August

Wow it's been a whole month since we have last posted! I guess that's what happens when you have a baby... it's really hard to get anything done. But we love it! Here's a little update of what our little family has been up to for the last month.

Denver and I have been taking thousands of pictures of Daley! I've been working on doing Daley's birth announcement on Picnik.com and so Daley and I have been playing lots of dress up. The other day, I pulled out about 6 different outfits for Daley to try on to see if they fit yet and we tried them all on. I was really worried that she would get really fussy and we would have to quit before we were done....but we didn't have to because Daley loved it! We had so much fun!

Then when Denver gets home...he would pose Daley for me while I snapped some shots of her sleeping and smiling at her daddy. She absolutely loves Denver! Here is the birth announcement...

Denver and I have also started school again. It's going great so far and we are both enjoying our classes for the semester.

It has also been raining like crazy here I'm sure just like everywhere else. Denver and I have decided that it is really hard to enjoy the rain in this little trailor we are living in because it leaks...really bad! Denver and I have to put two towels down in front of the front door and one at the back door...put a bucket by the washer and dryer and one in front of our shower. As soon as the storm is over with we have to hurry and dry the towels to get ready for the next storm. We are working on trying to get all of those things fixed......;)

Denver is also working on an old truck that has been sitting here on this lot for about 8 years and he has it all fixed up! It was Mitch's truck that he drove around in high school...a GMC Sierra white, single cab, long bed, turbo diesel truck. Denver loves it!

More Pictures as Promised!

Daley had quite a journey to go through before she could come home with us. This first picture was taken the day after she was born...she was on a high flow of oxygen, had IV's in every place you could possibly put one, and she had a feeding tube down her throat. Looking back at all of these pictures makes me so happy that we finally have her home.

Daley had some jaundice so this is a picture of her with her cool sunglasses on!

Here is a picture when she finally got to take out the IV for good!

The night before we got to take her home...Denver and I had to pass the parenthood test. Haha...JK but it sure felt like it. The NICU wanted us to spend the night and take care of her as if we were home....that way if we had any questions or concerns they could be there in 2 sec. to help us and answer our questions.

We were just so excited to finally have a date to take her home!

Denver and I had fun dressing her up in a couple of outfits the day before we got to go home. This one Nana and Jennie got for her. Those premie outfits are so cute!

Daley is all ready to leave the hospital after 13 days!

Here is a sign that the NICU made for her crib.

And finally... here is a picture of Daley today! She is 6lbs. 1 oz. now and growing fast! Denver and I think it's crazy how fast she changes. Everything is going great now that we are all together here at home. Life couldn't get any better than this!

We are Coming Home!

We are all so excited!

Daley can't wait!

Surprise! Daley is Here!

Wow...where to even start? This past week and a half, Denver and I celebrated the 4th of July, got to fly to Phoenix, and had a baby! It was Sunday, July 4th, and Denver and I were sitting in Sacrament meeting with his family when I thought I felt a contraction. I had Denver and Kayden feel the top of my tummy when it would get hard. We weren't sure at first but when they kept coming every 3 mins Denver and I knew they were true contractions. They started in Sacrament and never let up.
Denver and I went back to his parents house and I drank a bunch of water and put my feet up. The crontractions still weren't letting up. So Denver and I decided we better head up to Greer to visit with my family and see if they get any worse. When we got up there...they started hurting. So we called the doctor on call and asked what she thought we should do and immediately she told us to go to Show Low. Denver and immediately jumped in the car and headed to Show Low and the contractions hurt worse and worse.
When we finally got to the ER and they got me right in to get checked. I was dialated to a 3 and the nurse thought I was completely ephased! When she left the room she started getting a flight arranged for us to go to Phoenix. The nurse came back and gave me a catheder for the flight. After a few minutes of having the catheder in, I felt a little trickle of something. I told the nurse that I thought the catheder was leaking....and she said "Honey I'm pretty sure the catheder isn't leaking.." Then she got a strip to test the fluid to see if my water had broke. Sure enough, the test came back positive and my water was leaking. I was going to have to fly in a helicopter and Denver probably wouldn't be able to fly with me, which was not going to be acceptable. Denver remembered in the nick of time my Uncle Jim who is a flight nurse. His company flies patients off the mountain to better help elsewhere. We gave him a call and he was there in 15 mins to pick Denver and I up to fly to Sky Harbor where an ambulence would pick us up to take us to St. Joseph's Hospital. Thank you so much Jim! It meant a lot to us!
As soon as we got there a team of doctors and nurses assessed me. I was dialated to a 4 but only 50% ephased. (I think the nurse in Show Low miss diagnosed me.) The doctors were convinced that my water hadn't broke because they didn't see any more evidence of any amniotic fluid. Since my water wasn't broke in their opinion the decided to take me off the magnisium and wait to see what happens. They weren't to worried if we had the baby because we were at 34 weeks and the baby pretty much had a 100% chance of survival. But since I was only at 34 weeks they didn't want to induce me and break my water. We waited all day Monday in the Labor and Delivery room for my water to break. The doctors were going to let me walk around to do a blood pressure test but my blood pressure stablized so they changed their minds. I asked my nurse if I could just walk around my room and she said that would be fine. I was really nice to be able to sit in a regular chair and walk around. Then the nurse let me get in the shower. After the shower, I sat back down in bed getting ready to go to sleep when I felt something leak again.

We called the nurse in and they checked it and sure enough it was amniotic fluid! My water officially broke 12:00 AM Tuesday morning. So they hooked up the pitosin and told Denver and I to get some sleep because it was going to be a long day ahead of us. Denver and I slept pretty well all night and woke up around 7:00. That was when my contractions started hurting again. So I let the nurse know that I was ready for my epidural. Thirty mins later, I was in heaven! So for the rest of the day I was in and out of sleep until I dialated to a 10 and I was ready to push at 3:15. I pushed for a full hour before our little Daley came. Daley Finch was born July 6, 2010 at 4:14 PM weighing 5 lbs. 8 oz. , 19 inches long, and absolutley gorgeous!

Because Daley was born 6 weeks early, her lungs haven't completely developed which required her to be admitted into the NyICU to help strengthen her lungs. She is doing great and progressing everyday! The doctors and nurses have all had a hard time finding good veins for her IV's so she has had them everywhere because of complications. Her latest one is in her forehead which is so sad. She is still cute as can be and Denver and I call her our little baby tin girl! My computer is taking extra long to upload photos so I can only get two in....but don't worry we will post soon when Denver and I get our little bundle of joy home with more pictures! Denver and I have been so blessed during this exciting and trying time with so many acts of service from everyone. Thank you so much for everything, it meant more than you will ever know. Denver and I can't wait until we can bring out sweet, little Daley home!

Mt. Graham & Rodeo

Denver and I got to hang out with Madi this weekend and Madi knows how to party! We woke up Saturday morning and did a little bit of yard selling (which we were unsuccessfull) then we got ready and headed up the mountain to the Layton Cabin. When Madi and I were young before we moved to Eagar, we would spend at least a couple of weeks up at the cabin to escape from the hot desert weather. Denver and I have been married over a year now and he had not seen it yet so I was excited to show Denver where a lot of my summer childhood memories were. These next couple of pictures are taken just above where the cabin is and you can see a good portion of the valley below.



Madison loves car rides and she would rather sit and wait than to get out and enjoy the scenery. She didn't want to stop!



Then Denver got a call from his sister Brooklyn telling us that they were on their way to the Gila Valley to go to a rodeo! We were so excited! So we met up with Brooklyn and her family and Ethan and Jessica Eagar and went to the rodeo to watch Dallas compete. Here are a few pictures of all of us enjoying the rodeo!

Maternity Pictures

This past weekend, Denver and I got to go and spend time with his sister Brook and her sweet little family! I had to take a test to be able to be placed in the middle school for my student teaching on Saturday morning for 4 hours! The first hour was the longest; somewhere around 10:00 I decided I was really hungry; somewhere around 10:30, Daley decided she was really hungry and stretched her leg out as far as she could which didn't feel very good, so I had to stop what i was doing and lean back and push her foot back where it was suppose to go. Then around 11:30 at question #100 I was thinking I only had one more question to go (which I did) but it was an essay question that I had no idea about. I was devistated! So I had to spend another 45 min working on my essay. I did survive and Denver came and rescued me!

The rest of the day was spent shopping...for things that were desperately needed!

Then on Sunday afternoon, Brook offered to take prego pictures of me. They turned out so well! I have quite a few of them and I wouldn't mind showing all of them because they all look so great!Thank you so much Brook! I'm at 30 weeks in these pictures.

Memorial Day and the Gila Box

This Memorial Day this year Denver and I got to go to the Gila Box and tube down the rapids! Well considering that we were on the Gila River...the rapids weren't too rough....don't worry! Denver and I were really excited to get to go and see the place where the Gila Valley Temple's mural was painted from. It is gorgeous down there! When we got there we found the perfect spot for the family to set up camp for the day. The water was a little chili at first but once you got in it was really nice and it kept you cool during the summer heat. We even got to go tubing a little bit. My dad dropped us off a little ways up stream and we floated down. It wasn't too bad except at the very beginning. Denver, my mom, and I got down to the river and saw that it looked a little dangerous for a prego girl to be floating down, so we decided to try it a little further downstream. Long story short...Denver and my mom got swept away by the current and my mom lost her shoes and Denver got a big bruise but they were just fine. I was the lucky one! We had a blast being able to spend time with the family!