Back to School

Well I think Becca and I were ready for the school year to start. We have now got on a managable routine that allows little Becca to get the sleep she desperately requires to keep us both sane and Mommy can actually get things done. Kieran started school today and is so far feeling pretty good about all his classes. I'm hoping that he continues to feel optomistic. Becca is growing so fast and I'm excited to be home to watch her growth. Her and I are going to start school again in the winter.

In other news, this happy girl is not going to be so happy tomorrow when she gets her shots. Grandma Wilson is coming with us in lieu of Daddy for some moral support. I'm anticipating a very long day for Becca and I. But isn't she so cute when she's happy!

Our spoiled girl!

Becca is quite the diva! She has become accustomed to sleeping in between Kier and I and being the center of attention. She has so many uncles and aunts and grandparents to cater to her every whim that we are all in for a rude awakening when she is ignored even for just a minute. But how can we do anything but give her all our attention when she is so beautiful. She has began to smile and now she grins at us when we make funny faces.

Being a mother is so wonderful. I'm so glad that we have started our family and I look forward with anticipation for the years ahead with more children and learning to be a better mom. I just look at Becca and can really see and understand the love that Heavenly Father has for all of His children. I am so grateful that he can part with His precious spirits to give us the opportunity to raise them. I know that I would not be strong enough to part with any of my children. I just hope that I can be the mother that He is proud of.

I feel like every day is full of new adventures. Every morning begins with Becca waking me up to eat and we sit and talk and she looks at me with her big blue eyes and the whole day is filled with smiles and the occasional nap. Kieran is loving being a daddy. He has a few special lullabies that only they sing together and she loves listening. I look forward to the day that she begins to sing with him. I look forward to all the days ahead with my precious little one!

First Week of the New Buhler Adventures

Becca is now 12 days old and already knows how to command a room. Kieran had to go back to work last Friday and Grandma was able to stay with us for a day but this week Becca and I have been completely on our own. I'm lucky to have such a good sleeper...at night, but she loves being awake and alert all day, making it very difficult for me to get anything done.

I am already in tune to her different whimpers and cries and it feels so good when all it takes to soothe her is my voice or holding her close. It is truly amazing how much love I have for this little creature already. I cannot imagine life without her and her sweet spirit. Kieran and I are so blessed to have be allowed to raise this gorgeous girl and anxiously await the many adventures she will allow us to have.

A picture in this case is worth more than a thousand words...I have the most beautiful little girl! Enjoy my joy!

Uncle David loves Becca

She is the cutest easter egg ever!

Big Stretches
Kieran is adjusting quite well to being a daddy

Becca loves her hands and always has them next to her face

I love this picture! I have the cutest daughter ever!

We've already ruined her, she has become accustomed to sleeping right between us. This can't last very long.

Becca came home a little jaundice and had to be under Bili lights. She hated it just as much as we did.

This is the first sign of the Buhler toe pinch! Watch out!!

First bath with Grandma Wilson

Coming home from the hospital

Her first outfit, this is the first thing we bought when we found out we were having a girl.

BECCA IS HERE!!!

At last, after 39 weeks and 6 days of waiting out little Becca has come into our family! She is the perfect little baby, except in the middle of the night when she wants to eat constantly! LOL Everyone tells us how beautiful she is, (as if we don't know already!). She was born 10 am on Friday, July 2nd. She weighed 7 lb 5.2 oz and is 19" long.

Our adventure started Thursday, I had been feeling little contractions throughout the day but didn't think much of it, I even went on a couple walks to kick start things but I didn't think it would actually help. I went to bed at about 10 pm, said a little prayer that she would come that night, and got a little sleep, Kier came to bed at around 12:30 but wasn't able to go to sleep because my contractions started hitting hard and fast. Within an hour they went from coming every 11 minutes to every 3. The whole while Kieran was getting way too excited and started packing the car, luckily my hospital bag had been packed for a month because I was in no state to tell him what to grab and where it was located. As we left the house at 2:30 am and started driving to the hospital I started cursing myself for praying this would all happen tonight, man those contractions hurt!

We got to the hospital and were put in a triage room to make sure I was in real labor. Normally they let you sit for an hour and see if you have dialated another centimeter, unfortunately I hadn't progressed from a 4 but my blood pressure was a little high and my water bag was really low so they let me stay for 3 hours to see if I progressed. Lucky for me they found compassion on this first time mom and gave me a morphine shot to take the edge off the contractions and Kier and I were able to sleep. So at 6 am they checked me again and I was at a 5, I was admitted and was given an epidural right away. I tell ya, that drug is the greatest thing on earth! I felt better immediately and Kieran and I were again able to sleep some more, poor Kieran was finally running out of his adrenalin high and feeling the effects of a truly sleepless night. I had my water broken at 7 and at about 8 I had gone from 5 centimeters to 9. Just skipped 6, 7, and 8. Now remember I was sleeping through all the progression because of my marvelous drugs! At 9 I was 10 centimeters and they said that at 10 am we would start pushing. At that point the drugs were taking care of the contractions but the pressure was almost just as bad as our little baby descended and was ready to make her entrance. They figured they would let me push a little early to ease some of the pressure but quickly had to call the doctor in and tell me to stop because she was coming. After about 15 minutes of pushing, at 10 am little Rebecca Sue was here. It was the most amazing experience ever as I looked at my baby girl for the first time and realized that she was mine forever.

After such an amazing delivery, I was almost sent to the OR to have the placenta removed but luckily it came out in the nick of time and I was able to enjoy having my baby close. Kieran was of course glowing as he gazed at this beautiful creature we had created and my mom couldn't stop smiling as she witnessed the whole miracle. I was so glad to have such a good support team throughout the whole thing.

Now we are home and Becca is bringing joy into every heart that sees her. She is truly the most beautiful baby you have ever seen! She is currently fighting some nasty Jaundice and has to stay under Bili lights but hopefully that will be under control soon because I don't know how much more her parent's can take of it! We love you Becca Sue!

I got showered...

I had my first baby shower last Saturday, it was so fun! Grandmom Neubert threw it for me and the theme was "pink," we had pink silverware, plates, napkins, streamers, cake, and even flowers. Some of my good friends were able to come and of course some wonderful aunts. I got some really adorable gifts and I can't wait to dress Becca in all the cute outfits, she is going to be one stylin' girl! I have another one next week that my mother-in-law is throwing and then we only have 2 weeks until Becca's expected arrival.
Now that I'm down to the last month the days seem to be dragging on. I need to find more things to fill my time with because just waiting around for labor to start is brutal. LOL When I went to the doctor for my 36 week appointment I was already dialated 3 centimeters and she is head down, hopefully she won't make us wait too much longer.

Here we are at 36 weeks!

Grandmom's wonderful display! She always throws such a good party.

Becca's firt year baby calendar, I'm so excited to document everything! Thanks Grandmom!

My beautiful carseat cover from the wonderful LaRue!

Vanessa stiched this flower on to the onsie, she's so talented!

Memorial Weekend

We just got back from one of my favorite family vacations. My uncle has the most awesome river houses right on the Colorado River and he invited us up for Memorial Day Weekend. This year we had a record attendance of 33 people and that was still missing 2 families. I wasn't allowed to go in the water under Doctor's orders but I did enjoy watching Kieran and the rest of the family having fun. I got some great pics! Thanks Uncle Scott and Aunt Debbie!

Kieran and my very pregnant self...only 5 more weeks!

Kieran tried to throw Jakob into the water, unfortunately he picked someone who actually knows how to wrestle, guess who actually ended up in the water?

This is one of my favorite shots of Jimmy, Danny, Jakob, David and Kieran jumping off the dock. Suprisingly the verdict came back and most people's favorite activity was just jumping off the dock into the water. Who would have thought you could entertain a bunch a boys with so little?

Kieran on his first jet ski ride. He did great, only throwing Jake and himself in the water once. LOL This was one of his favorite activities. I begged him to take me for a ride but he's a stickler!

Kieran making a graceful dive into the water with Samantha watching. The water was so beautiful and they loved playing in it!

I'm so excited...and I just can't hide it!!

The beautiful nursery we have set up for Becca. Kieran has been so good helping me with everything from painting to assembling to hanging. I sure do love and appreciate him!

These are just some of the clothes we have for our baby girl so far. We have been so blessed to have been given lots of hand-me-downs to start her off:)

These adorable little things were given to me as a gift from the wonderful Sally who worked in our office for the past couple months. I'm sad to see her go but now have something to remember her by. Becca will look so cute in them, I can't wait to put them on her little baby feet!

We are down to only 6 weeks before our little girl is set to arrive and we are counting down each day. I almost wish that I still had school to keep me busy so the days would go faster...almost. ;) Both Kieran and I are working full time now and saving everything we can for when we will go down to just one income. My parents have been so wonderful and have let us move in with them to help us save some money. We've been here about a month and are enjoying being close to family. Becca's room is almost complete, Kieran is going to refinish a rocking chair for me and after I have some baby showers I hope to have more of the baby essentials like a carseat and stroller.

I have to think I have had one of the easiest pregnancies, I have not thrown up once and have loved feeling her grow and kick inside my belly. However, now that she is so big I get to enjoy heartburn every night and waking up at least 3-4 times a night to go to the bathroom. Of course, when she finally decides to come I will still be waking up multiple times a night but I hope the heartburn will subside.

For now my weeks pass with the excitment for the weekend. This weekend is memorial day and my whole family will be going to my uncle's beautiful river house on the Colorado River. Then I have 2 Saturday's in a row with baby showers. After that I will have to find more to look forward to as we continue to count down the weeks. But we're finally to the end and we are both just so excited we can hardly contain it, Kieran will be such a good daddy, I can't wait for her to be placed in his arms for the first time, she is going to love him so much!!