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December 28th

I wanted all of you to know that we are going to be blessing Rya December 28th. It will be at our ward. I would love for all of you to come. I hope you all can make it. Our meeting starts at 9:00 in the morning. I know it will be hard for you to be there. For those who think they can make it please call me so I can give you our address to our church. 801-927-8710

One Week

I can't believe it has been a week. It is crazy to think that last week I was having a baby. I still can't believe she got here as fast as she did. We all love her to death. Hannah has to know where she is at all times, if she can't find Rya she will start crying and wants to know where she is. Hannah is always giving her hugs and kisses. She loves to hold her with the help of Mom and Dad. She is a great big sister. I love my girls. Rya is such a great baby. The only time we hear her cry she when she is hungry. Rya has such a beautiful smiles that she shows off all the time. She is so beautiful. I love my beautiful girls. I can't believe we are now a family of 4. Here are some pictures in the hospital and at home. I love Rya's hair. I love that she has so much and that it sticks up everywhere. I am also so thankful for Blair and how much help he has been with two kids. He has been such a great dad to both Hannah and Rya. I love you Blair.

Thanksgiving

I came home from the hospital Thanksgiving afternoon. We went to Perry's for dinner. We didn't stay long. We just knew that Thanksgiving would not be Thanksgiving without family. Here are some pictures of Hannah showing off her teeth, and cute smile. I love this little girl so much.

The Long Story

As promised earlier I will tell you all the long version of my adventurous day. It started off with a doctors appointment to Dr. Stowers (who I really don't like as a doctor but that is another story) at 9:00 o'clock. I was dilated to a 3 and 60 % effaced. He made an appointment for me to be induced on December 3rd and told me he would see me next week. I went home and I was having the occasional contraction. I got some stuff taken care of around the house. Blair was home from work all day so he was able to watch Hannah and the other kids that I watch. Both Blair and I wanted to have the baby soon so we tried figuring out what to do. I went to the gym and walked on the stairmaster for a few minutes. I could only climb stairs a few at a time before I was either out of breath or having a contraction or both.
I went home from the gym and eventually made it to my Grandma Deters house to work on some baby blankets. The contractions were getting more intense as the day kept going. I went home from my grandmas and the contractions got a lot worse once I got home. Around 4:00 I called the hospital to talk to a nurse to describe the contractions and try to get an idea if I was in labor or not. My contractions at the time were spaced between 3 and 5 minutes apart while I was standing but when I would sit down they would go to about 10 minutes apart. The nurse said I wasn't in labor and the contractions should be spaced evenly no matter where I was or what I was doing.
I hung up the phone and they just kept going. I didn't want to go to the hospital and get sent home because of false labor. Around 6' o clock pm Blair called his mom and asked her to come up to our house to watch Hannah so we could go to the hospital. Blair's mom was about 30 to 40 minutes away so we called my Grandma Deters and she was there in 2 minutes. We left for the hospital and Blair drove as fast as he could. We were kind of hoping we got pulled over so we could maybe get escorted the rest of the way. That didn't happen. We got to the hospital at 6:45 and went up to labor and delivery. They had me get dressed in the gown. I thought I had to go to the bathroom and I looked and thought I was bleeding. It started freaking me out. The nurses tried keeping me calm but it didn't work very well.
The nurse checked me and I was dilated to and 8 1/2 and was 100% effaced!!!! I had gotten that far on less then 10 hours.I started begging for an epidural so they called the anesthesiologist. The nurses got my I.V. in after 3 different tries and the doctor came in to start the epidural. I WAS DYING BY THIS POINT. I was hurting so badly I couldn't wait for the epidural to start. The doctor got it put in and layed me back on the bed. I felt like the water had broken probably 4 times. After I laid back down my water really broke and I felt like something was coming out. The nurse looked and the baby was crowning. They called the emergency OB/GYN and had him rush up to the room. The doctor came into the room and before he had time to even put on gloves, the baby had come out. No one caught the baby the baby just slid out and landed on the bed. The official birth time was 7:15. Oh yeah by the way the anesthesiologist didn't have a chance to really start the epidural so technically I went all natural. He had the needle put in and ready to start it but by the time they were going to hook it up the baby was out.

More Pictures

FINALLY!!!!!!!

On Tuesday November 25th I gave birth to a new beautiful baby girl. Rya Lyn Perry was born 6 lbs 9 oz and 19 inches long. It is kind of a long story but to make it short, this morning I was checked by my doctor and I measured a 3 like I blogged earlier. By 6:45 pm I was at LDS Hospital and being checked by the nurses. The baby was born at 7:15 pm. The gynecologist didn't even have time to put his gloves on before the baby had come out. I will blog more about the whole experience later but here are a few pictures to enjoy until you all can see in person how beautiful she is.

So close but not close enough

I went to the doctor today. Still no baby. I am dilated to a 3 and 60% effaced. If I don't have her by the 3rd he will induce me. Hopefully she comes before then. We are crossing our fingers.

Mommys little girl

Grandma Perry found a balloon laying around that was just the right size. Grandma put it up Hannah shirt and we all started laughing that she looked pregnant. We couldn't help but get pictures of Hannah and I together. Hannah was not sure what to think of it all. Hopefully she will laugh when she is older.

Such a babe

Hannah's great Grandma Bradshaw went to Hawaii. She brought Hannah back a really cute backpack and a jacket. Hannah loved the backpack. She rolled it around for a long while after getting it. I also have to say I love Hannah with her two pig tails in the back. Thank you Grandma. We love it.

Pregnant pictures

I have had people ask me to post some pictures of me pregnant. Well I hate the pictures but here they are. I know that you probably see me in nothing but comfortable pants. I can't keep maternity pants up. The comfy ones are the only ones that feel the best, and I don't have to pull them up all day.

Hannah loves her daddy

It is so funny to see Blair and Hannah watch football together. They both look so relaxed. Blair wanted a boy he could play and watch football with. Well he got a girl that loves to do that anyway. Hannah loves to cuddle up to her dad and watch TV with him. I love these two.

2

I went to the doctor today. He told me I am dilated to a 2. We are excited. Blair is more anxious then I am. I am actually getting scared because I know what to expect. It will all be ok. Blair is wanting me to have this baby this weekend. We will see what happens. But at least we are moving somewhere.

Grateful

Blair had today off work. It was so nice having him home. Blair woke up and came out of the room closing the door to the bedroom very quietly. I walked in to get all the laundry and he had made the bed. I came back out and he was doing all the dishes. He has been such a great help today. He did more then I did today. He has been so great today. He has done dishes twice, helped me clean, we went to Costco, Blair watched Hannah and he cooked me breakfast and lunch and started on dinner. Thank you Blair. You are so sweet to me. I know you read the blogs once in a while. So this was for you.

To my sister

Last night the Merkley family got together with the Schmutz family. It was good to get together and see each other. It has been so long. Hannah and I were there without Blair. He was not feeling well. I got a lot of help from my sister with Hannah. Seeing that I am so big it is hard to keep track of her. Even though my sister will probably think it was no big deal, to me it was. It helps me out so much when people help me. Thank you Rondi for getting her off the stairs and carrying her out to the car for me. It was a big help. Thank you so much and I love you.

Waiting

The doctor called me and told me he wont move my due date to November 22. He doesn't care the baby is big. I do care. I don't want to get her here in December and see that she is 10 pounds. I have been doing jumping jacks. About every 10 minutes for the last day and a half, I will do 30 jumping Jacks. We will see if I can get her to move down. I also drank some Raspberry Leaf tea. Thanks Megan for the tip. I don't know if I can eat dark chocolate. I will keep everyone up to date. It would be great if she came before Thanksgiving. We will see what h appends.

Thanksgiving

I went to the doctor for a checkup today. He told me that he thinks the baby is not getting what she needs and she might be in trouble. He told me to get a ultrasound right away. Blair and I were getting a little worried. She had to be ok. She moves like crazy, and kicks so hard. I thought for sure she was big because of how hard the kicks were. I also thought for sure that I was dilated or something. I have had contractions for a while. But I found out that no dilation is going on.
We have been worried not knowing if she is ok. We went in for our ultrasound. The doctor was so off. I am due December 7. The ultrasound is showing I am 2 weeks more then what my due date is. That puts me at November 22. The ultrasound is also showing her being 7 lbs 14 oz. WHAT!!! I don't want a big baby. She needs to come now. I am taking advice on how to start dilation and contractions. Any ideas?

What is your guess?

I want to see what everyone's guess is. I did this for Hannah and it was fun to see who was right.
Take a guess at when you think our baby will be born, what time, how much she will weigh, and how long she will be? It is fun to see who is the closest. So everyone knows. I am due December 7th. If you are also wondering. Hannah was born July 22nd and was due August 3rd. She was born at 9 something in the morning. She was 7 lbs. 11 oz. She was 21 inches long.
I will try to think of a price for the one who gets the closest.

Private

After watching KSL and seeing what they have to say about blogs, I have decided to make my blog private once again. Please send your email so I can add those that want to be added. You may also email me your email if you are not wanting to put it on the blog. chelsie_m@hotmail.com
For those that think I might have there emails. I most likely do not. So please let me know if you are wanting to be added.

It's nice to get out

On Sunday Hannah was going crazy being in the house. We thought it would be a great day to let her run. Hannah had so much fun just being out of the house.
After about 20 minutes of running around, Jesse came driving up. He stopped and talked to us. About another 10 minutes, my dad and mom came riding down the street, on my dads motorcycle. We had a little family party on the field. It was a lot of fun. Sundays are the best time to spend with family.

Cousins

I got the privilege to watch Noah while Megan was on bed rest. Hannah and Noah had so much fun. It took awhile for Noah to warm up. But after while he was great. He was able to find the movies and pull them all off the shelf. He also got his hair combed by Hannah. He was not too fond of her hugs. He kept pushing Hannah away. Hannah loved having Noah around. It was great to have cousins together. I even got three kisses from Noah. He is so cute. I love that little guy. Thanks Megan for letting us watch him.