Quinn the Mighty is living up to his name. The nurses all comment on how strong his legs are when they are trying to draw blood. Between being a kicker and having huge feet, maybe he'll be a runner with his daddy. We still need to go buy him a little jogging outfit. If anyone is dying to buy Quinn a present, he wants a red Adidas retro warm-up suit.

Here he is!

I haven't wanted to post because we are still in the hospital and its been pretty depressing and stressful. But Baby Q is five days old already and he's too cute not to share with the world. The picture is of him on day two however. QT was born June 23rd at 8:55 pm. He was 8lbs 9 oz and 22 inches long. Big boy! I know I touted to the world that I was going to go natural, but really, no one can explain that kind of pain. They broke my water and induced me at 9am and about an hour in I asked for an epidural. However, I hear that the contractions you get with an induction are way worse than regular contractions. I had contractions the night before that I slept through-not bad at all. I pushed for 2 hours and there he was! I asked Thurm to tell me about it all because I already have blocked it out : )
The next morning I had some serious blood clotting going on so I had to be medicated for that. I don't remember that day too much either because I slept alot and passed out a few times. Poor Thurm was really worried, but by that night I was much better. And now I feel perfectly fine except for this ball of dough hanging off the front of me. I'll get right on that as soon as we get out of this hospital.
Right now little QT is in the special care unit. He has had some problems and has been tested and monitored on every part of his body it seems. They've passed him with a clean bill of health basically, except right now he can't keep his oxygen level up by himself. The doctor tells us he'll be here till Tuesday probably. Overall, he is healthy and we are really grateful that all the doctors concerns have been put to rest. We are really hoping that the oxygen problem will clear itself up in the next four days so we can take him home.
He is ADORABLE. I told Thurm I wanted the baby to be just like him, and he is. He looks just like Thurm and is super mellow. He just hangs out and looks around. Rarely cries. He has his Grandpa H's nose I think. And he has ENORMOUS hands and feet. I think the hands might be mine and the feet are Thurms. Maybe he'll be a runner! We are so attached already, its amazing how that happens. I can't imagine life without him and its only been five days. We love him so much.

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow morning they are going to induce me. I'll be 11 days overdue. Every nurse that has seen me can't believe that my doctor would let me go this long. And that actually doesn't make me feel any better to have their surprise and sympathy. It makes me feel like my doctor is a quack. But I've heard from numerous people that he is a fantastic doctor and I'm sure he is. I just think he had weekend plans and didn't want to induce me before he got back from horse back riding in Sun Valley or something.

Anyway- next blog post should be some cute pictures of the baby. Thanks for everyone's well wishes and sympathy : )

Quinn the Mighty

Baby has yet to grace us with his presence. We go to SLC today for a doctor appointment and I'll be in tears if I don't get induced today or tomorrow. I was thinking I'd go natural, but I'm so cranky right now an epidural sounds just fine.

No, no baby yet.

I'm torn between feeling scared and glad the baby hasn't come yet versus my body feeling EXHAUSTED and SO READY for the baby to come. I'm ready to be able to get out of the couch on my own, roll over in bed and not have my body rip in half, wake up in the night not because I'm in pain and need to pee, but just because baby needs to be fed (I might not feel that way in a few weeks). I'll quit complaining, but this last month really does suck like everyone told me it would.

So we moved to Pocatello the first weekend of June and then directly went to Rupert to visit Thurm's parents. I love going to Rupert because the scenery is beautiful, the food is always great, and the company makes us feel loved. Thurm's main goal was to asparagus hunt. I went with him last year and it really is hunting. You have to search for asparagus along ditch banks. To sum up the experience I quote what Thurm told me last year, "where there is one, there might be two." Exciting. He really was excited and got about 8 or 9 grocery bags full. He gave some to his family, pickled a bag, and brought the rest home. While in Rupert I found out I have some more loyal readers... so welcome Rupert Readers! : )

Saturday night we went to the new Indiana Jones movie. I liked it, thought it was fun. It was just like all the other Indiana Jones movies, far fetched. But I went into it with no expectations and thinking it might not be very good. I think sometimes a movie experience is half your current state of mind.

Yesterday we went to SLC for a doctor appointment. I'm only dilated to 1.5 cm and 50% effaced, so I think its going to be a while. We go again next Monday. Thurm also had an appointment with Utah's head of licensure-- we found out great news. Basically Idaho has a different short cut to getting a teacher's license than Utah. But we found out that in the last couple weeks Utah has adopted the same program as Idaho. So he'll kill two birds with one stone!!! Its going to save us 2 years of classes and tuition to get his Utah license. Why are we getting Idaho & Utah licenses? Because we don't know what state we'll end up in and he needs to have or be working towards his license this fall no matter where we end up. You'd think with all the education they make teachers get that they'd pay them a little better.

We also swung through Logan to visit my friend and see their new house last night. I haven't driven though that part of Idaho in 8 years since I went to school at Utah State. I forgot how beautiful it is. I wouldn't mind living in Cache Valley at all.

Thurm has had a few interviews in various towns, all of which sound lots better than Wendover : ) Not that we've hated Wendover, we haven't. My attitude really changed after I switched jobs to the school. We've made alot of friends there and have gotten involved in the community... church, scouts, school, etc. Its just that its an ugly dust bowl in the desert hours from civilization. Hard to love. But the benefits are REALLY hard to beat. So we are still WAITING (the story of my life) to get any offers. So everyone pray for us that life will turn out perfectly and we'll have no trials or hardships : ) Thanks.