Baby Rohe

on October 27th i went in to the hospital with only one child and left on the 28th with two. my doctor took pity on me and asked when i wanted to have her. at that point i was dilated to a 1 and 0% effaced. anyway he said "when do you want to have this baby" and i scoffed and said "yesterday" and he said lets do next wednesday instead and i was like…OK!! so he called the birth center to set it up and they said it needed to be monday. so the next 4 days were the longest days of my life but it was nice because i made sure that everything was done. i got all of the laundry done, everything set up, deep cleaned everything so it wouldn't be so bad if i didn't do anything for a day or two, and cleaned out my fridge (which was an excellent move because i live in an amazing community and have had 10 or so people bring us meals. we have left overs! i haven't ate this good since i was in high school). 

we left the house around 6:45. melanie came and stayed with hyrum. we went over to my parents house so my dad could help lance give me a blessing. never give birth without a blessing. i weighed 148 when we got in there and still at a 1 and 0%. they put the IV in and got me started. Dr Graham came in at 9 to see how it was going. i was having contractions but it was just tightening. no pain except for a little discomfort in my back. he said i needed to have her by 5 so he could go home…challenge accepted. my mom got there around 11 and then she left to go have lunch with my dad and jeremy and while she was gone my gramma and grampa showed up! they were driving through. at this point i started having contractions that hurt but i didn't want them to know because i wanted them to stay so i hid it. and it wasn't easy and i don't even know if i succeeded. it was around 1 or 2 when they left and the nurse checked me and i was FINALLY at a 2. holy….crap……i had been there for over 6 hours and was only at a 2. i almost killed someone. but then dr graham said if i got to hurting too bad just get the epidural….don't mind if i do! so i waited another hour or so and then i got the epidural from a guy named Fritz. his name was Fritz. which was cool enough but he had the pain killer so he was my best friend. then i went from a 4 to a 10 in an hour and a half. i pushed 5 times and she was here! she was born at 5:56 (i was pretty close to 5) and she was 6 lbs 15 oz and 19". 

i was so tired. epidural makes me sleepy so i was seriously struggling to stay awake and i was numb. i loved it. i didn't feel hardly anything. i like being numb. but not being tired. 

Ashley came and visited me and then took over my bed

Lance fell in love with her immediately 

our first family of 4 picture

little Rohe

i was soooooo tired

it took him 6 days to even touch her without crying

he was singing twinkle twinkle little star to her and she loved it

she's such a good baby. i usually have to wake her up so she can eat. she smiles all the time and only cries when she's hungry. she is the definition of "perfect baby". just like hyrum was. he was the same way. and he's making up for it right now. poor little guy. he is starving for attention. i feel so bad for him. he keeps getting into mischief and is really whiny. he gets the worst when i'm feeding her. oh! she eats so good. she's got a good little appetite. anyway i don't like getting after him all the time but i don't want him to think that he can get away with everything. i let him help me change her diaper and burp her and he snuggles with her and i spend some time watching cartoons with him. so he is involved, he's just not adjusting very well. it'll take a bit longer. right now he's looking at the last picture saying "so tute" 

hyrum is a talented little fart. he can sing you are my sunshine, the theme song to gilmore girls, every song on mickey mouse club house, twinkle twinkle little star, and wheels on the bus. and he can count to 10. he talks. but its the kind of toddler talk that only the parents can understand. before we put him to bed at night we say family prayer in his room. he folds his arms and says amen. we're still working on the kneeling. and he likes nursery! he's also starting to like my dad. he likes the concept of my dad but is still a little hesitant around him. ashley and justin are his favorite. but when you're constantly playing with him and giving him attention and loving on him, you will be his favorite. 

this entry has been long enough i feel so i'm gonna end it. and i'm hungry so i wanna eat. and when hyrum takes a nap, i'm going to nap because i am tired. i didn't get to rest at all after i had Rohe. i think yesterday was the first day i got to actually stay home and chill…but of course i didn't. i cleaned. but today is a lazy day for sure. the first one i've had. i might do some laundry but i only have 4 more loads before it's all done.