August 15th, 2014...A day I will never forget

The day started out totally normal. It was a Flex (N8 didn't have to work) and he went for a run and got Benjamin to school. Emma & Mo ate breakfast and I grabbed a shower. After getting dressed, I felt like I had peed my pants. Unfortunately, not totally uncommon in the tale end of pregnancy.  I grabbed some new closed and went into the bathroom to change and found a good amount of blood and started yelling for N8.

A quick call to a good friend to come get the kids off to school (thanks Megan!) and we headed to the hospital. We called my OB on the way and he had us come into his office instead. He did an ultrasound and found that I had placenta previa. The baby was also trying to engage causing the bleeding. He had us come home so I could rest, but warned that I was heading down a road that included a C section and likely I wouldn't make it to 37 weeks (I was 35 weeks and 4 days).

We came home, our friends dropped Henry back off, Ricky and Kim dropped something things off and within about 30 minutes I knew something was wrong. I felt like I was gushing blood. We weren't going to make it another day.

We suddenly needed to go again to the dr and had Henry with us. We got a hold of another friend to get Henry from the dr since we suddenly couldn't get a hold of anyone else. I stood in a waiting room for what felt like an eternity and was probably 2-3 minutes and passed several blood clots the size of nerf footballs. My dr came in looked at me and grabbed a wheelchair. He wheeled me into the hospital straight to the maternity wing. They immediately started monitoring the baby and trying to get in an IV.

 Trying, trying and trying some more. In the end I think they stuck me somewhere 12-14 range including my neck and foot. I'm a hard stick to begin with, but after loosing that much blood, they couldn't get anything in. It was about 10am when we got to the hospital, my dr wanted the c section done by 11. Nate got all suited up.

With my uncooperative veins, it got pushed back and at 12:05 PM August 15, 2015 Rebekah Cristel Kimbler was born. She was 6 lbs 6 oz and 19 inches long.

Once she was out, I heard her cry and could tell they were working on her.

They brought her over to me so I could get a quick peek and then she was gone.

Nate stuck with her like glue while I was wheeled off to recovery.

They had her on oxygen, but she was obviously struggling to breath. She was grunting and chest was caving with every breath.

Finally they decided that Ridgecrest did not have what was needed to care for her. She was going to be air lifted to Loma Linda in Redlands. They then began to try and intubate her. Several people and tries later she was.

Then we waited for the Loma Linda team. Due to wind they ended up driving an ambulance up and she was readied to be put into this:

They then told us that Loma Linda was full and we would be going to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley.

They left about midnight, Nate followed behind the ambulance. I tried to get some sleep, but kept checking for a message from Nate. At about 3 am Nate messaged me that they had arrived....
This was only the beginning of the longest 15 days I have ever experienced. 

The numbers....

On Sunday N8 & I spent
hours at the hospital. I had steady contractions 2-3 minutes apart the majority of that time, but no baby yet.

It got me thinking about the numbers.

We havedays until my wonderful sister comes to stay with us to help out when the new man makes his arrival.

We havedays until baby boy is here (unless it happens sooner! But I'm being induced on the 9th, so no later than that!).

And we havedays until school starts!!

With everything creeping up quickly, I've been trying to get the random things done around the house while trying to stay somewhat cool. I've been able to finish a few more unfinished projects.

I started a car mat as part of the monthly craft group I go to. It was a good project to work on while watching Food Network & HGTV!

I also had file folder games from our group. I now have 6 colored and 3 totally completed. I decided to do them slightly differently and cut my file folders in 1/2. I did them on the front and back. This way I could laminate them at home with my own laminater and not spend the $$ to do it somewhere else.

I've also been eying different nursing covers and found on I wanted to try and make. This one is from Scraps N' Strings. I'm happy with how it turned out. The only challenge will be remembering to bring it with my places. The other 3 kids never would put up with being covered up. We'll see if this one will!

There was also one last blanket I wanted to make. I had found this fabric while I was in Phoenix. I love the colors and am happy with how it turned out.

Now I'm trying to stay up on things around the house, not let the kids drive each other crazy and stay cool!

It's hard to tell, but this picture was taken during the one random monsoon"ish" storm we've had. It is actually raining on N8 and the kids!

Sewing projects for the new little man...

So I'm feeling like I'm in the home stretch of pregnancy (about 10 weeks to go) and am finally getting to some of the sewing projects that I planned to do. I've made many carseat covers, but I still hadn't made one for myself. A few weeks ago I went down to Lancaster and picked out some fun fabric and this week I finally got around to making it. I made one minor change from the previous covers I have made-snaps!!

My first efforts resulted in a minor snafu! I put my two tabs on opposite of each other!

But with quick use of my seam ripper the problem was remedied!

Here's the final product:

I also made matching/coordinating burp clothes, binky clips & a onesie tie!


I'm really happy with how they all turned out and now will move onto some other projects I have in mind!!

One last image to share. Our two kitties Pichi & Paccha are funny. N8 snapped this picture the other night of the two of them snuggled up with each other!!

We're having a....

I debated if I would blog this or not. I'm not one to shout things from the rooftops, but decided I would anyways!

Today we had an ultrasounds done at the hospital. Nothing was wrong, it was just checking to make sure everything was looking good and everything did. The baby is measuring right on target with my due date of Aug 16th. We also got to see what flavor baby is coming to us! And....it's a boy!

We kind of already knew that, but this was our serious confirmation. Our OBGYN doesn't have the best reputation at getting things right!

We're excited to be adding another little boy to the mix and I look forward to redecorating a room. We think we're going to move Bud into his own room (our current guest room) and let Mo and the baby be together. This would mean we could put off buying bunk beds!

Here are two of the shots we got today. The first is of his 2 little feet!


This is a profile shot:

Another iron-on transfer idea...

Here's another use for iron-on transfers:

It helps if you don't iron it on upside-down!! Oh well!! Maybe next time ;)!

Shopping and games and swelling oh my!!!

Well we have successfully made it through Thanksgiving. We made it through with a full fridge, lots of shopping and games and fun. My sister, BIL and 4 kids came and stayed with us. Emma and Bud are now going through withdrawal from their cousins! We had a great Thanksgiving dinner. Luckily my cousin who lives here made our turkey and we handled the rest. It turned out great and we're still eating the left overs. We played lots of card and we were also some of the crazy people you hear about shopping at insane hours the day after Thanksgiving. My sister and I were in line at Walmart at 4:30am and didn't stop shopping until about 10am! Even N8 and my BIL got into the game this year and hit a couple of the stores. Now I have to tackle all of the wrapping!!

Being on my feet a lot this past week took it's toll on my though. I no longer have ankles!! Swelling has never been an issue with my previous pregnancies. But I had an appointment yesterday and my blood pressure is totally normal so we're not concerned. I'm just trying to keep my feet up more and watch my salt intake. Yesterday we also set a date to be induced. Dec 11 at 7am I report to the hospital. When the nurse called to hospital to schedule it, she said "I need to schedule an elective induction", and I though, there is nothing elective in giving birth at home and I am not doing that again!! Of course there is the strong possibility that I won't make it to the 11 (that's only 6 days early) but we'll see. My goal is to make it to the 9th so my mom can be here!

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping...

No I'm not, no I'm not!! Ok, that might be an exaggeration, but today that's what it feels like. This is my 3rd baby so I figured I knew what the pregnancy symptoms were and what it was like. Insomnia has never been one of the side affects though!! I'm not an early to bed person in general, but at 2am when I'm still wide awake there's something wrong! I know that in the end it bring the blessing and joy of a baby, but for the time being I would just like a little sleep!

Other than the insomnia my only other bothersome pregnancy complaint is Restless Leg Syndrome. Rather than a pain in the neck it's a pain in the legs!! Well pain might not be the correct term, more like annoyance. It isn't painful at all, it just drives a person crazy. Imagine that tingling sensation you get after you foot falls asleep. Now imagine that sensation crawling up your legs for hours on end! Luckily it's starting to cool down and heat seems to offer some sort of relief. But you don't really want to use a hot rice pack when it's a 100 degrees outside!

So, here's to a good nights rest!

The cat is out of the bag...

So, we finally broke the news to our parents yesterday that we are expecting #3! We are excited, but I am more excited to not have to keep it a secret anymore. We have so many pregnant women in out ward right now. We always seem to go in spirts, but geez! Four of the YM's leaders wives are pregnant plus 2 more. I think I totally caught my mom off guard, she didn't know how to respond on the phone.

I'm also in a doctor dilemma. We haven't been happy with our first 2 appointments and are pretty sure we're going to try a different doctor. I just wish we had more choices.

It was a great thing to be able to share this news on Father's day with out families and hope and pray that everything continues to go well.