She's here!!!

Jenna Denise Ovard

born July 28, 2008

at 1:46 am

weight 6 lb. 12 oz. and 18 1/2 in long

So, she was 3 1/2 weeks early, but since she is doing fine I'm so glad she is here now! I know, for those of you who go to your due date or past, your thinking, wah, but that last week and a half was so hard and uncomfortable. She felt like she grew so much everyday. My skin was stretched to the limits. I started having contractions on Saturday the 26th, (on my own, mind you! No help from a certain someone) So by 4 pm on Sunday I decided they were close enough together to go to the hospital. We took the kids to my sister Cynthia's in Payson (thank you so much to her!) and went to get checked. I was at a 4 and after an hour of very consistent contractions, wasn't progressing. So I walked for another hour, again with consistent contractions and still no progress. My doctor was on his way to Provo anyway so he decided to stop by and check me himself. He noticed that my water was on the verge of breaking on its own so he didn't want to send me home all the way to santaquin. So he broke my water. After a few more hours of more consistent contractions I was only at a 6 maybe 7. So I decided to get an epidural, hoping to relax and dilate. It worked. They gave me a little pitocin (sp?) and I was suddenly at a 10. I pushed 3 times and she was out!

I got to nurse her right away and she did great! It was the first time I got to nurse in the delivery room. I loved it!
Later that morning, after getting maybe an hour of sleep, I found out that she needed a little bit of oxygen, and she was breathing way too fast. After sitting with her for a couple of hours in the nursery, her breathing had slowed down enough to go feed her. She was still eating well so they just kept watching her,but allowing me to feed her. They made her stay through the next night and put her under the lights, since her jaundice levels were getting too high. But they brought her in every three hours for me to feed her. I actually slept pretty well. We both got to go home on Wednesday morning. Jeremy left the kids with my friend Tiffany and came to get us.
Wow, we are a full family now! Aren't they adorable!
I made him get his picture taken. He hates camera's. But he's so cute! He took such good care of the kids. Even if the kids ate cereal and watermelon for dinner and didn't go to bed until 10 or 11. On Wednesday he did the dishes and swept and moped the floor! I was so thankful!

Logan didn't want a turn holding her. He very softly rubbed her head a few times and then didn't pay her any attention. He just wanted to eat my crackers, and play in the chairs and the curtain. I wasn't too surprised.

She looks so little. It was so fun having her come home with me. 2 out of 4 isn't so bad. (I have to brag a little. I made the blanket. Those who know me won't be surprised that those are frogs on the pink camo. I love it!)

This morning we went to the doctor and the hospital to get another jaundice test. She gained an ounce over night, so the doctor is no longer worried about her weight. (She got down to 6 lb 3 oz yesterday) Her levels went up a little so we will check her again on Saturday. If it stays below 16.5 we won't have to treat her for it. Its at 13 now. We'll keep feeding her tons and she should be fine!

We also registered Kylee for second grade. She is getting excited. Only 3 more weeks. Her teacher is Ms. Moore. We get to meet her on August 19th.

Fiesta Days Rodeo

We were thinking of trying to go to the Days of '47 Rodeo, but the tickets cost too much, plus gas, construction, etc. So Jeremy got some tickets for the rodeo in Spanish Fork. It was so much fun. Things didn't start until 7:30 but, Jeremy was way excited, plus we wanted good parking, so we got there at 6. We walked around for a minute, then I needed to sit, so we found some shady seats to sit in for a while but Kylee was scared that she was going to fall and started bawling and totally embarrassing us, so Jeremy took her down to walk around for a while. I sat with the other two in the shade for a while, and Logan got to watch a big tractor rake the dirt. He thought that was so cool. So at about 7 we found Jer and Kylee and they went to sit in our seats (Jer finally talked Kylee into going, and of course we were in the seats second from the top on rickety stands) and I went to get food. A high school girl sang some songs while we waited for it to start at 8. She was really good!

The Rodeo Queen was waving at everyone and Logan was so excited to wave back.

Bronc riding.

The rodeo clown was so funny! He kept us laughing. But the best part was when the motorcycle act wasn't ready and he was supposed to warm up the motorcycle while we waited, and he acted like he'd never been near one before. When the rider came out he suddenly jumped on it and took off all crazy like he was going to crash. Finally we found out that he is actually the professional and he made a huge jump over his truck and trailer. It was cool.

Sorry the picture is so bad. I couldn't find the right setting on my camera for action and all the bright lights in there.

The bull riding was so fun to watch. They are huge. Those cowboys are crazy.

After, we watched some fireworks across the street, from our seats. We got home at midnight. It was so fun. I think we are going to make this a yearly tradition. But next year we will get tickets earlier so we can get seats in the shade.

I'm almost there!

I have officially made it to 36 weeks. That means that if I go into labor now they won't stop it. But I am hoping to make it at least to August 1st. I need to be there on the 31st to register Kylee for school and meet her teacher! I think I'll have no problem. I haven't had any regular contractions since that Sunday. Everyone has noticed that I have dropped. I don't get heartburn nearly as often, but now my pelvis is extremely uncomfortable and I can no longer sleep through my need to pee. So I get up at least once every night to go. Oh, well, I guess it prepares me for nighttime feedings, right!

While Jeremy was in the garage using his new saw to cut the wood for the girls room, Logan decided to pull out the little trees that grow from the roots of our tree. But he needed Daddy's gloves to do it.

Jeremy got up almost all of the boards in the girls room. It looks so dang cute. He just has to put some behind the door. Then all Jeremy needs to do is fill in the nail holes and put up the curtain rod. (I call him everyday to bring home anchors for the rod and he still hasn't yet. That turkey. I just might get some at Wal-mart next time I'm there and do it myself!)

He loves all of Daddy's things. His hats are his other favorite!

I'm tagged

So I have been tagged once before and was too busy to do it. (Sorry Lacy) So I'll do it this time! I'll write the rules again for those who don't know. List 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current Obsessions, and 3 Random Surprising Facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names.Here goes......


Joys
1. Of course my kids! They are what my life is all about!
2. My relationship with Jeremy. It just keeps getting better!
3. Where I live. I love Santaquin, and my ward and friends.


Fears
1. Not being good enough. I hope my kids don't hate me when they grow up.
2. Losing my parents too soon. I better have 30-40 more years with them!
3. Spiders, but I'm getting better at not showing my fear.

Goals
1. Having a healthy baby!
2. Read the whole conference issue Ensign
3. Sew some cute jammies for the kids!


Current Obsessions
1. Reading! I get lost in a good book. ( I love authors Rachel Ann Nunes, Anita Stansfield, and Stephanie Meyer)
2. Nesting. You don't blame me, right?
3. Working out. O-k, I can't really work out now, but I still go to the church on Friday's. It's a hard habit to break. I go so the kids can play and I can to do arms and lay down and do legs.


Random Surprising Facts
1. I like to do laundry. I know that sounds weird. But I have worked out such a good system at keeping up with it that it is actually fun!
2. I love cooking and baking. I guess some people might already know that.
3. I love chocolate. O-k not surprising but I couldn't think of anything else!



I'm tagging Aunt Nancy, Heather Walker, Heidi Mechem, Amber Resendiz, and Larissa Zitzman. I won't be offended if your too busy to do it!

Happy Anniversary

I can't belive it! 9 years ago on July 10th, I was married. Time has gone by so fast. People have always said how time can make love grow stronger, and now I see it for myself. I love Jeremy so much more now than when we got married. We have been through so much together. I am so grateful for all I have learned from being married to him. From the good and the bad experiences. I think he has learned a lot too. It's so funny to me (I even laughed at myself, really, out loud) that after all these years I can still get that flutter in my stomach and a racing heart when I see him coming. (This just happened last Wednesday. I was sitting in the car with the kids and I saw him coming back from the bank at Smiths. He looked so dang cute!)

We had talked about not getting any presents for our anniversary, so that morning I left him a note before he left for work. But he called me at 5:30, I thought from work, (he usually leaves at 5) to ask me what shoe size I wear cause someones wife was giving away shoes. I belived him. But he came home with two new pairs of shoes for me! I have to admit I was a little shocked. Jeremy doesn't celebrate holiday's. Especially on the exact day. And the shoes were perfect! I feel a little guilty that I didn't get him anything. I did write him a nice card though. And I let him buy a saw the day before.

Anyway, Jeremy, I love you! I can't wait to spend many more years with you! Love Celeste

The girls room is finally painted.

I was so excited when Jeremy told me that when his Mom comes to visit, that she would buy and paint my girls room! I've been wanting to do it for 3 years now. I just haven't had the time, and mostly money. She had me pick out exactly what I wanted and when she came she bought everything and set to work. She got most of it done in one day, and came back the next two days to do more of the little things. The kids loved helping Grandma! She bought them bed spreads a while ago in these colors cause I told her I wanted to paint their room lavender and green. So they will match perfectly when we are done. I think I will do some pink accents to go with it.

So its not quite done. Jeremy needs to do the little finishing work and he hasn't had any free time yet. We are going to put a 4 inch white board up between the two colors, with hooks along them to hang pictures, etc. Then I just need to finish the tops of their curtains I made and Jeremy will put up the curtain rod. The last thing is putting their bunk bed back together. It will be in an L shape with a desk underneath. I am so excited. When it is all done, I will post a picture.

Too early!

So on Sunday, July 6th, my body decided to go into labor. Over 6 weeks too early. I kept thinking all morning that the contraction would go away. I've have lots of Braxton-Hicks since about 4 months and they always go away. But I got all the kids ready and we were sitting in sacrament meeting and I realized that they were now only 7 minutes apart. On my early labor warning sheet it says if you have more than four contractions in an hour you should go get checked out. I had had at least that many in half and hour. So I gave my lesson book to the girl behind me to give to my team partner and went home to tell Jer. He was so calm. He's like o-k lets go. Once we got to the hospital and got all settled in, they were 3-5 minutes apart and I was dialated to a 2 and 90% effaced. Jeremy's mom came and got the kids, and I was just waiting to see what the doctor said. Jeremy was so patient. He kept telling me that what ever happens, happens and it will be o-k. I mention once that I was thirsty and was shocked when he got right up and said "do you want some ice?" He went right out to get me some!

So I wasn't hurting, really, but I was afraid she would be born that day. Finally the nurse came and gave me a Beta-methazone shot for the baby's lungs, and some other shot to stop the contractions. After two more of those shots, they completely stopped. They sent me home, after being there four or five hours, with a prescription for some pills that also stop contractions. The next day I went back and got a second steroid shot for her lungs. So if she does come soon, there is a better chance that she won't have to go to the NICU. Or at least not as long. But I will do what I can to get her to stay in 2 to 3 more weeks. In three weeks she will be 37 weeks and considered full term. Wish me luck!

My Grandpa Williams

My Grandpa, Paul Deloss Williams, has always been in my life. The whole 28 years I could always count on a hug and a kiss when I saw him. I never lived too far away, and I saw him very often when I was young. Of course after I got married and had kids it was a little less often. But he (and Grandma) were still always there. A couple of weeks ago they found out he was in the last stages of Cancer. He was 90 years old, and we are glad that he didn't suffer long. He passed away peacefully at home on Saturday July 5th. He lived such a great life. I've always been able to see his great example. I loved how he treated Grandma and his children, and of course grandchildren. He was such a hard worker. But even better, I got to hear more about his life at his funeral on Wednesday July 9th. He was even more amazing than I knew. He was incredibly intelligent, knowing all about chemicals, and was an expert welder. I found out more details about how he served our country in the Navy, and how he fell in love with my Grandma after only one date. He also was very talented in the garden. I remember all the fruits and vegetable he had in their big garden growing up. I loved eating the raspberries. I am so blessed to have come from such great heritage. I will always be thankful for his example and testimony, which my grandparents instilled in my Mom, that I now am benefitting from!

I love you Grandpa and will never forget the way you cared about your Celest"E" and Jeremy and our kids, who you always made sure you called by name, even though you have over 80 great grandchildren! I will never forget you!