IT'S A GIRL!!!

Makenna Pearl Larson 

Born 2-19-2011 

(@ 10:06pm by c-section)

Weight: 8lbs 6ozs

Height: 19 ins

Saturday morning started a long day of anticipation. We arrived at the hospital at 6am in the morning to get induced. Every 4 hours I was given something to help me progress.  It slowly started to work and the day looked slowly promising.  By 8pm it had been 10 hours and our little girl had moved back up and didn't have any signs of moving back down.  So I was given 2 choices.  Option 1: to most likely be in labor for 3-4 days and by the looks of it, it would end in a c-section.  Or Option 2:  to go ahead with the c-section. By the results of the medications, and only being dilated to 1.  That was the best way to go.  So we got prepared for a c-section.

After a short wait, the next thing I knew we were in the operating room.  The Anesthesiologist was very nice and was very good about making sure I was comfortable.  Unfortunately she had to stick me twice to get the Epidural in. The 1st time she went to the right, and when she relocated it I was stuck in the bone.  Very painful ;(.  She was very nice about it and felt bad. The 2nd time it was just fine.  I think she gave me a large dose to make me feel more comfortable faster, but it took me longer to come out of recovery.  They were talking about it, and she felt bad, I didn't care I felt fine. Besides the weird feeling of not being about to move my legs at all for 2hrs it went well. Once the Epidural was ready they took a pole on what they all thought it would be.  Dr. Ivey and all the nurses were very excited that it was a surprise baby.  They had not had one in a while.  The Anesthesiologist asked Jon what he would prefer (a boy).  Then she asked me (a girl) and within minutes we heard Dr. Ivey say... IT'S A GIRL!!!  I looked over at Jon and he had a shocked look on his face. Then we heard her cry, a smile came across his face that lasted for hours! Once he held her it didn't matter anymore:)

The hardest part of the C-Section was not being able to see Makenna for a few hours.  As soon as they brought her in the room I couldn't believe how Beautiful she was.  They kept her in the nursery the 1st night.  When they brought her in, in the morning we quickly learned that she was such a good baby.  

 

I did Breastfeed her. Unfortunately she was such a good baby and never really cried. I didn't know that she wasn't getting enough. By the 3rd day we were ready to be released.  They checked her levels for Jaundice and they were too high.  She had to stay another 24hrs and stay under the lights. They kept me there as well. By then it was the 4th day in the hospital. It was the hardest thing to be there and not be able to be with her. It was the longest day, and I was so happy when they came in the next day and said that we could finally go home.

It was so fun to get her ready and to finally be at home!!! (The boys are good with her). She never really fusses and for the most part sleeps fairly well during the night.  We are still missing a lot of sleep though.  My mom has been here, and she has been such a help!!!  We really appreciate it, and will miss the extra help once she goes home. 

It has been 1 week, and we can see how much of a blessing she will be in our lives!  She is the sweetest baby ever!!!  

WE LOVE HER VERY MUCH!!!

BABY UPDATE!

The Babies Room has been ready for weeks.  I had fun putting it together. It was previously my Craft Room, which I will miss. It took sometime switching everything to the spare bedroom, but I will enjoy having the Baby closer to me. It was difficult at first to decide what to do, cuz it's a surprise. Thankfully the walls were green already. The room turned out GREAT, and looks awesome for a Boy or Girl!

It has been a long and exciting wait for the little one to arrive. I am 1wk over due and will be Induced in just a couple of hours!  It will be a long day, but I'm so excited and can't wait to meet the little one!!  I'm glad that we have decided to wait on finding out if it is a Boy or Girl. (It was Jon's idea) I will keep you all posted and wish us LUCK!!!

BABY (boy or girl) SHOWER

We had a Baby Shower on Saturday Jan. 29th.  It was very fun, and nice to see everyone.  My Mom, Sister Stephanie, and Sister-in-Law Cori (and Cierra too) put a lot of time into it.  It turned out great, and was awesome! Thank You

I was the cutest MOM-TO-BE!!!

 

          We tried something new instead of a Baby Cake.  We made Cake Balls.  They were Delicious!  We had Lemon w/ White Chocolate, and Strawberry w/ Milk Chocolate, yummy! 

Ashley, Shannon, Jessica, Auntie Cori

Cierra, Cousin Natalie, and Cousin Michon

Aunt Candy, Cousin Andrea

 We played tons of games, and had fun!  I would like to Thank everyone for the great gifts.  They will all be handy when the little one arrives!

The Boys are Growing Up

It is fun to have the boys around!!! They are starting to grow up,10 months now. We have a small worry of how they will react around the baby. They have started to behave (a little) bit more.  Hopefully they will be good (or they will have to start enjoying being outside more often). They LOVE to sleep during the day.  The only problem with that is they get super hyper around 9pm, and are non-stop for about 2hrs.  They are still very different from each other, and it's fun to see the difference in them both.

The Boys got tired waiting for me in the kitchen and fell asleep on the towels.

They love to sleep!

Jon's favorite pitchure. (Keeping them out of the Craft Room)

The Boys had to stay outside for the baby shower. They didn't even bark, that was a 1st!

Gotta LOVE'M... =0)

Christmas 2010

Christmas was nice this year.  We went up the Mountain to Taylor, AZ.  We enjoyed the cold weather, and had a good Christmas.  We took "The Boys" with us and it was there 1st Christmas.  They got stockings full of goodies and toys.  (Yes they might be a little spoiled). 

Braiden helped them open there Stockings.

Devrin helped them play with there new toys.

Pierre loved his "New Girlfriend" he carried it around for weeks.  She use to have a bow on her head, but was quickly chewed off.  I was able to snap this cute photo.  It's priceless. 

Yum, Yum Turkey Day 2010

The whole Family was able to meet up at our house this year for Thanksgiving.  We had plenty (of food) to be thankful for. The turkey was delicious, but decided to take an extra hour to cook.

Jonathan had to work that day at the Station.  He made the Turkey Dinner there.  To my amazement he said he did good cooking all the food.  I will have to take that into consideration next year =).  After we enjoyed our dinner we all jumped in the car and went over to the station.  The kids enjoyed seeing the trucks.  We also took a Family Photo.  It was a nice day, and was nice to spend it with the whole Family.

HALLOWEEN 2010

Boo!  This past Halloween was fun!!! 

We had fun Carving Pumpkins.

The boys 1st Halloween How Sweet!  =0)

Pierre as Cutie Bumble Bee

Cierra as Vampire Girl & Hanie The GoGo Chic

Mugzy as Mr. Turtle

Our Awesome Trunk-R-Treat!!!

Trip to Virginia

In October I was able to go visit Bethany Jane in Mechanicsville, Virginia.  I had a lot of fun, and got to experience something besides the Desert.  It was so nice to see actual trees. They were everywhere, and the weather actually felt like the fall.  I enjoyed being in fresh air, and the cold weather.

This is the view from Bethany and Blakes front yard.  I loved waking up and just looking outside, and seeing greenary.  It was nice to visit Bethany in Virginia. I enjoyed my trip and hanging out with my best bud.  I hope I will be able to go back again someday.

One of the days I was there we took a drive over to Virginia Beach.  It was awesome to walk down the beach, and off to the left in the distance you could see Hamilton Beach.  The day we went was the coldest and of course it rained.  I didn't mind though it was nice to just enjoy the beach, and the shops down the boardwalk.

The beach was nice, and different from a Cali Beach.  The sand was finer and Cape style houses and boardwalks.  It was nice and relaxing to walk down.

We went to Washington 2 days, and it was so cool.  I enjoyed seeing things that you normally would just see on T.V. or in a book.  It was awesome to see them in person. When I was there I was 5 months Pregnant, and there was so much walking.  I sometimes fell behind, but there was so much to see I didn't mind all the walking.  We went to several museums, and saw so much.  One of my favorite museums was the navigation, and automobiles.  We saw the Apollo 13 space shuttle, and all kinds of NASA machines.  One of the coolest things we saw was the Wright Brothers plane. At one of the other museums they had the Norman Rockwell, (original) paintings.  I could have stayed there for hours and just studied his paintings.  If you've seen his painting in copies you would be amazed at how real they actually look.  Some of them blew me away at how they just jumped out of the canvas.

We went to the Ford Theatre, and was able to see were Lincoln was shot.  Can I say "WOW" that was so cool to be standing in a place that changed history. 





The museum had so much to see, right before you entered the theatre they had the gun that was used to shoot Lincoln.

This a statue of Lincoln and (me 5 months Pregnant)!

This is Bethany and I at the Washington Monument. From the monument if you look to your left you can see the U.S. Capital. Right in front of us is the view of the White House, and to the right is the Lincoln Memorial.  It was one of my favorite places to just stand and look around.

On our walk to the Lincoln Memorial we met a friend.  This is Squirrelly.  He was having a nice snack of leftovers. This is him getting out of the trash can.  I think he enjoyed his snack.

Me at the Lincoln Memorial.  We had to climb tons of stair to get there, and wait in line to get a picture. It was worth it.

This is the view of the Washington Monument, and the Capital from the top of the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial.









Our last stop of the day was the funniest.  By the end of the day I was exhausted, and it was the farthest away to walk too.  I'm glad we took the small 1.5 mile stroll to the White House.  We got there right at Dusk, and watched the Sunset, so it was pretty cool.