We did it!

So when I say we did it I mean we both walked at graduation. Alexis still has to finish a couple of classes online and I still have to turn in some paperwork. Let's not let that take away from the excitement, at commencement on Thursday Cecil O. Samuelson bestowed bachelor's degrees upon everyone who's name was in the program...that is me.






Now here is something you don't see everyday, four generations of women. I think this is so cool.












Here is the whole fam damily out for the occasion. What a crew.

Classic.

We had a pretty full day on Friday. We graduated at 8 a.m. and then we blessed our sweet little girl at 2. It was a little stressful, especially when nobody from the bishopric showed up and I had to call one of the counselors at home while he was doing yard work...good times. It all worked out in the end and it was an awesome experience.








Alivia's great-grandma Jordan made this amazing blessing dress. You can tell it has been a long day for Alivia. She was a trooper.











Uncle Ky caught this candid shot of Alivia deep in thought, contemplating her blessing she just received... She is the freakin cutest kid ever.











I guess Alivia wasn't the only one that was worn out at the end of the day.

Bringing home baby!

Here's Alivia's first picture after she was cleaned up in the nursery. I know, I know, she's the cutest baby you've ever seen... We like to think we did a good job!

Here is one of Matt's first moments with Alivia. Matt pretty much wins the best husband ever award. He stayed with Alivia from the time she came out until the time I finally got to see her. I may or may not have seen one too many Lifetime movies where babies are stolen from the hospital - so he was on strict orders to be at her side AT ALL TIMES!

And here's my mom with Alivia. I don't think I would have made it through the whole C-Section ordeal without her. She was there while I was recovering right after surgery. She stayed at the hospital overnight with us for the first two days - Best Mom Ever Award also goes out to Nance Pance. Also you can see this mohawk thing going on with Alivia's hair - the nurses claim it was a curl of some sort... Matt was just excited that they had matching faux hawks.

Okay so Alivia was freaking awesome the first night. She needed to be fed twice but then she slept for a five hour block! Then the second night came around - I think Matt and I got a total of three hours of sleep. So here's Matt the next morning. Both of them are recovering from a bit of a stressful night.

Here's a cute pic! I know you're not suppose to mess with pacifiers because of nipple confusion and what not but Alivia has zero problems with that. She happens to be the hardest sucker of all time - the lactation nurse actually laughed when she saw Alivia latch on. She had never seen a baby suck as hard as this little sucker...

Gotta have a little feet shot! Matt laughed so hard because she got my feet - there's a ginormous gap in between the first big toe and the rest. I'd like to thank my dad for passing that onto me and now poor Alivia must suffer. But it's great for flip flops!

Here's the little baby bin Alivia lived in for the first couple of days! She's so cute when she's sleeping...

And we finally came home, thank goodness. I don't like staying in the hospital - but we did have awesome nurses. As you can tell, last night was also a bit crazy, so Alivia and I caught up on some much needed sleep the second we got home.

We had to clean Alivia off today because she peed and pooped all over Matt while he was changing her (HILARIOUS) and then we put her in her first outfit ever. When I finished dressing her, I thought she looked so funny, but I couldn't stop laughing - which totally sucks with the incision. I have to do this weird creepy laugh so I don't die! She's so little - everything looks ginormous on her! It's so funny - also mittens are hilarious to me.

So Matt and I tried our hardest today to keep Alivia up so we get rid of this whole nocturnal way of life. She will not wake up for the life of me! I tried moving her around, tickling her, THE WORKS - she slept through it all. At this point I decided to sit her up to try to get her to budge but instead she just fell asleep on my hand - she's hilarious - unfortunately tonight will not be as funny!

The hospital

On Wednesday we got called up at 6:30 AM and they told us that we needed to be at the hospital at 7:30. As soon as we got to the hospital they had Alexis lay down and went ahead and gave her an IV. Her first one ever! Like half an hour later her OB/GYN came in and broke her water. It was really happening. We asked when she should get her epidural and he said she might as well do it right away because it would take a while to take effect. Not long after the epidural took effect, the contractions started and Alexis never even felt any pain.







Most of the day was spent just like this...me eating wheat thins, fruit roll ups and cookies, while Alexis just laid there all numb and puking up anything that touched her stomach (mainly blue gatorade). Good times.







After hours and hours of contractions and check after check by the nurses, things weren't progressing as well as we had hoped. Dilation was happening but the baby needed more oxygen so Alexis was forced to have this mask...she really liked it.







After a while we realized that Alexis was losing quite a bit of blood. The doctor and nurses thought that the placenta may be detaching and it became a race against time. To add to the problems the baby was posterior (not breech), so her head was facing up rather than down like it is supposed to. The doctor said that as long as Alexis was fully dilated that he could twist the baby around and deliver safely. Time kept passing and Alexis just wasn't dilating all the way on one side so the decision was made that we couldn't wait any longer...we had to have a C-section. I don't know if you can tell, but this is the most scared I have ever been in my life...





15 minutes after the decision was made we had our beautiful baby girl and Alexis was being stitched up. Alivia Maria Wiseman was born at 6:06 PM on April 9th. She was 7 lbs 2 oz. and 19 1/2 inches.

Bad Guys... and a baby update

I HATE being home alone. When Matt first started his job where he had to stay late and sometimes overnight, I use to not be able to even go upstairs because I was so scared! Why? Because of the bad guy pictured here - this is who I think is ALWAYS around the corner when I'm home alone. Every tiny sound that my house makes is a bad guy upstairs waiting to get me! I understand that it's out of control paranoia and I seriously need help!

Tonight a neighbor knocked on my door to borrow something and I couldn't reach the peep hole and so I was too scared to answer the door because of course, in little Orem, UT - on the other side of my door was a crazy killer and if I answered the door he'd barge his way in and kill me! Ahhh! (Yes, I still know I need help!) Anywho I finally answered the door and felt like a complete idiot... Help!


In other news...

Here's the latest pic of my belly - along with my lovely mother. This was almost two weeks ago and if you can believe it - I've gotten bigger! I honestly didn't think it was possible, but now I'm pretty sure that I'll be delivering quite the chub! Wish me luck!

Also, I went to the doctor's office again today! It was my last visit!!! Woo! There were a couple of events worth mentioning. First, it was the very first time I was able to pee in that dang little cup without getting it everywhere! Is that sad? I don't care - that is the most difficult task I've ever been given - and at my LAST appointment I finally nailed it! Woo! Second, I found out that I'm dilated to a 2 almost 3. BLEH! Two weeks and I only get to a freakin two! But he did say the cervix was thinning, so that's always fun. And then he had the nerve to tell me that if I were a 3 or 4 he'd induce me today! I didn't actually let him finish that sentence, fearing I might choke him. That's about it. Now we just wait for Sunday. And if she's not here by then - I'll be induced on the 9th!