It's a Girl!

Yes, that's right, I am a father. At 5:30 AM Monday morning, Jen began to have some stronger contractions. She had had some since the previous Tuesday, but these were different and stronger. They became closer together until they were 2-3 minutes apart, right when we were instructed to go into the hospital. We went in at 11 AM were sent home after observation at about 4:30 PM because she was not making enough progress. This was our gorgeous corner room.

We went home with Jen's contractions getting stronger. We learned how to breath, and Jen took naps between contractions. Since contractions were 2-3 minutes apart already, our new instructions were to come in when the pain was unbearable. At 8 PM we went in and after an hour of observation she was admitted, and subsequently received an epidural, which helped her relax. She didn't progress terribly fast after that but jumped from a 6 at 1 AM to a 9 at 2 PM. At 3 she was complete and ready for stage 2 but the doctor on call kinda wanted to wait around as long as possible for our doctor to be able to be there so he told the nurse to "wait and descend." I think that's what she called it. Well, after two hours of that, at 5 AM, Jen started to push. At 6 AM a change in shifts caused some confusion, and Jen's epidural medicine to run out and she began to feel the pains of labor. It took a while to get her to a level that allowed her to push again, about 30 mins. Our doctor was there a little past 7, and the baby was born at 7:48 AM, May 30th 2006, at 6 pounds 14 ounces, measuring at 18 3/4 inches. Her name is to be decided and she has a full head of strawberry blond-ish (auburndy-ish, depending on who you ask). Both Jen and the baby are doing great.

Conference Weekend

Saturday of conference weekend, Jen and I planned on listening to General Conference on the radio (being that we didn't have TV in that appartment). Well, as luck would have it, the radio station would not come in real clear. We could hear the talks, just with a lot of crackle. It became annoying, so I tried to get a better reception. After many failed attempts, I thought that a big pan would work a little like a cantenna or satelite dish. It did but I had to hold the pan. Jen thought it was funny so she took a picture.

Showering Baby Gifts

On Saturday, the ward we just moved out of , BYU 114th, threw Jen a baby shower. It was in the park on 5th West 5th North. It was windy and cold and Jen had a lot of fun.

Sara (the red haired girl - second from the right) says to Vote for Opera for President of the United States. Who knew Sara was such an avide Opera fan?






We went to the Ob/Gyn yesturday (May 9th) and Jen is measureing at 35 cm. Jen also didn't gain any weight. We were a little concerned but the Docter said that everything is ok, the baby probably won't be 8-9 lbs. but more like 6 and that there is nothing wrong with that. He told Jen that she looks small when she is standing but when she was laying down for the heart moniter he said that she is running out of room. He told Jen that she just hides it well. That made Jen feel better, being that EVERYONE tells her that she is way small.

The night before we went to the docter, Jen was up throughout the night with a pain right under her sternum that felt like a "wood block." Well, it sounds like the baby is running out of room and is kicking higher then she did before. We are in the final 4 weeks, so we are getting close.