Happy Mother's Day

Before the full update, no Amelia Jane yet. We are all still hanging in there.

Since the last post, many things have happened. Of course yesterday we found the little Stinker to be breech and they had to turn the baby. They started the induction at 9 and we had a night of intermittent sleep as Hill's contractions were getting stronger. She was started on Pitocin and the waiting game began. She slowly began to dilate, but then she just kinda hung out at 3 cm for a while. Early this afternoon, they decided to repeat the ultrasound just to make sure that Amelia was still head down. Well, she wasn't - this time she was transverse. They stopped the Pitocin and repeated the version. They got her head down, engaged it in the cervix, and broke her water. Everything going well... The next check, at 5 cm dilation, there was little Amelia's hand on top of her head. She just wanted to wave and say hi. So now they have to keep checking and pushing it back in. On the last check, at about 8:50 pm, she was dilated to 6-7 cm. Slowly buy surely.

Can you believe this little girl? First the Cholestasis, then the induction. Amelia is going to get a good stern talking to as soon as she gets here. We love her so much. We will post to the blog and to facebook as soon as we can after she is born. And if it isn't too late, we will text as many people as we can. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. We have received great care from our doctors and nurses. We trust that Heavenly Father will continue to watch over and protect us. Keep checking back!!! Now a few pictures.




This is what Hill has looked like pretty much the whole day. Given her lack of sleep for the last couple months, combined with the pain medication and a well placed epidural, Hill has pretty much been out cold for a while.

Of course we had to include a picture with our anesthesiologist, Karen. She did an awesome job.

Of course, the best part of the day so far has been Claire's visit to the hospital. She looked so cute in her Mother's day dress. She has been such a good little girl for Grandma. Thanks Grandma, you are a life-saver.

No pictures of Amelia yet, so here are some more of Claire.

Claire found a great window to look out of.

Hello Claire! The staff here had a great time playing with her.

Claire, stop stealing mom's food!

Claire obviously enjoyed the jello.

This next series of pictures is awesome. Claire was standing on the heater and I told her to jump. The following endsued...

Nice Crouch

Good form

Nice explosion

Great Air

Good balance

Sticks the landing.

Of course, she already jumps higher than her dad. We love you Claire. Thank you for making us smile. She repeated over and over, "I'm jumpin!"