Sami's World

I do feel bad that I haven’t posted anything to my blog. I was planning on posting something Sunday after church but I took a nap instead, good thing too…..

My water broke at church on Sunday. No it wasn’t a gushing in Sacrament meeting or anything! I went to the bathroom right after church before going downstairs to have root beer floats in celebration of Father’s Day. The water broke in the bathroom. I went down stairs as casual as I could. Talked to a few people, gathered the family and went home. I was going to try and do something productive in the early afternoon but just fell asleep instead. I woke up at 3 and Alix and Milo wanted to go for a walk so I did. At 3:30 I went upstairs to keep from being “noticed” when I had pain. By 4 I was in a HOT shower. We left for the hospital by 4:30pm. Hayward was full, Santa Clara was full so they sent us to Oakland. An hour later when we get to the hospital I was in a good amount of pain. We checked in a little after 5:30 and the baby was born at 6:45. When I got to the hospital I was at an 8, 90% effaced and 0 station. They rushed me into the room to have the baby but I just got distracted and frustrated and nightmares of 3 more hours of labor hit me and so I demanded an epidural. By the time the dr got there, asked me all the questions, I signed all the paper work and they inserted the needle it was time to push. I had the epidural for about 3 contractions, 3 pushes and they turned it off (a total of about 10 minutes max!!). But it was nice. Since it took a little while to wear off they were able to do a small repair inside, push on my tummy and move me around and I felt no pain. By the time the epidural wore off I hadn’t experienced any of the after birth pain. It was worth it to me.

Here are the stats:

Keri Ann was born on Sunday June 15 @ 6:45pm
She weighed: 10 pounds 6 ounces
Her length: 22 1/2 inches long
Head circum: 14 inches

She’s very happy and healthy. They were a little concerned about her blood sugar levels but they were all normal and rising each time they checked. We were discharged from the hospital today, Monday June 16 @ 1:30pm. The kids were all excited to see us come home. They made a welcome home sign for Keri and all wanted a chance to hold her. Except Milo, he has been a little apprehensive about holding his new sister. I’m sure he’ll get a desire to hold her soon. Afton, on the other hand, keeps walking around saying ‘I hold it, I hold it.’ It’s VERY cute.

Well, with only 3 hours left of the day, I suppose this baby will be considered “over due”. I’m ok with that…. :0)

I haven’t had any signs of labor. I have an OB appointment tomorrow, we’ll see what he says. Perhaps it will happen tonight and then I won’t have to go to my OB appointment.

I’m really glad that grandma Thompson has been here. The kids have enjoyed her tremendously. They get to play a lot and they get to be “spoiled” for a week. Jaime has learned a new song on the piano, learned to crochet and has learned to curl her hair on her own. What a great experience this has been for Jaime.

We miss grandpa a lot. He was here all day Saturday and half of Sunday. On Sunday morning I walked into the bedroom and Niah runs up to me and says ‘I’m going to marry grandpa!’ I told her she had to ask grandma. So she asks grandma. After a moment of thought grandma agrees. She runs up to grandpa ‘I get to marry you!! Lets get married.’ I told her she had to have a ring to give him. She said ‘No I don’t, he already has one.’ Boy was that little girl VERY happy. After grandpa had left and Niah woke up from her nap, all of a sudden she draws in her breath and her eyes get really big and sadly she says ‘I forgot to marry grandpa.’ I couldn’t help but laugh. She required a hug and some reassuring and then we decided she’d have to marry him next time she sees him. It was a very cute exchange!!

Saturday was a fun day with grandma and grandpa. Everyone just enjoyed a lazy morning of talking, wrestling and getting ready for the dance recital. Jaime did a great job once again and we all enjoyed watching her. Niah went on Saturday with grandma, grandpa and I. Scott stayed home with the other three. After each number Niah would turn to grandma and say ‘Wow, that was a great dance!’ She is going to be our next dancer, I’m sure!! Jaime was in the first number and then in the 5 number which is a VERY fast clothing change and her costume was quite involved. So I told her as soon as she went off stage I’d run down to her dressing room and get her ready. By the time I got there (about 2 minutes) she was already done with the hardest part! It was an eye opening experience that she is growing up and really doesn’t need me that much anymore. It was kinda sad for me! She was more than capable of doing her costume change without any help from me. After the recital we came home and then Scott and I left for about an hour. There is a girl in our ward that does massage therapy and said she’d give me a foot and hand massage to help me relax and sometimes, it helps to start labor. It was an amazing massage, the first “professional” massage I think I’ve ever gotten, and it did relax me very much, but as far as labor, no help!! But that’s ok, it was still a great experience. After that we came home and had pizza and then bed for the little ones. The adults stayed up for a while talking and enjoying each other’s company. We tried to get to bed early so we would be ready for Sunday.

Sunday was stake conference so we didn’t have to be at church till 10am. That extra hour really makes a difference. We had time for a nice sit down breakfast, wrestling and leisurely dressing times. We even brought a church bag. We gave up on taking things to church about a year ago, it was getting to be too much work and didn’t seem to help. But for two hours we realized we needed it. The kids were awesome!! We were very pleased by their behavior and we even made it to the end. As soon as we got home we had some lunch and then we had to say goodbye to grandpa. Too bad, we miss him very much. We took the chance to go for a family walk, without grandma though, but perhaps she enjoyed the quiet time. After putting the kids to bed we talked and then we all crashed too.

Monday, June 9 was a lazy day at home. Just the same ole’ routine but with an extra adult. That helped a ton!! I was able to get some school work done with Jaime and Alix and the little kids did not feel neglected. We did chores and naps and made dinner. We had shakes for dessert, FHE and then bed. We had a late bedtime because it was a hot day and it would not have worked to put the kids down any earlier. We stayed up late and watched a Atlantis. Grandma had not seen it so we all enjoyed it together.

Today, June 10 was an easy day. We spent the morning getting ready to go to Jaime and Alix’s end of the school year party at the park. I left early with the girls while grandma braved the little ones today. We ran a couple of errands and then went to the park. It was a great turn out and lots of good food. We played some relay games and just had a great time. We got home about 2:30 and I crashed. The kids watched a movie with grandma. After I woke up we got everyone dressed and headed to Wal Mart. Mostly because we all wanted to get out of the house and we did need a few things. After an hour in Wal Mart we went to Costco. After another good hour (or more) in there we finally told the kids we would go home. They were VERY good in both stores and we really had a good time with them. After a dinner of hamburger and french fries, we sent the kids to bed happy and tired.

Here we are tonight enjoying the cool night air and each other’s company. We are very glad that we are a family and all the kids are excited to have the baby come home. They are also very glad that grandma is here and they are all campaigning for her attention. She is so good about it and seems to please them all in the end.

Milo has been keeping us all in stitches. In his prayer the first night after grandma and grandpa were here, he said ‘Please bless grandma and her foot and bless that mean old bad dog.’

Grandma told Milo how cute he was and Milo informed her he was not. Grandma told him that she thought he was cute. Milo said ‘everyone says that I am cute, but I am not cute. I’m COOL.’ Grandma said ‘ok, you are cool and handsome.’ Milo agreed and was happy again.

Well, once again I’ll sign off with the proclamation that I may not write again for a little while. We shall see. Good night to all and happy dreams.