For Halloween we went to Brady's sister's house and had soo much fun just being with each other.
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Getting ready to go trick-or-treating with her cousins Brecken and Caden    |
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Our pumpkins! Alayna is so happy we are letting her stand on the table. Haha |
Friday, November 9, 2012
Halloween
This year for Halloween was probably my most favorite Halloween of my life. The reason is because now I get to dress up and take my own little cutie trick-or-treating! Last year Alayna was too little to take out trick-or-treating and even if we did it would have been lame because she wouldn't have even cared. This year though I could tell she was excited and was having so much fun! I thought I was done trick-or-treating when I was in Jr. High but now I get to start going again! I am just so excited that I am now a mommy with a cute little girl that gets so happy over things like trick-or-treating! I just can't wait to see her so happy over Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and all the other holidays that makes us happy!
For Halloween we went to Brady's sister's house and had soo much fun just being with each other.
For Halloween we went to Brady's sister's house and had soo much fun just being with each other.
My 1st Airplane Ride
Alayna and I both got to fly in an airplane for our first time ever!! A while ago my mom found a good deal on some plane tickets and asked me if I wanted to fly home for a week in October. Um, yes please!! I was actually really nervous about it for a few reasons. 1- I was going to be going on my first airplane ride with nobody but my baby! 2- How was I going to keep my hyper active baby to sit still on the plane for a whole hour?! (That is really quite amazing that I can get to Idaho in an hour!) 3- What if I get on the wrong plane?! 4- What if our plane crashes?! (We just recently watched an episode of "Greys Anatomy" and their plane crashed on their way to Boise! That's where we were flying to so that made me a little worried! Haha)
Everything actually went really really well! Brady helped me up to security in the Portland airport and then I just asked nice people for help after that. Once we got on the plane there was not very many people there so Alayna and I sat at the very back and had a whole row to ourselves! Hallelujah! Once the plane started to get going I got so excited! I felt like I was in a nascar race when the plane was getting ready to take off and then when it did it was just so awesome because we were going so high! We were flying through all the clouds and then everything was so tiny when I looked down! Even Alayna got excited and kept looking out the window!
Alayna was actually really good on the plane because she still had a fever and even slept a little. (The plane ride back to Oregon wasn't as easy because she wasn't sick and cuddly anymore but at least we lucked out again and had the whole row of seats to ourselves!) Once our plane landed Alayna and I just followed all the other passengers until I saw my mom waiting for us. I just couldn't believe that just an hour ago I was all the way in Portland and now I was in Boise! Now we had to endure a 5 to 6 hour car ride to get all the way to my home in Parker.
Alayna and I stayed in Idaho for a week and loved every minute of it! It was just a really relaxing fun week and I was so glad we were able to come out and spend time with my family. :)
Everything actually went really really well! Brady helped me up to security in the Portland airport and then I just asked nice people for help after that. Once we got on the plane there was not very many people there so Alayna and I sat at the very back and had a whole row to ourselves! Hallelujah! Once the plane started to get going I got so excited! I felt like I was in a nascar race when the plane was getting ready to take off and then when it did it was just so awesome because we were going so high! We were flying through all the clouds and then everything was so tiny when I looked down! Even Alayna got excited and kept looking out the window!
Alayna was actually really good on the plane because she still had a fever and even slept a little. (The plane ride back to Oregon wasn't as easy because she wasn't sick and cuddly anymore but at least we lucked out again and had the whole row of seats to ourselves!) Once our plane landed Alayna and I just followed all the other passengers until I saw my mom waiting for us. I just couldn't believe that just an hour ago I was all the way in Portland and now I was in Boise! Now we had to endure a 5 to 6 hour car ride to get all the way to my home in Parker.
Alayna and I stayed in Idaho for a week and loved every minute of it! It was just a really relaxing fun week and I was so glad we were able to come out and spend time with my family. :)
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Worst Night Of My Life
A little over a month ago Brady and I had the worst night of our lives! Not exaggerating. And of course it has everything to do with our sweet little Alayna.
Alayna had been acting really fussy for several hours and so I decided I was going to put her to bed a little early that night. Before I put her down for bed I felt her head and I thought it felt a little warm but I wasn't sure so I had Brady feel her head and he thought she felt just fine. So I put her to bed. She didn't even cry much like she usually does before falling asleep so I just thought that she must have been exhausted. For the next few hours she kept waking up and would cry really soft. I thought she was just fine because she will often wake up crying and then just go back to sleep. Well finally at like 12:30 a.m. I woke up wide awake to a really soft sounding whimper. I had a feeling that something was wrong and I quickly jumped out of bed to check on our sweet little girl. It was my worst nightmare. I screamed for Brady and just stared at what I thought was our dying baby girl. Alayna was just lying there face down in her vomit. She wasn't really crying or breathing very much. The only noise she could make was just a very quiet whimper. As I stood there just staring at her in shock Brady told me to pick her up. When I picked her up she was completely limp. I laid her back down on the floor and just looked at her as I cried hysterically. Her eyes were rolled back and I thought she was looking into heaven or something and preparing to meet her Heavenly Father. I finally snapped out of it and realized that now Brady was the one staring in shock. I yelled at him to call 911 and he immediately did that while I prayed. The lady on the phone with Brady told him to try putting Alayna on her back since I had kept her on her stomach. She was already barely breathing so when we put her on her back she stopped breathing completely! I only left her on her back a few seconds before I put her back on her stomach and she started breathing slowly again.
It only took a few minutes before the ambulance showed up. I was so happy to see them! I rode in the ambulance with Alayna while Brady drove to the hospital in our car. The whole way there I never stopped praying or crying. I just didn't know what to do with myself! While we were on our way to the hospital Alayna was still completely out of it and her eyes were still just looking up at the ceiling when she started saying "Mama Mama". I grabbed her little hand and kept trying to get her to look at me but she never was able to focus on me. Finally after the 20 - 30 min. drive to the hospital they got some (more like a lot) of medicine down her and she started to focus more and actually looked at me! After that she continually got better and went to sleep on my chest. Brady's parents showed up shortly after we got there and Brady and his dad gave her a blessing. After that she just kept getting better and better. Before we were able to take her back home, they were able to tell us what was wrong with her. The doctor said that she was probably having a seizure when we found her and that her seizure was caused because of her temperature getting too high. They were also able to tell us that she had a fever because she had a urinary tract infection. Her 2nd one in less than 3 months!
After we got her home, I gave her a bath (she still had vomit in her hair) and put her back to bed for a couple hours. For the next few days I had to constantly have medicine in her to keep her temperature down as well as antibiotics twice a day for ten days. Also since this is her 2nd urinary tract infection we have already had to take her in for a few tests. And she is still not done with all the tests she has to now go through. So far all the tests she has had have come out normal. Since then we have quit buying her the cheapest diapers in Wal-Mart and are now buying her the most expensive ones, even if they are more than double the price! We also no longer let her play in the bathtub. We get her in and clean, and then right back out. Also, I have not yet been able to relax since. Even though it has been over a month since her near death experience, I still take her temperature a few times a day, even if I know that she is just fine. And for the past few weeks she has been going through this "I don't need any sleep" phase. She wakes up every single night and doesn't go back to sleep for a few hours!
I really do love our little girl with all my heart but man! She has been kind of a hard baby! She has already been to the ER 5 times! Or is it 6?! It's always because she gets really high fevers and we have no warning! Once she gets a temperature it just shoots up so high so fast that we don't even know anything is wrong until we are on our way to the hospital. And now she is like an insomniac child! Don't one year olds need like 12 hours of sleep a day?! I am also really frustrated because I thought that breast fed babies dont get sick as much? Well Alayna is almost 16 months and still being breast fed all the time! Anyways, I just hope that when we have our next baby someday, that he/she will be a lot easier.
Alayna had been acting really fussy for several hours and so I decided I was going to put her to bed a little early that night. Before I put her down for bed I felt her head and I thought it felt a little warm but I wasn't sure so I had Brady feel her head and he thought she felt just fine. So I put her to bed. She didn't even cry much like she usually does before falling asleep so I just thought that she must have been exhausted. For the next few hours she kept waking up and would cry really soft. I thought she was just fine because she will often wake up crying and then just go back to sleep. Well finally at like 12:30 a.m. I woke up wide awake to a really soft sounding whimper. I had a feeling that something was wrong and I quickly jumped out of bed to check on our sweet little girl. It was my worst nightmare. I screamed for Brady and just stared at what I thought was our dying baby girl. Alayna was just lying there face down in her vomit. She wasn't really crying or breathing very much. The only noise she could make was just a very quiet whimper. As I stood there just staring at her in shock Brady told me to pick her up. When I picked her up she was completely limp. I laid her back down on the floor and just looked at her as I cried hysterically. Her eyes were rolled back and I thought she was looking into heaven or something and preparing to meet her Heavenly Father. I finally snapped out of it and realized that now Brady was the one staring in shock. I yelled at him to call 911 and he immediately did that while I prayed. The lady on the phone with Brady told him to try putting Alayna on her back since I had kept her on her stomach. She was already barely breathing so when we put her on her back she stopped breathing completely! I only left her on her back a few seconds before I put her back on her stomach and she started breathing slowly again.
It only took a few minutes before the ambulance showed up. I was so happy to see them! I rode in the ambulance with Alayna while Brady drove to the hospital in our car. The whole way there I never stopped praying or crying. I just didn't know what to do with myself! While we were on our way to the hospital Alayna was still completely out of it and her eyes were still just looking up at the ceiling when she started saying "Mama Mama". I grabbed her little hand and kept trying to get her to look at me but she never was able to focus on me. Finally after the 20 - 30 min. drive to the hospital they got some (more like a lot) of medicine down her and she started to focus more and actually looked at me! After that she continually got better and went to sleep on my chest. Brady's parents showed up shortly after we got there and Brady and his dad gave her a blessing. After that she just kept getting better and better. Before we were able to take her back home, they were able to tell us what was wrong with her. The doctor said that she was probably having a seizure when we found her and that her seizure was caused because of her temperature getting too high. They were also able to tell us that she had a fever because she had a urinary tract infection. Her 2nd one in less than 3 months!
After we got her home, I gave her a bath (she still had vomit in her hair) and put her back to bed for a couple hours. For the next few days I had to constantly have medicine in her to keep her temperature down as well as antibiotics twice a day for ten days. Also since this is her 2nd urinary tract infection we have already had to take her in for a few tests. And she is still not done with all the tests she has to now go through. So far all the tests she has had have come out normal. Since then we have quit buying her the cheapest diapers in Wal-Mart and are now buying her the most expensive ones, even if they are more than double the price! We also no longer let her play in the bathtub. We get her in and clean, and then right back out. Also, I have not yet been able to relax since. Even though it has been over a month since her near death experience, I still take her temperature a few times a day, even if I know that she is just fine. And for the past few weeks she has been going through this "I don't need any sleep" phase. She wakes up every single night and doesn't go back to sleep for a few hours!
I really do love our little girl with all my heart but man! She has been kind of a hard baby! She has already been to the ER 5 times! Or is it 6?! It's always because she gets really high fevers and we have no warning! Once she gets a temperature it just shoots up so high so fast that we don't even know anything is wrong until we are on our way to the hospital. And now she is like an insomniac child! Don't one year olds need like 12 hours of sleep a day?! I am also really frustrated because I thought that breast fed babies dont get sick as much? Well Alayna is almost 16 months and still being breast fed all the time! Anyways, I just hope that when we have our next baby someday, that he/she will be a lot easier.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Summer Trip to Idaho
This summer we got to go to Idaho to see my family. Brady got to stay for a week and Alayna and I stayed for two and a half weeks. We had so much fun and got to do lots and lots of fun stuff!!
We got to go horseback riding...
We went to Bear World...
We took Alayna and Brock to the splash park in Rexburg... Alayna also went on her first merry-go-round but she didn't like that very much.
We went to our neighbor's farm to pet their goats...
We were also there for Pioneer Days! Yay!! That is one of my most favorite holidays ever and it is not celebrated in Oregon. :( The 24th of July is a BIG deal in my home town. We went to our towns play, went to the parade, and also went to the rodeo. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of these.
We had a HUGE bon fire in my parents pasture. While the fire was calming down so that we could get closer to it, we rode the four-wheeler and the boys played catch...
My little brother Brian and his wife Emily got sealed in the Idaho Falls temple! I was so happy that I was there for that and I also was able to be there for Emily to take out her endowments. It was such a good day!
We had so much fun being in Idaho and we can't wait to go back to visit again in October!
We got to go horseback riding...
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| Brady, Kate, and I on our horses |
We went to Bear World...
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Alayna was more excited about sitting in the front seat than seeing Bears. Haha     |
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| They had so much fun!! |
We went to our neighbor's farm to pet their goats...
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| She gets a little too excited to pet animals... |
We had a HUGE bon fire in my parents pasture. While the fire was calming down so that we could get closer to it, we rode the four-wheeler and the boys played catch...
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Alayna loved riding the four-wheeler! |
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So happy for them!   |
We had so much fun being in Idaho and we can't wait to go back to visit again in October!
Friday, September 28, 2012
Alayna's 1st Birthday and Rhodehouse Reunion
Alayna turned ONE years old on July 13th, 2012! The day before Alayna's birthday we drove through the night to go visit my family in Idaho. We were having a little family reunion with all my brothers and their families in Island Park where we stayed a couple days in a trabin (it's a mix between a trailer house and a cabin). The first day we got to the Trabin was on Alayna's 1st birthday! We just had a good day visiting with family. That evening we ate Alayna's birthday cake that my mom made her, and opened Alayna's presents. We have a little ONE year old now! Crazy!
That weekend was a little rainy but we still had a ton of fun four-wheeling, playing games, playing basketball, playing tether ball, eating food, and even boating! I even got to learn how to wake board! I got up on my 2nd try. :) We had so much fun there! After our fun weekend we went back to my parents house to finish our vacation.
Here are some pictures of the birthday girl...
Our sweet little baby girl is growing up so fast!!!
That weekend was a little rainy but we still had a ton of fun four-wheeling, playing games, playing basketball, playing tether ball, eating food, and even boating! I even got to learn how to wake board! I got up on my 2nd try. :) We had so much fun there! After our fun weekend we went back to my parents house to finish our vacation.
Here are some pictures of the birthday girl...
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| Alayna and her Birthday cake |
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She didn't like everyone singing "Happy Birthday" to her.  |
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Here is our little family at the Rhodehouse family reunion  |
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Labor Day
Brady didn't have to go to work on Labor Day so we decided we were going to do something fun so we went to the beach! This was Alayna's first time ever seeing the ocean and going to the beach. Saying that she loved it could be an understatement! She never stopped moving the whole time! She just wanted to run run run!
After the beach we went back to Brady's parents' house and hung out with the family. It didn't take long before Alayna was asleep and she slept the whole way there!
We had a great day!
Alayna LOVES puppies!!
After the beach we went back to Brady's parents' house and hung out with the family. It didn't take long before Alayna was asleep and she slept the whole way there!
We had a great day!
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| Alayna doesn't like swings yet. Haha |
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Alayna's Birth Story
Alayna is going to be turning ONE here in a couple days and I just thought I should record her birth story because I think it could possibly be an experience I would like to remember. :)
Alayna was born on July 13th 2011. She was exactly one week early which was what I wanted to happen. She must have heard me while she was in my tummy because I would tell her that she needed to come a week early. Haha.
The day Alayna was born I got up early to make Brady's lunch for work and then after he left I went back to bed. At about 9:30 a.m. I woke up because I thought I was wetting the bed! I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom and water just started gushing down my leg. My water had broke! I didn't know what to do.
I know that you're supposed to be prepared for when you go into labor and have your bags packed and the hospital number ready but I was unprepared because this wasn't supposed to happen for another week! I thought I was supposed to feel contractions or something so that I would know I was going into labor and have several hours to get ready before going to the hospital. I felt absolutely no contractions, or pain whatsoever.
I think that maybe the fact that Brady and I went on a 8 mile hike less than a week before might have had something to do with her coming early? That probably wasn't the smartest idea to do so close to my due date. Haha.
I kept trying to call Brady but he wasn't answering so I called my mom. My mom told me to call my doctor and so that's what I did and they told me to come in. I still couldn't get hold of Brady so I called his mom and then she called Brady's dad. (Brady's dad is his boss) Brady's dad then told Brady and so then Brady finally called me back while he rushed home to get me. Oh geez!
While I waited for Brady to get home, I ran around the house like a chicken with its head cut off and tried to pack for the hospital. Once Brady got home, he hurried and took a shower and then we left. When we got to the hospital they had to check to make sure that my water had broke. After it was confirmed that my water had indeed broken, they got me all ready for birth and told me I now had to stay and that we couldn't leave until our baby girl was born. Yay!! They then put IVs in me (The IVs hurt so bad!) and hooked me up to a computer screen so they could see contractions and stuff. The nurses couldn't believe that I still wasn't feeling any contractions. They would watch the screen and be like "Oh! That was a big contraction! Did you feel it?" I really could not feel a thing. I was very grateful for that because I hear that it kinda hurts. ;)
The doctor decided that he was going to speed up my contractions so he gave me something like pitocin? Anyways, my body reacted really strong to that and one of my contractions lasted for like 6 minutes and then right after that contraction ended the nurses couldn't find our baby's heartbeat. The nurses kind of started freaking out and then shoved this thing up me and put it on our baby's head so that they could get her heart beat. They then had me lay on my right side because I guess that Alayna liked that side better? I was just about in tears after all that happened. It just scared me so bad! After that all happened they took me off the pitocin and decided they were just going to let my body have contractions by its self.
I finally started to feel some contractions at about 4:30 p.m. They didn't really hurt yet but I didn't want to have to feel them if I didn't have to either. I was actually really worried about weather I would know if they were contractions or not because I never experienced braxton hicks either (false contractions). Luckily I was hooked up to the computer so that when I felt the contraction I could also see on the computer that I was having one. The contractions were finally starting to hurt so at 5:30 p.m. I got the epidural (which I was terrified about getting that huge needle stabbed in my back). By then I was dilated to a 4.
After that I couldn't feel the contractions at all. Brady and I just talked and watched a little T.V. and just relaxed for a while. Several hours later I started to feel my contractions again and they were really strong and a little painful (even with the epidural). I could feel my body just naturally trying to push our baby out. My doctor was doing a C section on someone at the time and so the nurses told me to just try not to have the baby yet. By the time my doctor got to me and wanted me to actually start pushing I was dilated to a 10 plus 2 (whatever that means). I just know that when you are at a 10 is when you're supposed to start pushing. I pushed for about 20 minutes and then our sweet little girl was born.
She was born at 11:32 p.m. She was 7 pounds 1 ounce and 20 and 1/4 inches long. Just perfect! Right after she was born, my doctor flipped her around so I could see her. She had long black hair! She was just crying and so cute! Brady cut the cord and then the nurses cleaned her up a little and then gave her to me. It was love at first sight. She was beautiful! I just looked at our sweet little girl and kept saying "I'll take care of you." The nurses just left Brady and I to be alone with our little girl for a while.
After a while Brady's family showed up to meet our new baby girl. After they left my Mom got there at about 2 a.m. The second I called my mom to tell her my water broke, she immediately left from Idaho and drove all day and night to Oregon. After my mom got there the nurses came in to give our baby her first bath. It was really funny because she had so much hair that they put her under a blow drier thing for a few minutes.
After a day or more Brady and I finally decided we were going to name our little girl Alayna Mae Fielding. We had a long list of names we were considering when we went into the hospital but "Alayna" wasn't one of them. Haha. We named her "Alayna" after a convert that Brady taught on his mission. Her name was spelt "Elena" but we changed the spelling to "Alayna" so it was spelt more American like. We gave her the middle name "Mae" because that is my middle name. :)
We got to stay in the hospital a couple days after she was born and learn how to care for our sweet little girl. It was a little scary those couple days because our baby had a lot of amniotic fluid in her that she kept chocking on. About 3 different times our little girl would start to turn blue and I would press the help button and the nurses would come running in and stick this tube down her throat to get the fluid out. It scared us so bad! We sure are grateful that the nurses got all the fluid out by the time we took her home.
I felt like such a proud mama when we took Alayna back home to our little one bedroom apartment in Oregon. Can I just say that I have such a wonderful husband! He stayed the night on a very uncomfortable chair/couch for like 4 days and never left except to get food. I love him!
Anyways, overall I would have to say I had a very easy pregnancy and birth. I actually really enjoyed labor! I think that the most painful part of labor for me was the I.V's! Haha.
Alayna was born on July 13th 2011. She was exactly one week early which was what I wanted to happen. She must have heard me while she was in my tummy because I would tell her that she needed to come a week early. Haha.
The day Alayna was born I got up early to make Brady's lunch for work and then after he left I went back to bed. At about 9:30 a.m. I woke up because I thought I was wetting the bed! I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom and water just started gushing down my leg. My water had broke! I didn't know what to do.
I know that you're supposed to be prepared for when you go into labor and have your bags packed and the hospital number ready but I was unprepared because this wasn't supposed to happen for another week! I thought I was supposed to feel contractions or something so that I would know I was going into labor and have several hours to get ready before going to the hospital. I felt absolutely no contractions, or pain whatsoever.
I think that maybe the fact that Brady and I went on a 8 mile hike less than a week before might have had something to do with her coming early? That probably wasn't the smartest idea to do so close to my due date. Haha.
I kept trying to call Brady but he wasn't answering so I called my mom. My mom told me to call my doctor and so that's what I did and they told me to come in. I still couldn't get hold of Brady so I called his mom and then she called Brady's dad. (Brady's dad is his boss) Brady's dad then told Brady and so then Brady finally called me back while he rushed home to get me. Oh geez!
While I waited for Brady to get home, I ran around the house like a chicken with its head cut off and tried to pack for the hospital. Once Brady got home, he hurried and took a shower and then we left. When we got to the hospital they had to check to make sure that my water had broke. After it was confirmed that my water had indeed broken, they got me all ready for birth and told me I now had to stay and that we couldn't leave until our baby girl was born. Yay!! They then put IVs in me (The IVs hurt so bad!) and hooked me up to a computer screen so they could see contractions and stuff. The nurses couldn't believe that I still wasn't feeling any contractions. They would watch the screen and be like "Oh! That was a big contraction! Did you feel it?" I really could not feel a thing. I was very grateful for that because I hear that it kinda hurts. ;)
The doctor decided that he was going to speed up my contractions so he gave me something like pitocin? Anyways, my body reacted really strong to that and one of my contractions lasted for like 6 minutes and then right after that contraction ended the nurses couldn't find our baby's heartbeat. The nurses kind of started freaking out and then shoved this thing up me and put it on our baby's head so that they could get her heart beat. They then had me lay on my right side because I guess that Alayna liked that side better? I was just about in tears after all that happened. It just scared me so bad! After that all happened they took me off the pitocin and decided they were just going to let my body have contractions by its self.
I finally started to feel some contractions at about 4:30 p.m. They didn't really hurt yet but I didn't want to have to feel them if I didn't have to either. I was actually really worried about weather I would know if they were contractions or not because I never experienced braxton hicks either (false contractions). Luckily I was hooked up to the computer so that when I felt the contraction I could also see on the computer that I was having one. The contractions were finally starting to hurt so at 5:30 p.m. I got the epidural (which I was terrified about getting that huge needle stabbed in my back). By then I was dilated to a 4.
After that I couldn't feel the contractions at all. Brady and I just talked and watched a little T.V. and just relaxed for a while. Several hours later I started to feel my contractions again and they were really strong and a little painful (even with the epidural). I could feel my body just naturally trying to push our baby out. My doctor was doing a C section on someone at the time and so the nurses told me to just try not to have the baby yet. By the time my doctor got to me and wanted me to actually start pushing I was dilated to a 10 plus 2 (whatever that means). I just know that when you are at a 10 is when you're supposed to start pushing. I pushed for about 20 minutes and then our sweet little girl was born.
She was born at 11:32 p.m. She was 7 pounds 1 ounce and 20 and 1/4 inches long. Just perfect! Right after she was born, my doctor flipped her around so I could see her. She had long black hair! She was just crying and so cute! Brady cut the cord and then the nurses cleaned her up a little and then gave her to me. It was love at first sight. She was beautiful! I just looked at our sweet little girl and kept saying "I'll take care of you." The nurses just left Brady and I to be alone with our little girl for a while.
After a while Brady's family showed up to meet our new baby girl. After they left my Mom got there at about 2 a.m. The second I called my mom to tell her my water broke, she immediately left from Idaho and drove all day and night to Oregon. After my mom got there the nurses came in to give our baby her first bath. It was really funny because she had so much hair that they put her under a blow drier thing for a few minutes.
After a day or more Brady and I finally decided we were going to name our little girl Alayna Mae Fielding. We had a long list of names we were considering when we went into the hospital but "Alayna" wasn't one of them. Haha. We named her "Alayna" after a convert that Brady taught on his mission. Her name was spelt "Elena" but we changed the spelling to "Alayna" so it was spelt more American like. We gave her the middle name "Mae" because that is my middle name. :)
We got to stay in the hospital a couple days after she was born and learn how to care for our sweet little girl. It was a little scary those couple days because our baby had a lot of amniotic fluid in her that she kept chocking on. About 3 different times our little girl would start to turn blue and I would press the help button and the nurses would come running in and stick this tube down her throat to get the fluid out. It scared us so bad! We sure are grateful that the nurses got all the fluid out by the time we took her home.
I felt like such a proud mama when we took Alayna back home to our little one bedroom apartment in Oregon. Can I just say that I have such a wonderful husband! He stayed the night on a very uncomfortable chair/couch for like 4 days and never left except to get food. I love him!
Anyways, overall I would have to say I had a very easy pregnancy and birth. I actually really enjoyed labor! I think that the most painful part of labor for me was the I.V's! Haha.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Alayna got a crib
We finally got Alayna a crib! Actually, my mom and dad got it for her and had it shipped out to us. I am so happy she has a crib now because she was getting way too big for her pack n' play. I guess this is one of her early birthday presents since she is almost one! Crazy!! Thank you so much mom and dad! Alayna sure is lucky to have you as a Grandma and Grandpa!
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
All About Alayna
This post is going to be all about Alayna because my life pretty much revolves around her and I love it! Right now she is 11 months old and as cute as can be! She is now walking and says "Mama" a lot. She loves loves loves to eat big people food and nurse. She is the most active baby I have ever seen! She is always busy doing something and going somewhere. Haha. It is nearly impossible to sit through any meeting at church so Brady and I take turns following Alayna in the hall. People always comment on how active she is. At church a few weeks ago she was crawling down the halls really fast with her head down panting like a puppy and almost ran into the wall a few times. Lol. It was really funny to watch.
Alayna is our little puppy! I decided this a long time ago because she always pants like a puppy when she is excited. She begs for food whenever we are eating something, and I always let her eat cheerios off the floor. Haha. Alayna also loves stuffed animals! She already has like 10 stuffed animals! I am pretty sure she gets this from her mama because growing up I always had like 20 of my stuffed animals sleep at the foot of my bed with me. Alayna also likes going to the gym and playing with the toys there and the other kids. I am so happy about this because the first few times I left her at the day care, she cried the whole time. Now whenever I put her down she crawls off to play before she even hits the ground! We just love her so much and I can't imagine life without my best buddy!
Alayna is our little puppy! I decided this a long time ago because she always pants like a puppy when she is excited. She begs for food whenever we are eating something, and I always let her eat cheerios off the floor. Haha. Alayna also loves stuffed animals! She already has like 10 stuffed animals! I am pretty sure she gets this from her mama because growing up I always had like 20 of my stuffed animals sleep at the foot of my bed with me. Alayna also likes going to the gym and playing with the toys there and the other kids. I am so happy about this because the first few times I left her at the day care, she cried the whole time. Now whenever I put her down she crawls off to play before she even hits the ground! We just love her so much and I can't imagine life without my best buddy!
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| Running away so I won't get her dressed. She likes being nakey and does not like getting her diaper changed! Haha |
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| Alayna LOVES stuffed animals |
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Wrestling with the Bunny. She pinned em'!    |
Hiking
This past weekend we went hiking and had a blast! We bought a hiking back pack off of Craig's list so that we could carry Alayna. We had so much fun!!
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