Wave Pool

I took Abi to the Wave Pool for the first time on Friday. My nieces and nephews were their with their Grandma Visser so we decided to join them. Abi really liked the pool and was so worn out she fell asleep while we were there. She loves all of her cousins! Koy was so cute with her at the pool, every time the waves stopped he came in to play with Abi!

Graduation 2010

I’m so excited to say that I graduated from school this week. Now this would be even better if I could say that I have a job teaching in the fall, but I haven’t landed a position yet. We had a graduation ceremony in Price for all of the USU/Price Graduates. There are 19 people graduating this year and 10 of them are from the Elementary Education program. The ceremony was really nice (even though Abi screamed for the first 30 minutes).It has been a long journey but we finally made it! Thank you to everybody who has helped me get to this point. Now the job opportunities need to come my way!

Easter

I know Easter was a few weeks ago but I am just now getting the pictures I took off my camera. We had a nice holiday. I had six days off of school and enjoyed the break. We didn’t camp this year but we spent a day in Moab, a day in Nine-Mile and a day in Ferron. Abi was spoiled as usual. Grandpa and Grandma O’Neil gave her a basket with some stuffed animals in it. The Easter Bunny brought her a basket with some new bottles in it and Grandma Lorna bought her a cute “Bumboo” chair.

Abi's First Photo Shoot!

I have come to realize how talented all of the mothers that keep their blogs updated are! The last few months have been really crazy. Between student teaching (first in second grade and now in fourth grade) and balancing being a mom and a wife, I feel like I don’t have time to do anything. I had these pictures taken when she was 6 weeks old and haven’t posted them! I thought they turned out great. I can’t believe how Abi is growing! She has started to laugh when we talk to her and stays awake more and more each day. She now loves the bath and screams when I have to take her out. She is definitely the center of our lives!

1st Day of Church

I need to say thank you for all of the well wishes and advise that you have given me! Life with a newborn is getting a little bit easier. She still isn’t sleeping that great at night but my mom has been helping me with her while I am student teaching and we are working on getting her nights and days straitened out.

Abi is growing like a weed! I had her weighed at the Dr’s office last week and she weighed 10 pounds 8 ounces and today (one week later) she weighs 11 pounds 6 ounces! She gained almost a whole pound in one week! It is amazing how she is growing and changing every day.

We took her to church for the first time this week and she was so good. I think that our little family looks pretty good in our Sunday best!

Being a Mom

I just have to say that I am amazed by every mother in the world who gets anything done with a baby! I love being a mom and Abi is the best baby ever but it is so much work! She hasn’t learned that night time is for sleeping and day time is when she should be awake. We have tried everything to help her get things straightened out but it doesn’t seem to be working. I am hoping that I can master doing things with one hand.

I love to hold her and snuggle her up to me. She is starting to grin when we talk to her. She is growing like a weed! My Dr. asked me if I was feeding her cream! Lol!

I have had some complications with my c-section healing but I am happy to say that I am on the mend. My Dr. said that I am his favorite patient. I’m sure this is because I am making his house payment with all of my complications! lol

I started student teaching last week and even though I am so grateful for my placement at Cleveland Elementary and with Mrs. Sitterud, it is a lot of work. I have the greatest family that is helping me with Abi while I try and finish this last semester of school.

I am going to post some pictures of Abi as soon as I can. Thanks to everyone who left such sweet comments on my last post. We have received so many wonderful baby gifts and love from everyone. I am so grateful to live in this area with our wonderful families so close.

Abigail Ann O'Neil

She is finally here! Abigail Ann O’Neil joined us on January 1st, 2010 at 1:43 in the morning. She weighed 7lbs 4oz and is 20 inches long. We went to the hospital on Wednesday the 30th after my Dr.’s appointment and started some medicine to help me go into labor at 10am. The Dr. gave me more medication at 11pm that night. The next morning at 7:30am he came in and broke my water and started the Pitocin drip. By 4pm I was dilated far enough to have an epidural. After a long painful process of getting the epidural in I was finally able to relax. I started pushing around 9pm and pushed for a couple of hours. Dr. Nielsen talked to me after I had pushed for two hours. He said that they only allow first time mothers to push for three hours. The baby was not coming down far enough because she was facing my pelvis and couldn’t get past it. He gave me the option to push for another hour but recommended a c-section. I was really struggling with what to do and pushed for another 30 minutes. After pushing I started to throw up. This was my sign that the c-section was the best thing to do. We worked really hard to not have the New Year baby but ended up being the lucky ones after all. In the end holding her in my arms made all of the pain melt away. She is so perfect! We are so blessed to have her in our life!