Jaundice---not quite but...

We came home Saturday morning around 9 and right before we left the hospital, the nurse let us know that Kamryn's biliruben levels had been tested by the pediatrician that morning and she was in the moderate risk zone for jaundice. So they told us to go to Utah Valley hospital Lab Sunday morning to test biliruben levels in her blood again. We went Sunday morning and found out her levels had increased and she was now in the high-risk zone, SO the doctor ordered a bili-light to come to our house for her to be under for 24 hours and then we had to test her the next day (Monday).

This is her first night under the lights---looks so uncomfortable doesn't it?!
Needless to say she didn't like it very much. I, as mom, didn't like it very much either and couldn't sleep with my little girl under there and fussy.

We went again Monday morning to test her and the levels had gone down, but not enough. So she had to be under the lights for another 24 hours. (Darn!) My parents came down that night to help us take our minds off the fact that she was under there. It wasn't all that bad actually when she was asleep! But when she was awake---she did NOT like it!

We tested her again Tuesday morning and her levels went down just enough to not have her under the lights for 24 hours! Yay! They wanted us to go again Wed morning to make sure she was stable. We went Wednesday and the levels were alright...but they wanted to go one more day. So FINALLY Thursday morning she got poked again (poor girl) and we went to the doctor's office and he said she was stable and did not need to be under the lights anymore!! Hooray!!

So this tiny little girl of ours has spent her first week of life getting her feet poked (5 times) and had to spend 48 hours under bright lights in a suitcase! What an interesting first experience! (We joked around all week about how going to the hospital to be poked was just a part of our morning routine. Luckily she's young enough she won't remember any of it! :) She's been pretty good today, even though we took that part out of the routine! :) jk

I was looking at her feet yesterday after all the poking and had to take a picture. Poor little girl! I'm just glad and grateful it wasn't worse and we didn't have to live at the hospital for anything!

Visitors!

We were only at the hospital for 48 hours after Kamryn was born and we had SO many friends and family come (some multiple times) to see her and help us. It was wonderful! We just wanted to say thank you to all of you for your support and love for us! We are so blessed to live so close to so many loved ones! (Pictures aren't in any particular order...just wanted to recognize all of you that have seen her already and we recognize that there are many more to post in the future!!)

Aunt Sara
Uncle Ryan
Granda (Grammy)?? We're not sure what her name is yet! :) (If anyone has any ideas...let us know!!) :)
Grandad
Grandpa
Great Grandma and Grandpa Seamons
Cassie (Friend's daughter)
Uncle Austin
Nancy (Mom's best friend)
Great Aunt Tami, Mom's Cousins: Ashley and Aimee
Mom's cousins: Some of the Heuer family-- Robin, Jeff, Ben, and Caleb
Great Aunt Donelle
GG (Great Grandma Burdett)
Aunt Krista
Aunt Kylie
Uncle Brandon
Cousin Jacob Heuer

Great Aunt Darla
Great Aunt Bev and Uncle Kevin and cousin Thomas
Friends of mom and dad: Geoff and Amanda
Friend of Mom and Dad: Kristin

Friends of mom and dad: Scott and Latissa
Uncle EricGrandma
Aunt Kelsey

Other Uncle Eric was on Heritage tours when Kamryn was born so we don't have a picture of him with her yet... we will soon though! :)

Again, we love you all and are so grateful for all you do for us!

Coming home

Kamryn is already a week old! It's hard to believe! (And it's hard to believe I haven't blogged again yet... :( sad) But here I am and I have PLENTY to say! :) And to show!

COMING HOME!!!


All ready to come home!! :) Saturday morning the 26th we were discharged from the hospital. Kelsey and I went shopping last week before she was born and found the cutest outfit with matching hat, bib, and booties for Kamryn to wear home. Unfortunately, the hat, bib, and booties were a little too big--but I couldn't not put the hat on her. It's TOO cute! :)


Family picture--just about to leave the hospital!


Happy daddy! :)

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!!)