2 week update!

Baby Maiya had her 2 week appointment last Thursday, and everything is going well. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce. I can't believe how time flies and how fast babies grow! She is so strong already. And she smiles at us every once in a while. She also laughs in her sleep. She has been such a joy to have in our home.

She always kicks her feet out of her sleepers like this... such a silly girl.

This was on our trip to Utah... I think she looks stressed out! Or maybe just ready to get out of the car.

old friends and new friends!

The whole clan

Lillian and Maiya

beautiful Ella

I was oh so excited that it worked out that I was able to see my dear good friend Lillian and her family while we were in Utah. They were there visiting from far away! So, it just happened to work out. I believe it was fate.

Petting Zoo

This past weekend we went up to Utah for our nieces baby blessing. It was really neat to be with all of the family and to meet baby Shaye.
While we were there we went to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Pointe. Quincey got to ride his first horse! And feed his first cow! And kiss his first chihuahua! And baby Maiya just mostly slept. But both kids did really well on the trip and we are glad to be back safely.

Friends

And then there were four......

It has now been one whole week since we have had baby Maiya in our home. And it has gone really well. I am so amazed at how natural it can be to welcome a new member into a family. (not easy, just natural.) We already just can't imagine life without her, it almost feels like she's always been there. Maiya is such a sleepy baby. She sleeps practically all of the time! We will see how long that lasts. Quincey has taken to his new sister very well. He loves to give her kisses and hold her.

Pretty in Pink

This is the face of a boy who has a brand new baby sister!

Hangin' with the guys

Quincey loves Maiya and is always trying to take care of her. Here he is offering her his drink.

Quincey loves to lay next to his sister and watch T.V.

The Details....

I have a few minutes and wanted to post the details of our experience before I forgot them all! :)

The Delivery:

Well, this kind of blows my mind, but both of my childrens births followed such a similar pattern! My water broke with Q a day before his due date at 12 pm, and with Maiya on her due date at 11:30 a.m. With both babies my water broke, but it didn't set me into labor, so I decided that maybe my body doesn't know how to do that on it's own!

So my water broke at 11:30 a.m. We got to the hospital around 1 pm. And then we waited, and waited and waited.... The nurses were so busy. She came in and asked me all of the routine questions, and then left us there for about 3 hours, then finally came in and said, " I called your doctor and he told me to get you started on Pitocin about 2 hours ago, but I just got busy." Well, at this point she checked me, and I was at 5cm dilation (which is what I was at my previous doctors visit, so no change.) Anyways... so then, she finally got me on the Pitocin, but a low dose and still no contractions, and then she came back a couple of hours later and said, sorry, I need to up your dose, I just got busy.... ANYWAYS! Just wanted you to understand that we were just waiting! So, finally my doctor came in around 6:45pm he said I was still at a 5 and he upped my dosage of the Pitocin.

Okay, now here comes the fun part... practically right after he left (About 6:55 pm) I felt my first contraction and it was strong! And then they just kept comin'. So, remembering flashbacks of Quincey's birth and how long it took to push him out I asked for the epidural. So the anesthesiologist came in and he was explaining everything to me and then all of a sudden I felt like I had to push! The nurse checked me and I was at 10 cm! So, no epidural! And then the nurses kept trying to get me to hold my pushes to wait for the doctor so that I didn't tear as much, but that was pretty much impossible. I held it off as long as I could, but then she just came! So, the nurses got to deliver my baby! And she was born at 7:25 pm. Wow! so fast! I decided that maybe it's good that my body doesn't go into labor after my water breaks, because I'd probably be having these babies on the car ride to the hospital!

All in all it was such a great experience. I loved my nurses and my doctor (who got there to finish the job up). And I just felt like everyone was concerned about our welfare (except for the waiting part that is... ;)) Most of all, I am just so grateful that Maiya and I are healthy and that the delivery went well.

The Name:

I know a lot of you have been wondering about where on earth we got the name for baby Maiya, and that is kind of a fun story. Ever since we found out we were having a girl we had been thinking about names for her and came up with Alix or Sarinna. Well, as the months went by we had many debates about them and I stopped liking them both altogether, not because they are bad names but because they just didn't seem to fit or feel right for some reason. So, I kept looking in our baby books trying to find something else and couldn't find anything... So, I packed the book in our hospital bag and decided we would know when she came.

While were waiting to go into labor (and waiting, and waiting), Geren and I hit the books... I think at that point we had decided to go with Alix and were looking for a middle name and came across Maiya... we both looked at each other and smiled and knew that was her name. This was decided about an hour before she was born. So, there you go, baby Maiya... there is no significance to your name other than it just felt right. When she was born we still hadn't found a middle name but while I had a sleepless night in the hospital, I was thinking about middle names and came up with Elizabeth. And I thought now that is a good Christian name!! (ha ha...) But really, I just love that name, so I told Geren (when I woke him up during one of my bathroom breaks at 3am.) that I knew her middle name and he said, "Oh yeah? What is it?" And I told him it was Elizabeth, and he said something like, "Okay, cool" and went back to sleep. So, there you go people! Our haphazard methods of name picking have just been revealed to you! My doctor said, well... so much for preparation! And I decided that basically defines Geren and I to a 'T' anyways... (no pun intended.)

The End

She's Here!

Well, luckily I DO have very prompt children! Maiya Elizabeth Tea was born on her due date. August 14, 2008 at 7:25pm. She was 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 19 inches long. Everything went very well and we are so glad that she is here. I will post more details later, for now enjoy these pictures of our new addition!