Craziness in 5 seconds flat!

Yesterday morning I woke up with what I am assuming is a cold.  My voice sounds awful and my nose is a little runny.  I learned today that not having much of a voice is not a good thing.  Bridger, Macie and Emy were all playing outside and Jursey began to cry to be fed.  While I was making her a bottle Paisley was standing on the edge of her bassinet...probably trying to give her a binky...she is such a little mommy.  Well just as I got to Jursey with her bottle, Paisley sneezed.  She bonked her nose on the edge of the bassinet and began to cry.  I was just sitting down to feed Jursey when I looked up to say "its okay", and blood was pouring out of her nose.  I attempted to yell for kids to help me and they didn't come.  I laid Jursey down on the floor...she was screaming at this point because she had gotten just a swallow of milk and then I took it away and set her down.  I opened the front door to find all three of the big kids in the middle of the road talking with their cousins.  I attempeted to yell for Bridger and he couldn't hear me -- Stupid Cold!  I finally got their attention and they all came back home to see what I needed. 

I laid Paisley down in the bathtub, and had to change her diaper...I realized I should have done that several minutes ago when the kids told me she stunk...I then turned on the water and started washing her hands and face off and she was coughing a lot and blood was coming out of her mouth.  Jursey was screaming in the living room and then the kids said someone is at the door.  I was hoping it was Robin coming to visit for a minute, but no such luck.  It was a stranger here to pick up some vinyl.  Luckily I had spoken with her earlier that day and told her I would set it outside in the milk box in case we weren't home.  She gave Bridger her money and took her vinyl and left.  I can only imagine what was going through her head.  I had two kids screaming from opposite ends of the house.  Three kids wondering out loud how Paisley got a bloody face.  And a mom no where to be seen.  Awesome!

Now I need to go email that stranger and let her know that had she been here 5 minutes earlier or 5 minutes later my house would have seemed normal.

(I love this picture of Paisley.  This is what she does when you tell her to smile.)

(this is my sweet baby when she is content and has a full belly)

Jursey's Blessing Day

Sunday was Jursey's baby blessing.  Jay did a great job with her blessing and we had lots of family and friends there to share the day with us.  Sacrament went reasonably well with all the kids.  They tend to be very intertained when cousins are there and it actually helps them be better...weird I know. 

(this isn't the greatest picture of Jay, but Jursey was smiling so I had to post it!)

I had a bit of a surprise in sacrament meeting too.  They did some sustainings for new callings and redid a bunch of people in the Young Women.  I went to church thinking I was the young woman secratary, but they called and sustained someone else into that calling.  I knew in my head that a change was coming, but they forgot to let me know.  They actually forgot to release me too.  I was taken off gaurd, but I honestly knew it was coming.  I cried for a while, not because of how it happened, just because I had been in that calling for so long (almost 3 years).  Now it is totally fine and I think it is actually funny how it happened.
(Just last night the whole bishopbric stopped by to applogize.  We all had a good laugh about it.  I have an awesome bishopric and ward to go with it!)

Before church Vangie showed up with a salad for our luncheon so we had her take a couple of pictures of our whole family.  They turned out pretty cute.  Thanks Vang!  It was perfect timing.

I even had a few hours earlier in the week to make Macie and Em matching skirts and I made Paisley a cute little dress to match their outfits.  They turned out so cute!  I think I actually might sew up a bunch of these skirts and sell them at the craft fair this year with all my other stuff.

Just what sisters are for...or not

Today I was taking some pictures of Paisley and Jursey while all the other kids were gone playing at friends houses. 

Paisley decided to do this

unfortunately this is common for her to do. 

If we get after her and tell her no, then she gets the saddest face you have ever seen--with her bottom lip all pouty and it breaks my heart.

Then she proceeded to do this

I laughed so hard and of course Paisley thought she was adorable. 

Jursey, on the other hand, didn't find it too funny.

Jursey...what a blessing!

Jursey is such a sweet little baby and we still feel so blessed to have her here with us.  Prolapsed cords can be so dangerous, and I never knew how dangerous it could be until I  finally asked one of the nurses what would have happened had we not found out about the cord.   She said that if I was home and my water broke, then the baby would have died.  If I was at the hospital when my water broke, then they would have had to jump up on my bed and basically place their hand in side my uterus {that hurts just to think about} and attempt to lift the baby off of the cord and rush me back to have an emergency c-section and hopefully the baby would have lived.  When the cord comes out first after the water breaks the baby drops down on top of the cord resulting in the blood supply and oxygen being cut off to the baby. 

We feel so blessed and so thankful that Heavenly Father was watching over her and made sure that she had a safe arrival.  She is doing great and is such a sweet little baby. 

On Sunday we turned our bedroom into the photo studio and took a bunch of newborn pictures of Jursey.

We realized the other night, that she was born on the anniversary of the day Jay proposed to me exactly 10 years ago, so of course we had to take one of these pictures.

And since she is so adorable we had to take a bunch of these pictures too

And then just to show how big our family is getting {and just how messy our floors can get} we had to take one of these pictures

I love being a mom and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.  I love being married to such a wonderful person who honors his priesthood and can bless our family when we need it.  My heart is so full and I am so grateful for everything...including all the friends and family who helped watch our kids last week and brought us yummy dinners, it was a great help and very appreciated.

She is here...3 weeks early!

I had a doctor appointment on Tuesday and I was questioning the doctor if I could go to my family reunion this weekend in Bear Lake.  He thought I was crazy, but he was toying with the idea of letting me go.  I asked if he could check to see if I was dialated, and I was dialated to a 3.  I have never been dialated that early, so I was excited, but then he told me he didn't think it was a good idea to go camping with my family this weekend.  (Jay was very relieved, because he has been worried about that camping trip for months thinking that he might have to deliver a baby in our tent).

I also told the doctor that I thought the baby might be breech, so he had me get an ultrasound, he told me if the baby was breech then for sure he didn't want us going out of town.  We had the ulrasound and it confirmed that the baby was breech, and we would be staying home for the weekend.  Then he scheduled me to have a version done (where they attempt to turn the baby).  It was scheduled to be done yesterday morning, but right before we were getting ready to leave to go to the hospital to have the version done, they called and said that they couldn't get me in and they would call later on and let me know the new day and time they would try to turn the baby.
At 1:00, the hospital called and said they could get me in in 1 hour, so I called Jay and he came home from work and we arranged to send the kids to Grandmas and Aunt Robin's house.   We got to the hosipital and the nurse began to tell me how painful a version is and that she has never seen someone get one done without crying.  I assured her that if I cried it wouldn't be from pain, but it would be pregnancy hormones (atleast this is what I was telling myself).  Then the ultrasound tech came in and started checking to see where the baby was positioned and then minutes later the doctor came in and the ultrasound tech let him know that the umbilical cord was positioned in my cervix opening.  Dr. Robison decided to still try to turn the baby to see if the cord would move, but he didn't have success turning the baby or moving the cord.  I did have success though...I didn't cry!  I was very proud of myself and the nurse was impressed too.  It did hurt really bad though, and I was greatful when the doctor stopped trying to turn the baby.  It was so painful!!!
Dr. Robison, then let me know that since the cord was positioned the way it was, he didn't want me to leave the hospital for fear that if my water broke while at home, the cord would come out and the baby could die.  He said he was going to think about doing the C-section for a few hours as he headed back to work, but that he would probably end up doing it later that day.  He was just worried that the baby's lungs might not be quite developed because I still had 3 weeks to go.  Then about 10 minutes later they admitted me to the hospital as an in-patient, and informed me that he decided that he would just do a C-section that night.
Then I broke down in tears, from the craziness of the whole thing.  I knew it was such a blessing that they realized where the cord was positioned, but I wasn't ready at all for a baby.  I was ready to see her, but didn't have any baby things ready at home.  Paisley is still in the infant car seat, no baby clothes were washed, the bassinet wasn't set up, and on and on.
The C-section was scheduled to happen in about an hour and half so I sent Jay home to wash the baby clothes, and pack an overnight bag for me and get the camera. 
They got me all ready for the surgery, and then my blood pressure dropped dramatically from the epidural it was only 72 over 44.  This is a common thing, but I got really sick to my stomach and thought I was going to throw up.  The nurse put something in my IV to help my blood pressure and within about 60 seconds I felt fine again.  The problem was the medicine she gave me had a side effect of making me really tired!  I kept nodding off and on as they wheeled me back to the operating room and continued to doze in and out during the whole C-section...not the best timing to want to take a nap!
As soon as they cut me open and the fluid came gushing out, Dr. Robison said that the majority of the umbilical cord dropped into my cervix opening, so he again was so grateful that we found out I had a prolasped cord and that he did the C-section that day. 
Then at 5:42 pm Jursey Lyla Anderson was born exactly 3 weeks early.  She weighs 5 lbs 14 oz and is 19 1/4 long.  Her lungs were perfect and she is healthy as can be.  She is so cute and quiet.  I think she is going to be really well natured like Paisley is. 
All day yesterday any time a new nurse came in our room they just kept saying how lucky we were with the whole situation and how it was a blessing that the baby was breech, otherwise it was very possible they never would have known there was a prolapsed cord until it was too late.  Jay and I feel very blessed and know that Heavenly Father was watching over our sweet little girl and made sure that she arrived here safely.   I am so thankful everything worked out the way it did.

The hardest part is my parents and my siblings all left to go out of town for the family reunion  (they said they would stay home, but I insisted that they still go) and Jay didn't get any work done on Thursday, so he had to work all day today and he has to work tomorrow too.  So I have been lonley at the hospital by myself all day.  It is okay though because I keep falling asleep, but I would still like to have Jay here with me even for an hour or so.  Hopefully I will get to go home tomorrow night though.  I think they want me to stay until Sunday, but I am ready to see all my other kids and be in the comfort of my own house. 

We are so grateful for all the people that have watched or offered to watch the kids while Jay is at work and yesterday while we were both at the hospital, it is so wonderful to have such great friends, neighbors, ward and family.

I am typing this from the hospital and Jay has already taken the camera home, so I will have to post some more pictures of her later.