Friday, July 31, 2009

Labor and Delivery

Ok so I have already written this story and the internet stopped working so I am going to try to keep this as short as possible... So on Monday July 20th after being at Bear Lake for 2 weeks I went to the doctor for a check up. She sent me to the hospital to take some tests for high blood pressure and said I may be induced if it doesn't go down. So after running to Grandma's to grab my phone that I left there and then to the school to get Brady I drove myself and Brady to the hospital to possibly have a baby (2 weeks early)! A little strange and emotional. Before the hour of testing was over they decided to induce and moved us to another room. I got to eat one last time and then they started me on some sublingual medication to thin out my cervix. This usually is taken every 3-4 hours for about 12 hours but after only taking it twice, my water broke and I was on my own. I didn't even have to go on Petossin (or how ever you spell it). So then I started getting contractions which were absolutely horrible so I got an epidural. As the epidural started working a midwife came in to break my water and told me I was almost a 5. Only about an hour and half later and a lot of pressure that killed I was checked again and was a 9+.

This is before the delivery!
Mom and Mindi waited a little until I started pushing. Pushing was easy to me. It took about an hour and a half. My contractions were so far apart that I was able to rest between and he just came out little by little. It was so amazing! I could not stop crying when they laid him on my chest! Brady was amazed as well!!

Here is Brady with the baby!

Here is our new family!

After having him I felt fine but then started to lose a lot of blood. The nurses kept pushing on my stomach and more and more blood would come out. So I had to stay in that room for longer. I was about to pass out by the time I got to my other room and got breakfast. I hadn't eaten in about 20 hours and had lost so much blood. It was horrible. I couldn't really enjoy the moment with Brady and Marshall. The next day I felt a little better but I am still not feeling great! It is so great to have Marshall though! He is the cutest baby I have ever seen! We just love him to death.
Here is proud grandma with her two new grandbabies!!

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Backtracking.. Bear Lake 2009

Here is Dad and Brady just chillin on the beach!
Mom getting a tan!

Brady got the "dollar" kites to fly! The kids were so excited!

Cute pictures of Corinne! It is so fun to take pictures of her!



Brady is so fun to watch when he wakeboards because he isn't afraid to do anything.. even if he falls really hard!

One of Corinne's first boat trips.
Kimmy, Mom and Mindi on the tube! Next year I will be on it with them!

Mindi and Corinne!
Mom and Dad cooking breakfast!

This is the dinner that Ross and Jo's family did for their night. It is from the south! They just cook a bunch of stuff and throw it on the table for you to grab and dip and eat! It was delicious!

Here is Brady trying out the new (cold) showers they built in the back!
For Family Night our family sang "Kiss the Girl" with Grandma and Grandpa acting in the front. It was pretty hilarious.

The family.. minus Don and Jared!

A little more backtracking..

Here are some pictures of the Haslam Reunion! We had such a good time. So many of our family was there and it was such a blast to see so many of them!
One day it was really windy so we went to the pool instead of the beach.

Here is Brady and the fish he caught in Bear Lake with a roof staple he made into a hook and some fishing line. Everyone thought it was pretty neat! He also took the little boys to the pond to fish where they caught one fish.


Marshall and Corinnes Baby Shower!
Some of the delicious food.

Katie and Mindi opening presents. Thank you so much everyone for coming and the presents for our babies!

Here is the star of the shower!!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Our little man, Marshall Ray Bowden!








He's finally here!!!! Mom and baby are doin great. Dad on the other hand is a little tired......
He was born July 21 4:40 a.m. weighing 7 lbs 12 ounces and he is 20 inches long.