more pain

Katrina got more pain in her contractions after her water broke. She got some stadal, so all is better!

Water Broke

Katrina's Dr. just broke her water. Katrina said it was a weird feeling for sure. Now, we wait more. She is dialated 3cm. The Dr. said she should begin to feel more painful contractions. Each step is a big step at this point. Both Katrina and I have both tried to sleep two times tonight. I think Katrina feel asleep once for 30mins or so, which is good. I wasn't able to find any deep sleep. We have soft music playing.

slow beginnings

Katrina got her first pill to slowly begin contractions around 10:20pm. Around 2:30am Dr. Sizemore will check on her and evaluate the next move. She is pretty uncomfortable right now with her iv stinging in her right hand. We just layed down for about an 1.5 hrs and our friend Corey stopped by from the medical floor. He is a nurse. We are in good hands. We are going to go for our first walk around the birthing center.

waiting for doctor

One Step Closer

We got bumped ahead in the inducement ranking tonight! Instead of waiting for 8am tomorrow (Sunday, Aug. 24), the nurse called and told us to come in at 7pm (Saturday). We are here! Our birthing room/suite is huge and we feel pumped just to be here. The nurse's name is Annie. She will begin our inducement after she finishes with a delivery down the hall. Ya! Love Marc

Marc and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on June 25th. The actual day was mid-week so we waited until the following weekend to get-a-way. We started a tradition where each year one of us takes turns planning how we will spend our anniversary. This year it was my turn.

So we stayed at the historic Marcus Whitman hotel in Walla Walla. It was beautiful and we really enjoyed the fact that it was only an hour away.

We stayed at the Marcus Whitman for 2 nights and 3 days. It worked out that we were there over the 4th of July weekend. The hotel has a restaurant called "The Marc". We made sure to eat there once. We shared the best dessert I have ever had--a home-made caramel macchiato dessert. Home-made ice cream surrounded by a caramel baked crust. It was incredible.

This was a picture of our hotel room. The jacuzzi tub was awesome!

It seemed like the whole town of Walla Walla spent July 4th at the park. We sat on a blanket and read books, listened to a couple of different performers and then walked around the park and looked at the vendors. It was great day and we really enjoyed the fireworks that night.
Lastly, here is a picture of us the morning of our last day. We took our Bibles to a local coffee shop and just enjoyed reading, sharing and people watching. All in all we just had a great time!

Baby Shower (1 of 4)

The ladies in my "small group" threw me a baby shower. It was my second one, as my mother-in-law threw me one is Spokane several weeks earlier. We have been super blessed with so many showers. My Stampin' Up! ladies threw me a surprise shower and then I had a bigger church shower in July. What a blessing it is to be in community!


So here are some pictures from my "small group" shower: