Wednesday, October 26, 2011
So Many Adventures
Berlyn has just been a busy bee :) She went on her first jog with mommy and daddy the other day in the jogging stroller :) She loves to be outside and she likes the bounce of being in the stroller.
She also sat in her BUMBO for the first time :) Look at that cute little girl!
AND....She rolled over 4 times yesterday from her tummy to her back! and of course I didn't get any of them on camera. Every time I got the camera ready she got stage fright....so we will keep trying to get it on camera to put up here :) I am so proud of her. Not only has she been rolling over, she now gives us big gummy smiles and talks to us with her little coo sounds. She can do push-ups with her arms while on her tummy. She is getting so big already! I can't believe it.
Berlyn's Baby Blessing
On October 9th, 2011 Berlyn was given a priesthood blessing by her daddy at church. Bear's parents came down for the weekend to see Berlyn on her special day. In addition, a lot of our extended family and friends came to support us....My parents, Wayne and Martha Crismon, Tom and Marci Crismon, Paul and Cheryl Reynolds, John and Erica Crismon, Scott and Lindsey Crismon, Denny and Sandy Hassell, Chad and Janna Hassell, Seth Hassell, Talor and Sabrina Hassell, Michelle Moore, Cameron and Ashley, and of course everyone's kids :) (I hope I'm not forgetting anyone :(...) We had invited Wayne (Bear's grandpa), Denny (my grandpa), my dad, bear's dad, and my brother Talor to be in the circle and participate in the blessing. Bear did such a wonderful job and gave the sweetest blessing. He blessed Berlyn to be strong and healthy physically, but also spiritually. He blessed her to be able to withstand temptation from Satan. He blessed her to know how much her mother (me) loves her and that I will do anything for her (this is where I started balling....and Bear too- He loves me :). He also blessed her to be able to find a husband that will take her to the temple to be sealed for time and all eternity. Of course there was a lot more too it, but I cannot write all of it. Man he did such a great job and I love him so much.
Our little girl was so gorgeous. She was blessed in the dress that my mother made for me to be blessed in when I was a baby. We love you Berlyn!
First Bath
Back on September 26th...(yes I'm waay behind) baby Berlyn got her first real bath. Her umbilical stub finally fell off and her belly button had dried out so we could put her in water. Whoo hoo! What a glorious day not to have to worry about bumping her stub or accidentally ripping it off! She LOVED her bath (and still loves them). She got so relaxed and loved to hear mommy talk to her while she was just soakin in the tub. :) She was very wiggly though...she liked to already splash around even though she probably did not realize what she was doing. She is gonna be a great swimmer one day, takin after her momma and daddy :)
She looks so tiny! And she may have been hungry ha!
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Our Sweet Addition
Well this post is waaaay over due, but never late than neve right?
Well after being 38 weeks pregnant, 75% effaced and 3cm dialated, I wanted to GET OUR BABY OUT ALREADY! I was trying everything. My mom and I would walk around the mall for hours in hopes that it would put me into labor.....nothing. We tried black licorice (spelling?), rasberry leaf tea, more walking, foot reflexology and NOTHING was working. Our baby was being stubborn and just did not want to come into this scary world yet, so about a week and a half before she was due I went over to my sister-in-law's mom's house and had someone do some more foot reflexology and aroma therapy to hopefully jump start labor. And YES it worked. I was having mild contractions all day long, but they were not hurting yet. Finally, after having these contractions for about 7 hours I went to the hospital. They told me I was in early labor, but not in ACTIVE labor. I did have high blood pressure so they called the on call doctor (which was not my doctor) and he decided to just induce me. So they hooked up the IV, which hurt like crazy!! (never get it in the hand!) and they hooked up the pitocin and I thought I was on my way to FINALLY getting our baby out. Boy was I wrong. Well because we were there all night long I was so tired I fell asleep....which caused my body to shut down and the labor to stop. The nurse came in and told me that they were going to send me home because I was not progressing (still at 3cm dialated) and because I was not 39 weeks yet, they could not upt he pitocin. WHAT?!?! I would have been 39 weeks the next day and they still could not up it?!? I got the IV for nothing.....and now I was twice as puffy because of all that fluid in me.
Well Dr. Beck felt bad because they were sending me home so he told me he would schedule an induction when I was 39 weeks (which was actually only the next day!). I was scheduled to come back in the next day(Monday August 29th) at 7:30am. They told me to call first to make sure they had a room for me. Well that night a nurse called me and told me they would just call me when a room opened up because they were so busy. I had to WAIT and WAIT and WAIT for them to call me. I was getting so anxious. I really just wanted to hold our baby in my arms.Well Monday came and left and no call yet. Tuesday morning Bear left for school at about 6:30 am because we still had not heard from the hospital. At 7:30 that morning I was woken up by a call from the hospital saying to come in! Whoo hoo! I called Bear and told him to turn around and meet me at the hospital because we were going to have this baby! I called my mom and she met us there as well.
When I arrived at the hospital, I checked in an Dr. Beck came by and said once they got me hooked up he would come in and break my water so they could not send me home this time. :) I was a happy girl. I got checked in and they took us to our labor and delivery room. I was getting nervous now. It was finally happening and I didn't know what to expect. I hadn't taken any child birth classes and was just goin to wing it. They gave me my IV in the wrist this time and it did not hurt one bit...thank goodness! My nurse, Mary, hooked up the pitocin around 9am and I was still at 3cm dialated, so we just had to wait....Around 11am or so Dr. Beck came in and broke my water. I still could not feel any of my contractions, so I waited to get my epidural. I wanted to at least feel some to know what they felt like. After only like 2 contractions I got my epidural ha. This was like 12 or 12:30pm. That did not hurt at all! and I couldn't feel a thing again. My nurse checked me and I was still dialated to 3cm. Around 2pm she checked me again and I was at 5cm. Whoo hoo progress! She brought in the peanut pillow and put it between my legs. She said it was supposed to cut hours off of labor and boy was she right. Only an hour later at 3:15pm she checked me and I was at 9.5cm and it as time to push. My first push she saw baby's hair and said we should probably call the doctor in now. (They don't call the doctor in right away because some girls don't push as good and it takes forever and doctors don't like to come in too early). Dr.Beck came in and was only there about ten to fifteen minutes. Only seven pushes and baby was out and I didn't have to have an episiotomy! I did tear a tiny bit and had two stitches, but not bad at all. She was born at 3:31pm on Tuesday August 30th 2011. Only 6.5 hours of labor. Once she was out I said, "She made that way too easy I could do this again!" Ha.
Once she was out Dr. Beck cleaned her off a little and had Bear cut the umbilical cord. They wrapped her up and put her in my arms and thats when the tears started to flow...Oh my gosh it was an overwhelming feeling of happiness. How did this baby grow inside me and just pop out?!?! What a miracle it really was. She was beautiful! The nurses asked us what her name was and I looked at Bear and we decided her name would be Berlyn Michelle Behrmnn. Michelle is after Bear's mom.
After I had my chance to hold her and bond with her they took her and weighed her. We all guessed she would be about 7.5 to 8 lbs. We were wrong...she was only 6.5 lbs. Teeny teeny and we did not expect all that hair! She was about 20 inches long and as cute as can be. When they were weighing her she was screaming and I said her name and she instantly stopped. She knew momma's voice and stopped to hear what I had to say. :) Man oh man was I in love.
Well the rest of the hospital stay was crazy. We were there two LONG nights with nurses coming in every few hours. I just wanted to go home and get our lives started together. When we finally brought baby home that is when it actually hit me. I'm a MOM and this little baby depends on me to feed her and change her and help her grow. Amazing feeling to know that someone needs you that much, that if you just let her be she would die. I love knowing that she NEEDS me. Everyone wants to be needed at some point. Being a mom is the best ever along with being a wife. I love my little family and would not trade this for anything!
Look at all that hair! :)
Well after being 38 weeks pregnant, 75% effaced and 3cm dialated, I wanted to GET OUR BABY OUT ALREADY! I was trying everything. My mom and I would walk around the mall for hours in hopes that it would put me into labor.....nothing. We tried black licorice (spelling?), rasberry leaf tea, more walking, foot reflexology and NOTHING was working. Our baby was being stubborn and just did not want to come into this scary world yet, so about a week and a half before she was due I went over to my sister-in-law's mom's house and had someone do some more foot reflexology and aroma therapy to hopefully jump start labor. And YES it worked. I was having mild contractions all day long, but they were not hurting yet. Finally, after having these contractions for about 7 hours I went to the hospital. They told me I was in early labor, but not in ACTIVE labor. I did have high blood pressure so they called the on call doctor (which was not my doctor) and he decided to just induce me. So they hooked up the IV, which hurt like crazy!! (never get it in the hand!) and they hooked up the pitocin and I thought I was on my way to FINALLY getting our baby out. Boy was I wrong. Well because we were there all night long I was so tired I fell asleep....which caused my body to shut down and the labor to stop. The nurse came in and told me that they were going to send me home because I was not progressing (still at 3cm dialated) and because I was not 39 weeks yet, they could not upt he pitocin. WHAT?!?! I would have been 39 weeks the next day and they still could not up it?!? I got the IV for nothing.....and now I was twice as puffy because of all that fluid in me.
Well Dr. Beck felt bad because they were sending me home so he told me he would schedule an induction when I was 39 weeks (which was actually only the next day!). I was scheduled to come back in the next day(Monday August 29th) at 7:30am. They told me to call first to make sure they had a room for me. Well that night a nurse called me and told me they would just call me when a room opened up because they were so busy. I had to WAIT and WAIT and WAIT for them to call me. I was getting so anxious. I really just wanted to hold our baby in my arms.Well Monday came and left and no call yet. Tuesday morning Bear left for school at about 6:30 am because we still had not heard from the hospital. At 7:30 that morning I was woken up by a call from the hospital saying to come in! Whoo hoo! I called Bear and told him to turn around and meet me at the hospital because we were going to have this baby! I called my mom and she met us there as well.
When I arrived at the hospital, I checked in an Dr. Beck came by and said once they got me hooked up he would come in and break my water so they could not send me home this time. :) I was a happy girl. I got checked in and they took us to our labor and delivery room. I was getting nervous now. It was finally happening and I didn't know what to expect. I hadn't taken any child birth classes and was just goin to wing it. They gave me my IV in the wrist this time and it did not hurt one bit...thank goodness! My nurse, Mary, hooked up the pitocin around 9am and I was still at 3cm dialated, so we just had to wait....Around 11am or so Dr. Beck came in and broke my water. I still could not feel any of my contractions, so I waited to get my epidural. I wanted to at least feel some to know what they felt like. After only like 2 contractions I got my epidural ha. This was like 12 or 12:30pm. That did not hurt at all! and I couldn't feel a thing again. My nurse checked me and I was still dialated to 3cm. Around 2pm she checked me again and I was at 5cm. Whoo hoo progress! She brought in the peanut pillow and put it between my legs. She said it was supposed to cut hours off of labor and boy was she right. Only an hour later at 3:15pm she checked me and I was at 9.5cm and it as time to push. My first push she saw baby's hair and said we should probably call the doctor in now. (They don't call the doctor in right away because some girls don't push as good and it takes forever and doctors don't like to come in too early). Dr.Beck came in and was only there about ten to fifteen minutes. Only seven pushes and baby was out and I didn't have to have an episiotomy! I did tear a tiny bit and had two stitches, but not bad at all. She was born at 3:31pm on Tuesday August 30th 2011. Only 6.5 hours of labor. Once she was out I said, "She made that way too easy I could do this again!" Ha.
Once she was out Dr. Beck cleaned her off a little and had Bear cut the umbilical cord. They wrapped her up and put her in my arms and thats when the tears started to flow...Oh my gosh it was an overwhelming feeling of happiness. How did this baby grow inside me and just pop out?!?! What a miracle it really was. She was beautiful! The nurses asked us what her name was and I looked at Bear and we decided her name would be Berlyn Michelle Behrmnn. Michelle is after Bear's mom.
After I had my chance to hold her and bond with her they took her and weighed her. We all guessed she would be about 7.5 to 8 lbs. We were wrong...she was only 6.5 lbs. Teeny teeny and we did not expect all that hair! She was about 20 inches long and as cute as can be. When they were weighing her she was screaming and I said her name and she instantly stopped. She knew momma's voice and stopped to hear what I had to say. :) Man oh man was I in love.
Well the rest of the hospital stay was crazy. We were there two LONG nights with nurses coming in every few hours. I just wanted to go home and get our lives started together. When we finally brought baby home that is when it actually hit me. I'm a MOM and this little baby depends on me to feed her and change her and help her grow. Amazing feeling to know that someone needs you that much, that if you just let her be she would die. I love knowing that she NEEDS me. Everyone wants to be needed at some point. Being a mom is the best ever along with being a wife. I love my little family and would not trade this for anything!
Look at all that hair! :)
First family picture.
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