Update at 3 weeks!

Bailey is now 3 weeks old!!


My mom's 65th birthday was on the 18th and I made my yearly pork chop spaghetti dinner. Pork chop spaghetti was my favorite dinner my mom made and usually had her make it for me on my birthday. So ever since I moved to Reno, I have been making it on her birthday. Pete came over and we had a nice visit and even watched an episode of the Munsters my mom was in...of course Bailey and her cuteness distracted us from watching it all, I don't think mom would mind. :) Happy Birthday Mom!

Wes' parents were here for a few days which was very nice! I am so glad they were able to spend some time with their granddaughter as well as us. I hope we get to see them again soon.


This week we also asked Pete and Jen to be Bailey's Godparents. Pete is finally an uncle and is always over here spending time with Bailey so it was an obvious choice. He completely adores her, it is way too cute. She is so lucky to have him in her life!

We also asked my friend Jen who I have been best friends with since Freshman year of high school when she tripped and took me down with her during a cross country practice. I believe it was on the Chandler loop, I could be wrong though. In high school Jen was more than a best friend, she was like a sister and her parents were 2nd parents to me. She has always been there for me when I needed her and continues to be a huge support in my life and now Bailey's.
This is how we asked them....

Oh...and they both said yes :) We will baptize her in the Spring at St. Charles when I am on break.


Bailey lost her umbilical cord so we got to give her her first bath!! Yay!
She actually REALLY enjoyed it. She didn't cry until when we were about done washing her hair and she was out of the warm water...poor girl was cold.


And here are some cute pictures of the week! As you can see I had a hard time narrowing them down :)



Bailey got weighed today at the doctors and she is FINALLY above her birth weight. She is now 7 pounds 5 ounces. :)

A week in review....Bailey's 2nd week

Happy 2 weeks to our precious baby girl! I still need to fix the blocks so when you read weeks, it doesn't look like w_e_s, soon enough.

This week has been a lot easier for the most part and even more jam packed with excitement. Here are some of the highlights from this week:

Pops and Nana's visit

(the names they picked to be called :) )

My dad and Pam flew out for the day to spend with us and little miss Bailey. It was great having them spend some time with her before my brothers wedding in a couple weeks. Here are some pictures from their visit.

Wes and Bailey tried out the play mat from Uncle Spidey when they were here...
Doctor updates

Bailey gained about 6 ounces in 2 days after we got the breast feeding down. So that was great to hear. Bailey and I went in yesterday for her 2 week check up without Wes, let me just say, I give lots of respect to all the single parents because that was hard work! It took me a long time to get me and her both ready. Once I finally found an outfit I felt comfortable in and got her washed up and changed, I was proud we would be early getting out the door easily...boy was I wrong. While I was getting ready I could tell she wasn't feeling so hot, but after getting her ready she looked much better. I had her in my arms and said "aw Bailey you feel better now?" and her answer was puking all over me and her cute little purple outfit (maybe she just takes after her Grandma Vick and hates purple). I just looked down in disbelief that this was actually happening. Here's her first puking episode...many more to come in her future.I had about 5-10 min to get out the door before I was actually LATE (I hate being late...need to be early to pretty much everything). I was able to get her and I both cleaned up and changed and out the door in time to get to the doctors a few minutes early. Of course this had to happen the first day taking her out by myself.

The doctors went well. She would have probably weighed her birth weight, but from the puking right before and almost peeing all over the doctor before she got weighed, she was a bit under. With that happening she still weighed 11 ounces more than last time (5 days prior), so gaining about a pound in a week! I am so happy she is finally gaining weight. Since she DIDN'T weigh her birth weight (she DID weigh more than what she did when we left hospital), her doc wants to see her next week to check her weight. She also grew about a half inch taller since birth. Everything else looks great she said.

Mommy update

So last Wednesday I woke up and noticed I was bleeding/oozing from my incision and freaked out. I called the after hours doctor and they said to cover it with gauze and call the doctors when they opened. We ended up able to get in right after Bailey's appointment which was good. She said it looked infected, gave me antibiotics and a dressings for Wes to change daily. I was hurting so bad, it was hard to walk so Wes put me on bed rest for the day. We went back two days later and saw a different doctor who said it looked a lot better. It has actually been feeling better but after taking Bailey around by myself yesterday with all the carrying of her car seat and lifting the stroller, I am feeling a bit sore today. Wes says the incision looks better, so lets hope I don't have to deal with that anymore.

Hanging with Uncle Spidey and cousins Cade and Tessa

Bailey's cuteness

I know people will think we are lying but she is already showing us smiles! She probably doesn't know she is smiling but it is the cutest dang thing ever. Her facial expressions are the best, we are constantly staring at her and laughing at how silly she can be. Wes and her are so cute together and it puts a smile on my face every time I see them interacting.
Here are some pictures of our cute little Bailey in her 2nd week of life in this crazy world. I am already noticing her looking different and getting bigger!

And our favorite of the week...
We are looking forward to having Wes' parents in town this week!

Bailey's 1st week

We got home on Thursday afternoon which was a lot sooner than we thought since I had a c-section. Danny and Ali-Sun were there helping us at the hospital get ready to go. Ali-Sun had to leave to go home after being here for over a week. I am sooo grateful she was able to stay until Bailey was born, it truly meant a lot to me to have my sister there. When we got home, Danny came over to hang out with us for awhile before he had to drive back home, while we got settled in with Bailey. Pete of course has been over every day (except today) to see his favorite niece (his only niece..hehe). It has felt amazing to have my family around as well as the support of family who are too many miles away to be here right now. We are looking forward to having my parents come this week and Wes' parents next week.

So onto the how the baby is doing! Let me just say, this has been a week full of up's and downs, more downs than expected but ending on a wonderful up! Bailey's first night was VERY easy, not much crying and she slept for 3 hours at a time, we were so happy. I told Wes that this parenting stuff was pretty easy...boy did I speak waaaaay too soon because after that it went slowly down hill. Bailey started not sleeping at night in her bassinet, crying tons and not feeding very well. I am currently breast feeding and have been having the hardest time with it. During the days she was very happy and cried very little but feedings were horrible. I dreaded them, she fought them, I cried, and she screamed. I became very discouraged and upset with myself but told myself I wouldn't give up so soon, there had to be something I could do. It got to the point, she was not even sleeping at night at ALL! Last night she would only fall asleep on my chest, so Wes and I decided, after a 3 hour crying fit, that we would give in and let her sleep with me. She then slept for about 5 hours! We were very happy to finally get some sleep!

This morning was her first doctors appointment and she lost almost a pound :(. Hearing that was added to my already disappointment in myself. I tried hard not to cry and did pretty well until the pediatrician asked me to try and breast feed there. I did, with Bailey crying and fighting me, leaving me feeling upset, frustrated, and slightly embarrassed. The pediatrician was very good with me and my feelings and just told me she was going to make a call to the lactation consultant at the hospital since they offer free services if you delivered there. We headed over right away, back to the hospital and the same floor we lived on last week. It was fun seeing some of the nurses and them remembering us!

We went in and talked to a woman who is now one of my heroes! She asked me to try feeding and before we even started she stopped and told me what we needed to do. All we needed was a little ol' shield and viola...Bailey was a feeding champion without ANY tears or struggle! I don't think words can express how relieved and thankful I was, and still am. I no longer feel like a failure (I know, I know...I am a little hard on myself). She told us to up the fat in my diet so we get my fat content up in my milk and get her weight put back on. Now I can eat ice cream and not feel guilty!! Awesome! :). We came home and she been feeding just like she did at the hospital today. Wes and I are both all smiles today and very happy. I can now enjoy Bailey and not worry so much about what all I am doing wrong. She will be one week tomorrow so we have ended her 1st week in this crazy world on a very very happy and positive note. Let's hope I don't speak too soon and she keep us up ALL night.

Here are some pictures we have taken of her this week. Enjoy! Come back next week to see how her 2nd week of life goes.

Uncle Spidey and Bailey at the hospital the day after she was born

Uncle Danny and Bailey

Aunt Ali-Sun and Bailey

We are home sweet Bailey!!

Uncle Danny and Bailey before he went back home to Northern California

Check out those legs...looks like great legs for pole vaulting!

Nap time on the couch
Spending time with Uncle Spidey...his first time holding her. She already adores him!

She is wearing the outfit he got her

Me and Bailey

In her bouncer we just put together...she still needs to grow into it!

6 days old and going to the doctor for the first time!!
(Wes picked out the outfit)

In her swing...she still has a little growing to do. haha

In a food coma... she finally has a very full tummy!!

Me and Bailey about to update our blog for you!

...Bailey Victoria now makes THREE...

We are home and getting settled and I am finally able to finish our birth story. Every night I learn more and more about how to care for this precious baby. We just adore her so much! Here is the story of how it all went down, it is very long since it seemed a lot happened, especially towards the end of the labor. Happy reading...

Here goes....

Monday I took a half day at work because I just knew that I would not be a happy camper if I took the whole day since I was getting pretty sore and tired towards the end of the day. I got off at noon and Pete and Ali-Sun picked me up and dropped me off at home. I was sitting there feeling AWESOME and thought "I bet I could have just worked the rest of the day, I feel bad now that I am at home feeling great". Guess I spoke too soon because about 2:00 I started to get contractions. They were about 12 minutes apart, then 8 minutes, then kind of anywhere from 12-7 min apart. They started to pick up about 6 or so and became 6-4 minutes apart...sometimes consistent...sometimes not. I called Labor and Delivery at 10:30 to tell them I was about 6 min apart but wasn't for the full hour and not always totally consistent, she told me to drink water, rest, and stay home since I wasn't dilated much (only 1cm) and 50% effaced 2 days prior at another hospital visit (due to slight bleeding that was supposedly nothing). I was so exhausted, in pain, and needed to sleep since I planned to work a half day the next day. I tried to sleep and couldn't so I just stayed up, played on the computer and watched TV. By 2am I had become an exhausted, emotional, and hurting wreck and called labor and delivery again and pretty much TOLD them I was coming in, even if I had to just get something to put me to sleep (still thinking I would be at work...I must be crazy). I got Wes up and we got our stuff and headed in.

When I got there, I actually got the same BIG room we got on Saturday which was nice. They checked me and I was 4 cm dilated and 100% effaced (meaning cervix was at it's thinnest). The nurse looked at me and said "Looks like you are staying", we were in shock since we thought for sure I would be sent home. I got my IV and then we just waited. Since I was in so much pain and didn't know if I was doing the epidural or not, they gave me some other pain med which I think was one of the causes for me getting sick (I am sure the pain had something to do with it too). That finally wore off and I gave in and told them to hook me up to the epidural. My thinking behind it was that I was in so much pain, uncomfortable, and completely exhausted that by the time it was time to push...I would have nothing left in me. This ended up being a great choice later. I also wanted to SOMEwhat enjoy the experience.

I was stuck at 4cm for awhile so they decided to break my water (I think around 5:30-6am on Tuesday) and see if that would help things progress. A few hours later, dilating to only about a 4.5 or so the doctor decided to give some meds to get the cervix to dilate. I was finally dilating throughout the morning. By 1pm on Tuesday I was 10 cm!! The nurse said "You are ready to push and have this baby now!". She also thought it wouldn't take long to push her out since Bailey was so low. This was pretty crazy to hear, I became very nervous and excited while Wes called and text messaged family.

This is me seconds after I was told the great news...

The nurse, Wes, and I practiced some pushes and ended up pushing for about 30-45 minutes and then my doctor came in. She had me push and then realized that the baby's head was turned sideways in the birth canal (which is why we weren't making much progress with the pushing). Dr. tried to turn her head but she just kept turning it back. After a few more pushes, my doctor looked at the monitor and had this bad look on her face and was shaking her head. This was a different look than the happy smiling doctor I usually encounter. I think we pushed once more to see what was going on and then she told me no more pushing. Bailey's heart rate had dropped way too low, which was so scary to hear out of her mouth as well as on the monitor. They gave me oxygen to help get it to Bailey while I forced myself not to cry so our baby could get all the oxygen she needed, it was not a time to get hysterical. I looked at Wes with tears in my eyes and shook me head, we both were thinking the worst. The doctor said "we are going to do a c-section and we have to do it now". She got on the phone while nurses came in and prepped us to go to the operating room. Wes said they were so frantic that they were forgetting to pull things out of the walls and such, so he had to keep reminding them. At this point I was telling Bailey to be strong and hang in there until we got her out.

I was then rushed down the hall and around a corner and into big doors where they told Wes to wait outside until I was done being prepped. He finally came in and sat by my head in his sanitary hospital stuff, both of us with tears and worry in our eyes. I asked him to talk to me and tell me something funny. I needed to not get upset because Bailey needed me to stay strong for her. Thankfully I was already hooked up for the epidural so that meant less time to prep for the surgery. I remember looking up and it was about 2:15 when I was on all situated on the operating table getting ready. They checked to make sure the meds were in full force, I then started feeling pressure and movement and was just trying to get my mind to focus on something else. At 2:31 Wes and I heard a gurgled type cry, then a big loud cry! We both looked at each other and cried tears of relief and joy!! Our baby made it through delivery and looked amazing. Wes got to hang out with her while they cleaned her up and I was so jealous, I kept saying "I want to see Bailey!" Wes was able to bring Bailey over and sit next to my head (what a trooper he is...being a nervous wreck from the experience and carrying a brand new baby). She was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. They told Wes he had to go with Bailey to the nursery while they stitched me up. I had my eyes closed and smiling while picturing our precious baby girl.

They got me onto a bed and sent me to recovery, where I was for about 1 hour trying to sleep but having a hard time because I was so numb that I felt like I couldn't breath. I also had the worst cotton mouth EVER and had to talk the nurse into getting me some ice chips, she was my hero when she finally brought it to me! I was so excited to see Wes when he came in to visit me and he brought his phone which had a picture of Bailey!! That meant so much to me that he took a picture to show me.

At about 3:45 I was in my new room ready to hold Bailey. Sadly, I honestly don't remember holding her or feeding her...I was way too drugged up and exhausted. My brother and sister came in to see us and it took every last ounce of my energy to keep my eyes open. Wes asked the nurse to take Bailey to the nursery so that I could sleep and he could go home and feed the dog and get some things done.

Bailey Victoria Williams was born on 8-3-2010 (her due date!) at 2:31. She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was 20 inches long.

Wes' first real life diaper change (with the help of the nurse)...

We love her sooo much!