Knudsen Corner: October 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

3 weeks and SNOW!

Lydia was so excited that it snowed, and we were so excited that she finally knows what snow is and that she was excited for it (ha ha ha!) Anyways we got her all ready and out she went for about an hour...we literally had to drag her in!

Trying to figure out how mittens work!

Yeah...SNOW!

Also Audrey is officially 3 weeks...yes I am one of those parents and I am so excited that I will most likely post every week until she gets a little bigger!

She is still such a dream baby. She sleeps so well, 4 hr naps in the day and 6 hrs at night and who are we kidding she is just so mellow. The only time I hear her cry is after baths when I am changing her into her clothes...It almost weirds me out to hear her cry cause it happens so rarely! Anyways I absolutely love her and have felt like she just became apart of our family so seamlessly!

My little Auddy!

Trunk or treat in the old Sunridge Ward!

My parents ward did their Trunk-or-Treat on Tuesday night so we got Liddy all ready to make her costume debut! I must say that I think her costume turned out darling...especially considering that I made it (ha ha ha, I am not that talented when it comes to sewing!) Anyways she was a little nervous at first and wanted to eat or hold all the candy she got in her hand but by the end she got the hang of it.

It was also way fun to see a lot of people from the ward that I grew up in, it was a little weird to see kids that I babysat that are in high school though. Who are we kidding didn't I just barley graduate... 10 years ago (ha ha ha!) Anyways gotta love the good old Sunridge/4th ward!

Jesse the Cowgirl!

Ok cowboy!

Another Jesse...they even had matching buckets!

Once Grandpa found Lid we didn't see her again all night, they were inseparable!

She was so excited to get Tinker belle painted on her face!

It started snowing so we did the trunk or treat in the halls of the church...this is while we were waiting!

Jesse and a frog...otherwise known as Nana!

Annual Hardman Park City Mini Vacay!

My parents get their condo in park city every year at the Marriott mountain side. It is such a nice little get away and so nice to be so close to home still. We did a lot of shopping, playing, arcades, pool and hanging out in the hot tubs. Lydia was pretty much our entertainment which is fun, and it was a blast to hang out with my brothers and parents! We are already looking forward to next year!

The condo!

Liddy and Grandpa

The weather was a little nippy but it was still a lot of fun

Running up the little rivers

The Crew (Minus Tyler)

My little dare-devil...she wanted to jump off the rocks over and over again!

Our family...yes I know I am huge still!

Liddy and Daddy playing on the snowmobile arcade

Riding in style!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

2 weeks!

Well Audrey is officially 2 weeks old. We went to the doctor on Tuesday and it was quite the adventure. Two kids, two flu shots, and one PKU test amongst weighing, measuring and lot's of poking and prodding (ha ha ha!)

Anyways here are Audrey's stats

Weight 8 lbs 10 oz-60th percentile

Height 21 3/4 "-60th percentile

Head size 37 cm-75th percentile

Dr. Boettger says she is looking good, she passed all the many tests and questions that they ask (ha ha ha!) We have been so lucky she is such a good baby, she eats, poops and sleeps like a champ and really she is just such a mellow sweet little thing! Lydia loves her to death and aside from trying to give her high five all the time, she absolutely adores her baby sister and is actually quite protective of her.

Audrey with Nana

She loves her swing!

Liddy after dance, waiting for dinner and her favorite "Daddy!"

She can't wait for Chris to get home each night

Audrey is definitely filling out, especially in the cheek area!

Lydia has been spending a lot of time outside with Che' since the weather is so nice, really we can hardly get her back inside.

Washing her hands in che's water...poor che.

Audrey Loves her baths, she tries to snuggle down as low into the water as she can!

My little snuggle bug!

More of my earth child sitting in the dirt!

Love this little munchkin.

Gotta Love the Witches!

After we got home from the hospital my parents volunteered to take Lydia for the day and give Chris and I a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep. They took her to her new favorite place...yes gardner village again! And yes she loved it like it was the first time (ha ha ha!)

Liddy and Nana

She loved the petting zoo

Get back here!

Love the outfit, red cowboy boots, witch hat and riding a pony!

Ok Cowboy!

Thanks mom and dad, you guys are the best!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Knudsen Party of 4!

*** Side note-Chris and I finally came to an agreement on the name on Sunday night...I got my name that I had loved from day one! He did pick the middle name

Audrey Lynn Knudsen

So Monday I rushed to get the name all completed so she would come home to a finished nursery!

Well I can hardly believe it but my little Audrey is already a week old. I know it sounds weird but where does the time go? I am going to tell the birthing story so for those of you who don't want all the details feel free to just look at the pictures, I need to record it for my own purposes so I never forget that amazing experience!

For starters I knew that I was going to be induced on the 5th, but it was a bit of a waiting game. We had to call in at 6:00 am and find out when we would come in. My doctor had prepared me that I may not get called in until later that day. Luckily when I called in at 6:00 they said they want you here by 7:15 am (Yay for me, not so yay for Chris and Liddy!) We ended up making it there more like 8:15 due to trying to get my sleepy heads out of bed (ha ha ha!)

We finally made it to the hospital and they got me all checked into our room and set up on the patocin right away. Then came the contractions...I have a love hate relationship with contractions, yes I know they are good but when they cause pain I am a total baby. At 12:30 my doctor came in a broke my water, which it turns out my sac is made of steal, she worked for like 20 minutes to get it to finally break and when it did it was a very small trickle. Anyways by about 1:00 the contractions were starting to get more consistent and some what painful so I called for my epidural (ya I think I only had to endure two painful one's before I said bring on the good stuff doc!) Anyways once they gave me my epidural it slowed my contractions way down so they upped my patocin which in turn caused my contractions to go into overdrive and never stop. Luckily I couldn't feel them, but when you felt my stomach it was a giant knot. So they then slowed the patocin which slowed my contractions.

We thought for sure we would have this baby by about 3:00 so we were calling my mom non stop telling her to hurry up from work and get here. Only to have to wait quite a bit longer before she finally decided to make her debut. My doctor came in at about 5:00 and decided to check for the position of the baby because for some reason she wasn't decending into the canal at all. My doctor realized that she was in a weird position because she could feel the back of the baby's neck and not the top of her head. Also in the process all of my water decided to come gushing out. At this point the doctor had the nurse put me into some pretty weird positions to try to get the baby to turn. After about an hour of that my contractions were getting very consistent and they put the monitor into me that tells ya how strong they were and they were strong. The only problem was at this point every time I had a contraction the baby's heart rate would drop from 150 to about 90 which meant she was in distress and wasn't getting enough oxygen.

My doctor came in a prepped me for the fact that they may need to conduct a c-section, which at this point I didn't care how this baby got here so long as she was safe and sound so I was all for it. She also had the nurse put me on oxygen, pump water back into my belly to hopefully give the baby more room to turn and manuever in and then they put me a very strange position all in hopes that she would turn and I could deliver her normally. Finally at about 8:30 my doctor came in and said let's have ya push and just see if she has turned or is moving down the canal at all. One push and she was able to tell that I was going to be able to deliver this baby normal after all. She called off the emergency c-section and we started pushing. 20 minutes later out came our beautiful Audrey Lynn. She was born posterior which means face up, which I guess causes for some really intense labor (luckily I got induced, and luckily I had an epidural. So I didn't know the difference but I was sure glad to have her here safe and sound!

She was born 7 lbs 12 oz (Lydia was 7 lbs 11 oz) and Audrey was 20 1/2 inches long (Liddy was 21 1/2)

She has dark curly hair, long fingers and toes and is an absolute angel. She has seriously been the best baby ever, I don't know what I did right because she sleeps, poops and eats like a champ and is cuddly and so sweet. I have to say that she definitely brings an amazing spirit into our home.

Also Lydia has done much better than I expected. She has started saying "NO" a lot more often, but she is sweet and loving to Audrey. When she holds her she calls her "sweet heart!" I love my daughters and feel so blessed to have them in my life!