Happy Girl

Here are some pictures I wanted to share that I took of Eve yesturday. She had just woke up and fed and I layed her down to get some quick stuff done. I came back to find her having a great time kicking around. It is great to see her smiling and laughing and starting to show her personality. In her awake time, between feedings, she just has a great time.

One Month Old

Yesurday, Eve turned one month old. It is hard to imagine how fast the time has gone. I guess time flies when sleep deprieved. It is amazing how much she has changed already. She now weighs around 8 lbs and is about 1/2 an inch longer. In the past week she has started to make all kinds of noises and is able to amuse herself. She likes to spend a little time of her blanket doing her little punches and kicks, well only about 20 minutes until she wants to be held. She continues to be such a blessings to us both.

Thank You Mom

This past month, We have been so blessed in many ways. One major one was having my mother here with us since June 6th until today. I can not tell you all how grateful I was to have her here and can not imagine going through everything without her. There is no better gift I could have gotten for Eve than her presence which was good for us both. I could not have had a better person to teach me to be a mother than my mother who has done so much for me and my siblings through the years. Here are some pictures of Eve and her Grammy. Thanks Mom for more than we could ask for.





Doesn't she look too young to be a Grandma!

Baby Dedication

This past Sunday, Eve had her baby dedication at our church. We did it this early because both of my parents were here and it was nice to have them here for this. The pastor held her in front of the congregation and she showed everyone her lung strength. After the service, we had mine and his family over here for a picnic. It was a nice time and we were grateful to show everyone how dedicated we are to raise our little girl up in the way of the Lord. Here are some pictures from the event.

My First Week

Here are some of the many exciting things that we and Eve got to experience during her first week home from the hospital.

On Friday we took Eve to the local hospital to be reevaluated for her Jaudice. The doctor thought it would go down and really be no issue, but her numbers shot up, so she needed to spend almost all her time with the belly-rubin blanket to help it go down. She had to go in and get her heel pricked everyday until Monday when it finally went down enough to go off the blanket. We are glad she has healed and no longer have to go in.

On Sunday, she got to experience her first Father's day. Her dad had the priviledge of getting up and taking her to the hospital bright and early for the test before church. Then we went to church and Tyler held her the whole time and looked very proud. He won the newest father award and a package of diapers. After church we had some of his family over for lunch and then they got to bring us over a refridgerator from his grandparents rental after our died that night. Tyler got to spend the whole day at home with us which was great because now it is harvest and we barely see him.

On Monday me and Mom and Aunt Natalie had to take Eve to her first doctor's appointment. We were so happy to learn that she had not lost weight since she left the hospital but actually gained about 7 onces. She let the doctor pock and test her and did not cry at all. We then took her all around town as we had to run errands. She slept through almost all the trips and the longness of the day took more of a toll on me than her.

Yesturday we gave her her first bath. It was

supposed to be a sponge bath since her cord had not fallen off yet. She was ok sitting in the tub before the water started to make her cold and wet. As most babies she pretty much just screamed the whole time. As I was trying to warm her up afterwards she did the honor of peeing all over me and the towel. Good thing she is so adoreable because who could be mad at that face, especially like the one at the top.

That's what we did her first week home without the details of the feeding, sleeping, and pooping which happens all the time. Tyler did begin to cut our wheat on Sunday and will be busy doing that for the next week or so. I am blessed to have my mom here to help me out and be here when Tyler can not be here to help at all. Its nice to have some one throughout the day to keep me company and sane.

Here's Eve!

Here is our newest arrival, Miss Eve Elaine Rider. She was born on June 12 at 11:41am after four long hours of pushing and the help of some forceps. She was also sunny-side up which helped to further delay her entrance and helped solidify her name (as she cause me great labor pains like the original Eve did for all us women). Considering all that, she only has a small bruise on her forhead and a really nice shaped head. She scored an 8/9 on her tests and has been a great baby. Everyone seems to not be able to believe all the hair she has on her head. She has very dark eyes which aren;t brown yet but probably will be. She weighed 7lb and 4 oz and is 20 and 3/4 in long. We were able to come home from the hospital yesturday and it has taken me some time to post about this. I had some major tearing from the birth and have some difficulty getting about. People keep asking if I had a c-section because of the way I am moving, which is slow. Please keep her in her prayers as today we found out she has some jaudice. It is fairly normal but they are bringing a special light for her to be under tonight and has even more tests in the moring. It should be fine but as new parents it is still a worry. Here are some more pictures to share.

We are so in Love!

Still Here...

Well I just wanted to update you that I am still sitting here pregnant. I know that I am not due until Saturday, but at this point a girl can hope. Plus my mom wanted me to wait till when she is almost here and that is Wed. so I keep telling the baby that she can come now. In the past few days we have decided on a name finally (but I'm not telling because I don't want to jinx it) and Tyler has the bathroom essentially done and the house is clean. I feel like I am sitting around waiting. I've been going on short walks and making sure I've read all I need and checking for signs of labor, which have really been none, not even a braxton-hicks contraction in a few days. We will have to see.