Pictures that you just have to Love!

She found her ThumbJust Being Cute

She loves the boppy

Passed OUT!

All wrapped up

Pictures taken at the hospital

All Bundled up! This one is my Favorite!Getting ready to go home!

Awww

Mom and Daughter!

Dad and Daughter!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope that everyone had a Wonderful Mother's Day!
My 1st Mother's Day was GREAT! R and Little R gave me this cute plant that has pink leaves. I really hope that I can keep it alive! LOL! R took care of Little R most of the day and I was able to relax and sleep!!

Bath Time with Little R!!!

Her 1st bath really went better than I had expected it to go! She really seemed to enjoy it! These are the kinds of pictures that she will be embarrassed about later in life!

Little R with the Doggies!

Little R with Jersey!!!








Little R with Reba!!!









We think that the doggies are getting used to R! Reba really doesn't seem to care to much and Jersey really is not sure, but seems to be getting better! I think that Jersey just wants to give her a big wopping KISS!

Meeting the family!

Grandma Evans









Grandpa Evans









Grandma Olson









Aunt Rachel












Great Grandma Swineford









Great Grandpa Evans









Great Grandma Evans









Great Grandma Stuvick









Great Grandpa Stuvick

Introducing Our Beautiful Daughter

At 40w6d (Friday, April 25, 2008) I was having contractions all day just not anything regular. So R and I walked that night to see if we could get them to come any quicker. For some reason it had the opposite affect, they got slower. On Saturday, April 26^th, 2008 I was still having contractions and as the day progressed they became 10 minutes apart and stayed there through out the night. It made for a hard night sleep… About 4 am on Sunday, April 27, 2008 they became 4 minutes apart and stayed there. So I told R that we should probably get ready to go to the hospital. Once we got there they checked me and I was still at 2 cm and that was so frustrating.

They told me that since I was 41w1d that they were admitting me. My contractions were running 2-4 minutes apart and strong. They got me to a labor room to monitor me more and decide if they were going to try more ripening gel or Pitocin. My contractions were so painful it was hard for me to focus on anything, but the pain. While they were monitoring me the baby’s heartbeat slowed down a lot. It got down to around 60 and I was so worried. They came in and had me flip onto my side and put on oxygen mask. R was trying to calm me down because I was so upset that something was going to happen to our little girl. The doctor came in and said that they were going to watch the baby some more and that my contractions were probably too close together for Pitocin. They decided to give me an epidural to see if that would relax me some and possibly get me to dilate more. I was always worried about getting an epidural and it was not bad at all and in fact it really helped with the pain. A couple of minutes after they gave me the epidural the baby’s heartbeat dropped again to around 60. Only this time moving me from side to side didn’t work and I had to get up on all fours. Again I was upset and afraid. The doctor came back in and was talking, but to be honest I really wasn’t listening too much. At this point I just wanted our little girl out of there. So I spoke up and told her. She thought that it would probably end up in a c section anyway and agreed. So we were prepped and off to the OR.

Once we got into the OR and ready I was so numb that it felt like it was hard to breathe. R came in and sat by me and the next thing I know they are saying it’s a Girl. We knew that she would be a girl, but if you have talked to me over the last 6 months you would know that I was having doubts about that and thought she might be a he. So this was music to my ears and so was the crying!!! They showed her to me and she was so beautiful!!! Ruth Elizabeth weighed in at 8lbs 3ozs and 21 inches long. She is named after my Great Grandma.

Pregnancy Photos By R!!!

Some photos that R took of me. I think they turned out Great!