Sarah Elyse Morgan

Hey everyone! So after 5 1/2 hours in the fighting chair...we had Baby Girl Morgan. (And by the time we left she had her name: Sarah Elyse Morgan.) We got to LDS Hospital at 8:45 am on Friday morning and due to waiting for okays from the Dr. (he was at the dentist) they started the pitosin at 9:45-ish. Like always, Tamina's body took SO well to the medicine and the contractions started every 2-3 mins. (like clockwork...) The Resident Dr. came in about about 11:30 am and checked to see if he could brake the water. He didn't think he could do it yet, so he and the nurse left. About 5 minutes later, Dr. VandeMerwe came in and checked and did brake my water. Of course, that speeds things up.

I finally decided to get an epidural at about 1pm because the pain in the back was getting so bad. The anesthesiologist put in the epidural and watched. I was still hurting and he explained why it didn't really help the back. Frown But he gave me extra to help cover it, and it did for a little bit...but not the whole time.

The nurse checked me about 1:30-ish after the epidural was in and I was a 4 and 80% effaced. So, she left.

During this time no, we didn't answer phones. So, Janene and Kim thought I must have had the baby and came down. We called my mom back and Adam had needed to check on Mommy and see how I was doing. (He had been checking since 7 AM..."Mommy, how are you?" "Do you have the baby yet?" "Why not?"...Same questions. He was really excited to see the baby.)

So Jon played with Ben, Kim hurried and came while she didn't have Isabel since she was sick. It was fun to have Ben to keep us entertained while things got worse. However, the contractions moved down, so the moniter didn't show the contractions very well. Kim kept telling me to work harder because they didn't look bad enough to be doing anything. I started feeling them in my back again, so I knew something had to be happening.

The nurse came in at about 2:20-ish to check me again. She said that Dr. VandeMerwe was in Farmington so he needed lots of time to get back down so she was going to check every hour to give him plenty of time. Then she checked me and gasped. She said you are a 9+ and the baby's head was right there. SHe then said she would hurry and call the Dr. and to not push til he was in the room and dressed. K, so it is hard to try and hold off for over 1/2 hour. He showed up just after 3pm and got all ready. After 4 sets of pushes she came out. (No tearing or cutting! Laughing) So she was born at 3:16 p.m. (15:16 o'clock)

He pulled her out and her cord was really short. (I think they said shorter than Ari's.) Jon cut the cord and they put the baby up by me so I could see her.

She measured 6 pounds and 13 ounces (12.5-round up) and 20.5 inches long. My mom brought the kids down after and they were very excited to finally see their new baby sister.

She is SO cute and we are so excited to have her in our family. Adam and Ari just love her too. Adam wants lots of turns holding her. Smile Ari is such a BIG helper...Undecided But it's fun to see how much they both really like her.

Thanks Mom and Dad Smoot for watching the kiddos during this we appreciate all you do. Thanks Kim for taking pictures for us. We appreciate everything everyone has done.

**By the way, she has already done a diva moment. Just after she was born, I was feeding her and she started to choke a little. I picked her up and she stopped breathing. She went a dark purple. So we hurried and called the nurse. She came down and checked her lungs. Then she realized it wasn't the lungs but the stomach. They then pumped her stomach. She had 10 ccs of amniotic fluid which had choked her. Luckily they got it all pumped out and she is doing great now! **

A Shout Out To Mr.Clean's Magic Erasers

I just wanted to do a quick HURRAH!!! for Magic Erasers. As you know I have a little artist...and well I am ALWAYS cleaning murals off the wall. Well today she used a blue sharpie. :( Thank heavens, the Magic Erasers actually got it off!!!!! Not to mention all the crayon and pen it has gotten off of various places. :D So thank you Mr. Clean for your Magic Erasers!!! They really are MAGIC!

39 Weeks and Almost Done!

Today I had my check-up. Everything looks good. :) And the even better news...Doc says we are set to induce Friday! So Friday morning we'll be heading in! We are all really excited. Adam keeps asking if it is Friday yet. :D Anyway...just thought I would let you all know since everyone has been asking when this baby is really going to come. The answer: Friday at the latest.

Back up and Running

Hi! I know we haven't had anything for a while. (The computer has been down.) So the good news is we have it back up and running!

The quick update: Halloween was a great success. The kids loved it. The Monday before we carved our pumpkins. (We went to the patch on Saturday afternoon and the kids had a great time picking out their pumpkins.) On Halloween, we went trick-or-treating at Daddy's work. It was fun to go and see where he worked and let him show off the kids to all his co-workers.

When we got back we hurried and stuffed our huge spider garbage bags full of leaves for the ward trunk-or-treat. They had chili for dinner and then the trunk-or treat after. We put the huge spider coming out of our trunk with orange lights. It was pretty cool. :)

What did the kids end up being for Halloween? Well, Adam chose to be Flash again. He had a Darth Vader costume we borrowed from Chris, but when it came time to wear it...NO GO. He only wanted to be Flash. So we let him...not worth the fight and hassle. Ari was the little cow during the day. (She LOVED the cow costume, especially the tail.) Then that evening she was Princess Leia. She loved the wig with the buns, she called them her ears.

After the trunk-or-treat, we went and saw Grandma and Grandpa Smoot. The kids played for a bit and we took some pictures. Then we went home to bed.

Saturday morning (Nov. 1st) we went up to the Morgan's. The men all helped Chris and Jen move to their new apartment, and the kiddos played. We had pumkin pancakes, Yummy! We also attempted pictures of all the grandkids. Didn't work too well, but we have pictures of them in their costumes in the same area. ;) (With kids what more can you ask for?)

All-in all we had a GREAT Halloween. The kids got tons of candy. They still talk about Halloween and are ready for it to come again. :) Look for pictures, they will be coming...I just have to get them off the camera.

***No promises of time, we're hoping for a baby real soon! ;) ***