Maren- 4 weeks old

Jared had yesterday off. We went into my work so the kids in my class could see Maren, I had promised them I would visit before summer so they could see her. We then went to 5 guys for lunch and to the Aquarium. Jared had never been to The Living Planet Aquarium, we also wanted to see the penguins. They were so cute! It was worth going just for that. It was a fun outing..one Maren won't remember but we had a good time!

We go to the Pediatrician tomorrow for Maren's 2 week check up. She is a good baby, minus the not sleeping so well at night. She crys and crys if we put her down before she falls asleep...and then she wakes herself up! I tried to swaddle her last night and she hated it- she fought to get her hands free- my little escape artist! She sleeps for a few hours at a time...some nights. Others like last night she just keeps on waking up. I got so exhausted that I had to just let her cry- Jared got up and went and held her. I am feeling better from the delivery - that took about a week, now if I could just get some much needed sleep we will be good!

I am getting out of the house tonight- Jared will stay home with Maren. The 2nd graders have a singing program for their parents and I am going to go. It will be fun to see the kids and I know they will be disappointed that I don't bring the baby. I did promise them I would bring her in before school lets out- we will go in next week!

Krista,Braelym and Maren

Going Private

We decided that since we now have Maren (and let's face it, most of the posts will probably be about her) that we are going private on our blog. So if you want to be able to read about our lives I need your email.

Her first week

Our first week at home has been quite interesting. I have been going on very little sleep, as all new Mom's probably do. Jared was off of work until Thursday- it was great having him home with us, I could nap during the day while he watched Maren. Now that he is back at work it is a little bit more tricky. I try to rest when she does, a little bit a time. Jared's Mom has come a few times so I can take a nap, which has been great. Last night she finally slept for 3 hours straight at night- she hasn't done that before, just screams when we lay her down- and then another 3 hours after her bottle. That was so nice! I will probably jinx myself and it won't happen again for a while! Cross your fingers! We are happy she is here, healthy and strong. Her Daddy loves to come home and hold her, I think he misses her when he goes to work.

Maren's birthI

Maren Jean

6 lbs. 13 oz.

21 inches

born at 2:36 p.m.
4/30/10

I went in to visit the Doctor on Thursday. He told me I would have some light spotting so I expected that but I had more blood then I thought was normal- I really had no idea what normal would be. So by Friday morning when I got up I was bleeding. Because I didn't know what was normal, so I was worried something strange was happening. I told Jared I was worried and he told me to call the Doctor to let them know what was going on. I called the answering service and the Doctor on call called me back within 5 minutes. I explained to him what was going on and he said to come and to labor and delivery and they would check me out to make sure everything was fine. SO we went into the hospital. They hooked me up to a monitor- two actually- one for a heartbeat and one to monitor my contractions. My Doctor came in and checked me again - I was at a 3+, they watched me for about 10 minutes and the Nurse came in and said "Well we don't measure many contractions but we are just going to keep you and induce you today". Which we were just fine with.

They moved me across the hall to the labor room. At around 10 am, they broke my water, started my IV and the pitocin. Once I started having contractions they HURT like no other, and I asked for my epidural. That was a lifesaver! I praise whoever invented that...I don't know that I could have given birth to a baby without it (I guess I could have but it would not be a pretty experience). At 12:00 they checked me again and I was an 8. I was comfortable at this point, but then I started to feel a lot of pressure, and all of the sudden I was a 9 +. It really did move pretty fast. So they got my Doctor back and I pushed about 7 times and we had a baby! She was perfect.