Bryell Elizabeth Sandlian

I have seen that this is posted already but On Thursday, April 23rd, we welcomed our gorgeous baby girl into our life. Wednesday night about 11, my water broke. Of course we had no idea what was going on so Jeffrey googled it. We waited the half hour suggested and then went up to school to check sub plans and make sure they would have something to work with. Then we headed to Kemmerer. We checked into the hospital at 1:10 and not 20 minutes later our stand in doctor was there to agree that my water did indeed break. I went the whole night having contractions every 3-5 minutes. The nurse of course told me to sleep--um....that was not really possible... We had brought our computer, ipods, and dvds so began to watch Rush Hour. The night really went by fast but possibly because we didn't get there until after 1! Next thing we know the nurses are trading out and I'm 7cm dilated. From there, it didn't take much longer.

Bryell Elizabeth Sandlian was born at 10:54am. They announced her as 5 pounds 16 ounces. We were all so excited we didn't notice the mistake. One nurse says-"wait, no she doesn't- that's 6 pounds" Yes, that was true, lol! She registered at 5 pounds 15.9 ounces. She peed right away so they decided 6 pounds would be accurate. She is 19.5 inches long. She is a long baby put tiny! Newborn clothes and newborn diapers don't fit her. We have preemie of each now and they fit better BUT she is a bit long for the clothes. The newborn fall off of her though so we like the preemie better. And this way she has some clothes!

The hospital and the doctor were amazing. The doctor agreed to take off his BYU hat for delivery :) We got a nice steak and potato dinner and tons and tons of juice! The nurses were so wonderful and sat down with us for a while and went over all our infant care questions. It was great.

Bryell's first night at the hospital all she wanted to do was sleep. We couldn't really get her up to even eat! The first night home all she did was eat and no sleep- it was quite a contrast. Last night however was a bit more 'normal' for a baby. Sleep, eat, sleep, eat. It was a bit more enjoyable for mommy and daddy! I felt like I had slept 12 hours but it was only like 5!

ALMOST 39 Weeks!

I have to say- the baby seems as though she will never come! She's moving around more subtly and her movements are beginning to hurt as she just shoves a knee or a foot out for a few minutes. You can definitely tell she is getting bigger.

My students for Mother's Day make a flower picture that has their feet as the leaves, the side of their hand as the stem, their hands as the flower part and their fist and fingertips as the middle of the flower- they are really cute. We have spent the past few weeks working on those. I have to say my cooperating teachers are so amazing! They took my class and did their feet so I didn't have to sit on the ground and try to maneuver feet around. I dread doing my own class every year and the volunteered to do an EXTRA class! THEN another teacher came in and helped me do the rest of the flower- which makes it go by much faster and makes it much more fun- I really appreciated the help. I have to say we work in an outstanding school.

The girl who is doing my maternity leave came in yesterday to get acquainted with the classroom and figure things out. She is a really good teacher and i am so excited she agreed to come in. She also agreed to do her own lesson plans as long as I tell her what needs to be done- That takes a lot of stress of off me! And its even better because I trust her and don't have to worry about what is happening at school. She isn't available until April 29th so the student teacher from kindergarten will come in if we need someone before then. She also is a really good teacher-- and I think if you can handle the kindergarten class we have this year- you deserve some sort of trophy! They really are good kids just high maintenance! Yay for next year! :)

I am told by Jeffrey that I messed up his prediction. He says she will be born on the 25th but that it will be at 3:13- not 3:18 or whatever I ended up putting. So I apologize to him and told him I would correct his guess.

I know I have more, but I will get back to this later- we have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, I will update after we get back from that.

Fun Game!

So Jeffrey and I went to the doctor today. We are at 37 weeks 6 days. We had to change doctors because ours went on an African Safari for three weeks! He recommended us to this other one and I was quite impressed. Not by the BYU hat though! He walks in, introduces himself, goes and looks at my chart and the first thing out of his mouth is "WOW, you HAVE gained a lot of weight during this pregnancy!" He sure isn't scared to tell me how it is! LOL. Well, baby has dropped and her heart rate has slowed. The doctor says he has a gut feeling that she will not wait for my doctor to come back and he is guessing she will come soon. It was interesting, when he went to measure me, I was having a contraction and didn't even know! I think right now I can only feel them when I am standing.
I originally made a guess of May 6th as to when the baby would come (due date is May 1st) But I am going to change my guess to April 28th now. I realize this is Karlee's birthday and I think that is all the better reason because the Sandlian's are famous for sharing birthdays, so Karlee-- watch out you may have to share your birthday with your new cousin also! Post guesses!! Lets see who can get the closest to the actual date!

New Furniture!

This weekend was really fun! Really exhausting, but really fun. My parents came up and Saturday Jeffrey and my dad went to pick up our new furniture from Salt Lake. I posted the pictures on the previous post. While they were gone, my mom and I did some great cleaning! Its easier and more fun to clean when you have company. And mom's always do a more thorough job of cleaning! Our kitchen and dining room is much cleaner now- and the floor is spotless! Thanks Mom!

We didn't do a lot this weekend (past putting up furniture) but each day I ended completely exhausted! My energy doesn't last as long as it used to! We have spring break today and tomorrow so I planned on cleaning and going up to school to work. I am doing laundry today, but between laundry I am in bed watching a movie! I guess going up and working at school will have to wait until tomorrow!

We went to the doctor Thursday. We didn't find out much different or new. It was the last appointment with our doctor for three weeks. He referred us to another doctor and of course told us to wait until he gets back to have the baby (which is one day

36.5 Weeks

Here's some pics. I finally took a belly pic. I am feeling quite large so it was hard to take a picture! The next few pictures are of the babies room.

35 Weeks!

This third trimester is taking its toll on me. I am crazy exhausted, sore, and ready!!! Jeffrey and I began washing her clothes and putting them away. Her crib is ready with the bumper and sheets on. We have the monitors set up, diaper bag is almost packed, the swing and bouncer vibrating seat thing is set up. We just have to wash some more blankets, one more load of her clothes and we are pretty much ready. We also are pretty certain on a name! We still have a choice number two just in case, but pretty sure its decided! Yay!!

My parents came down last weekend. It was really nice to have them here- it had been a few months since they had been down. We got to show them baby's room and everything that we had so far! We took a trip to Salt Lake City and did some shopping- always necessary! :) We made it worth it because it was pretty much the last weekend we could travel. Jeffrey has a 4th-8th grade basketball tournament in Rock Springs this weekend, so this weekend was out of the question and come next weekend- no more traveling! My parents are coming up for Easter since we can't travel- I am quite excited- and its helping us keep up on the housework knowing guests are coming!

Its been so nice having Jeff home consistently. We have done lots of cleaning and baby preparing and it makes us more and more excited. He is still continuing to work on his masters so does stay busy with that.

I am trying to stay 2 weeks ahead at school since we never know when we will have to up and leave. Its been good being required to be that organized- but I need to go up there this weekend to clean my classroom- I have lots of clutter!

I'm told that I need an updated belly pic- we are working on it- its hard to have a camera and me wanting a picture at the same time :) Hopefully this weekend.