Here is the story of when Chloe surprised us & came earlier than expected. We were planning on being induced on February 4, but she had something else in mind!!

After getting home from work on Thursday, January 28, and after getting ready for bed, Chase gave Chloe a little lecture on how much he wanted her to come out and play. Sure enough, 4 hours later I was getting up to go to the bathroom and from the bed to the toilet, my water broke. The time was 3 a.m. After waking up Chase, and contemplating whether or not it was my water that broke, (I wasn't in any pain that's why I wasn't sure?) we called Labor and Delivery and they insisted that I come in.

The next hour, Chase & I took our time getting to the hospital by getting the house ready for our new arrival. We got to the hospital about 4 o'clock. At this point we still haven't contacted anyone in our family, only because we wanted to make sure we were going to be admitted. At about 4 o'clock, the nurses had checked, and sure enough, we weren't going home. I was already dilated to a 3 and contracting about 5-6 minutes apart.

At about 7 o'clock, the doctor came and with no progress and the baby still being really high, they decided to put me on petosin. The petosin started working immediately and my contractions were soon 2 minutes apart. I then decided to get the epidural. The epidural kicked in around 10 minutes later, but I could only feel the numbness in the right side of my body. So unfortunately I could still feel the contractions on the left side. After they gave me another dose, they decided to check me and I was dilated to a 10!! I then asked if we could get my left side numb before we started to push. The anesthetist came back for the 3rd time and explained that the epidural couldn't keep up with the progress of my labor, so he gave me two more doses. In the mean time, Chloe's heart rate was starting to drop, which worried the nurses. After a series of hard pushes, Chloe was about to come through the birth canal, but with her rate dropping like it was, the Doctor was inclined to use the forceps to get her out quicker.

At 10:12 a.m. our little angel Chloe was born. She weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 19.5 inches tall. Thank goodness everything happened so fast, because her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. Everything about our little Chloe is perfect. The hospital experience was relaxing and calm, and we were out of there the next day around 2 p.m.

So that's the story & here's the good stuff..... THE PICTURES!!!!!!

My first time holding my little sweet pea... Chloe

Our first Family Picture

Me with my Chloe

Just a little girl... weighing 6 lbs 7 oz & 19 1/2 inches long

A close up of her sweet face

First bath with daddy

The cutest picture in the world. These are my two favorite people!!

Chloe getting her foot & hand prints!

Uncle Jayson & Grandma Smith with Chloe

Grandma Chris & Chloe

Grandpa Mike & Chris

Chloe in her first outfit getting ready to go home!! She kept scratching her face though, that is why she has socks on her hands!!

The 3 of us getting ready to leave the hospital!! Yay!! We were so excited to get home. One night at the hospital was plenty for us!!

Everyone knows that our little sweetheart has FINALLY arrived. I will be posting pictures of her but because I am weird I have to do it in the right order. Here are the rest of our maternity pictures that we had taken by our awesome photographer Abbey.

These pictures were taken at 39 weeks in Cedar City, UT.

Just a quick update for those that don't know.......

Chloe Christensen was born
Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 10:12 a.m.
She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz & was 19 1/2 inches long.

Everything went really well. Life is busy but more details & pictures will be coming soon!!!

UPDATE.....

YES, I am STILL Pregnant!!

Yep, that's right I am still pregnant. I had my appointment on Friday & there aren't really any changes going on. Today, I am 39 weeks & 3 days. My due date is this Saturday, January 30th. If I don't go on my own the doctor has scheduled me to be induced on February 4th. That's right that would be 2 days short of 41 weeks. I guess we will just have to see what happens. Chloe is just cozy & enjoying life I guess? I go in again this Friday so we'll see if anything changes??

As of right now I am still working my normal days. I figure I might as well to keep myself busy. Chase is probably so sick of cleaning. I am totally going through the "nesting" period. If I don't have her by this weekend I dare say we might spend the weekend cleaning again. Sorry Chase:( Besides that we are staying super busy. We're trying to have a bunch of "date nights" and "us" time before our lives change. We also had to speak in church last Sunday on Temples. I am so glad to have it over with. We also both have received callings. I am an assistant Librarian & Chase is an Elders Quorum Teacher. Life is definitely picking up for us. I am so thankful that we have each other, our wonderful families & our friends.

I will definitely keep you all updated. Hopefully the next post is of our precious little Chloe!!

CARD CLUB

For card club this month we made the cutest event books! This was probably one of my favorite projects, even though it was a lot of cutting. I finally finished mine & here is the final product. Thanks Liz for your help that night, I was having some serious pregnancy brain!!

Now I can keep track of all the important dates in our lives like birthdays, anniversaries & holidays & I can use it every year!!

This has been my other project. I made a book for Chloe that talks about the 9 months I was pregnant with her. I hope that she likes it? I figure it would be fun for her to look at it when she gets bigger. There are pictures of me & Chase & it talks about where we were in our lives & what was going on. I am still finishing the final touches but this is it for the most part. I still have lots I want to do for her nursery, we'll see how far I get? I still have a scrapbook to get started on & a calendar.

Early Valentines!!

Because Chase & I don't know when everything is going to happen I decided to surprise him with a little, early Valentines dinner. Chase has been the best support throughout this pregnancy. He has been so understanding & patient with me. I can't believe how emotional I have been & he hasn't complained once. When he got home from work I had a candle lit steak dinner ready with potatoes, rolls & asparagus. I think he was pretty impressed & didn't see it coming. I love surprises so I hope that he was surprised?? We ended the night by watching The Bachelor with some yummy valentine treats, churros, dipped strawberries & ice cream. If you can't tell I have had the worst sweet tooth lately. By the way I can't stand Vienna & Chase totally likes her, what do you guys think?

Thanks again Chase for everything. You're going to be the best dad! Everyone comments on your ability with kids. I can't wait to start this part of our life together.

Quick Peek at the Nursery!!

The nursery is just seconds away from being done. Chase & I have done a lot of it. Chase did all of the painting, trim, etc. It was his first time, he did great! The nursery is mostly pink & black with a little bit of GREEN. It will feel so much more real when she finally gets here!!

My friend & I put some vinyl together to put above the window. I love how it turned how, thanks so much Teresa.

Here is the crib with her name above it. I painted them and Chase hung them up for me!

Across from the crib is the changing table with a shelf above it. I used paper & mod podge to decorate them, I think it turned out pretty good. We're still waiting on pictures & shelves to hang so stay tuned.....