The arrival of our Miracle!

Ok, I have been slowly writing it all down, and spending any free time getting the story together. Here goes:
William Powell Barker
On Tuesday, September 1, we checked into the hospital at 9:30 am. The doctor showed up at 10:45 and broke my water, which immediately sent me into more severe of contractions. Who knew that what I was feeling before that wasn’t severe! I really wanted to go as long as I could without an epidural just to say that I had, but at 11:30 I caved and asked to “quickly” be given one! I was terrified to receive it, because of my fear of needles, but after the sharp prick to numb my back, the rest was extremely bearable! The next 8 ½ hours were a piece of cake and I even sent Sean home to take a nap and just hang out!
At about 7:45 pm the nurse came in to inform me that if I hadn’t made any more progress by 9 pm they were going to take me in for a C-section. This worried me because I had not been mentally preparing for one, but decided I had an hour and 15 min to do so. No sooner had the nurse stepped out of the room, and I started feeling sharp pains in my back. I beeped the nurse to come back because of my pain, but she took 25 more minutes to show up. After paging the anesthesiologist, I received 3 more shots into my epidural line of a stronger drug to kill the pain. I had just spent 30 minutes experiencing the worst pain of my life.
At 9 pm the nurses rushed into the room, got Sean changed for the O.R. and hurried me away. It went so quick it is almost a blur. Once in the O.R. they started setting up for the C-section, as Sean prepped his camera skills! Little did we know he wouldn’t be using them. My epidural wouldn’t take in the area from my bellybutton to my hips, although everything else from my neck to my toes were numb. After having a total of 7 shots into my epidural line, there was no numbing me, and they informed us they would be putting me to sleep, which meant Sean had to leave.
30 minutes later I woke up in the recovery room to nurses telling me all the stats of the baby.
6 lbs 12 oz
21 inches long
blond curly hair!!
Born at 10:08 pm
Shortly after the nurse brought in my baby boy, and asked me to feed him. Everything went great. The baby and I seemed to make a great pair! But all of a sudden, he stopped feeding and went purple/grey in color all over his body. The nurse snatched him up and ran from the room. I was left all alone wondering what was happening. About 5 minutes later another nurse stepped in and informed me that he had stopped breathing, but he had been doing abnormal things like that the whole day while I was in labor. Nobody had told me.
As it turns out, Will had his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck 5 times, and as he started to descend during labor, it would get tighter and tighter. Apparently my baby has a reason for being on this earth and knew how to get himself here. Stay in the belly! If we had not done the unplanned C-section, the doctor’s say he most likely would not have made it through delivery.
I am so grateful for my strong little baby and everything he did to be here with our family. He has been such a blessing and will continue to bring everyone around us closer and closer together!

The nursery

I have finally finished the Nursery. It was a LOT of hard work, but well worth it in the end. It turned out great and will be something that will grow with him as he gets older!


Here are some pictures:

This one is just of the shelf and all of the bins. I got so bored on Maternity Leave that I put vinyl labels on all the bins!

The shelf (before it was full) and the changing table. We also put up curtains. They are a light green color!

The crib, glider chair, and the horrible, time consuming, back aching, painted wall! It ended up not being what I started out with the intention of, but I think it works all the same!

We got ALL of the furniture at Yard Sales this summer, so they started out as mis-matched odds and ends. Luckily my brother-in-law was nice enough to spray them all black for us so that they look brand new and they look cohesive! Thanks Trev!

Swimming at Grandma and Grandpas!

Today I went swimming at my parents house! Heather and the kids were there, as well as some neighbors. It's not a huge pool, but it sure is fun to have EVERYONE in the pool at once!

Here are some fun pictures

Grandpa got in a water fight with Dakota!
Grandma would empty the pool of all the toys, and Dakota kindly put all of them back in!

We are horrible people.....bribing a 1 year old with DP so that she would walk for us!

The girls hanging out with their legs in the pool!

She didn't want to get in the pool, but wanted to play with the water.

Being "got" by Grandpa!

Marley swimming on her own. What a great kicker!

Not sure what she is doing here

Marley was helping Grandpa clean the pool

Hendrix's first time jumping on the tramp with the sprinkler under it. At first he stood on the side and kept saying "i don't like it" until I told him that he could jump around it. Once he got wet he started yelling "I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT"

Dakota got water in her mouth!

Marley loved being "got" by the aligator

Marley did really well swimming around the pool with the water wings on. Not even Dakota would swim without a ring floaty

They were in a boat fight

Haha, apparently the adults needed the ring floaties too! Aren't Heather and I so cute? The aligator hides my belly!

Hendrix just watched a lot of the time. Unless Grandpa was in the water, he didn't really want to be in.

Dakota hung out on the ladder most of the time!

It was a lot of fun to hang out with everyone, even though there was A LOT of screaming from the kids! Grandma kept telling them that there was no screaming aloud in the pool. About 3 minutes later, Hendrix squirted her with a water toy and she screamed. Haha, "There's no screaming in the pool Grandma"

Baby Shower!

Last night mom and Heather threw me a baby shower down in Pleasant Grove. It was great to see all the family and friends that I had not seen in forever.

Here are some pictures!

Marley LOVES Rachel

The sweats from Gram and Grandpa....So cute!

Is this not the most precious thing ever? It even has a matching blanket. Rachel is so crafty!

Can't have enough sleepers!

Mom always took pictures while I was laughing or talking....so attractive huh?

Marley REALLY ENJOYED her chocolate fountain!

The yummy food!!!

Heather was the one in charge of the games!

Do I look hot and uncomfortable yet?!?

Everyone filling out the games!!

Long Time

Wow, it has been a LONG time since I have posted or even been on my blog. I can't believe I went this long without it.

Since the last post, of course we found out what we are having. We are having a baby BOY!! Sean and I are so excited, and things are slowly but surely getting all put together for his arrival. We are naming him William Powell Barker, after Sean's grandfather who past away a year ago. We know he will live up to the amazing name!

I am hoping to be induced on the 20th of August, so I have just about 4 weeks left. Crazy to think about being a mom so soon.

Oh, for those of you Utah County people, My mom and sister are throwing a baby shower this Saturday at 6pm at my parents house. I would love for all of you to be there, so I can see and catch up with you! If you want to come, let me know and I will give you all the info.

I miss you all, and I will be on a lot more often, PROMISE!

Tag- your it! Here's what ya do:

Go to 6th photo file.
Pull out 6th picture.
Blog about it.


This picture was taken during Sean and my dad's birthday dinner last year (2008) This is my niece Dakota. It is funny to look at it now, because She doesn't look the same AT ALL anymore. it is crazy how the kids grow so fast. It seems like just yesterday I was holding her in the hospital the day she was born, and now she will be 2 years old next Saturday. I hope that my baby doesn't grow up so fast...it makes me feel old!

2 MORE DAYS!!

Oh yeah, and we only have 2 more days until we find out the sex of the baby!!

I want to hear everyone's predictions. Comment and tell me what you think. I will let you guys know Thursday evening!!