We were excited when we got a call from Cam a week ago Thursday. He said that Deana's doctor was going to take her off the medication she was taking to prevent her from going into labor. She had been having contractions for several weeks, but her baby wasn't due until the first week of November! Well, it seemed that it was now safe to let that baby come!
Luckily we had planned some time off, and we're just going south to spend some time with Jon and his family at Disneyland, so we changed our plans, drove to Missoula, Montana that Thursday night...and flew down to Phoenix on Friday! We arrived late in the afternoon, we were greeted at the airport by Cam, D and the kids... So fun so see than again! We all went for dinner at Cafe Rio :-)...and then headed home. It was a quiet evening Friday night, D and I walked and talked trying to induce labor... but no luck!
Saturday, Cam was up early and went to work and to school to study. It was General Conference so the rest of us stayed home and watched the first session. How wonderful it was to hear the Conference speakers and especially the announcement of missionaries being able to now go on their missions at 18!!
We decided between sessions of Conference to go for lunch and shopping at the Anthem Outlets. It was so fun, we ate, and watched the kids play at the little park, and we shopped and walked some more!! No contractions so we returned home and watched part of the second session of Conference.
For dinner, we were wanting some comfort food, so we made up some chicken pot pie! It really hit the spot!! After dinner Cam and Doug went off to the Priesthood session of Conference and D, Brooke, Mckinley and I gave each other pedicures! We decided it was important for D to have beautiful toes for her delivery!! It was interesting trying to keep the bottles upright with little Mckinley 'helping' us, however, we all managed to get nice pedicures...and manicures! When the boys came home we enjoyed some fresh peaches and ice cream!!
Well Sunday morning and no change to D's condition, so we settled in and watched Conference. Cam made us a delicious brunch of breakfast burritos. I am amazed...he is such a good cook! After the second session of Conference was over, we enjoyed a full turkey dinner, with stuffing, mashed potatoes, buns, salad, veggies, etc. We celebrated our Canadian Thanksgiving!
After our Thanksgiving dinner and the dishes were all done, which D mostly did, still trying to be on her feet, to see if that would help...we all went on another walk! About halfway through Brooke and Mckinley needed to head back, but D and I kept walking... we were determined to bring on labor... I think it was beginning to work!
Her doctor wanted her to go in to the hospital Sunday night to see how she was progressing. Cam took her up around 9:00 PM and a few hours later we got a text from Cam saying that she wasn't dialated quite far enough, so they wanted her to go on a WALK to see if it would move her along...poor D!! So they walked some more, and yeah! When she returned they said they would keep her over night and monitor her progress. We were excited for them.
We had stayed up late hoping to hear something, but finally got the kids settled and went to bed. However, by the next morning we still had heard nothing, so we called them, but no answer...we found out later that Cam was sleeping! D had progressed very slowly through the night! Well, we decided to feed the kids and take them back to the Anthem outlets, better than just hanging around home. Well, we had been there for just a short time when we get a call just after 11:00 AM that D had had the baby!! We were thrilled for them!
We got the kids some lunch and finally made our way up to see this beautiful new addition! Mckinley had a cold so we dropped her off at a friend's house, but Brooke was so excited to see her new little sister! By the time we arrived she was having some respiratory problems, so she was in a special nursery that didn't allow children to visit.
So Brooke pressed her nose up against that big glass window, trying to get as close as she could! After some hugs from dad and mom, she understood that her sister needed special help from her doctors to get better. She was born a month early and her lungs and heart have a little more developing to do...but she will be fine!!
We were so happy to have been there when she was born. We weren't able to hold her, but we touched her and tried to send lots of 'love vibes' to her. We were also glad that D was OK! We asked what her name was, but Cam and D didn't have one. It took a few days, but they have named her Brynnlee Kathryn. We are so happy for them and welcome our new little addition to the family! We flew out Monday night to meet up with Jon, Tiff and their kids at Disneyland... but our prayers were constantly with them, especially Brynnlee!
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