Miss Emma Uvene is now 1 week old. She has won over our hearts to the point that everyone needs/wants to hold her, kiss her, burp her, and even sometimes change her diaper. She has sent Shawn and I into a tailspin of "I guess we are doing this again." Through this last 9 months, I was the one shaking my head when I was sick, tired, and feeling miserable saying" Can you believe we are having a baby?" And Shawn responding yep, no questions. But about 3 weeks ago, Shawn came home from church scratching his head after seeing another little boy walking around in his class watching the father try to keep him entertained; he wondered "We are really having a baby, and doing this all again." I responded "Yes, we are." After having Emma for this last week of course we just love having her in our home.
I had Emma on the 16th of October at 5:38 p.m. I started contractions about 2:30 in the morning and finally deciding to call in a sub at 4:30 in the morning, we headed into the hospital about 6:00 am. We woke up Blakely and put her in charge of getting everyone off to school. My contractions basically had dwindled down to nothing by the time the doctor came to check on me. So he decided why not we were already there, let's have a baby today. I am use to quick deliveries, but my body decided to take a little longer to get Emma here. By 3 o'clock I had not progressed very much; I was getting discouraged and Shawn was having a hard time being idle. Shawn had blessed me with patience in my blessing earlier that morning; so he and I had to remind ourselves of that. By 5 o' clock we were moving along nicely and with the help of a great doctor and nurse we delivered Miss Emma. She let everyone know she was not happy about being out. She was a beautiful 7 pounds and 5 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. The kids were dying to come in and see her. So after I was sewn up and situated we called them in. Blakely and the boys came in and held her. They stayed for a while so Blakely to get to mutual. We had the Bronsons and Katelyn come about 10 o'clock to see this good looking little baby. Shawn and Katelyn headed home and I tried to nurse and get some sleep. The nurses did a great job checking on us and taking care of myself and Emma. The next day, Shawn and I enjoyed the solitude of the hospital with a visit from Grandma Peterson who of course brought her a going home outfit. We decided we would go home that afternoon so we could be with the kids and send them off to school the next day. Grandpa Manwaring came down that night so he to could hold and snuggle with this new little one.
It has been so nice to send the kids off to school and it is just Emma and I. I have never done that before. I sure love the quiet the house offers when the kids are gone. I get to hold and love her all by myself. Her first outings has been the hospital to get poked again and again for bilirubin testing. She gets to sunbathe and sit naked on a bilirubin pad. Most of the time she sleeps and eats. We have had a few evenings of crying only to be soothed by nursing. She has to put up with Mom getting after the other children to get jobs, homework, and piano done. We are still adjusting. Brady wants to know when I am coming back to school. His classroom is next door to mine, so he likes to come see me during breaks. The kids for the most part are holding it together getting to school and home. Blakely is my high school aide at school so I have to listen to the things my class is doing or not doing. I hope everyone can do well for the next 6 weeks. It is hard to leave the school responsibility to someone else, but Emma is first priority right now. 6 weeks will be gone before I know it and then it will be hard to leave her during the day. Thank you for all your love and support.
Miss Emma Uvene is now 1 week old. She has won over our hearts to the point that everyone needs/wants to hold her, kiss her, burp her, and even sometimes change her diaper. She has sent Shawn and I into a tailspin of "I guess we are doing this again." Through this last 9 months, I was the one shaking my head when I was sick, tired, and feeling miserable saying" Can you believe we are having a baby?" And Shawn responding yep, no questions. But about 3 weeks ago, Shawn came home from church scratching his head after seeing another little boy walking around in his class watching the father try to keep him entertained; he wondered "We are really having a baby, and doing this all again." I responded "Yes, we are." After having Emma for this last week of course we just love having her in our home.
I had Emma on the 16th of October at 5:38 p.m. I started contractions about 2:30 in the morning and finally deciding to call in a sub at 4:30 in the morning, we headed into the hospital about 6:00 am. We woke up Blakely and put her in charge of getting everyone off to school. My contractions basically had dwindled down to nothing by the time the doctor came to check on me. So he decided why not we were already there, let's have a baby today. I am use to quick deliveries, but my body decided to take a little longer to get Emma here. By 3 o'clock I had not progressed very much; I was getting discouraged and Shawn was having a hard time being idle. Shawn had blessed me with patience in my blessing earlier that morning; so he and I had to remind ourselves of that. By 5 o' clock we were moving along nicely and with the help of a great doctor and nurse we delivered Miss Emma. She let everyone know she was not happy about being out. She was a beautiful 7 pounds and 5 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. The kids were dying to come in and see her. So after I was sewn up and situated we called them in. Blakely and the boys came in and held her. They stayed for a while so Blakely to get to mutual. We had the Bronsons and Katelyn come about 10 o'clock to see this good looking little baby. Shawn and Katelyn headed home and I tried to nurse and get some sleep. The nurses did a great job checking on us and taking care of myself and Emma. The next day, Shawn and I enjoyed the solitude of the hospital with a visit from Grandma Peterson who of course brought her a going home outfit. We decided we would go home that afternoon so we could be with the kids and send them off to school the next day. Grandpa Manwaring came down that night so he to could hold and snuggle with this new little one.
It has been so nice to send the kids off to school and it is just Emma and I. I have never done that before. I sure love the quiet the house offers when the kids are gone. I get to hold and love her all by myself. Her first outings has been the hospital to get poked again and again for bilirubin testing. She gets to sunbathe and sit naked on a bilirubin pad. Most of the time she sleeps and eats. We have had a few evenings of crying only to be soothed by nursing. She has to put up with Mom getting after the other children to get jobs, homework, and piano done. We are still adjusting. Brady wants to know when I am coming back to school. His classroom is next door to mine, so he likes to come see me during breaks. The kids for the most part are holding it together getting to school and home. Blakely is my high school aide at school so I have to listen to the things my class is doing or not doing. I hope everyone can do well for the next 6 weeks. It is hard to leave the school responsibility to someone else, but Emma is first priority right now. 6 weeks will be gone before I know it and then it will be hard to leave her during the day. Thank you for all your love and support.
