Evie's Special Water

On Sunday we were all feeling a little cooped up. So we went for a drive to Evie’s special water. Evie calls the man-made lake at DayBreak her “special water”. (For those that don’t live in Utah, Daybreak is a housing community in South Jordan) Evie loves anything to do with water - so this lake is heaven to her.

Here is one happy girl

On our way to the bridge

Evie loves to run across the bridge

So she can return with rocks to throw into it

Stewart and Evie headed toward the dock

She would have stayed on the dock for hours.

This is the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple being built. (aka Daybreak Temple)

I took this from the bridge.

It was a much appreciated break from being stuck in the house all day. :)

I finally have computer time – Yay!

I finished my baby blanket. It’s really soft and cozy.

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Stewart also gave knitting a try. He’s really good with knots (thanks to Boy Scouts) and so he picked it up faster than I did. He decided to make himself a beanie. He didn’t really have a pattern, so it turned out a lot smaller than he expected. Okay, a lot smaller. It just barely fits little Stew.

He did a more difficult stitch with the beanie and while watching TV forgot to switch back and forth between the two different stitches and a fun ring appeared towards the top, which then made it go to a point. Since he was almost done, he didn’t want to start over (I don’t blame him) so this is the fun result.

It’s really like 3 hats in one depending on how you shape it.

A few more pictures of Stew. He’s 2 weeks now.

Evie doesn't doesn't really like suckers, but she sure enjoys unwrapping them. (The crazy hair and poka dots on her face are courtesy of Grandma Patsy)

Stewart Nicholas King IV

He's finally here!!! Yay! Little Stew was born on Tuesday Oct. 7th. (2 wks early) 7 lbs 8 oz , 19 inches long.

The labor story:

I started feeling contractions at 10:30 pm Monday night, but I thought they were just some more lame Braxton hicks since they weren’t coming regularly. So I went to bed at 11:00 pm. I woke up at 2 am feeling some very uncomfortable contractions, so I timed them for the next 15 minutes and they were 5 minutes apart. I panicked since my doctor wanted me to go to the hospital when they were 8-10 minutes apart. I woke Stewart up and he sprung into action like the house was on fire. Luckily, I had my hospital bag pretty much packed all ready. I called Sunny (she was my middle of the night person, until my mom could drive up) … she didn’t answer… I wasn’t surprised- it was the middle of the night … 5 phone calls later… still no answer… so much for my middle of the night plan- you would think you could count on a womb-buddy. :) The contractions got more intense at this point … and there was no more time to waste… we grabbed Evie out of bed and jumped in the car. It was 2:30 am and I called my parents in route- my dad answered after 2 rings (dad’s are the best) and I told him to have my mom meet us at the hospital. We got to the hospital and yadda, yadda, yadda, 2 hours later … little Stew arrived. It all happened so fast.

The anesthesiologist had just barely given me my epidural and 15 minutes later I had Stew. The epidural wasn’t fully in effect yet… but it was working enough to at least take the edge off.

Me and the little man are doing great… and I’m glad to finally be home. Evie so far is still very excited about her new little brother. Although, we’ll see how she does when Grandma Patsy goes home. It’s been like Disneyland for her these past few days with Grandma.

And of course I'll be posting more pictures as the days go on.

Baby Update

Clearly, no baby yet. But my doctor wants to induce me on October 16th if he doesn't come on his own by then. Yay! So, 2 weeks or less and will have the little guy here. I'm kind of hoping he comes this weekend. I'm not going to be doing much other than watching General Conference, so I might as well be watching TV in a hospital bed.