Alix's Blessing

this past sunday we had alix blessed in church. we were lucky enough to have many family members there to support us and her including trisha and moroni who were still here from utah and jessica's dad along with her sister erika and brothers austin and nick. it was a great experience. scott's mom valerie made the amazing dress and Alix looked gorgeous in it!

alix and the dogs

the dogs are very curious about their new little sister :)
they're so cute

doll clothes dress up

my sister sent me some outfits that we used to dress up our dolls in so i put alix in a couple of them and took pics :) there are a few more outfits i plan on taking pics of her in soon, but these are the ones i have so far :)

its snowing in the pics of her outside :)

my beautiful girl

i was playing with my camera and my daughter yesterday... here's the results.






i managed to get the naked on her belly pics done just fine, then as soon as i rolled her over on her back for that last pic she pooped on her blanket lol

i love this little girl so much!! being a mommy is awesome!!

more baby alix pics :)

that last post didnt have lots of pics cuz the internet connection in the hospital was really slow on the upload, but now we're home so here's some way cute pics of our amazing little girl :)

Alix Marie is here!!

alright finally the news everyone has been waiting for, she's here!!
Alix Marie Ward arrived tuesday feb. 16, 2010 at 5:49 pm washington time so an hour later in az. she was 7 lbs 14 oz and 19 inches long!
we were admitted to the hospital monday, the day before delivery, at ten in the morning because even though i wasnt having real labor contractions i was dilated to 5 cm already... after 12 hours in the hospital i hadnt progresses any farther than that so we were given the choice to either go home or start pitocin to get it moving, so we did the latter. 7 hours into the pitocin i got an epidural due to the fact that the pain was getting hard and i still hadnt dilated any farther. around 6 am tuesday (an hour after the epidural) i was checked again and was still at 5!! they proceeded to break my water at that time and within an hour i was 10 cm and ready to go, but baby was still high up. i started pushing on my own around 10 am, and started really pushing with the nurses there at about 11:30. after a few hours of that the baby wasnt moving down at all so the doctor came in and let me know we'd need a c section. the epidural was wearing off by this time so i was very ready to be done... so i was wheeled into surgery at 5:30 pm and she was here 19 minutes later :) she wasnt coming out on her own because she was facing sideways so her head got stuck. she came out with a bruise on the top of her head that has since caused jaundice as it heals, so we are still in the hospital- hoping to be able to go home soon! she's a perfect little girl and is sleeping and eating very well! we love her so much! she was very worth the wait and the pain, but having her sooner with less pain would have been nice ;)
the hospital took some pictures that are online at this link:
http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?birthid=fcb4d13e-4800-40af-a60e-6a165f97e63c

due tomorrow... still no baby

just an update... no baby yet. i am officially due tomorrow. if i'm still pregnant this weekend i'm going see if they will induce me saturday, but they dont think i'll make it till then. as of today i am 2 cm dilated, but i could stay like that for a while or she could come tonight... its up to her :) i hope its sooner than later but either way it wont be much longer!!