Allana will be arriving on Monday as well. I'm looking forward to spending time with both sides of the family for the holidays. This morning our family had a great surprise... Erin and Matt had their baby, "Hank." Erin's due date was Christmas day... Henry (Hank) had other plans. :) He's healthy and seems very content. What a sweet little boy. We're happy he arrived safe and Erin is feeling well. What a wonderful year for our family... so many new nephews and a soon to be daughter. We have a lot to be grateful for.

December 6th, 2008

After the Baby Shower on Saturday, (Dec. 6th) Aaron and I spent some one on one time with our Nephew "Abryn" at the Boise Zoo. We had a great time. We saw the new Giraffe exhibit and learned our Zoo will be getting an Elephant and Hippo! How cool. We got hungry and had a snack. Abryn chose a Popsicle... it was so cold outside. He enjoyed every bit of it. What a great day!

(the picture isn't too clear.. was taken with my camera phone, sorry!)

Hailey's Baby Shower on December 6th, 2008

What a great Baby Shower
Thank you so much everyone!


My Mom and Sisters put a lot of hard work into throwing Hailey and I a very fun baby shower. Thank you for all you did for me. I had a fantastic time. We got some really wonderful gifts. Thank you to everyone who came. Wish I could have every one's picture in here... I'm very grateful to each of you who came. I appreciate the support and am looking forward to our bundle of joy! Won't be too far off..

Mom


Nici and Amy

Gram and Ezra

Long time friend Janet Benoit


Aunt Net, Kay, and Ciera

Gwen and I

Annette, Crystal, Sharo, and Emily

Long time friend Carma :)

*see older posts for more Shower pic's!*

Ciera and Davalee


Hailey's first Christmas Dress from Gram and Dorinda

Myself, Heather, and Megan

Megan and Emily

Erin and Thomas

Quick update...

I went to my Dr's Appointment today. I found out I lost another pound. I was super surprised because of the recent holiday... I enjoyed being able to cheat a little and eat some really yummy food. I had the Dr's permission, of coarse :) Hailey is progressing very well. They started NST's on both of us. It's a test to monitor her heartbeat, stress level, and the possiblity of me having contractions, etc. They do that test at the end of a pregnancy if you have the Gestational Diabetes. During the test, it showed I've been having regular contractions. They're pretty consistant.. about 5min apart and somewhat strong. I'm not dialating yet. I'm sure she'll take her time time getting here :) I'll keep posting updates on our progress as I have them to update.