Sunday, October 28, 2012

Catch Up!

Happy Halloween!  So this post is catch up for the last 2 months :)  Enjoy!
Bumble Bee Lydia and Skeleton Wesley:)
Halloween Party with Wesley's play group
This picture still makes me laugh!! So we decided to take the kids on a walk the other day and it was freezing out.  Well, Lydia hates her car seat so I thought I would try her out in her little snow suit but it is a size 3-6 months and ended up being huge on her.  In this picture it looks like she is frozen in place but she is so tiny her arms are barley in the sleeves...the look on her face though is priceless!....Don't worry, I took her out and put her in her car seat and it was a good thing because on the way home it started snowing.


Carving his first pumpkin!
Hill Air Force Museum....Wesley's new obsession, planes!
Love the fall colors


Love this picture of Lydia, so pretty:)
Cousins!

Herriman Canyon
Wesley' and his friend Natalie, they are so cute together!


On this day Wesley said "Hold you baby" it was so cute, it was the first time he  really paid any attention to Lydia
1 month old

Happy 28th to me:)...We actually got to go out on a real date because my mom was in town watching the kids!  Love you Mom!


Hoagle Zoo
Grammy to the rescue! It was so great having my mom here right after Lydia was born!

Lydia's 1 month Photo Shoot














Thursday, September 27, 2012

Lydia's Birth Story

A couple of days before Lydia was born I was so miserable.  My hips were achy, my back felt like it was going to break, and I was just down right grumpy 24/7.  So when Wednesday arrived I thought to myself, ok let's start doing all the tricks to get this baby out!  That day I picked up my sister Crystal from BYU and took her grocery shopping.  After, we got lunch and I ordered something extra spicy.  That evening after dinner, we went on a walk that was over an hour and I pushed the stroller the entire time, even up the hills:) After cleaning the entire house, I went to bed. 

I honestly didn't think that I was going to have a baby the next day but at 3:15am I felt a POP!  I wasn't quite sure if it was my water breaking so I got up and went to the bathroom but nothing seemed to come out.  So I went back to bed.  As I was laying there, I just thought that it had to be my water so I got back up and what do you know?....it was like Niagra Falls, water all over the bed and floor!  Ryan wasn't so hastey to get out of bed this time around, so he continued sleeping while I sat on the toilet letting the water drain.  I called the midwife and she said to labor at home as long as I felt ok but after about an hour and a half the contractions got intense so we headed in. 

When we got to the hospital it had been 2 hours since my water broke and I was already dialated to a 4.  About an hour later I was a 5 and I received an epidural.  Now that the pain was gone the time flew by and an hour had passed.  The nurses did a shift change and when the new nurse came in she couldn't get a reading on the baby's heartbeat, so she decided to check me.  When she checked she said "no wonder I can't get a reading,  her head is right there and you are ready to push!"  Wow, already to push after only 4 hours of labor!  Unfortunately the midwife wasn't at the hospital yet so I had to hold her in for another 20 minutes.  But once she arrived with a couple of pushes, Lydia was born!

I couldn't have asked for a smoother labor & delivery.  The one major problem following the birth was that I got a spinal headache that lasted the following week, but Lydia was strong and healthy so that was the most important part.  We love our little girl and we are so glad she is finally here!











Lydia Dawn Isakson

Introducing our beautiful baby girl....
Lydia Dawn Isakson
August 23, 2012
6lbs 9oz
20 inches
7:32 am
 
 

Last outing before baby

The Saturday before Lydia was born, we went on our last family outing up to Cascade Springs.  It's a beautiful little hike and it's pretty mild.  Here are some pictures of the springs!