Baby Sadie Bell Stevens Sept 22nd 2008

She is here!!!! After 41 weeks Sadie Bell Stevens finally arrived. After being a week overdue I was scheduled to be induced on Monday the 22nd at 7am. Contractions started the Thursday night before and being new to this expierence we even ran to the hospital twice on false alarms! But by Sunday night at 3:30 am I couldn't do it any more! So I woke Spence up and said "we are going to the hospital to either have this baby or else they are going to start me now!" Well no induction was needed! She was born at 9:35 am weighing 8lbs 2oz and was 20 1/2 inches long!

She had a bit of an issue breathing right at first. One of her lungs was not opening up all the way causing her to breath really fast. They took her right away to the nursery to evaluate and decided she needed to be on a CPAP (continuous positive air pressure) to help inflate her lungs all the way. They also gave her some medicine so that her lung would not stick together. They moved her to the Level II nursery were she stayed to be monitored for a few days. On Wednesday they removed the CPAP and allowed us to finally hold her and start to feed her. She did great! We couldn't have asked for more, they just wanted to keep her for another day to monitor her. On Thursday morning her Dr ordered a CAT Scan to be done of her head because its a little funny shapped. That night they told us that seams on the back of her skull had prematuraly fused together. Something that doesn't happen till you are full grown. And if not fixed could cause problems. They are going to refer us next week to a specialist at Primary Childrens Hospital. The surgery will take place any time between 3 and 6 months. It is a few hours long surgery with a 3 or 4 day hospital stay. But after that she will be as good as new. Though this surgery is some what major, it is also a not that uncommon. It was a bit of a shock to hear that our little angel will have to have this surgery but on the upside it was a relief that it wasnt something more serious. We are truly grateful to have Sadie in our lives. Though it is an adjustment to get used to having her around, we couldn't imagine our lives without her.
They released her from the hospital on Friday and we are now finally starting to adjust to real life.
We appreciate all the prayers that went out for her behalf and all the love and support we recieve from you all.

3 Days After Due Date!!

Well, I was online today, so I thought I'd post a very boring update.... No baby yet! Though progress was made yesterday with a few contractions here and there. I was told that was a good thing! So hopefully she is getting ready to make her daybu. I'll let you all know when more happens!

Less than one month to go!!

Well the Summer is coming to an end! I really cant believe how fast it has gone. Everyone said I would hate the summer while pregnant, but I have to admit, it hasn't been that bad! We have spent almost every weekend for the past 2 months camping up at Current Creek. It has been a blast! But I think I am done for now. Spencer is currently up at Current Creek with Russ and Matt for the archery hunt. We will have a few weeks off from hunting trips, and hopefully Sadie Bell will arrive early enough for Spence to make it to the muzzle loader hunt!
I had my first baby shower this last week, put on by Mikaila, Holly and Amy. It was a lot of fun. See the new pictures at the bottom!

Its been awhile so I thought I better bring ya up to date! I am now 34 weeks prego and doing great. We aren't quite ready yet, so hopefully she doesn't come early! As for names, we kept going back to Saydee (spelling still up for changes), of course it could all change if she comes out looking like something else! But at least I think I will get the middle name that I really want which is Bell, my Grandma Whyte's middle name.
We have spent a lot of time this year up at Currant Creek, our hunting spot. Spencer wanted to scout out deer as much as he could, and I just wanted to sleep nice and cool! Dutch is now a part of our camping trips as well as Buddy. I think they both really enjoy it. Spencer is torn between the 4 wheeler and Dutch, both have their advantages so it will be tough call if he ever has to choose between the two of them. But until then, we take the both of them, which makes packing for the trips interesting. Spencer asked where we will put the baby once she gets here, that wasn't hard to decide, Buddy would have to move to the trailer where there is a designated place for dogs. So this weekend we tried it out... I think he did well though I am sure he misses the air conditioned truck! Oh well, the Baby has first dips!

Mexico

Trip to Arizona/Mexico

We have just returned home from our trip to Arizona/Mexico. Our friends, Stephanie (my mission comp) and her hubby Steven live in Arizona, so we flew down Wednesday May 14 to see them. Thursday we packed up the car and drove to Rocky Point Mexico, about a 3 hour drive. Before leaving to Mexico we stopped at Stephanie's office (a Dr's office) so she could do another ultrasound on me for fun. I think this was the funnest for Spence because he asked to do it himself! (Girls let me just tell you it was the cutest thing ever!) Once he found her little head and realized she was holding her hands together by her face, he started talking to her. She dropped one hand and waved! It was so cute! The more he talked, the more she moved! It was nice to not be rushed by a nurse!
Once in Mexico we stayed at Las Palmas resort. First thing first, we headed down to the beach. The weather was perfect as was the water. Friday morning the boys rented jet skis for an hour. We spent half the time at the ocean and the other half at the pool. We ate a lot of quesadillas with a lot of pico de gallo! On Friday night Emily and Drew (friends of Steven and Stephanie) came down. She also is prego at 7 months. It was lot of fun.
We headed back to Arizona after a few more hours in the ocean Sunday afternoon.
Overall, it was a great getaway!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Well I was right!!! We will be having a girl! I guess we were both a bit surprised, but Spencer especially! He asked for a few confirmations and then asked how sure she was! The nurse said she was 99% positive and so he left it at that!
Later that night, when I was so ready to fall asleep Spencer was adamant about picking a name that night! Luckily I finally fell asleep and he gave up. But the search continues!!!