Even More Baby Pics

Hello Friends and Family!! I am back to blog again after a very eventful week in our lives. I'll just start at the beginning and give you the update. We knew for a week and a half that Bekah was coming early- we just didn't know when. After a fun night of Settlers of Catan and a fun day at the school Carnival Chris and I watched a movie and went to bed early since we were tired. Soon after laying down my contractions got a lot harder and more regular. I let Chris sleep for two hours until my water broke. Then I woke him, called the doctor and family/friends and took a shower. We arrived an hour later at the hospital at around midnight. My contractions started gaining in intensity (and pain) and coming a lot faster. By 4am I got an epidural-what a wonderful drug! I was much more comfortable and was able to rest until right before I delivered. As I began to push Bekah's heartrate dropped very low and didn't want to come back up. After trying several diffferent things to help her they called the NICU staff to be there in case she needed help after delivery. I pushed for 30 minutes and then she was born at 11:42 am. Bekah was fine after delivery and just needed to be checked out. It was the most incredible experience ever. Chris was there for the whole thing and was a great encouragement to me through the whole thing. He didn't annoy me or anything. He did decline to cut the cord but that's ok. I almost started crying when he brought her to me. Birth has always and will always be such a miracle.

Later that day Grandma Sue came to visit. Then Auntie Stephanie came and held Bekah for awhile. Soon after Grandpa Karl and Nana (Sarah's mom and dad) came to visit. I was so glad to have them there and be able to share their joy of a first grandchild. Bekah's Nana brought flowers for me, little kitty socks and an adorable "Daddy's Little Angel" outfit. They had such fun holding her and bonding with her. After two hours they went to pick up dinner and some Cold Stone Icecream for us. While they were gone Chris's parents and Aunt Karen came to say hi. Then my Aunt Jen, Uncle Scott, Jonathan, Catie and Michelle came to visit and my parents came back. We all had a fun time passing the baby to every one. I loved Catie's expression of Bekah's face. Little by little everyone left for home. My parents said their last good-byes b/c they had to leave for Redding early the next morning. I think my mom wanted to take Bekah with her. It was really fun seeing everyone and getting to show her off.

Over the next two days we had some more visitors and we got more aquainted with Bekah. Tuesday morning we left for home. It was so weird walking into our house with our new baby and knowing that she was here to stay. Baily came up to sniff and see Bekah. She has been really good around the baby.

Well, we are slowly figuring out how to work with her schedule. She has been eating every two hours for the last day and a half. We are learning what people said when they talked about sleep deprivation. Boy are we there!! Good thing she is cute as a button or this would be a lot harder. Bekah is a pretty good baby and only crys when I don't feed her quick enough. She is a champ at breastfeeding and it's getting a lot easier for me.

Wednesday we went to Target, Sutter to show her off, and then to Church to show her off too. Today we made our first trip to the doctor's and everything was fine. Dr. Brewer got to see her and hold her for a minute. Then we went to the store to get some clothes that will actually fit her. My mom had helped me find a couple of premie outfits that are so cute. We got two more so that we have something that fits her. The premie outfits are still a bit too big for her (now 6 lbs) but they will be too small very soon I am sure. We are really enjoying our time with her. She smiles and sticks her tongue out all the time. She has even started sucking her thumb, much to dad's chagrin. Well, Bekah's hungry again so I must go. I'll try to keep the pictures coming.

More Baby Pics

Aunt Megan has said that we need to post more pics as the few we have posted are just not enough to span the miles between her and her first niece. So, to keep the family peace here they are:

















We have had a bunch of visitors. Sarah's parents made the drive from Redding yesterday but had to go home today.

She's HERE!!!

Rebekah Jeanette Kuhner

11:42am PDT

6lbs 6oz

19 inches long

Game Night

Friday night was lots of fun. We had 4 tables with 6 people playing each game. Some of the long time players decided to play Cities and Knights. It looked way confusing and complicated. One group played Settlers of Catan and the rest of us played Seafarers. It was so fun just being able to hang out and play games with friends. Just to let you all know- GIRLS RULE!!!!! I won my game (though Matt Boyd almost won), Aubry won her game, and Emberli and Leslie won their games. Not one of the boys were able to beat the girls. It was a lot of fun and we will definitely have to do it again.

The last crazy week of my life

Hello again everyone. Sorry that this post is a bit delayed in coming. Let's just say I've been distracted and busy. No pictures yet though I have a bunch to post. They are all on my camera that is in my bag that is packed and ready to go to the hospital. I just don't think that I could deliver the baby if we didn't have the camera ready to capture the first look of our child. I would probably stall my labor and send Chris to get it if we forgot it. Ok, maybe not, but it is an essential part of bringing a new life into the world.

So, a quick update on life here at the Kuhners. September 28th I picked up Megan at the airport and spent a nice afternoon with her before the girls from out fellowship group came over for a fun evening of manicures and pedicures(and of course lots of food). We had a great time of fellowship and girl talk. Chris had gone to the men's retreat and so we had the house to ourselves.

Then I got the call that Chris's dad had collapsed and was rushed to the ER up in Tahoe. He and Chris' brother Jeff had just arrived at the retreat and gotten to the cabin. Later we found out that Chris's dad had collapsed due to his heart. The altidude, exhertion, a week heart and very low Potassium caused his heart to not work properly. God is so good and allowed Dr. Soto to be right there to help and dad's pacemaker/defibrillator went off 8 times and shocked his heart into a better rhythm. I am so glad that God has more work for him down here and that we can be with him. After stabilizing him and shocking his heart once again to get it to a more normal pace he was flown to Reno. Sat. mom and Aunt Karen and Christie all drove up to be with him.

The kids got to come and stay with us and my parents came in that day for the baby shower. Boy did we have a full house. The baby shower was awesome and a ton of fun. I had a wonderful time and enjoyed seeing all my friends and family. God truely blessed me with awesome people in my life. The next day Megan and my mom helped me put together the baby's room. It looks great and is already for the little one to come. Mom and dad left Sunday. Megan left Monday and the kids went home Tuesday after Chris's dad came home from the hospital.

We thought that things would calm down and get back to normal but God had a different plan. Wed. dad had a TIA (precurser to a stroke) and so we spent the afternoon at the ER. He is ok and it was probably caused by all the stuff that happened that weekend. All that day I had been having lots of contractions and at the ER they started coming 5 min. apart. As soon as Chris' parents got home we left for the hospital for me.

Chris had called and left a message for Jeremy and Stephanie. All they knew was that Chris' dad was in the ER. All Chris left on their phone was, " We are at the hospital and it looks like this is it." After a bit of panic they got ahold of us and learned it was me and not dad, a birth(or so we thought) and not the end. They brought dinner for Chris and we hung out together for awhile laughing and joking around. My contractions were 2-3 min. apart and hard. We really thought our bundle of joy was coming. Well the baby decided not to come that night.

I am still waiting for hard labor to start but am having some serious contractions all the time. I have to admit that the 3-7 min. contractions a couple times an hour for the last week are getting old. Hopefully they are helping things along and my labor will be short. I will let everyone know when this baby actually decides to come into this world. Well, that's the update for now. I have a ton of scrapbooking to do before the baby comes and am determined to get a lot of it done. I will post some new pictures soon.