baby Sophie's here!

This last week has been completely crazy, but one of the best weeks of my life. Sophie Grace was born Monday, April 19th at 1:12 pm, weighed 6 lbs 8 oz and is absolutely perfect! Sunday morning I woke up with some contractions and had the feeling she would be coming within the next few days. Tyler and I had just gone to a birthing class and tour at our hospital on Saturday, and then Sunday night we were back in to have our baby! When we went in on Sunday they actually sent us home even though I was dialated to a 3 and having contractions about 4-5 minutes apart. Little did I know that those contractions were nothing compared to the ones that came later! I woke up at about 4 in the morning to some really bad contractions and we decided to head back to the hospital! Getting all the stuff ready to go to the hospital is pretty crazy. It is such a wierd feeling to realize when you come back home we would have a baby with us.

After getting the epidural everything went really fast and the whole thing wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Tyler was so supportive and talked me through the whole thing. He described Sophie's head coming out as a "giant purple brain", which kind of worried me a little bit but she did turn normal colored. She is so sweet and tiny and I want her to stay tiny forever! We were both so in love with her right away.

The whole labor process is really a miracle. It was so special for me when my baby came out and they handed her to me to look down and see such a perfect little human being. Right away I was bawling (and pretty much havent been able to control my crying ever since) and I looked at Tyler and he was crying and it really was just one of my favorite moments. I am so grateful that everything worked out so good and that she is healthy and we have a little family now.

First family picture together

One thing I will never forget is the second night at the hospital I was really overwhelmed, exhausted, sore, and getting frustrated with the nursing situation. I started feeling like I couldnt do it all by myself when I remembered that I dont have to I have Tyler to help me with everything. Tyler decided he would try to squish onto the hospital bed with me to make me feel better and so we could be by each other. It made me feel so much better and I love him so much. It was pretty funny the next morning when the nurse came into introduce herself and Tyler was crammed onto the little bed with me! I have the best husband.

Me with my little sophie

By Wednesday morning we were so ready to bring her home. It felt so good to come home after being at the hospital and having a nurse or doctor come in about every hour. She slept so much better here and seemed happier all around. Being at the hospital stressed me out not having any privacy and having so many things thrown at you at once. She looked so tiny in her carseat!

Tylers mom got this perfect picture of Sophie with her hands folded. Somehow she got her little fingers folded together all by herself! This picture is precious.

Tyler is such a cute dad. He comes home from work and heads for baby right away. Somehow he always seems like he can calm her down. She already loves her daddy.

We have taken so many pictures the past few days I had to just put my very favorites. I love this one with her eyes open. She is so fun when she is wide awake just looking at us.

I am so grateful to have such good friends and family that have helped us and came to visit! We love you all!

Easter weekend!

I cant believe its already April! I love that Easter and conference were the same weekend this year. We had such a relaxing weekend and I am so excited the weather is getting somewhat nicer! And April is baby month (hopefully) so thats even more to look forward to! Lately I have been thinking of what a cute dad Tyler is going to be. He is sooo excited for this baby to come. Although I pretend I dont like it when he rubs my belly three times "for good luck", I really think its so cute how much he thinks about her and talks to her.

For Easter we went to Kevins in Provo and Kimiko made us dinner. It was delicious! Todd had a track meet in Provo on Friday so they were down here all weekend and the guys got to go to priesthood together. I stayed home and washed all of our baby clothes and blankets and bedding. Her outfits are so tiny and cute and I am so excited for when she can finally wear them! I am sick of imagining what she will look like and would like her to come already!

Just a random shot of our crazy family! Apparently I was the only one that didnt really get what was going on. When Tyler and his brothers get together there is never a dull moment. Growing up with mostly all sisters is alot different than the beating each other up and chest bumping these guys do but it is definitely entertaining.

This is the only easter egg we decorated this year. We really didnt get into easter much but I did get this shirt that happened to make my belly look like a giant easter egg! This is me with three and a half weeks to go! A little scary...

Last weekend we went to Las Vegas with Ashley and Shawn. We took Monday off of work and went for a long weekend. We stayed at the Luxor and luckily the weather cooperated with us and we got to lay out for a few days. That was what I wanted to do very most! Unfortunately we came home to a big snow storm here but it was fun while it lasted. As much as I know many of you would like for me to have put up a picture of me in a maternity swimsuit 8 months pregnant... not gonna happen! haha.
Tyler and Shawn were pretty funny when it came to gambling. We really dont get into it but its fun to play a few games when we are in Vegas! Me and Ashley went shopping for a while and I got a phone call from Tyler wondering if I had taken the 1 dollar bill that had been on the dresser. I guess I hadn't realized that they were searching the room up and down for one more dollar to try to double it to make up for their last lost dollar! Then after a long night of walking around the strip and eating at Margaritaville, we thought we were all going to bed and look over and Shawn is lacing up his shoes to go back down to try to win a couple more bucks. Shawn actually was pretty lucky but unfortunately Tyler is very unlucky so we evened out.