A Very Special Birthday.

Nixon Brad Scott

Born September 7 at 7:27 pm

Weighed 7lbs 6oz

22 inches long

I had a doctors appointment on my due date, September 6 to decide when I was going to induced because I was scheduled to either go in that night or the next morning. The decision was made to have me go in at 5 am the next morning.

That night me and Brad were both so anxious so we didn't go to sleep until about one and then had to be awake at 3:45 to call the hospital to see if it was still okay that we come in at five.

They started me on Pitocin at about 5:30 and by around 8:30 They were able to brake my water ( the worst part of the whole day if you ask me ). Then around 10 I was finally at a 4 and was able to get my epidural. I contractions were super strong and close together and when the anesthesiologist saw how bad they were he told me that he thought I would have the baby super fast because I was having really good contractions.

He guessed wrong. Every time I was checked there was no improvement past when I got to the 4. Finally at about 7 pm, Doctor Huggins came in, checked me and suggested that I get a C-section due the fact that my pelvis wasn't spreading and she was certain it wouldn't spread. after 14 hours of labor and nausea ( epidurals are great for contractions, but not so great when they make you nauseous.) me and Brad were both ready to meet our little guy and decided getting a C-section sounded great.

I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be to get a C-section and it was actually kinda cool to be so numb but be able to feel the pressure of them working on me. Everyone always has told me that when they lift the baby out you feel a lot of pressure and your bum lift off the table but I didn't all of a sudden I heard them say " wow this baby is a lot bigger then I thought he would be" and then my sweet baby boy crying. All I wanted to was touch him and hold him but all I got was a peak of him from above the curtain before they took him away to get checked out.

We were able to come home with our little man Saturday the 10th. Nixon is the sweetest little boy ever. He is so content and hardly ever cries. we couldn't of been blessed with a better baby then Nixon.

Now a whole bunch of pictures:

This was how pregnant I was the night before I was induced.

All hooked up to the Pitocin

getting ready to be wheeled into have the C-section

Introducing Nixon, this is our first picture of him

What time he was born, on a Nixon watch....

Holding him for the first time.

The proud new dad.

This was after his first bath.

Nixon had lots of visitors, he was getting lots of cousin lovin. Sorry to the visitors that I was out of it when they came and wasn't too talkative ( example: Kelsi and Caleb )

One of the CNA's loved Nixon so much she gave him a sleeper with a hat and some blankets, here he is sporting his new hat.

Getting ready to go home

Our first family photo right before we left the hospital

Grandma Olsen with Nixon

Grandpa Olsen

Nixon's Thomason cousins put balloons on our mailbox to welcome him home, so we had to take a picture with them before they came down.

After his first bath at home. He didn't like it at all.

He loves his swing and bouncer, he sleeps better in them then anything else.

End of Summer '11

The last little bit of summer we have tired to live it up as much as possible.

Brad bought wind surfing stuff and has been enjoying doing that a lot on Jensen's Grove.

He finally got his paragliding trike that he promised me he would get to make me feel better about him going again. I told him back in March when he ordered it that I would go watch him for its madden voyage.

He has also been riding his road bike a lot, I think he didn't want to gain a pound of sympathy weight. me on the other hand hasn't been doing as adventurous things as Brad.

I've been spending a lot of time with Archer though, practicing my mommy skills.

For this Labor Day weekend instead of going into Labor like I had hoped, our friend Adam came up from Utah for one last hurrah before the baby makes his appearance

We went to the Chukars game on Friday.

On Saturday we went to the good ol' Eastern Idaho State Fair and Brad and Adam went to the Bull Riding event with the Scott family.

On Sunday Adams friend Kerri joined us

and on Monday we went to the bodies exhibit in Idaho Falls ( it was packed, I wouldn't recommend going on the last day)

Then we went golfing at the Sandcreek Short course. I would like to let everyone know that Brad only beat me by 4 and I'm nine months pregnant. I was proud.

Even though summer is over, my due date is tomorrow, so we'll be having a lot more adventures.