Happy Birthday Azaléia Mei - May 4, 2009

Our beautiful baby girl is here...and wow is she amazingly adorable! Ernesto & I love her so much and we feel so blessed to have her in our family. If you haven't seen her hiccup video...here it is...she is just way too cute!
Here's the story... Sunday at midnight we were admitted to Orem Community Hospital (where I was born 26 years ago) to start a procedure to soften my cervix since I was hardly dilated at a week late. The 12 hr procedure had to be done before I could be induced, but instead of resting like we had thought...it brought on heavy and one minute apart contractions...almost killing me of course. After 2 hours of pain the nurse gave a small drug dosage...working for only 10 minutes...and then after 3 more hours of intense contractions and horrible pain...the anesthesiologist was finally called in to give me the epidural...(aka God's gift to women!)which made me feel a whole lot better because I couldn't feel any more pain...wahoo! Then we were to rest and wait for the cervix to soften...but a few hours into the waiting as more intense contractions were attacking...my nurse who had been monitoring the heart rate of baby Azaléia said that our precious one wasn't reacting too well to the contractions. She called Dr. Holmes and they said they would continue monitoring closely to see if baby improved. Well she wasn't and I still wasn't much more dilated than before. Dr. Holmes came to break my water to see if that might help her out...but unfortunately we discovered the sack full of meconium or baby poop. The poor little thing was too stressed out in there and it was showing. The Dr. said I had to go into labor on my own because inducing me would be too much for Azaléia to handle, a little hard with a hard and now swollen cervix. After waiting and hoping for her to not only improve but to also do a 180 degree turn with her head because she was face up...the Dr. came back and told us that a cesarean delivery was looking to become a reality. Ouch! So after crying a bit and getting more drugged I was wheeled into the operating room and at 2:06pm our beautiful little girl was born!!! It was a special moment because Ernesto got to participate a lot more with everything...and our first family moment together with me still getting sewn up...was so special. First Family Photo7 lbs...just about 5 oz...and 21 1/2 inches long!With Dr. Holmes...she had 8-9 Apgar Score which is great!Azaléia is a beautiful baby as you can tell from the photos. She has a sweet disposition...a softer cry...and beautiful dark hair from her Chilean Papi! We are so happy that she is here and look forward to all of those special moments that come from being her parents! Here she is with Mommy...ooh I love her so much!With her PapiHome from the hospital...yeah! Side note...I never realized how much a cesarean delivery would hurt...nor have I ever felt so much pain in my entire life. I'm so grateful for my husband who has been by my side helping me in every way imaginable...and taking great care for our little one's needs including poopy diaper changes. Nightly ritual includes Ernesto going and getting baby out of the crib so that I can feed her...him changing her diaper in between feedings...and him putting baby back to bed since it is painful and a difficult procedure for me to get out of bed still! My mommy came and helped out the day we left the hospital and boy do we miss her already. I need my mommy so much...and love her so much too! Our little Azaléia can't wait to see her Gamma again! Auntie Carolyn and Uncle Charlie have been helping almost everyday since her birth and we are so grateful for them and so excited for Azaléia's cousin coming soon! Thanks to everyone for your help and love and support! Special thanks to Caytee for coming and helping out too!
Here are some fun pictures from the last week and a half...
Papi before Church on Mother's Day with our little punkin in our favorite outfit from GammaMy 1st Mother's DayLove this picture!She's a good little burper...yeah!More photos to come later!
Nuestra hijita nacio el 4 de Mayo...a los 2:06 por la tarde...de 7 libras 5 oz...y 21 1/2 pulgadas larga. Estaba esperando para que mi cervix se ablande...rompieron mi bolsa y encontraron mucho popo de bebe porque ella estaba estresada ya...entonces no me inducieron porque ella no iba a soportar todo y en el fin la sacaron a ella por cesarea. Ha sido super dificil a recuperar...de verdad Ernesto ha cambiado la mayoria de las panales...y poco a poco estoy mejorando. Ella es una bendicion muy grande para nosotras. La amamos demasiado ya...es tan linda...y es buena bebe. Gracias a todos por sus oraciones...su amor y todo su apoyo!