Welcome Talon!

After trying every single trick in the book to self induce labor, I got too impatient and went a head and scheduled an induction 4 days before my due date. I also induced Lex and Winter ( I guess I'm pretty impatient, huh!) so we had the whole process down. The doctor called in the order the week before, and Labor and Delivery would call me between 5 and 5:30 am on the morning of the 18th.  My mom spent the night in case they wanted us to come in right away. I woke up at 4:30 to shower and await the call. By 5 :30 I was getting anxious, but had to wait until 8 to call them. My poor kids expected to wake up and us be gone and be able to head to the hospital to meet their new baby brother.

At 8 o'clock I called them to see what was up. They said I was next to be called but there weren't any rooms, so to call back at noon if they hadn't called sooner. I really think the wait was worse than being a kid on Christmas Eve!! But they called at about 9:45 and Jon and I kissed the kids and ran out the door.

After getting checked in and changed, our cute little nurse came in to get me all set up. She checked my arm for a good vein for the iv, said I had good veins, but when she stuck me she hit a valve and spent a good amount of time and lots of pain trying to get around it, but to no avail! I have to say now that it's all over, that pain of her continuously poking the valve, and then the subsequent pain of having my blood pressure taken regularly on that arm, was worse than the contractions! I also have a massive bruise that wraps around my whole wrist even still today, a week later. Anyway, after not being able to use that vein after all, she had to use another one higher up on my hand, weird spot! And after getting the needle in, and taking a few little tubey thingys, the connection thing fell off and a geyser of my blood went spewing all over everything. Yikes! Sorry all you squeemish people! Jon just buried himself in his iPhone while this was happening.

Then we finally started the petocin at noon. I immediately started having contractions, but we upped it every half hour to get them more regular. We assumed this would all go really fast.  The nurse and doctor both agreed that rupturing my water would kick it into high gear and we'd have a baby in no time! Awesome! Well the doctor had a complication in a C-section and then a delivery that took a really long time, and since those were more of a priority, we waited. Which I am okay with, Jon and I watched "Lost" on Netflix, it was fun. Contractions started getting harder and more regular, so we went ahead and did the epidural. My anesthesiologist was amazing and so fast!

Then we just waited for the doctor. For hours! But for some weird reason I was not progressing! The week before at my appt. My Dr. had said I was at a 3+, and the nurse was telling me that I was at just about a 3 and I stayed that way, even through the contractions. The nurse was sure breaking my water would help that, but we still had to wait for the Dr. My nurse really wanted me to have the baby before 6 which is when the shift change was, and so she kept on top of knowing where the Dr was.

He finally made it out of the other delivery and came in the room at about 5pm. Our nurse was in another delivery, so we had a stand in nurse check me and I was still only a 3. My doctor had a student following him and asked if I was okay with the student rupturing my water. Of course I was okay, I think it's awesome! At about 5:15 the nurse rechecked me and I was already at a 6, but said she'd wait a full hour to recheck me, even though I knew it wouldn't be that long. At about 5:30 Contractions were every minute and I was feeling pressure. Our nurse returned, mostly to say good-bye since shift change was at 6. But she decided to check me because I was feeling so much pressure. So at 5:45 she said yep there is no more cervix and there is a baby right there! So she went to get the Dr who would also change at 6 (I go to a group of amazing Doctors!) and Jon called mom and the kids to come over.

They all decided to stay on just to have this baby. My Dr asked if it would be okay if the student, who was just too sweet by the way, could deliver the baby if he was there with his hands practically on top of the students. He said I was a perfect subject for a student, with this being #5 and me not ever having ripped and having smooth labors in the past. Of course! How cool is that for this guy! Our baby would be his first delivery! It was funny too because the Dr's wife called him just before the delivery, because he was supposed to be off in minutes.

They got dressed and came over and said okay at the next contraction push. So I started pushing,
"Okay not that hard! The head is out, okay just a little for the rest of baby"
So in one push, at 6:01, our little son was out for us to love and hold!

Dr Drewes commented that after the last delivery, which was one of  the hardest he had ever had, that this was the EASIEST he'd ever had! Woo hoo! If only he had been there earlier, we could have had the baby much sooner, but as the Dr.s cleaned up, we were just happy to hold our son, the student was happy to have delivered his first baby, the nurse and doctor were happy because they really didn't have to stay too long after their shift change, and the Dr's wife was happy he'd be home in time for dinner!

Mom, and Kurt and the kids got there just after the doctors were done cleaning up.  And Winter was immediately up on the bed with me and the baby. It's as if she knew him and was waiting for him. She knew to be gentle and soft and she couldn't stop giving him kisses. It was very sweet. And everyone else loved to hold him too. But they didn't get very much time before the nurse had to take him to get a bath.

Kids watching Talon get a bath....and eating an Oreo?

Jon said that there was a new nurse in the nursery too, and our baby was her first baby to clean. He said she did an amazing job. While  Jon was in the nursery, I was moved to the mother/baby floor and in to my room for the night.

Then came the task of naming our new little boy.  We have had Talon as the name for a long time. It was the runner up for Lex. But we had both heard it recently and were worried it was going to be too common. So over the past few weeks my mom and sister would tell us names they had heard that were uncommon, and we found a few others we liked, but in the end, nothing seemed right. He was Talon, even if it is a little less uncommon. We had also planned on using the Lindsey family male child middle name, but in the end decided to use my maiden name.

The kids stayed with us for a while and everyone passed Talon around, loving on their new brother, and he just slept, rarely making a sound. Mom took everyone home around 10, and Jon and I settled in with our 5th bundle of joy.  After so many times, Jon has those uncomfortable chair/pull out beds figured out. And he said he slept really well this time. Talon and I also slept well.

The next day, we had expressed that we wanted to leave as soon as possible, but knew they wanted us to stay the full 24 hours, so after a quick visit in the morning. Mom took Evey to dance and the other 3 to Seven Peaks! I missed taking pictures of Talon by himself in the hospital, because I ended up getting some weird side effects from the percocet they gave me. I have never had a tolerance for prescription pain meds. And I know that (now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure I turned the big pain med down and stuck with the ibuprofen with Winter, and maybe even both Paris and Lex too) but I went ahead and took a few of the doses of the percocet. So , anyway, I had to sleep off that junk for most of the day. But really my pain level was not high, so the ibuprofen would have done just fine.

We finally got home around 9:30 on Tuesday. The kids had made a cutie welcome home sign for Talon, they like Jon and I were so glad to finally have our beautiful new family member with us to love and watch grow!

Evey wasn't sure how to spell his name yet...oops :)

Fun with Photos

For the last couple of weeks, we the children of the Lindsey household, have been collecting pics on a app called Photo Booth. I have put these pics in a slide  and will now present it to you.

                                                      

                                                      I hope you liked our slide!!!!!!!

11

Alright this is the last planned post for February.
But, I posted so much today a few of the posts
got pushed to the next page, so when you get to
the bottom hit "Older Posts" to see Paris' Birthday.

Jon skipped classes to be with me on our "sorta"versary.
He's the one that insists I call it that! Weirdo! I don't mind
calling it anniversary. Anyway, We didn't do much during
the day. We just chilled with Lex and Winter.

But for our date,I had originally wanted to go on an over
nighter to Park City or at least SLC, but my mom was in
Colorado, so we had to figure out different sitter arrangement.
Luckily I have an awesome brother and friend that happily
volunteered. We ended up just going to dinner and a movie,
our favorite thing to do anyway!

We went to Tucanos again. I've kinda been craving red meat!!
And saw I Am Number 4. It was good. From the writers of
Smallville, so if you like Smallville you will probably like this,
it has the same sort of "feel."

Jon has been so good to me and I know I said something on
his birthday, but I just want everyone to know, if you don't
already, just how wonderful he is. He is so fun to be with,
we have had a pretty fun 11 years of marriage. Nothing has
been bad as long as we're together. We keep each other in
check and know we are two parts of one whole, one can't
function without the other. It's a great partnership. And don't
even get me started on what a great dad he is. Words can't
express the love I have for him in that role! Ooo, if Dr. Fawcett
(marriage enhancement professor) could hear me now! Anyway,
enough mush, and yes I would like some crackers with my cheese!!

For the other half of the anniversary, see the Ultrasound pictures above.

I made this slideshow last year and I love it. So for my sake, I'm
posting it again. I'll have to update it next year with another kid.
Enjoy, I sure will!

TSO '10

We invested in better seats this year, and it payed off. They were awesome!
So, they checked all bags and purses and they knew I had my cam and big lens,
and they didn't take it...so...If you weren't able to make it to see them this year,
Here ya go!

Update: Youtube doesn't like that I used TSO songs for my slideshow and 

so turned off the sound, so we all have to deal with SUPER poor quality video. 

Boo!

So because the quality is so bad I grabbed a few to post. 

I was a little obsessed with the cutie violinist. And, 

They dropped a ramp from the celling that ended up to 

be only about 15 feet in front of us, 'twas awesome!

Decade

I figure, since Jon and I have been married for a

DECADE now, I should blog about how we met

and our life and adventures together. Don't

worry I summarized a lot so it's not TOO long.

We both sang in the Madrigal group in High School,

but officially met through some mutual friends.

We got to know each other at group movie outings

and parties and eventually started sitting back to

back (Like Forrest and Buba, "I'm gonna lean up

against you, you just lean right back against me.

This way, we don't have to sleep with our heads in

the mud.") when we'd hang out with friends before

classes. At one Madrigal party in January '97 after

an afternoon of ice skating, sledding and snowball

fights, a little group of us decided to hike to a little

spot called Monkey Rock to watch the sunset. Jon

and I sat back to back as usual, and watched the

beautiful Colorado sun set behind the mountains.

(awww) Well, Jon leaned over and gave me a little

kiss (AWWW) That was it, we were pretty much

inseparable after that. Our first date was to Denny's

and the movies to see Star Wars (re-release special

edition). For those of you who know Jon, this is

where his "geeky-ness" started.

We were totally spontaneous and we love to look

back and laugh at all the adventures we had.

We were in lots of plays together, and even cast as

a couple in Hello Dolly. I guess we were a pretty

cute pair...wink,wink! We had lots of ups and downs

and a few break-ups the next 2 1/2 years, family and

friends know all too well. But, we just couldn't stay

apart for very long, we always ended up back together.

After he graduated, he didn't go to college right away,

but even now he's not sure why he did that. So after I

graduated, we both headed to UNC.

A couple weeks into classes I found out I was pregnant.

I left school, and he followed soon after. It was a rough

few months dealing with how plans had drastically

changed, but Jon ultimately stepped up to the plate and

asked me to marry him...

...We were opening Christmas presents from each other,

and I was sure one of them was a ring. None of the boxes

were the right size, but I figured Jon was being true to his

trickster self. I got to the last one and low and behold...

no ring. I tried not to be too disappointed, and went about

looking at my gifts as Jon left the room and came back

with a little grey box. I knew what it was and was so excited.

I opened it ... and all that was there was a little sticky note

that said "I O U one ring." I think Jon learned his lesson that

day on not messing with a pregnant lady's emotions! Not to

worry, he did have the ring and he got on one knee and asked

me to marry him.

We had a little wedding at church, that turned out

beautifully thanks to some family friends, and got a

nice "honeymoon" at the luxurious Broadmoor resort.

Evey was born a month later, and changed our lives

completely. She had Jon wrapped around her tiny

finger from the moment he saw her. He became the

best daddy and hubby anyone could ask for. We

spent the next year and a half in Woodland Park,

but decided that we needed to move on from our

little mountain town. So, we moved to Utah to

broaden our horizons. We had two more kids there.

Then, we decided to be incredibly spontaneous and

move to New York. That was a huge, expensive,

adventure! So we came back to Utah and had

another kid, and here we are now. We absolutely

love our little (well, not so little anymore!) family.

Jon and I have a great partnership and a friendship

that has continued to grow over the years. We love

to be together, and love every part of our relationship.

We just fit perfectly, we complete each other (yes,

I would like some crackers with my cheezy!) 6 months

ago we were sealed to each other and our children, and

any more that may come, for time and all eternity.

I am so blessed to have Jon as my eternal companion.

He lives his life for our family. He is incredibly

unselfish, and patient, and just plain fun to be around.

I love him with all my heart.

I made a slide show one year for our anniversary, and

I think I even posted it last year, but I thought I'd make

a better, updated one for this "sorta"versary, since it's

a big one. It took me forever to go through our loads of

pictures to find these, but I love the video, I watch it at

least once a day.

Happy "Sorta-versary"

Animals!

Recap

Christmas Tree

We had to break tradition this year. We have always waited in line in Heber at the Butt crack of dawn to get one of about 200 tree cutting permits and then made it a huge adventurous day finding and cutting our christmas tree. Well this year I wasn't able to go get the permit, so our tree cutting dreams were crushed! But we have to have a fresh tree so Kurt found us a great tree lot with big beautiful trees from Oregon. We found a perfectly shaped, full, yummy smelling tree, and knew it was meant to be in our house. Paris was very into the whole process. She was right there in the decision and then to help with every part of the set up. She loved putting on all of the ornaments. And this year everyone had to take a turn putting the star on the tree. I usually ban Jon's Star Wars ornaments, but with such a full tree he was able to put them on and they didn't distract from the beauty of it. I love Christmas time. I love to decorate the house, listen to the music, play carols on the piano, and to remember the birth of our Savior.