oakleigh's blessing

This Sunday, November 15th, we are blessing oakleigh, if you would like to come let us know by leaving me a message and I will give you more info!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Oakleigh's Newborn Pictures

Last week we were able to get Oakleigh's newborn pictures done. She looks so cute in all of them!! Thanks Kasey! (adamandkasey.blogspot.com) If you need a photographer I highly reccomend Kasey!! Oakleigh also turns a month old tomorrow! Time has flown by. We are so blessed to have her in our lives and to be her parents. I love her more and more everyday. I don't know what I did before I was a mommy, it is the best thing in the world!! I have to thank Daniel for all of his help, he is the best Daddy and is always willing to help, even during the night feedings! He is the best!

Happy Anniversary!

3 years ago today I married my best friend, I can't believe how fast it has gone by. I feel so lucky to be married to Daniel, he treats me like a princess! I am so grateful that we can be together for eternity and that we have Oakleigh part of our family now. I feel so blessed. I will never forget our wedding day, it was one of the best days of my life. Thank you Daniel for being my husband and making life so much fun. I love you with all my heart.

Oakleigh Elaine Smith

Look who is finally here! I guess I should post this since Oakleigh is now a week old now! Oakleigh was born on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 8:03 AM. It was such an easy labor! I would rather do that than be pregnant! So here is the story: I started getting contractions Monday night around 8 and I thought it was just false labor, so I went and took a bath and drank lots of water around 10. At 10:30 I went to bed with a little bit of pain nothing too bad. And at 11:30 I woke up in pain!! I ran into the bathroom, went to the bathroom and when I stood up i felt like I was peeing my pants! Yes, my water had broke! I was so lucky to be in the bathroom when it broke! I called for Daniel and asked him to call Labor and Delivery but when we couldn't talk to anyone I just knew we had to get there fast. I hurried and packed the rest of my bag and we were out the door. It was the longest drive ever!! We finally got to the hospital at about 12:15 AM and they had me changed and put me on a gurney so they could check me. I was a 3 1/2 and as she was checking me the rest of my water broke! It was like a water balloon popped! I then got me IV, which hurt so bad!! My contractions were about 2 to 3 minutes apart and they asked if I wanted my epidural, heck yes I did! I had felt those contractions enough! At around 3 I was dilated to a 5 and stayed that way for about and hour so they decided to put me on pitocin, that didn't last long because it made Oakleigh's heartrate go down. At about5 I was a 7 and and 5:30 I was a 9. I was fully dilated by 6:30 and we just waited for Oakleigh to get further down the birth canal. I started doing practice pushes at about 7:30. At 7:45 we started the real pushes and by 8:03 my baby was born!! I am so glad labor was easy! I felt really lucky. Recovery has been pretty easy and it doesn't even feel like I had a baby. Daniel and I are so in love with her and are so happy she is apart of our family for eternity!!

Fun stuff for Oakleigh

So Daniel and I went and bought some fun stuff for Oakleigh this weekend. This little girl is spoiled! But we are too excited for her arrival so it was so much fun.



We got this cute carseat cover!



And we finally ordered her bedding!! You can't have a crib without it!!




And finally we bought her crib! We were going to wait until Christmas, but we ended up with enough gift cards that we just decided we might as well get it now. We did buy her more but that was a few of the big things we still needed. I can't believe she will be here any day now.

Another Baby Update

I had my appointment today, I am 38 weeks already! Everything is looking good, I am dilated to a 2 1/2 and 80% effaced. I also was told I need to stop working, so as of Oct. 1st I have to start my maternity leave. It will be nice to have a break before she is due. My doctors nurse said women that take a week off before delievery usually have a better delivery. I also found out that my doctor is going on a cruise and will be gone until the 3rd!! So if I go before I will be sad if it is another doctor to deliver. Baby is doing good, I did have an ultrasound earlier this week because they were worried about my fluid (which is fine now) and we were able to get an estimate weight of 6 lbs 6oz. So hopefully she won't get too much bigger! :) Anyway, I guess its just a waiting game now to see when she wants to come!

Baby update

I had my check up yesterday and everything was pretty normal except when he asked if anything had really changed. I had been noticing for the last few days that Oakleigh wasn't as active as she usually is. So my doctor immediately called the hospital for me to come get a stress test just to double check everything was okay. I was kind of freaked out because he said if the test didn't come back normal he would deliever her that day! ahhh... I was a little nervous. Luckily my mom was with me since Daniel was in Idaho for work. We came up for the test and they measured my amniotic fluid on an ultrasound and then took me in to check her heartrate for 20 minutes. And sure enough as soon as they hook the machine on my stomach she moved around like crazy! She is a silly little girl! But they did notice that I have double the amount of amniotic fluid so just to be safe I have to go back in twice next week for another stress test. Man it was kind of scary thinking she could have come yesterday, but it would have been nice to meet her! But I guess we just have to be patient a little longer. I am still dilating which is good so lets just hope she comes on her own before her due date I am ready for her!!

My first baby shower!

On Saturday, one of my best friends Allison threw me a friend baby shower. It was so much fun and I really appreciate all of my friends for coming!! I love getting things for Oakleigh, it makes it more real! I had fun seeing everyone and getting to visit! Thanks everyone for the gifts and for coming! I really do have the greatest girlfriends!!

Keith Urban!!

On Wednesday, we went to our first Keith Urban concert and it was awesome!! Daniel surprised me with these tickets like 7 months ago, he is the best husband! We had a lot of fun, it was our last big date before Oakleigh makes her appearance. But I don't really suggest going to a concert 9 months pregnant, it's super hot and you have to sit most of the time. But other than that it was perfect!! Keith is awesome live!!