Avery's Baby Blessing

Well, on Sunday June 27, 2010 was Avery's baby blessing. Steve gave her such a wonderful blessing, it was such a neat and touching experience. A bunch of my family and all of Steves family came up to be there, after we had a turkey BBQ in our back yard, it was so fun to have eveyone there and to just have a good time. Her dress was so beautiful, we wanted to get a nice dress so the next can wear it as well. (coming from a mostly-girl family we are bound to have another girl). Steve didn't like to bonnet and thought it was too old fashioned, but I loved it and thought that she looked adorable in it, so we had to put it on her. Thanks to everone who came and made it such a special day for us all.

Avery Pictures

Well, here are some of the promised pictures of Avery June. We haven't went and got them taken professionally yet, that is yet to come. So here are some that we took yesterday while she was playing around. She is so sweet, I love her so much!!

Baby Avery is here!!

Well, last Sunday the 25th I finally had my little baby girl, and she is amazing!! At about 1:00am on Sunday morning I started getting contractions, I knew I was going into labor, but this baby being my first, I knew that it would be awhile. So in the morning I still packed my husband a lunch and sent him to work, but told him to expect a call to come home. Yeah...he went to work at 6:30 and he got a call at 8:30 to come take me to the hospital. My contractions by then were getting strong enough so I couldn't talk and they were 5 minutes apart. We got to the hospital and got checked in at about 10:00am. The nurse monitored my dialation and then checked my amniotic fluid level and said that it was low and that I needed to stay. So at about 11:30 I was hooked to an I.V. and put on petocin to speed up my contractions. By then the contractions were hard, but bearable...yeah...about 20 minutes later I was crying for my epidural. After about 3 hours on the petocin, they came and said I was at a 9.5 cm and almost ready to start pushing. So I started pushing at 4:30pm and I had her at 5:19! As soon as she came out, the doctor placed her on my chest and Steve snipped the umbilical cord, it was so amazing to finally be able to hold her in my arms. She weighed 7 lbs 14 oz and was 21.5 inches long, and we named her Avery June Fobert. After, they wheeled me up to my room where I was able to snuggle my little girl, and Steve was able to make it to tip-off at the Jazz play-off game! (He wasn't going to go, but I was just going to rest, so why skip out on a good ticket, right?) Here are a few pics of her when she was first born and there's more to come !

No Baby Yet

Well, Today I am officially three days overdue! I am so bummed. I really though that she was going to be here by now and its really frustrating that she is still in my overstretched belly. I think that I got my hopes up when the doctor said that I'll either be up to a week early or on time, I know that that's a guestimate, but I really had high hopes. Today is my first "official" day off work, and I haven't even had her yet, its kinda hard to be taking un-needed time off. Steve is back to work, and I am so bored! I dont know how stay at home wives do it, cause I've only been up for four hours and I've already cleaned the entire house, done the dishes, in process of doing the laundry, and have scrubbed the bathroom. What else is there to do but clean? I know that I am venting all my negative feelings today, but I think that every first-time overdue mother can relate to these feelings. We are so stretched, miserable, and achy...but that's not even the half of it! I think that mostly I just want to carry her in my arms, hold her little hand, and just love her. Everyday I walk into her nursery and wonder, how much will she weigh? Will she come soon? What does she look like?" I have a doctors appointment to be induced on the 30th of April, so at least I know that I only have 10 more days max, but I hope that she gets here sooner than that.

Baby's Room!

Well today we finally moved out the bed that was just chillin in the baby's room (I hate to keep calling her "The Baby" but we aren't for sure about names yet, so baby it is for now), and we were able to finally set things up in the layout that we wanted, and then put things on the walls. My sister Angie made all the vinyl dots and rings that are around the entire room, and they turned out so cute! So if anyone is interested her site is: http://www.angiesvinyl.blogspot.com, she has some really amazing ideas. As for the furniture... I found a changing table on KSL for $10 and steve painted it white with his air-gun, and the crib was a yardsale crib my mom found, so steve got new parts for it and painted that as well. Let me just tell you how cute it looks. I'm so glad that we didn't just go out and buy an expensive bedroom set, this is so much cuter and adds more character to the room! This room has been a really long process, but it turned out so nice and it is now ready for whenever she decides that it is time to come out!

Baby Shower!

Well, a few saturdays ago, I had another baby shower. This one was from my mom's side of the family, and Steve's dad's side of the family. It was such a great time, we sat and visited, played a game, opened gifts, and then had a delicious lunch. It was really nice to have the ladies in my family all together. This shower, unlike my last one, I actually remembered to take some pictures! I was a little torn as to whether I should post the pics or not, because I am like HUGE! But I decided to post some of them. Its really frustrating because I have such a short torso that there really is nowhere for my baby to go, but out. So I have this really big belly balooning from just my front, unlike everyone else who gets pregnant where they distribute the weight evenly over their entire midsection. But I only have two more weeks left to go, so I guess I'll just have to handle it.

Swimming!!

Well, on our last week off from work Steve and I headed down to Cedar City for one last visit before the baby came. My sisters-in-law (Krystal and Sheri) and my mother-in-law helped to throw me a baby shower, and it was so much fun. I saw friends and family there that I haven't seen in a long time, and we had a good time just visiting and catching up. Later that night the entire Fobert family wanted to go swimming at Cedar City's public pool, I wasn't really down for this considering a) I really am not a chlorine fan being a contact wearer, b) I didn't bring a swimsuit, and c) Um...Hello, I'm 35 weeks pregnant and HUGE! But Krystal talked me into going and so we all piled in the van and went, and... It was so much fun!! We had such a nice time soaking, playing, and relaxing, and it was so fun to see all the kids splashing around and goofing off. It felt really good letting the pressure of my belly off my back, feet, and ribs. I recommend a nice long swim to anyone who is pregnant and needing to relax when the tub just doesn't do it. Robert had a water-proof camera and took lots of crazy pics of us underwater and playing around, so here are some of those pics (and some of them are pretty funny).

Painting the Baby's Room!

Well, this is (finally) the week that we are starting to get the baby's nursery all ready! We have had all the bedding for weeks, but just haven't had the time off from work to get it done. Steve is going to be painting the walls green and tan, and then we get to put up our crib! I think that once the room is ready I'll be able to relax more knowing that if she were to come sooner rather than later, we'd be ready for her. I still have ten more weeks of this pregnancy to go, and I am counting off the days on my calendar till I'm finished. I have mixed feelings about pregnancy, I love the fact that I am carrying another person in me...its such a neat feeling, but the pains are horrible! I also think that I am just anxious to get her in my arms already.