Jamie helped us deliver Madison and was the first person to hold her after Ryan and me
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Meeting Our Beautiful Daughter
Ryan and I meet Madison for the first time. This picture still makes me cry...
Madison's Birthday
After two days of wondering if my water really broke, I finally gave in and went to the hospital to be checked out. I drove myself to the hospital and told Ryan not to worry about meeting me because I was sure they would just send me home. Turned out I did have a leak in the amniotic sack so the nurse told me around 11 am on the 25th that I wouldn't be going home. It was baby time! I tried to call Ryan but he was on a conference call so I called my mom and she helped me track him down. Within moments, Ryan was by my side and my mom and Jamie were on their way. Once checked into the labor and delivery unit, the doctor and nurses induced labor. For hours, my mom, Jamie, Ryan and I sat and played games and waited for labor to kick in. About the time that Jack and Nancy, Tim and Sarah showed up, labor was getting heavy. I got an epidural at 5 cm. It only took on half my body at first and the contractions were pretty painful. Ryan was amazing through the whole thing. Eventually the epidural worked and at 3:25 am on Tuesday, February 26th, our beautiful Madison was born.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Smelling Chips
They wouldn't let me eat while I was in labor. Jamie, Ryan and my mom had a huge spread of food and I had only my cranberry juice which tasted amazing at that point. Jamie let me smell her chips since I couldn't have one.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Family Baby Shower
My mom and Aunt Betsy threw me such a wonderful family baby shower! Aunt Betsy is so creative and the whole thing was super cute. Even the invitations were adorable. I wish I could post one on the blog! I had a great time and just had to go back and post some photos of the day. Unfortunately my camera was running out of batteries so I was only able to take a few pictures. One of the funnier moments of the shower was when Aunt Betsy presented me with a "baby toolbelt" for Ryan. Included in the belt was a wooden spoon similar to the ones Tim, Jamie, Kelli and I were spanked with as kids. Aunt Betsy told the story of when I was little and Uncle Allen loaded up a tool belt with a variety of wooden spoons. When he walked into the room showcasing his new tools I ran out of the room screaming.
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Nursery
As most of our friends and family know, getting the nursery ready was one insane experience. First Ryan and I decided to paint it a nice soft yellow. We went to Home Depot and had them color match 3 gallons of paint to the yellow Pottery Barn Kids gift tags. Thinking we had the perfect color picked out, we went ahead and primed over the extremely dark blue walls that the previous owners of our house had painted the room. It took several days and three coats of primer before we were ready to start putting color on the walls. We were so excited to see the finished product. Uncle Allen had offered to come help us put up crown moulding, a chair rail, and to case the window on the 18th of January so Ryan and I were racing against the clock, trying to get the paint on the walls before he arrived. It was Sunday of the weekend before the 18th that we starting painting the walls yellow. As soon as the first brush strokes hit the wall, I started crying, upset that the color looked NOTHING like I'd expected. Ryan convinced me to wait until the whole wall was finished before making a judgment on what it would look like. We painted the whole wall and then both agreed it was a hideous shade of mustard yellow. In a panic, we raced back to Home Depot and picked up more primer and a light shade of pink. We ended up re-priming the one wall we'd painted yellow, and then painting another wall our new pink color. As soon as that color was on the wall, I was upset that it looked more white than pink. Ryan, clearly not happy, went back to Home Depot and picked a color two shades darker. However, after just a few brush strokes, we realized that color was too pink. Once again, we went back to Home Depot to pick up the color in between. We then painted the entire nursery the newest pink color and as soon as the sun went down, realized it looked pepto bismol pink. I was a stressed out mess and emailed Jamie the next day complaining about how we needed to hire painters to come that week because we were out of time. She immediately broke then news to Ryan and I that we are both color blind and then calmed me down by offering to handle it. She then easily picked the pink shade the nursery would be. After work that week, she and Ryan re-painted the whole nursery once more (at which point Ryan claimed we were losing square footage)! Thanks to Jamie and Ryan both, the walls looked great and were ready for Uncle Al. Yes, I was suprised that Ryan and I were still married despite the hours he spent painting and re-painting the room, and the hundreds of dollars we spent on the 10 or 15 gallons of paint we now have in the garage... ;) Anyone looking for yellow or pink paint?
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