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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Ella's 1st Birthday!
Happy 1st Birthday Ella Bree! All I can say is what a difference a year can make. Ella has completed our family! It is so hard to believe a year ago we welcomed her into our family. Here are pictures from her first year:
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Ella's Birth Story
We found out we were expecting our second child November 11, 2010. We were traveling back home to Kentucky in a few weeks to celebrate Thanksgiving and an early Christmas with our families so this was the perfect time to reveal our big announcement. I bought Emma a shirt that said "Big sister". I put it on her and let the fun begin. Some of our family members caught on right away and others it took a few minutes to process!
My pregnancy with Ella was an easy one even though between weeks 16 and 28 we had to deal with a deployment. We had our first ultrasound mid February. Since Creg was deployed we decided to have the technician right the baby's gender on a paper and seal it in an envelope and we would open it when he could call on Skype. I was of course anxious all day he would call, I just wanted to know. I had a suspicion from the beginning that we would be having another little girl. He finally called that evening. I opened the envelope and held it up to the camera (I still didn't know) and he said I can't read it lol! So I turned it around and read "It's a girl"! I was so excited, I loved having a girl and couldn't wait for another little princess to dress up. Creg got back from his deployment in May and we had a 4d ultrasound. We then decided on her name: Ella Bree. Her first name is after my paternal grandmother Ella, and her middle name is condensed version of my maternal grandmother Trubie. In July my brother-in-law and his wife came to visit for the weekend. My sister-in-law helped me finish the baby's room. My mom arrived a few days later. My best friend had a baby shower and we prepared for baby. Here are some pregnancy photos:
I was scheduled for an induction on July 25 at 6:00 am. The night before I was so uncomfortable and having horrible back pain. I was already dilated to a 3. I arrived at the birth care center here in Wichita a little before 6. We got situated in a room and I was hooked up to a monitor. The back pain I had been feeling was back labor, I was having contractions. At 6:40 I was started on pitocin. My water broke at 8:30 while bouncing on a birthing ball. They came in at 9:30 to start the epidural. The back pain was so bad I was in tears. It was so hard to hold still while they were doing the epidural. They finished with the epidural a little before 10. The nurse said the baby's heartbeat was dropping so they were going to roll me over on the other side and see if they could hear the heartbeat better. As soon as they rolled me over I said I had to push. The nurse checked me and said I was ready! Creg of course backed up (remember birth is not his forte). It all happened so fast. I remember rolling over on my back and the doctor was there ready to go. A female resident delivered Ella while my doctor coached, and Creg watched from a safe distance. This birth compared to my first was so much easier and faster. Ella Bree was born July 25 2011 at 10:16 am in Wichita Kansas. She weighed 7lbs 7oz and was 18.5 inches long! My second labor of love:
My pregnancy with Ella was an easy one even though between weeks 16 and 28 we had to deal with a deployment. We had our first ultrasound mid February. Since Creg was deployed we decided to have the technician right the baby's gender on a paper and seal it in an envelope and we would open it when he could call on Skype. I was of course anxious all day he would call, I just wanted to know. I had a suspicion from the beginning that we would be having another little girl. He finally called that evening. I opened the envelope and held it up to the camera (I still didn't know) and he said I can't read it lol! So I turned it around and read "It's a girl"! I was so excited, I loved having a girl and couldn't wait for another little princess to dress up. Creg got back from his deployment in May and we had a 4d ultrasound. We then decided on her name: Ella Bree. Her first name is after my paternal grandmother Ella, and her middle name is condensed version of my maternal grandmother Trubie. In July my brother-in-law and his wife came to visit for the weekend. My sister-in-law helped me finish the baby's room. My mom arrived a few days later. My best friend had a baby shower and we prepared for baby. Here are some pregnancy photos:
I was scheduled for an induction on July 25 at 6:00 am. The night before I was so uncomfortable and having horrible back pain. I was already dilated to a 3. I arrived at the birth care center here in Wichita a little before 6. We got situated in a room and I was hooked up to a monitor. The back pain I had been feeling was back labor, I was having contractions. At 6:40 I was started on pitocin. My water broke at 8:30 while bouncing on a birthing ball. They came in at 9:30 to start the epidural. The back pain was so bad I was in tears. It was so hard to hold still while they were doing the epidural. They finished with the epidural a little before 10. The nurse said the baby's heartbeat was dropping so they were going to roll me over on the other side and see if they could hear the heartbeat better. As soon as they rolled me over I said I had to push. The nurse checked me and said I was ready! Creg of course backed up (remember birth is not his forte). It all happened so fast. I remember rolling over on my back and the doctor was there ready to go. A female resident delivered Ella while my doctor coached, and Creg watched from a safe distance. This birth compared to my first was so much easier and faster. Ella Bree was born July 25 2011 at 10:16 am in Wichita Kansas. She weighed 7lbs 7oz and was 18.5 inches long! My second labor of love:
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Emma's Birth Story
Both of my girls will celebrate a birthday within the next month . So I wanted to post their birth story (I will also have a record so I will not forget the details). I will begin with Emma my almost 6 year old.
We found out we were expecting our first child in mid December 2005 (December 14 if I remember correctly). We were ecstatic. We would be traveling to Altus Oklahoma for training the next week after the holidays with our families. We decided this would be the best time to tell them, although the anticipation was killing me! We bought them all a card disguised as a Christmas card that had a magnet inside that read "A Baby Is A Gift From God" with a poem. We made them open the card after all the presents had been opened. Their reactions were amazing and a moment I will never forget. We spent the next 3 months in Oklahoma. While we were there we had our first ultrasound and then a gender ultrasound. Our little one was so relaxed and well lazy, we could not get a "clear shot". If you know Emma know you know this fits her personality! We then visited family again before returning to Washington. After our return we had another ultrasound with our new doctor and found out we were expecting a girl!!!!
My pregnancy with Emma was fairly easy. At 5 months along I started developing migraine headaches (I later found out were hormone related) which the doctor thought was related to blood pressure. My blood pressure was slightly elevated toward the end and I retained a lot of water but Emma was very healthy. I had two baby showers one in Washington given by my best friend Tiffany and one in Kentucky given by my Mom, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law. We decided on Emma Lee. Her first name was the only name we agreed on and her middle name was chosen from my mother-in-law's middle name. Here are some pregnancy pictures and then I will post her story of her birth under:
We found out we were expecting our first child in mid December 2005 (December 14 if I remember correctly). We were ecstatic. We would be traveling to Altus Oklahoma for training the next week after the holidays with our families. We decided this would be the best time to tell them, although the anticipation was killing me! We bought them all a card disguised as a Christmas card that had a magnet inside that read "A Baby Is A Gift From God" with a poem. We made them open the card after all the presents had been opened. Their reactions were amazing and a moment I will never forget. We spent the next 3 months in Oklahoma. While we were there we had our first ultrasound and then a gender ultrasound. Our little one was so relaxed and well lazy, we could not get a "clear shot". If you know Emma know you know this fits her personality! We then visited family again before returning to Washington. After our return we had another ultrasound with our new doctor and found out we were expecting a girl!!!!
My pregnancy with Emma was fairly easy. At 5 months along I started developing migraine headaches (I later found out were hormone related) which the doctor thought was related to blood pressure. My blood pressure was slightly elevated toward the end and I retained a lot of water but Emma was very healthy. I had two baby showers one in Washington given by my best friend Tiffany and one in Kentucky given by my Mom, my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law. We decided on Emma Lee. Her first name was the only name we agreed on and her middle name was chosen from my mother-in-law's middle name. Here are some pregnancy pictures and then I will post her story of her birth under:
My due date was August 14. My doctor and I decided to induce on August 8. I was to be at the hospital that night, but there was miscommunication and was actually suppose to have been there that morning and did not know. I woke up not feeling well. I called the doctor and they told me to just go on in to the hospital. I arrived at 11:00 am. I was monitored and having contractions that were 5 minutes apart. The contractions continued all day but nothing else was happening. They started me on pitocin in the evening and my contractions were closer and stronger. At 1:00 am I received pain medication in my I.V. because I was not dilated enough for an epidural. The contractions were very strong and quick. Finally at 4:00 am my water broke, and I received the epidural an hour later. I slept off and on till about 8:00 am. Creg left to get my mom at that time. I started feeling a lot of pressure around 9:00 am, the nurse checked me and said it was time to push. They called the doctor and I called Creg telling him he needed to hurry back. Most of this time was a blur. Creg and my mom arrived and I started pushing. For those of you that know my husband knows that the birth was something he did not do well with. He was on the "sidelines" cheering me on! There was a miscommunication again between the hospital and my doctor and she still had not arrived an hour into pushing. Finally after two hours of pushing the doctor walked in and within 5 minutes Emma was taking her first breath! Emma Lee was born August 9, 2006 at 10:56 am in Spokane Washington. She weighed 6lbs 13 oz and 18.5 inches long. Here is my "labor of love":
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