Avery Met Santa!

Jim and I took Avery to the Town Center on Tuesday to meet Santa for the very first time. She slept through the whole thing, but we got a great picture! She was Santa's tiniest visitor yet at 2 weeks old!

Avery Burke is here!

After 40 weeks and 2 days of carrying her inside me, our little angel has arrived! Here's the story! I wrote this last Friday (11/23) so I am a little late in posting it!


I had my 40 week appt on Tuesday at 2 and the Dr told me I was "not quite 2cm" which was his nice way of saying that for the 3rd week in a row I had made no change and that he would probably see me next week. I was so disappointed and frustrated that I just cried when we got back in the car. Since Jim had the day off we left there and grabbed a late lunch/early dinner at Tjuana Flats and just talked and he calmed me down and reminded me that there WAS an end in sight, it just wasn't that day. We came home and rested a little bit and then decided to tackle putting the lights on the Christmas tree and watched TV, then finally went to bed around 11. I woke up at 2 and the TV was still on so I grabbed the remote, turned it off and closed my eyes and then felt a little squish. Thinking it was some sort of discharge or heavier spotting (I started spotting after my internal earlier that day) I jumped up out of bed and ran to the bathroom. I NEVER would have guessed it was my membranes rupturing!!! When I sat on the toilet it was a little heavier than a trickle, but definitely not me peeing! I went and kissed Jim on the cheek and woke him up and calmly let him know that he needed to get up....the race was ON! After a call to the nurse to let them know I was coming in, we headed to the hospital and arrived at 3am. They didn't even triage me after doing the blue tape test to see if it was amniotic fluid came back VERY positive. I got all checked in at 3:30 and just kinda hung out in bed for awhile and took in what was happening. The Nurse checked me at 4:30 and I had still made no change and hadn't had any contractions at all. The Dr came in around 5 (coincidentally the SAME dr was on call that I had seen about 12 hours earlier who told me "see you next week"!). He said since there was nothing happening still that they would hook me up to the pitocin and get me gradually going on that. It really wasn't bad at all. I have always heard horror stories about how bad pit contrax are but they really weren't bad. I decided to beat the pain and got my epidural before they got too bad, so I was hooked up to that around 11. By that time I was at 3-4cm. At around 3:30 they came back in and checked me and I was at 9cm and then about 45 minutes later they checked again and I was at 10 and ready to go. Now the race was REALLY on! I was in a competition with the girl down the hall who had been pushing for about an hour at that point. At 4:42 the nurse got all set up and we did some practice pushes and about 30 minutes later she was crowning and they had to run out and grab the Dr from the other girl's room who was STILL pushing. Avery Burke was welcomed into the world at 5:25 after a little more than 40 minutes of pushing! She was determined to come out (once she realized she was out numbered) and was actually pushing herself out without any contractions! She is absolutely beautiful (of course I am a *little* biased) and has the BIGGEST feet! lol That was the first comment the Dr made about her when she came out, "She's got some feet on her!"

It was THE most amazing experience of my entire life! I kept telling Jim and my sister that something was wrong, it was supposed to be harder than that! So far I have been blessed with a recovery that was just as easy as my pregnancy and a beautiful and healthy baby girl!

We were "evicted" Friday morning around 10, which was really nice that we didn't have to stay the full 48 hours. It was so nice to get back in my own bed where my feet didn't hang off the end!

Thing have been going really well we are truly lucky to have such an easy baby so far! I hope it continues!

Just One Thing Missing!

Time seems to be flying by now! With a little less than 6 weeks go to I think Jim and I have just about everything put together and set up the way I want it. The nursery came together better than I could have imagined; it's become one of my favorite rooms in the house! Jim did an amazing job on the crown and the painting. I am so lucky to have a handy husband! Besides some art on the walls we are just missing one thing! I can hardly wait for it's little occupant to get here!

Showers of Blessings

This past weekend I realized how truly blessed I am to have the family and friends I do. I had my baby shower on Saturday, hosted by my sister, and Beth Linder. It was absolutely perfect and everything was beautiful! I felt so fortunate to be surrounded by so many people who love and care about me and this little one I am expecting already! It really set it in that she is on her way!

Putting a Face to a Name

Jim and I had the opportunity to have a 3D/4D ultrasound done last month. It was SO amazing to really see her and put a face to her name, Avery Burke. She got a little bored with us after about 10 minutes of the session so we had to schedule another one. We got some really great pictures both times. We had a lot of fun guessing whose features she has. From what we can tell she has my ears and nose and Jim's lips. She is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen and I can't wait until she is in my arms. Only 8 more weeks! The time is flying by too fast!

It's a Girl!!

We had our Ultrasound on June 4th when I was 16 weeks (I know I am REALLY late posting this!). Everything looked wonderful, she has a strong heart beat of around 150 beats per minute, and we got to take a peek at our little one! I am amazed at how much she has already grown in 10 weeks! Jim was right, he said girl all along, but I thought it was a boy. Now it's time to load up on the pink and purple!

The most wonderful sound in the World!

I know it's been too long since I updated this, but I am determined to get everything caught up today. I wrote this a while ago, but it's taken me a while to get on and post it! Sorry for the delay!

At our last appointment on May 9, Jim and I heard the most amazing sound ever. The beat of our little one's heart! It was such a wonderful little noise to hear! The doctor said the baby has a very strong, healthy sounding heart with beats around 160 a minute! I wish I could have recorded it, but I play it over again and again in my mind!

Everything is going really well, I am 12 weeks and have gained 1 lb to date! Still no sign of morning sickness, and I am craving fruit like crazy!! We scheduled our Ultrasound today as well. We will hopefully know something on June 4. So keep your fingers crossed that our little one cooperates!

Love you all!
Jim, Lindsey & "Nugget"

Big changes in Our Little World

"A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on." Carl Sandburg

After the wedding dust settled a little and life became what we thought was "normal", Jim and I found out we couldn't be farther from the truth! We recently found out that we are expecting a little package at the end of November, that we have affectionately nicknamed, "Nugget". Neither of us could be more excited to know that soon our family will be expanding!

I am almost 11 weeks along, and have been blessed with such an easy time so far. Other than feeling tired in the afternoon, I feel great; no signs of morning sickness at all (I told you I was blessed)!

Check back with us for more updates! I am hoping to at least get one in a month.

Take care everyone!