Almost 2 weeks old !!

I will try and keep a consistant blog,but it won't be as consistant as I use to. Berkley has gotten bigger, she eats like crazy! It has been tough breast feeding her, so I've decided to just pump. Man has there been LESS crying on her part and mine!!! Being a mom is a full time job, I knew it would be alto but until you are in that position then you will know the amount of time it takes. Oh Berkley is so cute! When she she sometimes sleeps in my arms she makes the cutest grins and smile, it just melts your heart!

After getting out of the hospital those fears come in your mind... oh crap this is for real! How am I going to do this? It has brought Neal and I closer to the gospel, with many prayers, and having lots of faith.

We are so thankful for all the help that we have received, words can not describe!!

* We have more pictures but we need to save them on a thumb drive instead of our computer. So it will be a little longer, school and a new baby keeps us very busy.

The 3 of us !!!!!!

We are home!!

Dress up : )

First Bath

Minutes after Birth

We are home and adjusting! She is a doll, it is just amazing how much love you have for a person only being a few minutes old. I got an epidural at 3cm, I for sure recommend it! My contractions started progressing Thursday mid afternoon, around 5pm & when my doctor came in they really started picking up! I pushed between 30-45 min and she was out. :) Her feedings are going much better compared to day 1. : ) Neal is such a GREAT dad, he is such a great help. My mom and sister have been over helping us, ans man is it such a great help!

Berkley Nicole Butler

September 17th, 2009

7:07pm 6lbs 12oz

21 inches long

Waiting and waiting

We got in at 11pm last night and the nurse gave Krista some magical stuff to thin out her cervix. She is having mild contractions every few minutes but it doesn't seem like anything major will happen until the give her the plutocin around 1pm. For more updates please check out my face book. Just search under Neal Butler if you are not my friend...but you should be my friend because I love you.

Waiting For A Bed !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so our time got pushed to 9:00pm to be induced, now we are waiting for them to call us for an open bed. Luckily we have family that lives close by (his parents). So I will be working on homework and Neal will be studying until they call. It's just a little bitter sweet.

Wednesday is a GO !

So I had my doctors appointment, there was a little more effacement and no dilation. So we will go in Wednesday night at 8pm and they put some stuff in my cervix to thin it out. He said it would be in there for about 12 hours, the good thing is I can get up and move around, eat if I want to, and then sleep it off. An in the morning I can even eat breakfast!!!!!! Then they will give me petosin if it is needed.

A lot is going through my head right now!! Should I get my e-net homework done before I go in to the hospital, it's due on Sunday... I think I should. I hope Neal will be able to go to his big presentation for school Thursday morning, and then have the baby. I know things will work out in some way or another. I just hope Berkely is healthy and that we will be able to have a since of relief when she comes!! It's exciting but stressful at the same time!

3 More Days !!!!!!!!!!!

So I am scheduled to be induced Wednesday the 16th at 8pm at Banner Gateway, but it will really depend if the doctor says it's good to go. I don't know... I know lots of first time parents have delivered over their due date, we just don't want to get our hopes up. We want to try and prevent a c-section as much as possible. That is why we are waiting for the thumbs up from the doctor if there is any progress down there to so it can help on Wednesday. If he says we should wait longer then we will. The lates we would want to be induced sis on Thursday the 24th. Oh but the waiting....

I really really hope that we can have Berkley on the 16th or 17th!! I am curious to see how Neal will be able to get any sleep, especially on the stiff couch with a baby waking up every 2 hour. Well it will definitely be a life changer for the both of us!

The Waiting Game !

I am going a little crazy! I had some false labor contractions during church yesterday but then they stopped ! :( I am the type of a person that likes to get things done and over with, but no, babies come on their own time. Being patient is becoming a little more difficult for this situation. I am tired of being pregnant, I was fine the beginning of last week but now I am truly done! I go into the doctors and they say no effacement, no dilation, but softening. I have an appointment tomorrow morning, I am seriously going to cry if there is no progress! I will go on walks 3x a day if means me going into labor, the last thing I want to do is drink Castor oil! If nothing happens this week I just need to remind myself that I will be induced at 8pm on the 16th.

Any bets when she will come, the time, length, pounds, ounces ?

4 Years!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep we have been married for 4 years on September 1st!! I would have posted this on the day of but it has been very busy with school! We are for sure past that stage of people saying that we are newlyweds, which I am very glad about! We have grown in many ways like learning each others habits, stress level, abilities, likes and dislikes. An addition to our family is coming very soon and we are SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! I am so very happy and LOVE Neal Soooooooooooooo much, he is truly my man!!

Last night I experienced lots of pressure on my lower back, but it didn't intensify. : ( But I didn't get that much sleep either.