Aaralyn - Our Beautiful Baby Girl

After a few weeks of wondering when it would be, our baby girl is here. I went to the Doctors office for my weekly appointment and found that I was dialated to a 7. Contractions had not been consistent, but our doctor was concerned that if she did not send me to the hospital we would not be able to get any penicillin through before she came. We were able to run both doses of penicillin and then the doctor broke my water at 5:15 to begin labor. Aaralyn arrived at 6:35 and is a very healthy baby girl. She weighed 6.47 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. Both sets of granparents were able to share this special time with us. Craig, Ashley, Ashlyn, Jenny and Derrick were also able to share this wonderful experience. We are still waiting to see what Lucy's reaction is because she was asleep when they got her to the hospital and could not be roused as she missed her nap today because she was having such an enjoyable time at her friend Aaron's house. Tomorrow morning we will see what she thinks, but when we talked to her on the phone before they went to get her she was so excited. When Kelly asked her what she thought we should name her little sister she said, "Aaralyn". Thank you to everyone who was able to help us out today, we could not have done it without you. How blessed we are.

Easter

We had a wonderful Easter. Lucy loved every minute of it from the Easter Egg Hunts to Sunday morning. We had to wake her up on Sunday so she would have time to celebrate Easter before heading off to church. She was so cute and caught on very quickly. On top of the Easter basket we had a plush flower and one of the first things she said was, "Holy smokes I got a flower". We were able to have a very relaxing day and Lucy even learned to say Resurrection. How grateful we are to have a day to remind us of the wonderful blessings that can be ours.

We Made It!

Well, we will officially make 37 weeks tomorrow! After 37 weeks the doctor said I can go off the medication that stops the contractions and just let our little girl come when she is ready. That means no more bed rest for now. Thank you Mom and everyone else who helped to get us through. There is no way we could have done it without you!
As you can see I learned how to do blog posts while on bed rest and have added several posts, but I dated them their true dates so they will not all show up as new. If you desire you are welcome to go back through the history. I believe they began in January. I had a bit of catching up to do.
We will let you know of any updates with our new little one. Thanks again to everyone who helped us!

Conference Weekend

This year we were able to watch conference with Grandma Gibson. Kelly's parents met us there for a dutch oven lunch in between sessions...it was wonderful. Lucy played outside with Kelly for a while and when she came in she declared, "Momma I was throwing rocks in the stream of shiny water". Even at a young age she is an Anne of Green Gables Fan (with a little help from her dad I am sure!).

Grandma Dalton's Easter Egg Hunt

After General Conference last Sunday we went down to Grandma and Grandpa Dalton's house for the annual Easter Egg Hunt and dinner. Lucy loved it! Not only did she find the eggs and candy outside, she even colored eggs with a little help from her Grandma Gibson. On the way home she just kept asking, "Again, eggs at Grandma's". She was so sad it was over.

A True April Fool's day

Sharla and I spent the night in the delivery room last night. They were able to give Sharla some medication to slow down the contractions. The medication finally kicked in late in the night. She is feeling much better now. They said if she wouldn’t have gone into the hospital the baby would have born last night. Hopefully we can make it to at least the 11th or 12th of April, then she will be 37 weeks and considered full term. She is on bed rest now, so hopefully that keeps her calm until it is time. So anyway, we are going to hopefully wait it out. If anyone has any goods tips for those on bed rest, I'm sure Sharla would appreciate the encouragement.

It wouldn't have been possible without the wonderful support of our friends and family. Thanks everyone.