I'm Obsessed.

I can't stop staring at my baby and thinking, "I made this!"  I have to give him a thousand kisses a day and touching his toes, his hands, his hair, and his arms (which are also covered with a ton of soft baby hairs).

I am completely exhausted from being up multiple times a night from feeding but somehow, it's SO worth it.

Labor, Delivery, and all the Rest

        On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 I decided I wanted this little guy out of me.  I wanted to hold him and love on him like everyone talks about.  So, I did what my sister swears got her into labor.  I inserted 2 primrose oil capsules up my...hoo-haa right before bed.  I actually thought they would fall out.  To my pleasant surprise they didn't.
       On Wednesday, May 14th I woke up and had no contractions so I was really bummed and thought, "Well, I guess I better go to work then."  At this point I already had had a sub covering my class for the last few days just in case I didn't come in to work.  At work the day before, I was just doing a little bit of this and that so I planned on doing that again today (Wednesday).
        I was at work grading papers at my desk around 9:30 when my contractions started.  I actually didn't know what they were, I just knew they hurt really bad and that they came in waves.  I began texting my mom and sister asking them if they knew what they were.  They believed them to be contractions so I started timing them on my phone app.  They were already approximately 4 and a half minutes apart and about a minute long each.  They were already getting pretty strong and I just couldn't work through them any more.  I packed up my things and told the front office I had to go home.
        The drive home was only like 7 minutes.  I had to pull over because I was having a contraction that hurt incredibly bad and I really couldn't focus on the road at that moment.  When it subsided, I continued home.
        As soon as I got home, I called Jordan and told him the situation.  He was at work too so he had to wrap some things up and come home.  Meanwhile, I was in contact with my mom and sister via text conversations and phone calls.  I tried to work through a contraction or 2 on my stability ball because my sister said that might help.  All of a sudden, my breakfast was coming up and I barely made it to the bathroom in time.  That really made me nervous-I'm not sure why.
          Jordan got home lickety-split and was in serious mode.  He gathered all our things and we headed to the hospital.  We got to triage where they checked me pretty quick.  I knew I had to be at least 4 or 4 1/2 centimeters dilated because that is what my doctor had said that Monday, the 12th.  When they said I was at 8 centimeters I blurted out, "serious?!"  I was definitely surprised especially because I have heard numerous times that your first baby is typically a longer labor.

Jordan took a photo of me in triage...you can tell I was NOT a happy camper...and pretty huge!

         They wheeled me down to the delivery room and got me an epidural right away.  I was really nervous about that because I had seen it performed on YouTube and it looked scary!  Plus, I heard a story of someone's sister having really bad headaches after getting her epidural.  I made Jordan hold my hands and that made everything okay magically! :)
        After that it was literally just a waiting game.  I laid there for a couple hours comfortably and watched some tv.  My doctor's office was just down the street so they called the doctor over around 3:30 pm and that's when Lincoln made his appearance.  The doctor almost didn't make it in time.  The nurses called someone else in and my doctor came in right before I delivered.  I'm talking, within a couple minutes!
        I was sure I would cry when Lincoln was born but I was just in total shock I think.  It was just so strange to see a baby on the other side of me, and the fact that I had grown him.  It was really just so amazing!!!  He hardly cried when he was born.  They had to rub his body quite a bit to make him cry.
        We did skin-to-skin right away afterward and it was so unreal!  I felt like I was having an out of body experience.  It was this amazing happiness and joy I've never felt before.
         So from start to finish my labor was 8 hours.  Lincoln was 6 pounds, 6 ounces, 19 inches long...and I tore.  It is so sad that a baby that small could make me tear.  I'm not sure how bad, but I felt the stitches go in.  Let me just tell you, it hurt!  My epidural didn't cover that I guess.  My doctor gave me some local anesthetic and it still hurt.  I'm just glad it's over with now.  I am betting I could've labored without an epidural but I'm SO glad I got it anyway.  It made the experience so much more tolerable I guess you could say.
         We stayed in the hospital for a total of 2 days.  It was nice to be able to continually call the nurses when I wasn't sure about something or when I didn't feel good.  They were so nice and helpful.  I would definitely have my baby in a hospital next time too.  I highly recommend Banner Gateway also.  Everyone there was great!
        Those first couple nights were SO tiring because I had to figure out how to feed Lincoln and do it every 2 hours.  Long story short-Lincoln was so worth it.  So worth the 5-ish months of sleepless nights, backaches, nausea, weight gain, everything!  I love my new family SO much!

I just received my epidural here.  I was feeling SO much better!

Lincoln's official weight!

The new proud daddy!!!

Adoring my new baby.

A little skin to skin time.

Our first family photo!

Lincoln all bundled up and waiting to go home.

Lincoln's first time in the bassinet!  (Yes, I know his outfit is too big).  I didn't anticipate him being so incredibly small!

Vlogging for the Blog

I've convinced Jordan to let me have a camera to vlog and post videos with instead of writing entries in here.  So, we published our first one last night to YouTube.  It's not super exciting but it is a Sunday video so, in the near future more exciting ones will ensue.  Click on the link to see this one. Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sV1NbMCj8

2013 at a Glance

I wanted to take a minute to remember all of our accomplishments from this year!

·         I finished my first year as a teacher

·         You got your wisdom teeth out

·         We attended 2 funerals…slept on a HARD apartment floor

·         We moved out of our dingy apartment at Argenta (hallelujah!)

·         I opened and closed my Etsy shop…

·         You changed a couple batteries in the jeep…

·         I took a silly boot camp class over the summer

·         We celebrated our first year anniversary!!!

·         I surprised to you with our first baby for your birthday!

·         We moved into your mom’s house for a bit…crazy!

·         You said goodbye to your dog Coco

·         We bought our first home

·         You made a SICK Halloween costume…I tried.

·         Your brother got sealed in the temple!

·         We bought an AWESOME couch and sold our other ones!

·         We bought a fridge, washer, and dryer!

·         We found out we’re having a BOY!!!

·         Got new callings in our ward…You rocked yours!

·         Made lots of new friends and said goodbye to some

·         We bought a sick huge printer!

·         We loved each other more each day

·         You became more patient with me.

·         You played video games…I crafted a little…

·         We brought my kitty to live with us…she annoyed us…ha ha

·         You found OPES which will hopefully bring more joy

·         Stargate became your second best friend

·         Downton Abbey was my second best friend

Kickin it for the next 2 weeks!

So much has happened but I've been too pre-occupied to blog about it.  (I'll be sad later on I'm sure).

Anywho, last night Jordan and I made gingerbread houses with our good friends.  Even though I was pretty tired when we arrived, it was still lots of fun.  Especially because their little boy will be almost exactly a year older than ours when we have him so I get more excited for our little guy to arrive when I see their adorable son.

While we made our gingerbread houses, their little boy was hanging out on the floor, and seriously ALMOST crawling.  It was SOO cute!  He scoots around, but doesn't quite get the hand-knee motion down yet.  I wish I had taken video!  Here is before and after gingerbread pictures.  Jordan mastered it...me...at least I tried!

Jordan had the idea of using our marshmallows as shingles.  I reluctantly said okay.  So, we got to work on one side.  I suggested they be cut in half.

Then Jordan decided he didn't like that idea because it took too long...and he wanted to do whole marshmallows on the other side.  I didn't like that idea so I let him have at it.  We know who the clear winner was!  (not me.)

So, I was kind of proud of the wreath I thought up.  The little leaves were from a bottle of sprinkles our friends had.  The door is made out of fondant.

Final photos.  Jordan put little sour patch kids on top...he's funny like that.

Oh Boy!!!

In May, we are expecting a boy!  I'm sad no girly dress up sessions but my husband is so excited to have a son and I'm glad my kids will have an older brother.

Announcement Video

This is the video we shared with the world on the birth of our baby AKA Simba... not really but still just as important to us

Jordan & Camille the Legend of Love from Jordan Roth on Vimeo.