EXHAUSTED

Kolbe is completley exhausted. He plays so hard at his grandma's every now and then he needs a nap!

Rylee Hall

Our Newest Arrival

First of all sorry it has taken me so long to update my blog. I have been under the wether for awhile and I am finally feeling normal and healthy. Well as you all know I was also on bed rest from about January til the baby was born. That was a long 2 months. On March 7th 2009 Rich and I headed to the hospital, i was having contractions, by about 9:00 am the dr broke my water and we were on our way. Ohh i couldn't wait to find out what we were having. well the contractions got harder and more painful, so about 11:00 they gave me the epidural! that is when you are supposed to feel no pain and be really relaxed. well I had the worst pain in my neck and my head. I felt it immediatley after the epidural so I knew something wasn't right. well as the day went on I iced my neck and kept asking for pain meds. nothing was helping. Now it is time to deliver, once i was able to relax, I seemed to move quickly... Well at about 5:35 a baby girl was born!! yea a GIRL. we both were super excited. She came out with her little cheeks stuffed with walnuts!! they are the kind of cheeks that grandmas love to squeeze.:) Rylee weighed 8 lbs 15 oz and was 21 inches long. HUGE baby, but very healthy. well after thea baby was cleaned up and I was settled in my bed I started with the worst pain in my neck and head. I have never hurt so bad. they didn't know what it was from and why I was hurting so bad, so they kept giving me pain meds and ice. I did this til they realeased me on Monday. Well I was happy to be home but still in a lot of pain. finally about Wednesday, after Rich talked to Dr. King and I talked to my sister n law Jeanne, we figured I had a spinal headache, so I went on wednesday to have a Blood patch. I finally got some relief for the day! In the meantime, the baby was jaundice so we had to keep taking her back to have her blood checked. (what a week from h--) Thank goodness for family!! everyone was so great to help me and the baby out and for Jenny Hall to take my other kids for the whole weekend so I could have some peace and quit!! I ended up having two blood patches, MRI, and a CT spine. I just finally had to take more pain meds and just try and go to sleep and rest. That really helped and I was on my way of recovery!! Now that it has been 6 weeks. I feel like we are back on routine and can try and get cought up on things. Not to mention in betweeon all of this drama we are trying to sell our house YIKES!! Rylee is doing well, the kids absolutley love her, They are good helpers. Here are some photos of Rylee