Thursday, November 20, 2008

No, sin mi madre!

El martes se fue mi madre... q penita. Y ni siquiera pude ver a mi padre... no os cuento todo el lio, pero le cambiaron el vuelo a ultima hora y se quedo en Vancouver con mis suegros. Asi q se fueron para Utah antes de verle.... en fin,... Carmen se quedo con las ganas de abuelo!
No lo llevo mal sin mi madre... pero claro, q echo de menos su ayuda. Esto solo me ha obligado a organizarme, y a Evan a poner mas de su parte. Pero la verdad, q estoy impresionada de lo bien q he llevado estos dos dias.... esperad a que llegue el noveno y ya estare q me subo por las paredes!.. y la mugre tb!!!jajjaja


Pues mas noticias de Isabel... la doctora piensa q es prematura, q en verdad salia de cuentas el 8 de Diciembre. Segun se esta comportando , da todos los sintomas de bebe prematuro. Lleva tres dias sin coger peso... y no veais como traga!
Ya me coje el pecho mas facilmente y mejor, pero como es cada dos tres horas...los tengo adoloridos!
Por lo menos ya tampoco me dan dolores de las contracciones de mi utero... y voy sangrando menos. Asi q no me puedo quejar... solo los dolores de cabeza por no dormir bien.. pero quien sabe cuando se va a terminar!
Por cierto q Carmen se ha ido a dormir estos dias sin su abuela y no ha costado nada... sin rechistar. Evan no ha sido tan facil, se levanta a media noche y viene a nuestra cama... anoche me dio pena, porque se cayo de la cama asi q no le llevamos de vuelta, pobre!
Isabel es perfecta. Saca los gases sin problemas, el color amarillito se le ha ido casi completamente, come bien, sonrie incluso giggles cuando duerme, le encata estar en brazos... te mira con esos ojazos super abiertos.... q creo q se le van a quedar azules, o del color de Carmen... ya veremos. Tiene las manos de mi madre. Los dedos super largos y las unyas preciosas.... bueno, q
ME ENCANTA
mi ninya!

Monday, November 17, 2008

I can't get enough of her!

I tell you more about Isabel.
She's been with us for 6 days now, and though I had some (apparently crazy) expectations about having a baby in the house again it surpasses my imagination.
There is not as much peace as I was hoping for, but definitely she's brought a special spirit in.... you can feel it especially when you hold her, and look into her eyes.
She is yondas.... she lost lots ogf weight (went down to 6 lbs 7oz.) and turned a bit yellow, sleeps a lot..etc. She is coming out of it now... slowly. I have to wake her up and make her latch on every 2 hours... which means I don't get to sleep much, and my nipples hurt now.... beautiful.
But I'm loving every second of it, believe it or not, I wouldn't change it for the world! I cannot imagine not having a baby RIGHT NOW... not in 9 months from today not in a year...
God is wise .
I'm glad He is the one in charge in my life... When we submit to His will our lives are full of blessings...
And I got one more once again.



Oh... and a company that my husband gets some jobs from sent me this flowers.. pretty! I love flowers!


Friday, November 14, 2008

Isabel DeAnna Clarke

SHE WAS BORN!!!
Tuesday 11th November 2008
at 8:49 pm.

Tuesday, a holiday... Remembrance day. We had lots of plans to do fun things together.
The night before I had been feeling horrible, painful contractions and nausea.
Before going to bed I told Evan I wasn't going to make it to our due date... not knowing that it was going to happen the next day.
Thank goodness I had a good sleep that night. I only had to go pee once, and when Evan Jr came running to our bed I felt asleep right away.
Around 6'30 I was going to turn when I felt a "leakage" and I jumped out of bed, went straight to the toilet and woke Evan up : "My water broke, Evan... my water just broke!"...
Ko's in a second...
I didn't have anything ready!! I went to my mom's bedroom and told her the news... more KO's :D.
Carmen woke up and went and laid down with the two Evans in our bed while I called the midwife and my mom started packing baby clothes and cleaning up.
My midwife Sandy told me not to have the baby this week cause she was going to be alone and was very busy... OH well!!
She came to visit me like an hour later. I hadn't been feeling contractions so I called everybody, family and that but I knew, from past experience, that I won't be giving birth toll late that night... so no hurry, no panic that way.
It was about 2'30 when the midwife came again to check me, only to tell me I was 1 cm dilated... ONE CM!!!
So we decided to go to the hospital, get an IV and get some oxitocin to speed things up a bit.
At 4 the game started so we started watching it at the waiting room. I remember watching the whole first period and walking around during the first intermission. By the time I sat down to watch the second period the contractions were so hard not even a good Montreal game took my mind off the pain, so when it finished we went to my room. This time I could hardly walk.
I endure another hour or so of intense pain... till I finally was done. I asked for the epidural. They checked me again ( my least favorite part) and I was only 3 cm... 3CM!!!!!!! So ... epidural PLEASE!!! I was not going to make it like that for another 10 hours... not even one more!
There was only one anestesic guy, because of being a holiday, and we had to wait until he was done at a C-Section. So in the mean time they game me some phantenol (sp?) that made me very dizzy but very relaxed.
The epidural was FANTASTIC! The incision not painful at all, easy and fast. I felt the 2 first contractions but not the rest... was AMAZING.
My neighbour Leah brought my mom and kids over and visited with a happy, painless mommy waiting for her new baby to come out.
Once they left things went really fast. I started to feel pressure down there but I didn't think much of it because it takes me FOREVER to dilate. Pressure increased and finnally my midwife decided to check me and see where I was at...
Well... There was lots of blood and you could even see Isabel's head there!! They kindly invited me to feel her, but I kindly decline... NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
So I started pushing, apparently harder than I should have, so they told me to take it easy... and by the fourth push Isabel was on me, skin to skin.... What a wonderful feeling.
She reminded me a lot of Evan when he was born... the big eyes and big cheecks... but i aslo said Evan looked just like Carmen when she was born... so whatever that means... She was PERFECT!
They let me hold her for the longest time. She was just with me. The rest of their medical tests and stuff could wait to let us have OUR moment together.
I loved looking at her, her looking at me. She was finally in my arms... and she didn't hurt me one bit! :D... no stitching or anything... AMAZING!
We spent the night at the hospital. My legs still frozen from the epidural... it was great to have no pain as your uterus goes back to normal...even if it was for one night.



We left the hospital at around 12 pm the next day. Evan had to run to the store and get a carseat... WE WERE NOT PREPARED. And I must say I was impressed he didn't get the ugliest he could find.

Our kids at home were anxiously waiting for us.
They were also excited about the presents Isabel had brought for them.
Both of them were just sooooooo happy to see Isabel.
They wanted to hold her and to pet her and to fill her with toys....
It is amazing to me the love they have for this little being they had never seen before but yet they are so close to already...




FAMILIES are a miracle... and mine amazes me!



Monday, November 10, 2008

MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY

What to say??... I'm glad it is another day.... one day closer to giving birth... scary thought. But better out than in, they say :D Plus the sooner I have the baby, the sooner I stop putting on wieght!
We had fun this weekend. Friday was the Harvest Ball. Evan and I prepared two songs to perform there: Over the Rainbow and Quando, Quando, Quando.
It was really good.. it was the first time we performed with all our sound equipment, mics, amps, and monitors... it was my first time at all actually...and it was really good. We were really pleased. It made us excited about performing in other places. But needles to say that practicing was really hard with our two kids demanding all the attention... so getting ready for shows is going to be hard, but we are excited.
Saturday we went for a drive, and I am getting very excited about driving too. I feel way more confident now. I even back into our driveway, park on my own, etc... so I'll take the lessons and go for my test soon :D
Sunday was the Primary presentation. I explain the president how to help Carmen with her talk because I was going to be at the piano, but I must had not made myself clear because she didn't help and messed Carmen up, but luckily Carmen had it half memorized and managed to do it somewhat ok....thank goodness she is so cute and makes anything so likeable! :D
She si so big now... I can't believe it. She is getting on my nerves lately too... but less often than making me fall more and more in love with her, so that makes it ok.
Evan is still my dear boy. He is so adorable and such a sweetheart.
Things that went wrong???... carmen broke my glasses, and we even hadn't have time to go get me new ones, so I am walking around with duct tape on my glasses...
Our computer broke the next morning.... but of course we havetime to go buy one. And it is sweet, I am not going to lie to you!
We broke too... I mean... we are broke now. We have to get a frame for our bed before the baby comes because I am not going to able to jump up and down so easily after birth...plus all the things that I still need for the baby...but oh well........ when it rains it pours.
I am not feeling well myself. I am always at the verge of pucking... specially as I go to sleep. I can't sleep properly, everytime I turn all my bones crack and my muscles tense up...horrible feeling, not to mention my constant heartburn that I HATE!!!!!
Oh the joys of pregnancy... Evan senses when I am not sleeping so he offered to do something to help me, so Iasked him for a glass of milk and a capsule of Tums and when he came to bed I said: Oh, and something else... DON'T GET ME PREGNANT AGAIN!!



Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Halloween!!!!

It was a fast Halloween this year. We had to be at the Ferry terminal al 6'15 to meet everybody for the Stake to go to the Temple.
Thank goodness for the mall... every year kids go for an hour and collect candies from the stores. So we took them nice and early and it was so much fun.
People, again, stopped us to take pictures of our kids. They LOOOOVED their costumes and of course they loooved how cute they are ( excuse my bragging :D)... AND! Somebody complimented her make up :D.... Excuse my bragging again :D...
There were tons of people and it was hard to squeeze among everybody.



For some reason costumes for adults get more skanky year by year.... like there is a competition for who wears the most slutty ... well... I would have given away some prizes there.
But... after getting home we had time to get our luggage and go to the ferry.
The trip there was alright. We spent the night at a Days Inn and we had to get up at 6'30 to get to the temple in time for the 10 o'clock session.
It was great! I loved it! I so needed it too! There is something about being in the Temple and having a baby inside that makes it extra especial :D
After that, we ate at a pizza place and then spent all our extra time at the Desseret Book store.
Everybody was waiting for us on the bus. And shortly after we started making our way back home, we had to stopped because Brent my brother-in-law was having an emergency. They called the ambulance and 2 came plus a firetruck.... to make the story short, they ended up taking them to the Hospital and we made back in schedule.
As we got home, we were most happily welcomed by our children...who apparently they have missed us sooooooooo much... I love moments like that.
I did miss them too. Probably the greates sacrifice that I had made to go to the Temple was to leave my kids.... and I did feel that God will bless me for every little sacrifice that I'll ever make to go to His Holy House.
I can't wait to have a Temple in Vancouver. We will still have the ferry ride, but we won't have to go thru the border so that will make things easier.
On Sunday we went to Church and Carmen bore her testimony. She always wnat to now.... so does Evan! When she is done he says: "My turn!"
We had McKenzie over for dinner... he is fairly new to our ward... such a nice guy and Carmen adores him.
They left for Choir practice and I made cookies for when they came back.
All in all... a great weekend!