Chris's graduation and Daniel's blessing

The first weekend in May was a busy one for us. On Thursday, Chris's uncle David (his deceased aunt Judy's husband) and friend came to Salt Lake. We took them to Temple Square, This is the Place Monument, and other tourist places around Salt Lake. On Friday night, my family came down from Idaho. We had 12 people in all. Saturday morning, Chris graduated from the University of Phoenix.

On Sunday, we all (minus Uncle David who had to fly back to Chicago Saturday) gathered for Daniel's blessing in our ward. It was great to see Bishop Jensen, Eve and Rory, and Claudia join us for this event. The blessing was beautiful. It was a good thing because it was cold outside! That is why I look like I am freezing to death in these pictures.

Family Pictures

Chris's family has been asking us for family pictures for a while now. We have not had pictures of us taken since we were married (3 years ago). We had a really good coupon for JCPenney studios which saved us over $90. Here are a few of my favorites.

April 2010

I am so slow at posting on this blog. I would much rather read other people's blogs. Here are some of the major happenings in April for us.

We enjoyed General Conference for what we could see of it. With a newborn, it was difficult to watch some of the sessions. During the Saturday afternoon session, Daniel threw up and then screamed for about 40 minutes afterward. I did appreciate all the talks on parenthood. I can't wait to read the talks in the Ensign (whenever it gets here).

Daniel grew so much this month. Once he got off the bililights at the end of March, he really started to fill out. His weight at the end of the month was 10 lbs. 8 oz. He started to smile, which is so stinkin' cute. We took him to church for the first time, and he sleeps right through it. Does that mean he is going to be a High Priest when grows up?

Bathtime Pictures

Voila! Success! Here are the pictures from Daniel's first bath on Sunday night.

Bathtime

Daniel's umbilical cord stump fell off yesterday, so he got to have a bath in the infant tub. We are not sure he liked it. He likes to move around so much that it is hard to really wash him. Sorry about not having any pictures yet. Blogger is having trouble today and won't post any pictures. Maybe tomorrow.

Delivery Date!

I promised I would post about Daniel's birth, so here goes:

My biggest fear was that I would not know I was in labor, so on Thursday night (March 11) I prayed really hard to know when I would be in labor. I had been having some really weird pains a few days leading up to this, so was very nervous. That night, I woke up and found a giant wet spot in the middle of the bed. My first thought was that Sam had peed in our bed. I soon realized that my water had broke. I woke up Chris and we were out the door in under 10 minutes. I was having no contractions and was very excited. My water broke at 12:38 am and we arrived at the hospital at 1 am.
I was taken to my room and was hooked up to Pitocin. The contractions were not bad. Soon, they found that my contractions were coming too closely together, so they took me off the Pitocin. About 4 hours later, they put me back on Pitocin because my contractions were irregular. I then started to get really uncomfortable and asked for an epidural. Oh, blessed epidural! The next few hours were fine and I was able to rest a little. About 1 pm, I started experiencing horrible back pain and pressure. It turns out that my epidural needed a battery change and I did not recieve a dose for about an hour. Once it kicked in again, I felt much better. I only had to push for almost two hours, which was my favorite part. At 4:16 pm (15 hours later) Daniel made his appearance. He was absolutely perfect! Childbirth is a true miracle!

Another miracle happened that same week. Chris was scheduled for two interviews on Friday, but called to reschedule them. He did both of them on that Monday. On Tuesday, he was taking my mom shopping and recieved a phone call. He got a job! He works for Miche Bag as an IT. Timing couldn't have come at a better time. Heavenly Father really does have our best interests at heart.

Daniel is a good baby. He only cries when he gets a diaper change. He was jaundice in the hospital, so they put him under lights while there and checked out lights to us to use at home. He refused to sleep under them. All last week, he had to get his blood drawn from his heel. What a little trooper. By the end of the week, he would sleep through the blood draw. His bilirubin level is still a little high, but we are meeting with the pediatrician tomorrow. He did eventually sleep under the bililights, but would get red welts on his back and would not sleep well. Here are some pictures. They are put on her from most recent to hospital.

Daniel Ryan Anthony

Daniel Ryan Anthony was born on March 12 at 16:16 (4:16pm) weighing in at 7 lb. 1 oz. and 21 inches long.