She's here!

She is here and we just love her so so so much! Here's a copy of the announcement Ryan created! Few of many pictures to come!

She is such a precious gift in our lives already. She is a very content little girl. No screaming, very little fussing/crying, and already a great breastfeeder! We love her so much and already go through withdrawals every night when we need to put her to sleep in her own bed and we need to sleep without touching her! :) What a wonderful blessing she is in our lives. Thank you to all our family and friends who have shown their love and support for our new little family.

Baby Time

So, we're at the hospital and it's official - We're gonna be parents! (by the way, this is Ryan blogging)


I worked until 9:30 (and let me tell you, working and waiting for a call any second (and not getting one) isn't fun!), but when I walked in the door Trina told me that contractions had just started. They weren't looking like a lot of fun, so we jumped in the car and made it to the hospital just before 10:00. She was having contractions every 3-4 minutes, and for the next hour or so, we were hating life. Let's just say that labor is not fun (and I'm telling that second hand).

But eventually Rick, the anesthesiologist, came and afterwards Katrina said that he was her new best friend. Since the epidural, life hasn't been too bad.

Trina's water broke at 1:15 ... and she went from 4 cm to 5.5 cm to 7 cm ... and now at 2:55 she's 8 cm and so close. The nurse (Ana) said that once she's all ready, they'll let her sit for awhile and let the contractions push the baby furthur down (to make the pushing part shorter).

Anyway, it's really exciting and by next post we should have the newest member of the family to show you. Life comes at you fast. We can't even say how excited we are to be parents. Thanks for all of you that are such good examples and who will be continuing to cheer us along.




If you can dream it, you can do it.
--Walt Disney

Baby news!

So I didn't blog about this last week...kinda forgot! It's been crazy around here! :) But I thought I'd just inform you all on the status of Kamryn.

We went to the Doctor last Wednesday and everything is good just as it has been all pregnancy. (Thank goodness). And in fact, because she is so big and I am so small, and I've been contracting already, my doctor is thinking that he would be okay to talk about inducing me 5 or 6 days before the actual due date. (So, like the 28th-29th...somewhere in there!) :) Needless to say, Ryan and I left the office just glowing! We are so incredibly anxious to have this little one in our home! So much baby stuff around our house already--now we just need the baby! :)

We have another appointment tomorrow morning (the 22nd) so we'll see if I've progressed at all in the past week and see if inducing labor is still on for next week! Hard to believe it's already here--BUT I don't think we would be able last much longer if we had to! :)

Yay for Baby Showers! :)

My mother in law threw me a wonderful baby shower last Saturday! It was so fun and so incredibly cute! Princess theme all around! We played a couple of classic baby shower games and then even a Disney character trivia game! We were all having so much fun and it was very very busy, that we didn't get tons of great pictures but some of them turned out alright! I HAD to do a post about it all because it was just too cute! She definitely went above and beyond for me!

The fun (and very yummy) princess cake for Kamryn!
I was truly spoiled and showered with gifts. It really is a blessing to have so many family and friends around who are there to support and help us during this blessed time of life.




This was my favorite part! My mother in law and sister in law saw an example of a diaper castle (instead of a cake) online and decided to make one for me! It is SO cool! (I just wish I had a picture of them WITH it!!)

Happy birthday Aunt Tami!

I just remembered this morning that it is Aunt Tami's B-day today--she's 29 today! :)

Since she is the most consistent and avid blogger I know, I thought it would be appropriate to blog something for her today! :)

It has been SO much fun to see her around this summer! I think all the family would agree! When she is around, she helps everyone around her feel important. She uplifts those around her by smiling all of the time and being observant of small things around her. She has the light of Christ that shines through her actions and her words. We all love her and miss her when she is in China but are so happy she is here visiting this summer!

Hope you have a wonderful birthday Tami! :) Love you so much

Baby shower, Nursery, etc.

I have been waiting to post for a while in order to get pictures of the baby shower my mom and Robin threw for me last week....and before the baby shower my mom, Aunt Donelle and I sewed the nursery bedding for Kamryn. It's all so cute and it's SO fun to see everything coming together! She's gonna be here soon---23 days! :)

BUT I waited so long that now my mom has all the pictures of the baby stuff up! So, go read about it and look at pictures on her blog! :) www.themoegang.blogspot.com


I have another shower this Saturday that I'll be SURE to have pics on MY camera this time (not just my mom's!) :) And I'll post pictures of the "nursery" (baby's corner of our room) once everything is in place! :)

getting anxious but so so so excited! Only 3 and a half weeks! :) yay!