Once upon a time...: A lot to cover

Well I told you I was bad at blogging. There is a lot to cover since I last wrote on here. We had our baby on September 15, 2011. It was such a perfect day. Maybe i will start with that story. I had started having contractions a few days before but they weren't too bad and just went away. We went to the doc a couple days before and they said they would induce me on Sept 15 which was that thursday. So Sam took work off the 2 days before to just make sure he was there. It was wednesday Sept 14 and we slept in til about 2 in the afternoon and then we went to town cleaning and getting Wyatt's room ready. We knew it was going to happen any day now. We cleaned the whole house, made dinner (hamburgers), went and got a ice cream cone from macey's (one of my favorite things to eat while pregnant), rented "Prom", and Sam painted my finger nails. Yes, we watched the movie Prom and Sam painted my finger nails glittery pink. Haha he was so sweet to do all those things with/for me! The movie got over and and i told Sam i wanted a blessing before i was induced the next morning. He gave me a blessing and right as he was finishing i had a contraction. They started at about midnight. Once they started that was it. They were very close and pretty long. After just having a few of them we decided it was time to go to the hospital. So we got some things together and headed for the hospital. Well they couldn't just check me in they had to make sure that i was dilated enough first. She checked me and of course i was a 3 1/2 and i needed to be a 4. So i had to wait an hour and see if i progressed. An hour later she checked me and i hadn't progressed at all. So she said i could walk around for an hour and see if that would help move things along or i could go home. I was not going home in that much pain. So i walked around the hospital as best i could. Pretty much just grasping Sam the whole time. Every time i had a contraction i had to have him right next to me. He was so amazing through all of this. He was right next to me the whole time. I could not have done it with out him. My parents were also there with us the whole time. I'm so blessed with amazing people in my life. Anyway back to the story...i could barely walk around the contractions were so bad. She checked me and i was still the same. I was so sad and in so much pain and the nurse could tell so she said she thought i was going to progress soon and she would tell the doctor i was a 4 but that i couldn't tell anyone. It was so nice of her. She ordered me an epidural and checked me in. I was so thankful she did that. So after contracting for 3 hours i got the epidural, which was amazing!! I didn't even feel it and then my contractions were gone within 10 min. Aw it was magical! Ha after i got the epidural i moved along very fast. Before i knew it it was time to push. I started pushing at about 7:30. It was hard and i had to have oxygen the whole time cause his heart rate kept dropping. With Sam on one side and my mom on the other i kept pushing. It was 8:26 when he was born. It was the best feeling the world when i heard and saw him. The spirit was so strong. I just started crying. Sam cut the cord and they took him right away cause he had a bowel movement inside so they had to check him out. they weighed him at 7lbs 181/2 in long. They gave him to Sam once they found out he was ok and he brought him straight to me. Oh it was so amazing to finally hold our little boy! The best/craziest day of my life!

I am so thankful i had Sam there by my side the whole time. I definitely couldn't have done it without him. He kept me going and kept me strong. He is the best husband ever! I'm so glad i had my mom in the room. It was such a sweet experience to share with her! I will never forget that. We are so thankful for our sweet little Wyatt that we had that day and for all the happiness he has already brought to us!! I'm so thankful for all the amazing people that were there. For my Dad and Isabelle that were right outside the room waiting to hear him cry. My sweet dad who worried the whole time and watched me suffer through the contractions. I could see the saddness on his face. My beautiful little niece that wanted to be there so bad. She woke up at around 5 or 6 am and when she realized i was in labor and she wasn't there she called right away and wanted to come right away. I was so glad she came and was there. All the people i love the most were there to welcome Wyatt and be there for me! It was such a wonderful day and so worth it!! Thanks for reading and sorry its all jumbled together. :) Sorry the pictures are in random order.