Sunday was the first Dana Point Concert in the park. It was a great reggae band that did a lot of familiar songs. The music was great, and our little social butterfly Scout loves these shindigs. Last year we saw a whole bunch of great mini picnic tables and couldn’t find one. But this year I snatched one up at Crate and Barrel, and it is great. We put our food up there, and everyone just serves themselves. We brought sandwiches, watermelon, cherries and my mom made delicious homemade potato salad.
Scout’s latest trick involves scooting across a blanket. I will stick a blanket on the floor, and if I put my hand down so that his foot has something to push against, he will scoot all the way to the other side. He has to be in a fiesty mood, but he was born with amazing quad muscles! Micah is So impressed.
Our nursery is basically finished! We are waiting on a changing table, but the rest is here, assembled (thanks to Micah), and furnished! I love all of my picks, and I am glad to see that Micah is pleased with all of them also!
Based on his double chin…I think it is safe to assume that this little baby is very well fed!
“I LOVE BELLA!” - Can you believe it? Our little 1 month old is a genius. Not only is he physically ahead of his peers - but his first sentence was uttered this morning as he looked up at his adoring aunt. I don’t doubt why he feels so strongly about this skinny, funny, cute even with short hair, smart little sister of mine. In fact, I must admit for the past few years I’ve been in awe of her as well. I think I might even be jealous of her, although mommy says jealousy isn’t so becomming of me. But that Tristen Kylie Ure - what a great sister to have. I wish I could be more like her. I wish I didn’t have to try so hard to crack a joke only to have everyone laughing at me instead of with me. Not Bella…she opens her mouth and the humor just flows right out of her. She’s such a charmer!
And she’s gotten so pretty these days. I told her when she was a freshman in highschool something that I wished someone had told me, I said, “Tristen, your not going to get by on your looks so you better have a dang good personality!” I take that back now - she could get very far on her looks alone. She’s like a triple threat…she’s got the personality, the looks, and she’s even a R.M.
I love my sister Bella and I hope my little one grows up to be just like her. In fact…I’m hoping to grow up and be just like her too! If only my freckles were more of a brown tone like hers instead of the orange spots I’m covered in. Oh…and she dresses so cute! And she can dance! And she’s my moms favorite! And she’s my American Idol!!! I love you Trissy!!!
So the story goes like this….
I went to my doctor’s appointment on Wednesday, April 25th. While there, he said that I was dialated to a half (I talked him into rounding it up to a one) and was about 50% effaced. At the end of the appointment, he said he would check with the hospital to see when they had availability if I wanted to be induced. I was all for it, so I had an appointment to be there at midnight the following Sunday night. Dr. Thein said he thought all would go well, and advised me to eat light!
Sunday night rolled around, and I ate a small dinner at about 3:00. Micah and I hung out and played a little Dance Dance Revolution with Tristen, Calin and Skylar during the afternoon. Afterward, I headed over to Bishop Lindahl’s to get a blessing that all would go well, and that the baby and I would be healthy. My original thought was to stay up until I needed to go to the hospital, but at about 10:00, I was wiped. I decided to sleep a bit, and at about 11:45, Micah came and woke me up (with the camcorder) to head over to the hospital. In the meantime he had packed my bag and got everything in the car. I could tell that he was pretty excited.
On our way, I realized that I was starving! Micah stopped at In-N-Out for two cheeseburgers for himself, and I accidentaly had about half of one of them. When we got to the hospital, I walked in and was immediately greeted by Carrie - the Nurse of the Year! She was SO helpful and thorough, and really made up for my lack of birthing classes. Woops - forgot to sign up for those! She did some paperwork and covered what would be happening over the next hours.
When I got there, I was already having contractions about six minutes apart. The nurse asked me on a scale of 1 - 10 how painful they were, and I said about a one. (A five is equivalent to a really bad migraine headache.) They then gave me a pill to thin my cervix, and afterward I was supposed to sleep until the morning. Micah had a chair that turned into a bed and slept pretty well. But when he woke up, he did tell me that his back was “about a 5″. Somehow, he takes the whole “sympathy pregnancy” thing a little far! I, on the other hand, had nurses coming in every thirty minutes to poke and prod me and move my baby’s heart rate monitor around….which made my night’s sleep pretty lousy.
At about 6:30 in the morning, my contractions were getting pretty bad. I would say about a 5+. The nurse asked me about them, and I was pretty uncomfortable, but I told her they were manageable. THEN……within ten minutes, my contractions turned into a 10+. I was in some pretty intense pain! I called the nurse and told her to page the epideral doctor ASAP!
I had my epidural soon after, and the rest of the day was a breeze! My mom and sister Tristen showed up pretty quickly, alongside Diane - Micah’s mom. By the time I delivered, I had my mom, Tristen, Calin, Skylar, and Megan and her four kids there. Micah’s parents, grandparents, sister and her husband and aunt were also there.
At about 3:30 three nurses came rushing in and immediately moved me to my side. They seemed pretty frantic, and apparently the baby’s heart rate had quickly fallen. Apparently the cord was wraped around his neck. They had to do some fancy footwork to raise it again, and eventually did. At about 4:00 Dr. Thein showed up and started to get the room ready for delivery. I started pushing at about 4:15pm. I had three contractions. Between two and three I had a small upchuck session. On contraction three, and at 4:23 pm on April 30th I delivered Scout Kei Denison!
He was perfect! Because the cord was wrapped around his head, he was a bit blue. They immediately put him on oxygen for a few minutes and then cleaned him up. He screamed about three times, but other than that he just had his eyes wide open and was looking at everything. Because the delivery was so quick, he didn’t have a cone head!
It appears that he does have the much hoped for olive skin. He has dark brown hair, and for the moment — blue eyes. He is VERY calm and good, and is literally the most spoiled child ever. I think I held him for about 20 minutes total the first day because EVERYONE wanted to hold him!
After they moved me into the recovery room we had some fun visitors. That night some of our friends stopped by. Summer and Tacky Thacker, Mark and Tarah Hemeon, Nate and Megan Harris (with boys), Steve and Dana Donahoo (with kids), and the ONE AND ONLY……Gary Samuelian flew in from NYC to see my baby. What a Best Friend!
That night Tristen slept with me and was a saint! She helped me do everything. She is literally mother #2! I sent Micah home to get a good sleep, and thank goodness Tristen stepped up to the plate, because she helped me recover and the baby transition nicely.
The following day a few more people stopped by. Debra Bledsoe not only stopped by, but she brought me a huge adult-sized Barefoot Dreams blanket. She said that I needed a gift that wasn’t for the baby. Debra is always coming through on being the best! Diane Nielson also stopped by with chocolate covered strawberries! Micah’s friends Ryan and Craig also stopped by with his first football, and were darling with the baby!
The next day, Micah packed all of our things up and we were headed home for a new era in our lives. I got wheeled out and we put the baby in the car seat for his first ride ever!
My mom says that I had one of the easiest deliveries on record. I don’t know that I totally agree, but it definitely wasn’t the horror story I have heard about. Micah and I are thrilled to have this little addition, and can’t wait to see how his little personality develops!
Last night, there was quite a bit of commotion in the Ure household! We keep our back door open for Woody (the dog) to go out and use the restroom. Well, a little creature got inside, and Micah and Woody were chasing it all over the place. In the meantime, Trilby got up on a three foot ledge to protect herself! After the entire ordeal was over — thanks to Woody — we were all celebrating and clapping. Micah and I were in the other room when we heard…thunk…..”Oh crap!” We started to laugh, because obviously Trilby had taken a little trip.
Well, the real story is, as she was stepping off of the ledge, she didn’t judge it correctly and came up short. When I found her she was sprawled across three slate stairs that are anything but cushioned.
At first I heard a gurgling noise, and thought she was joking. Then when I realized she wasn’t I knew we could be in some serious trouble. I ran and turned her over. She was completely passed out, and her lips were turning blue. Her face was moist with perspiration, and she jerked her body a few times. (Which I thought may have been a seizure.) I told Micah to call 911, and I just kept trying to get her to answer some questions and respond. The only good news was that I felt under her nose, and knew she was breathing. Micah was on the phone with the operator and stayed very calm.
After about 5 straight minutes of nothing, she finally said my name, which I knew was a good sign. She then started to shake because she was freezing and started to complain of her toe, shoulder and finger. The ambulance arrived and took her vitals which were good. In the meantime, Alicia (the housekeeper) came home and thought all of the craziness was me having the baby! (I only wish!) They then packed her up and took her to the hospital. But before she left, she asked if someone was going to also go. I volunteered, but then my mom said she would go and I should stay with the little girls. When Trilby heard this, she said, “Mom can come, but you have to too, Lindsey. Mom isn’t very good in these situations!”
After a long time at the hospital, (until about midnight) the verdict was she had a torn rotator cuff, a broken big toe and her finger was sprained. Pretty good news considering what it could have been! She also mentioned that as she was passed out, she could hear me asking all of my questions, and just wanted me to be quiet! How Rude!
The amazing part to all of this — right now at 9:20 am the next morning — she sits at her desk at work, all ready for a new day.
***The moral of this story is — I told Micah we both need to learn CPR (which I have learned about 100 times), or at least refresh up on it, because craziness is just one trip away!***
Summer Thacker threw me the greatest baby shower. She themed it as “Lindsey’s got a bun in the oven, and we have the burgers on the grill.” The invitations were darling, and the whole party was a great success and followed the theme beautifully.
We all started out with individual In-N-Out bags that contained our burger, fries and a drink. We then played a fun drawing game (thanks to Juenny Tucker) where we put a plate on top of our heads and had to draw a baby. I picked the winners, and congratulations go to Tristen and Auntie Gail!
Afterwards, I opened amazing presents! Darling clothes, blankets, and burp clothes, and practical stuff like baby monitors, a bouncy seat and a Baby Bjorn! I loved all of my gifts, and feel SO prepared for numero uno!
I had a great turnout. A ton of family showed up from both sides including Brett with seven week old Grant from Vegas, Ashley and Tristen in from Utah, Bree was here from Bakersfield, etc… My long lost friends showed up, including Sarah Steed from Huntington Beach and Britni Samuelian down from Utah! Overall, it was a very fun time….and serious acknowledgement goes out to the one and only SUMMER THACKER!
This past weekend, I had quite a bit if family come in town. Ashley was here with her two boys. Tristen flew in. Seth and brett came with their five boys. And finally, Megan came up from San Diego. In honor of having everyone around, and school still being in session…..we all decided to go to Disneyland! We figured it wouldn’t be crowded, so we got reservations for 17 people at Club 33. (The secret restaurant in Disneyland that allows you to pass up the admission if you eat there.) Well, in a nutshell, I don’t remember Disneyland ever being as crowded as March 23, 2007! I think the most rides award went to Megan and her kids, and they got in about 9 rides for the whole day until midnight.
The restaurant didn’t quite know what had hit them! Out of the 17 people, 11 were age 12 or younger! Just about every one of us ordered chauteubriand, and the food was delicious! The appetizers and desserts are buffet style, and Trey must have hit the chocolate covered strawberry stand at least 15 times. Every time he would come back with only one dipped strawberry. When we told him he could get more than one, he decided to put 5+ on a stick! Both he and Gabe thought they were in heaven with as much chocolate as they wanted!
The night before, I had a baby shower thrown for me by Diane Nielsen and Janet Lindahl. It was a great success, and I received great words of advice about the upcoming baby. but the best advice of the night was when Janet heard we were going to Disneyland the next day, she said you better get a wheelchair. So thanks to Kirk Lindahl, who sells medical supplies, Micah had to wheel me around all day long in a wheelchair! The beauty of it, was my whole family got on Pirates of the Carribean in about 15 minutes, when the lines was over an hour long. The downside was never getting out of the wheelchair due to the fact that expectant mothers don’t get to do ANYTHING at Disneyland!
We had a great time being with eachother, and even though it wasn’t my ideal Disneyland trip, I wouldn’t want to have been anywhere else. It was fun to have everyone in town, and it is boring at the house without all of the little kids running, screaming and going crazy!
Seth and Brett brought their boys down two weekends ago. On Saturday morning, we headed down to Three Arch Bay to collect shells and hang out at the beach for a bit. We had a great time, and Gabe and Spank found some really cool shells. Micah is usually the ringleader in climbing all over the rocks, but as you can see, he was put on baby duty with Grant. Obviously he is getting ready for our little one (with the potential of bright red hair and freckles) as he shades Grant from the sun.
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