Dez McKay

Our bundle has arrived :-)

Dez McKay Little finally arrived on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. I woke up at 4:15 with really strong contractions about 7 minutes apart. I didn't know if it was the real thing since they said they would be closer together. I just really didn't want to get sent home again. I took a bath a little before 6, and after I got out the contractions became 3 minutes apart. I finally woke Tyler up and we headed off to the hospital. When I got there they said I was dilated to a 5. YAY! This time they were keeping me! My contractions were extremely painful, and it took them 2 hours to get everything ready for an epidural. Finally, I was out of pain at 8:30. This picture shows me finally being able to smile. 

By 9:30 I was dilated to a 9, and they were just trying to get me to last until 10, so they could get both Antibiotic IV treatments in. (Since I was Strep-B positive.)  A little after 10, Doc had me try to push. After only about 4 pushes, my Doctor realized that the babies heartbeat was getting dangerously low, and he was still way too high. This is when we heard the bad news.  I needed an emergency C-Section.  Neither of us came in expecting that outcome at all. By now, I am in lots of pain from feeling the contractions again, and scared to death.  I wasn't really scared of the C-Section--it was more the recovery that scared me. This picture is of us all ready to move to the O.R. I wasn't feeling too hot at the moment...

The anesthesia for this surgery was so crazy! The absolute only part of my body that I could move was my eyes. They told me that I would feel like I couldn't breathe, but that I would really be breathing fine. I definitely felt like that, and it was awful. I tried asking for Oxygen, but I could not get the word out. Somehow the anesthesiologist knew what I needed. The whole experience was just really interesting. They said I would feel pressure, but honestly, I really didn't feel any at all.  I was surprised at how quick it went. Before I knew it, I was hearing the beautiful cry of my baby boy. 

Dez McKay Little arrived at 12:02 p.m. on December 19, 2012.  He was 8 lbs, 3.5 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. 

 The recovery is hard, but is going well. We will be going home tomorrow (Saturday the 22nd). 

My wonderful mother was able to extend her stay here to help out, and she has been doing great with Parker. He has handled this MUCH better than anyone had anticipated that he would. I think they are partying at home, cause he seems like he isn't even missing us ;-)

Parker loves his baby brother--but not so much when mommy is holding him. He is so cute with him though :-)

Nana sure loves Dez!

Our beautiful family :-)

Santa

 

39 Weeks...and waiting

I have been having pretty regular contractions for two weeks now. I went into the hospital at 38 weeks and they sent me home even though I had 6 hours of 2-3 minute apart contractions. I just wasn't progressing.  I went in again at 39 weeks, and again, they sent me home.  I am now 39 weeks and 3 days.  We are trying to be patient, but we just want him here so badly! My mom came over a week ago when I went into the hospital for the first time.  She has been an amazing help, and we have had so much fun together! She has to return to work on Thursday or Friday this week, so we are really hoping she can hold a baby before she goes!!!  I have a doctor appointment tomorrow, and I am hoping he will be willing to induce me! Cross your fingers! :-)

Christmas Time

Parker got to meet Santa at our ward Christmas party, and to my surprise, he actually talked to him this time!! Here are a couple cute pictures from this Santa experience.
Also, pictures of Parker helping me make cinnamon ornaments. He loved it :-)
Merry Christmas everyone!

Nana & Papa

Parker pretending to be like nana and dressing daddy up like papa ;-)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We were blessed to have perfect roads to be able to go to Idaho and spend Thanksgiving with Tyler's amazing family! Everyone was there but Cherie and her family--but we sure missed them! Parker was Grandpa's little shadow all weekend. Poor Grandma lost her voice, so she got to mostly sit back and enjoy our company. Of course, with all the brothers together it was a weekend FULL of laughter and fun. We played Apples to Apples on Wednesday night, and I was a little worried I might go into labor from laughing so hard! They had a fun time making fun of me for being Canadian...haha :-)

Parker also fell in love with Aunt Chelsea, her dog Lumi, and cousin Connor. Ty was able to get some cute pictures of Parker giving Connor kisses. Lumi would chase Parker and just beg to play with him. Grandma saved a big box for Parker to play in, and he loved it! He would go in there, and Lumi would sit and bark at him until he came out. They played really well together :-)

Every single night we were there we stayed up SO late...it was so much fun though. Our last night there, Ty and I stayed up chatting with Chris and Jean. Since we are the ones with alarm clocks (kids) maybe it wasnt so smart, but it was really great getting to know them a lot better. We sure wish we lived closer to them--we could have a lot of fun together! Here is a picture of Jean and Connor. He is so flippin' adorable!!! It seems like he is smiling ALL the time! I just love it!

I still cant figure out how Chris and Jean had a blonde haired, blue eyed baby! haha--crazy.

Connor smiling after army crawling over to Lumi :-)




Parker giving Connor kisses!


Of course, there had to be a football game played on Thanksgiving! The brothers all went out and played 2 on 2. Ty found a sweet flag football set at a thrift store, so we brought it. I went out and took some videos of the madness. Unfortunately, blogger still wont upload my videos. :-(  I took some action pictures though...

Poor CJ twisted his ankle, so the game didn't last too long. It was really fun to watch though!
Pictures of Parker and Grandpa watching the game.

Parker was not happy about coming inside after the game was over, so Uncle Kody took him out to see the neighbors horses. They walked out holding hands, but I was too slow to get a picture of that. This is what I got though: 

I made Parker a "people who love me" book with pictures of all his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We wanted to teach him everyone's names before we got there. But for some reason, he would only call his Uncle Kody, and Uncle Chris, "Mike" all weekend. They were good sports about it. 

Our Thanksgiving meal was delicious thanks to Mom! She cooked for 2 days straight! We sure appreciated it :-)  Thursday night we played a game of Settlers of Catan and Farkle. They sure are some fun games! We finished off our trip in Pocatello with Mom, CJ, Chris, Jean, and Connor for Black Friday sales. We didnt hit it until about noon, but we still found a couple deals. Us girls went crazy at Bath & Body Works. After a late lunch at Mandarin House (YUM!), it was time for us to head home. Another day would have been perfect, but we sure had a blast. 

Ty & I both love long trips where we get to chat. I found some great questions on pinterest for road trips, so we had a really great conversation for the last half of the drive. It was a lot of fun!

We sure hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving as well! I am so grateful for all of my wonderful family!!!