Concerned Parents

Well I only had to work an hour today, so that was real nice. Nice for the not working very much, but I came home because Chaela was throwing up. Caitlyn called the hospital and they told her if a baby throws up more than once then to take her to emergency right away. Well the paramedics were called and they said she was fine and just to watch her. Dumb nurse at the hospital apparently not knowing much about babies throwing up. She seems to be doing fine. She threw up a little bit ago, but compared to this morning she's doing better. It's crazy what goes through your mind when something like this happens and it turns out you think is a lot worse than it really is. Oh well I guess that's a part of being a parent. So that was our excitement for the day.

Growing Chaela

I haven't posted in forever! Crazy! Anyway Chaela is now growing into her head and she is now better proportioned. She's a really good baby. Well as far as work goes it looks like I'm staying with Securitas for now because I got my shift covered while I'll be in Idaho for Christmas which I didn't think I'd be able to do, but I guess some people don't have families and would rather work my shift while I have Christmas or maybe they don't like their family. Anyway no matter what the reason it's covered and I don't have to go looking for another job just yet anyway. Well that's about it. I just wanted to post something since I haven't in a while. K Bye!

Chaela's Favorite Things

So Chaela's 3 weeks and one day old now (who's counting, haha) and we're starting to get to know her better. Here are some of Chaela's favorite things:

#1 Bath time - she loves to sit in the warm water since her umbilical cord fell out! I think she's going to be a swimmer. Especially if the water is warm!! She doesn't smile yet, but she sits there with her mouth open like a bath is the coolest thing anyone's ever thought of.

#2 Eating -but who doesn't love that?

#3 Sleeping in the big bed - she falls asleep so much faster in bed with us than in her pack and play (too bad, mommy makes her sleep in there at night anyways)!

#4 Car rides - she fusses sometimes when we put her in the car seat, but as soon as we put her in the car and start moving she's out!

So those are some of her favorite things. #1 least favorite: being cold. She HATES it! I think she was born at the wrong time of year. Oh well. She's already grown so much. I can tell her hands are bigger and she's got more hair than ever. She also had her first diaper rash this past week, poor Chaela! Lucky for us, she's still not very fussy. Just a little bit more than before, and usually only when she's hungry or has a dirty diaper (or is making one). We haven't had any bad nights since that second one home... no more caffeine for mommy!

Well that's all I have for now. Will's changing her and then she'll probably be hungry. I know I am!

Pictures!

Overtime!

Well this is a picture that my good friend Dave Ormsby drew for a story that we wrote while at work since it gets really boring. So this dragon is in the story and it's also my "pet dragon" on facebook. Anywho I've been working some overtime. This last week I worked 3 double shifts. On Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday I worked from 6am-10pm. And I'm pretty tired. It was nice to work only 8 hours today and then after tomorrow it's the weekend. Yay! Thanksgiving was good! Caitlyn's family is down and we watched football and ate turkey. I had all I could eat celery and cheez whiz because nobody thought they liked it until I had everyone taste it and now they like it. Aaron and Dan came down as well and it was good to see them. Thanks for coming down guys. I can't wait for Christmas to see everyone. It'll be the best! Chaela is getting blessed this Sunday since everyone is down. Well anyway I'm going to go to sleep now because I'm falling aseep at the computer. Much Love!

Focus... focus...

So it's been a week and a half since Chaela was born, and I'm finding it hard to turn my attention back to school. I still have a paper and a take-home test to do. Ahhhh!!!!! Lame. I'd rather sit here and "watch the baby grow" as my mom so often puts it. It's going to be weird when everyone goes. I'm going to have to figure out how to get myself and Chaela ready to go without any help, how to keep the house clean, etc. without my mom. It's going to be nice to have the house back to ourselves, though, as much as I love having my family here. I miss having time with just me and Will, and now our new baby! Strange to be a family all on our own! Anyways, I am once again hungry, so I think I'm going to go find some food. Even though I always say that when I write blogs but never end up eating until forever later.

Cover your nose Chaela has Gas!

Yeah Chaela now has gas and isn't the biggest fan of it. I was just watching a commercial and I laughed out loud and then noticed I was the only one laughing. Well come to find out Caitlyn and Katie are both asleep. Oh precious. To bad we can't find our camera charger or else I would take a picture. Because Caitlyn is drooling all over herself. Okay just kidding she's not drooling, but it would be funny if she was. Well anyway Chaela can scream pretty loud, let me tell you about it. She does not like the gas. But she's asleep right now. They're the cutest when they're asleep I think. ha ha. I love her, but miss my sleep.

Tales from the land of new parenthood...

Chaela is a week old now as of 12:48 this afternoon. It's been great, I'm kind of dazed right now from lack of sleep...

Last night she was sound asleep at 10, so we decided to go to bed, since we're all pretty tired from the events of this past week (me, Will, and my mom, who's here helping out). The instant we put Chaela in her bed, she woke up and started fussing. She did not stop until 3:30 am, when I brought her into the living room with me so Will could get about an hour and a half of sleep. Then she and I fell asleep on our "couch" which is actually a love seat. Yes, very restful. When Will left for work at 5:30 I took her to bed and fell asleep for 2 hours... until Chaela woke up and needed to be fed. Thank goodness for my mom! A little after 8 she came into my room to see if we were awake and took the baby. Then I slept until 11:30-ish. I guess that comes out to 5 and 1/2 hours with the feeding. If the math is wrong I don't care, I'm so tired! Will came home and is sleeping right now. Smart man.

Tuesday morning was pretty traumatic for Chaela, too, haha. She woke up at about 4:15 and while I was feeding her she went poo and it leaked all over 2 blankets and my boppy pillow (not her clothes, she wasn't wearing any because of the light bed thing). I got up to go wash the blankets and everything (by hand because our washing machine is broken) and Will went to change her. While he was changing her, she peed all over herself and her changing thingy. So at about 4:50 am we had to give her a bath. Fun! Poor baby! She was so cold, but we couldn't do anything about it until after washing her because she was covered in pee. Don't worry, she's ok now, but she did pee all over the floor again today when I went to change her. She has also already peed on Will, which I think is hilarious. I'm pretty sure he picked her up without a diaper on. Haha.

Well I'm really out of it... as of last night she's not on the lights anymore. We take her in for one last blood test tomorrow to make sure her jaundice isn't coming back now that she's off of them. Pray for us!

I just realized all I've had to eat today is cake and hot chocolate and it's 5:15pm. I think I'll go find some food, then maybe I'll pass out. Have a nice day!

A Mom Now... Weird...

Hey everyone!

So I'm a mom now, and that's pretty cool. I was in labor for 9 hours, I think Will might have said that before. Not too bad for a first baby. I pushed for 45 minutes, so not as short as some, but not too bad either! I did have to have an episiotomy, and recovery from that is NOT fun, but she basically popped right out after the doctor did it. They told me it was better than a whole bunch of little tears, and I believe them I guess.
Being home has been nice, and having my mom here has been awesome! Especially with Will going back to work tomorrow and me really not being able to move around much at all. I can't wait to recover... life will be so much easier!!
So now I really don't know what to do about going to school. It's going to be more of a challenge than I thought, but with her sleeping all the time it might not be so bad to take her to class.
I do just have to say, there's a LOT about post-pregnancy no one ever mentions! Like it's a hassle to go to the bathroom, I can't walk very much, I'm sore all over, and my stomach somewhat resembles a really ugly deflated balloon. Oh! And the constant, strange worries that come with being a mom, like that if something gets within 6 inches of your baby's face she'll somehow not be able to breathe!!!! Oh well, this too shall pass! Well, probably not the worrying.
I hope every one else is doing well! I can't wait until everyone can come and meet her or she can come meet you!!!

Chaela Update

Well Chaela is a whole 4 days old now. She has jaundice and so she has a nice tanning bed that she always has to sleep on. Before we left the Hospital she was at a 12 which is border line of having jaundice and then yesterday she was up to a 17.1 which is high risk. According to the little chart we have if it reaches 20 to 25 is critical. The doctor said 22 is where it becomes fatal. So far she's had her blood taken everyday. Right now she's at a 16.8. She dropped at least. Yay! She also had her first bath today. We decided to give her one after she had the worst diaper yet. While I was changing her she spit up all over herself and then after I cleaned most of that up I picked her up so we could give her a bath and then she decided she still had to pee, and pee she did all over herself and me. But now she's all clean and sound asleep in her tanning bed. All of us here at the house (Caitlyn, Katie, and me) are just watching her grow. Also here's some pumpkins that Caitlyn and I carved for Halloween. It's a little late, but I just figured out how to get pictures from my PS3 to my computer and since we lost our camera cord that hooks to the computer I have to first copy them to my PS3 and then send them to my email and then save them to the computer. Anyway that's the Chaela update for today. I have to go back to work tomorrow. Lame!

Baby Hair

Well obviously nobody was expecting Chaela to come as early as she did. The earliest date we had on here was the 8th. And it looked liked the majority of the votes were for the 12th. Anyway for Caitlyn's first baby all the nurses and doctors were really surprised on how fast the baby came. We went to the hospital at 4am on Wednesday 11/07/07. And at 12:48 the blue alien showed up. And then after she was cleaned off and blood started flowing we realized it was Chaela. She slept all the way through the first night and is still sleeping a lot still. She's a great baby...well this is my first one, but from what I've seen and been told about other babies anyway she is amazing! She weighs 7 Lbs 10 Ounces, and is 20 inches long. She has a check up tomorrow because she's on the verge of having jaundice. Being a dad is the best thing ever! The feeling is indescribable. I love it! I'm pretty sure Chaela has gotten a lot more sleep than I have, but it's worth it. It's just awesome! Caitlyn is doing well. I'll let her write more later. Anyway the little one came home this morning at about 9am. It's funny how something this small can have me wrapped around her finger.

I Have "Finished the Fight"

Well as Bungie puts it...Finish the Fight. The catch line from Halo 3. And I have now unlocked all the skulls, awards, and armor that you can in Halo 3. Amazing! So this shot to the right is a picture from actual gameplay. They have improved the graphics by quite a lot I'd say. My free month of xbox live has run out. I achieved the last award right before my free month expired. Close call. And now I have another free month with Caitlyn's profile now. New email address equals one free month of xbox live. Yay! So yeah. Hey Jason on your profile I've unlocked the Hayabusa Armor and a few other helmets for ya. Hey if anyone wants different armor let me know and I'll get it for you. I'm taking requests. So anywho I had Tucanos yesterday. It was a company dinner. I love free meals! They didn't allow any family to come though so that was kinda lame. Anyway the end of this week is Caitlyn's due date. So we're all in anticipation and taking predictions for when Chaela will come. The due date is this Saturday November 10th. The winner gets to change Chaela's diapers over Christmas. :) Anywho this is my new armor. It's a little bit of everything. The katana on my back is the armor you unlock for getting all 1000 Gamer Points in Halo 3. Well that's the way the cookie crumbles.

One week!

So I'm due a week from today, and today is almost over, so that's like 6 days. Crazy! I have 2 tests and a 10-page paper due this week, too. Lovely. But I've finished the test that's due Monday (they're both take-home) and I've got a decent start on the paper, which is due Tuesday. I'm going to finish it tomorrow hopefully, and I'll finish the other test Monday or Wednesday, so I'll be ready to go as soon as I'm done with all that! School-wise anyway.

Our house is a huge mess right now, and my mom is getting here on Thursday, so we need to get it cleaned up so she doesn't know how messy we really are. I've done a good job deceiving her so far, because last time she was here in the beginning of September it was really clean. Haha!

So I really want to get everything done and I want my mom to be here, but I also want this child out at soon as possible. At this point I just don't want to go 2 weeks late. That would suck. I'm hoping for the 15th at the absolute latest. I'll get the doctor to induce me that day because the next day she'd be able to do it would be the 19th, which is 3 days before Thanksgiving, and my family is coming here (plus I think the Dr's office is closed all week or something, I want to work for them!). Why can't babies come out when you want them to?!?!?!

995...What a good year!

So of course this post is about Halo. What else would it be about? Anyway I now have 995 points out of 1000 points for Halo 3.
P.S. BYU is nuts! Sorry random I was just reading the police Beat. No kidding this was one of the posts: Oct 27: A male individual was reported yelling in th Eyring Science Center. When the officers arrived, they discovered he was actually singing along to music playing on his iPod. And 2 days later...Oct 29: A 19-year-old male was reported viewing inappropriate material on the Interent in the Harold B. Lee Library. An individual who saw him viewing this material turned him in to library security personnel. They interviewed him and banned him from the library. He apologized, saying he realized what he did was wrong and he will never do it again. Oh okay at least he "won't do it again." I thought that was pretty funny.
So anyway as far as work goes I'm ready to quit. In fact I'm applying for the Utah State Hospital (It's a Mental Hospital. It's kinda scary that we lived this close to an insane asylum) which is walking distance from our house. It's a cut in pay, but it'll save on gas and it has state insurance benefits and they only take $10 out of my paycheck. So if I can get that job then It'll actually be the same amount of money considering well save on gas and $250 on insurance. YAY! Okay so this wasn't about Halo, but here's a picture for all you Halo fans.