Bath Time!

Eden is getting so big, I can't even believe it. She loves bath time and LOVES getting her hair washed.

Eden's birth story

I finally have a little bit of time to post about Eden's birth. She's been keeping me so busy!

I was due on Wednesday and the day came and went. It was also my birthday so we had a pretty busy day. We went to bed and as always I woke up at around 4am to pee. When I went back to bed, I couldn't go to sleep because I kept getting these weird cramps. It took me about 15 minutes to realize that they were contractions. I went and laid on the couch and found a website where I could time them. They were anywhere from 4-7 minutes apart and pretty painful for a good 45 seconds. After each contraction I felt perfectly fine so I told Craig to just go to work and I'd call him if he needed to come home. Around noon, I called my doctor and he said to head on in to Labor and Delivery. So, Craig came home and we headed to the hospital.

We got all checked in to triage and I was dilated to 3cm. After 2 hours, I was still having regular contractions but was still only dilated to a 3, so they sent me home. I was so frustrated because the contractions hurt so bad. So, I was totally convinced that I wasn't in labor since they sent me home. We got home around 4pm and the contractions never stopped. We laid on the couch until 1am trying to breathe through each contraction. Craig was so awesome. He wanted to help me get through each contraction but I didn't want him to touch me. I didn't want to go back to the hospital because I thought they'd send me home again since I was just there earlier that day. At 1:30am, I couldn't take it anymore so we went back to the hospital.

Again, we got checked in to triage and I was in so much pain. They checked me right away and I was only dilated to 4.5cm. They admitted me though because I had been laboring for almost 24 hours. I asked for the epidural right away. I was so exhausted from being up for 24 hours and I thought I'd be able to get some sleep once I got the epidural. I was so wrong. The anesthesiologist came in and prepped me for the epidural. It took 2 anesthesiologists and about 8 tries to get my epidural in. Once they got it in, in numbed my left side completely but it barely did anything to my right side. I didn't mind though, because anything was better than feeling those contractions! I am such a baby! I progressed pretty quickly so I didn't get any sleep at all. At 10:30am I was complete and ready to push. I pushed through 3 contractions and the nurse started freaking out because the doctor wasn't there yet and this baby was coming OUT! So, while we were waiting for the doctor to get there, the nurse made me STOP pushing for about 10 minutes. That was probably the hardest thing! I wanted to push so bad, but couldn't. The doctor walked in at 11:04am and Eden was born at 11:07am. It was so awesome. After Craig cut the cord, they put her on my belly and she was so precious! We're so thankful that she is healthy! We're also so grateful for our families for their love and support in the past week. She is doing SO good and letting me get so much sleep at night. I just hope it stays that way!

Also... on Sunday, it was mine and Craig's first anniversary. We both almost forgot about it since I was still in the hospital and things were a little crazy. Luckily, Craig was thinking ahead and got me a bouquet of pink flowers for my birthday with one red rose in the middle for our first anniversary. He must have known that we'd be a little consumed with other things. He is such a great husband and I love him more than anything. Watching him with Eden is the sweetest thing I've ever seen. He is such a good Daddy and I love him SO much!










Craig decided to trim her umbilical cord stump down. It was SO big and getting caught on everything! I was freaking out...

Meet Eden!

She's finally here!

Eden Suzanne Shaver
February 22, 2008
7 pounds 6 ounces
20 inches long

We are totally in love. Everything is going great and we couldn't be happier.

Still cookin...

Why can't I be so lucky and have this baby early?! She's so comfy and she isn't showing any signs of exiting any time soon. Stubborn, just like her Daddy :).

I'm actually glad she's chosen to stay put this past week. I've been SO sick. I don't think I've ever been this sick and it isn't fun. I got out of the house yesterday for the first time in a week! It all started last week after my regular appointment and my doctor stripped my membranes. OUCH. I didn't think that would hurt so dang bad! A couple hours later I started having really weird back pains in my lower back so I just took it easy for the rest of the day. It came time to go to bed and I was in so much pain I couldn't do anything. I couldn't sleep, sit down, lay down, or anything. So, I was up for most of the night and got a fever of 102. I went back to the doctor on Friday and found out I had a realllly bad UTI and I got on antibiotics right away. Luckily that stopped all the back pain, but I still had a fever and I could feel myself getting sicker. After laying on the couch for the entire weekend, we went to Labor and Delivery to see what was wrong. Since I was on antibiotics already and wasn't getting better, they decided I had some nasty viral infection that I just had to let it make its way through me. I was so miserable up until yesterday. I'm still not 100% better but I'm definitely feeling better. So, we have demanded that she stay inside until I am totally better. I would hate having a new baby being this sick!

I had a list of so many things I wanted to get done this past weekend but with being sick I haven't done ANY of it. Hopefully I'll be able to accomplish things little by little this weekend. I am so excited to be a mommy, I just can't wait! I've been so lucky to have such a good pregnancy so far and am so thankful for that. I'm also pretty dang proud of myself for working up until I was 38 weeks. It's weird to not have to work now... I get so bored. What I am most thankful for is an awesome husband who has taken such good care of me for the past 9 months, especially this past week. He's been so amazing! We must have been doing something right to be blessed with this awesome little miracle kicking me from the inside out. I'm sure the next time I post will be some dang cute pictures of our little Shaver baby... so stay tuned!

37 weeks...

and I am READY! Well, I'm pretty much ready. Luckily, a few weeks ago when I was feeling a lot better than I do now, I did all of her laundry and got everything ready for her. Now, mine and Craig's laundry is a different story... but we won't go there. I'm done working (YAY!) and it's been so nice to be at home these past few days. On Saturday, my totally awesome Mom spent all day with me making meals to freeze so we have good stuff to eat once the babe is here. We had a hard time coming up with meals that Craig would like, since most of them contained a vegetable or two, but luckily my mom's an expert and we put together about 10 meals that Craig would approve of and stuck them in the freezer. It was a looong day, but definitely worth it. Thanks, Mom!

After we had spent all day making food, Craig and I went to his parents house for our niece, Keira's, FIRST birthday party. She was SO cute and I can't believe she's already one year old! Happy Birthday, Keira! Here's the little birthday girl...


We left the party a little early since I wasn't feeling so great and just came home and watched some TV. Once we got home, I was SO miserable. I have a nerve that gets pinched in my back and it was killing me. It hurt to sit down, it hurt to stand up, it hurt to do anything. The only thing that helped it feel better was for Craig to rub it, but once he would stop, it would just ache and hurt even worse. Luckily, I have such a sweet husband who would do anything to help me feel better. He's been so nice to have around these past few weeks... I've hardly had to do anything for myself! But seriously, I don't know what I'd do without him. He's the best and I know he's going to be such a good Daddy. He has recently started to sing the "I like to move it, move it" song to my belly in hopes that she'll come out break dancing or something. He's also picked out a new song theme song for when she gets old enough to start dating... you know, when she's about 25. It's a country song that talks about a Dad who stays up all night just cleaning his gun while someone takes his daughter out on a date.


On a side note, I went in for my 37 week appointment earlier this week and I was 1cm dilated, 75% effaced. C'mon baby, I know you want out :)

Remembering Gordon B. Hinckley

This is my favorite! He invited his wife to the stand in Moscow, Russia and introduced her to the 2,000 people there as his "Babushka".

2008!

Again, it's taken me forever to update this dang thing. I swear there's 6 less hours in my days lately. We've been so busy this past month and I'm really starting to slow down these days.

Christmas was awesome! We had so much fun spending time with our families. On Christmas Eve, my side of the family had our usual progressive dinner and gift exchange. Christmas morning we opened our presents to each other and then went to my sister's house, had breakfast, and played with our nephews and their new Christmas presents. They are so stinkin spoiled. I think they got more new stuff this year, then I got in my entire childhood.






After breakfast, it was off to the Shaver's we went. We spent the rest of the day with them opening up presents, hanging out and eating lots of good food. Jared, Becky and their boys came from California to hang out for a week, so it was fun seeing them. Even with 4 crazy kids, a few pictures were taken of the Shaver Family at the Power Ranch clubhouse park...



I was also thrown a surprise baby shower from all the girls on Craig's side of the family. I was so surprised and am so thankful for all the stuff we got. We got sooo much cute stuff, especially clothes. Craig's grandma also made a baby quilt that she had made for her great grandchild. I'll have to post a picture of it when I get home. It's so pretty and so cool that she would give us something like that. Thanks Joyce, Leisa and Becky!

So, that was our fun filled Christmas weekend! Now on to our crazzzzy New Year's Eve! It all started when Craig and I went out to Red Robin for dinner. Then, we grabbed our bottles of Martinelli's and headed to my sister's house for the big p-a-r-t-y. We could barely keep our eyes opened, it was awful. We are getting so old (and so pregnant). I don't even know the last time we stayed up past 11. John and Craig watched the movie 300 on Tairi and John's sweet, new, freakin huge TV and Tai and I stayed up just talking. The movie got over right around 12 and we started hearing the fireworks so we thought we should go outside and let off our own fireworks. Yeah!! We had those real cool poppers that you throw on the ground and they make a little spark. We were like pretty much the coolest people on the block. At 12:15, we were on our way home and by 12:30 we were both passed out in bed. Don't be jealous.

Now you have a little idea of how awesome and exciting the month of December was for us. Now, it's 2008 and I'm starting to freak out just a little bit. When I first found out I was pregnant in June, I remember thinking that once Thanksgiving got here, I'd be pretty dang close to having this kid! BUT, once Christmas was over with, I'd be really, super close. I thought that Christmas would never get here. Well, now its come and its gone. That means, were in the final countdown... only 6 weeks left! We have everything we could need for when our little girl gets here, but I'm getting more and more scared the closer we get. I'm still working full time... even though I checked out mentally about a month ago. I swear that my days are becoming shorter and shorter. Either that, or I'm getting slower and slower. Truth is, I really am starting to slow down. It's such a pain in the butt to just get myself to go to the grocery store lately. I'm sure if I wasn't working 9 hour days, I'd feel a little bit better but I'm going to try as hard as I can to work as long as I can. If I'm still working by February 1st, I'll be surprised. Here's the latest of my ghetto bathroom pictures. I only remember to take pictures when I'm at work, so give me a little break :) Can't you just imagine me snapping a picture as fast as I can before someone walks into the bathroom? Yeah, it's lots of fun.

33 weeks 3 days...