New Years Eve 2010 & New Years Day 2011

Well, my NYE was not quite what I had planned....I have been having BH contractions on and off all week, and noticed them getting closer and harder on Friday.  I know nothing about Braxton Hicks because I never had any with Ry. So I googled them (haha what don't I google?) and it said that if you feel more than 4 of them in one hour, you should go in and get checked. Well, I was noticing them like every 6-8 min. So I called in to the Dr.'s office, and they had me talk to the on call doc, and he said I should definitely go in just in case and have them check it out.  Sooooo.....I called Will and had him come get me and take me in to Labor & Delivery.  We got there and they hooked me up to the monitors, and I was having pretty good contractions every 5 min.  They checked my cervix, and said I was dilated to about 1/2 cm, nothing to be alarmed about.  Baby's heartbeat was great, and my blood pressure was normal.  So they monitored me for about an hour, and then decided to try giving me Nifedipine to stop the contractions. That did nothing, so they gave me another dose.  And after that did nadda, they decided to do a fetal fibronectin swab, which basically tests for the hormone that starts dilation.  That came back negative, and they said that pretty much guarantees I won't go into labor for at least 48 hrs.  Well, thats when my contractions started getting intense. They were a minute apart and starting to hurt.  The nurse told me, "Oh well, you're not in labor, so we are gonna send you home." I was like, seriously!? I am really worried, and this is not normal! She told me, "I send ppl home that are dilating and actually in labor having contractions like this!" And in my mind I screamed BS at her.  So she gave me a shot of terbutaline.  Wow, I seriously felt like I was going to die.  My contractions finally stopped, but I was practically having convulsions, and felt like I had just chugged 12 energy drinks and a box of sugar cubes!!! My head and heart were pounding soo hard, and I thought for sure I was gonna pass out, at this point my nurse walked back in and said, K you're not having anymore contractions so we are going to send ya home. So, although I felt AWFUL, I did not want to spend my New Years Eve in L&D with a nurse that didn't take me seriously, where not one DR was in sight.  We left and went to go get some chinese food, and before we even got home my contractions had started again.  They gave me a perscription for more Nifedipine, heaven knows why because it did nothing.  So I took it easy and watched Out Cold with Will & his bro Mike, and went to bed about 1:00.


New Years Day didn't pan out quite like I'd hoped either.  Will & Mike went snowboarding, which I was sooo glad Will got to finally go this year!!! And Ry and Hallie and I chilled at home most of the day.  I read alot of stories online about women who started having contractions at 33 weeks, and most of them basically said there was nothing I could do. So, being the weirdo I am about taking pills, I decided to call in and ask if it was alright that I stop taking the Nifedipine because it didn't do anything, and I would just deal with the contractions because I was anyways.  The on call doc told me I should just go in to L&D and have them check my dilation one more time, and if I wasn't that I could stop taking it.  Soooooo I drove my happy little butt back in to have them check me really quick.  Well, the good and bad news was that this time, I had a nurse that took what was going on seriously.  She hooked me up to the monitors and explained so much to me, called the dr like every 30 min. to keep him updated because my contractions were 2-3 min apart. Well, long story short(er) I was there for another 3 hrs being monitored, no changes in dilation, but discovered that I am between 60 & 70 % effaced. Yikes.  They wanted me to start taking terbutaline orally, and I begged them not to make me! So they sent me home with antibiotics just in case of infection, and more Nifedipine because they want to see if it starts working better after being in my system for 48 hrs. Bah! So here I sit, Sunday night, having contractions every 4-8 min (less than before, but still very worriesome to me), with a mondo headache due to all the medication I'm taking, and feeling crazy worried that my little boy is gonna try and come too early.  I am calling MY dr first thing tomorrow morning to have her assess the situation cause shes the only one I trust, and hopefully have her give me the betamethasone shots to help his lungs kick into gear just in case he gets here early.  I am so worried for him, so please pray for us to make it at least to 37 weeks!!! 

My 22nd Birthday

My day started out so wonderful, Will brought me breakfast in bed (Cereal just like I had requested ;)). He was so excited about the gift he got me he made me open it right then! He brought me a big beautiful red and pink VS box, and I knew he had made my dreams come true~vintage wash boyfriend sweats & jacket!!! Ahhh, I have wanted them forever, and he picked them out all by his one, and they are amazing. After he left for work, Ryann and I showered and got ready for the day, and by ready for the day I mean hair and makeup & sweats! I cleaned my house (which is therapy for me) and played with my baby girl. My amazing SIL Jocey showed up at my door with balloons tied to a Diet Coke w/Lime, and my favorite bavarian cream filled doughnuts! I thought my day couldn't get any better, until Will showed up at home early from work, and took me uptown to run some errands.  I had stuff to do at the post office, and he had "something" to go do really quick.  So he dropped me off at the post office, and when he came back, my Ryann had disappeared to a babysitter, and there was my favorite tall vase from our one year anniversary filled with black callas, pink lillies, curly willow, and pink and green hydrangeas! Oh man was I in heaven, or so I thought, until he drove me to my favorite italian restaurant Le Nonne!! So after devouring my crab raviolis and italian lemon creme cake, we headed to pick up some stuff from the Sprint store.  While I was waiting for him to finish some stuff up, I was talking with one of his customers that said, "oh you're Britt's sister! He said he had to leave to go to his sister's party, so Happy Birthday!" and I lit up and said, "Will! I'm havin a party too!!?" haha this poor guy, his face just dropped, and he kept saying how sorry he was to Will for ruining the surprise hahaha!!! It was hilarious!!! I didn't care, I was just stoked I was having a party! So Will took me home, and Britt and Camille and Ryann were there waiting for me with a beautiful red velvet cake and presents! It was seriously the best!!! My honey made it the perfect day, he is the most wonderful guy in the whole world, and I'm such a lucky girl to have him!!! Needless to say, my birthday was amazing, and everything I hoped for and much much more!!! 

Santa!!!!! We Know HIM!!!

Ryann got such a wonderful surprise on Christmas! Santa himself showed up at her front door, and brought her a pony!!! She was pretty unsure about him, and refused to sit on his lap, but she liked it when he jingled bells for her! She was so cute in her reindeer Christmas jammas, and LoooVed ripping open gifts! Every gift she opened she said "Wow!!!" It was so stinkin cute! She made out like a bandit, considering Mommy and Daddy decided no more toys....that didn't work out so hot. She has a toy room that is already Filled to the brim with toys, so we are just going to replace some old ones with the new ones.  Santa brought her a big jumpjump, a mini dyson vacuum like mommy's, a cute little baby boy (so she will understand a little more how to act with a baby, and she is doing incredible with it already).

  

The best gift of all was having Gramma and all of her Crane aunts and uncles here to celebrate with her! We love having all of us together, even though we just have a small house for all of us, its nice and cozy!

Ryann love love loves her Gramma, she gets so upset every time she has to leave, and is lost for days after :(, its a good thing she has so much fun with her while shes here though!  So this year, all us Crane kids drew names and decided it was homemade gifts only! This was so much fun, and I hope we keep the tradition up because it means so much more to have to put time and thought into a gift you have to make! Chauntelle made me a wayyyy cute knit headband, Trent made Chauntelle a really pretty mod podged shelf, I made Hallie a cute Monogram Necklace holder, Britt made Will some sweet shelves made out of skateboards, and Hallie is making Britt an Aggie Blanket.  Will and I (it had to be a joint effort because it took soooo much sanding) made Trent a giant Jenga set!!! It is so awesome, if I do say so myself! We had so much fun playing it, and we decided we are gonna have to make one to have at our house too!

Christmas was so awesome this year.  I love having my family here, I wish we could all be together more often.  I am so grateful for all the blessings my Heavenly Father has given me, and my family is definitely the most amazing gift He has given me.

Too Much of Something is a Good Thing!

So...I got extremely bored today, and decided I needed to try something new for astoria, and have been in love with the vintage-lace & satin style headpieces that looked too difficult to attempt, but I figured hey what the heck...why not!?   This is what came of my day, I got started and ended up having way too much fun making stuff!!!

Can I love Anything More...I think not!!!

 

This little thing is the love of my life. My pride and Joy. She is the best thing that could have ever happened to Will and I, and we are so unbelievably blessed that she chose us as her parents. She is the best helper, the best eater, and an amazing sleeper. I couldn't ask for a better baby.  I love her to pieces, and then some....

She is gonna be the best big sister in the whole world!!!

New Stuff on Astoria!

If you don't follow Astoria yet...PLEASE DO!!! I'm adding way cute new stuff all the time-Check it out! www.astoriadesigns.blogspot.com!!!!  My newest Creation:

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Ahh Christmas Time!

I love Christmas! I love baking and making candies for friends and family! I am going to attempt making sugar cookies today, so wish me luck!!! Ryann love loves the Christmas Tree, well not so much the tree as the candy canes I should say.  She has a real knack for finding them...   Anywho... Lucky me, Astoria is getting busier all the time and I'm having way too much fun making new things all the time! I'm such a lucky girl, getting to stay at home with my beautiful little girl and making crafts all day! I have the best hubby in the world! Will has been working 6 days a week at Sprint, which really sucks because he is on salary so the extra hours don't mean more $$$, just more work for the poor guy :(. No worries though, this time next year he will be doing Xango full time and we won't have to worry about work schedules and not getting any time off for the holidays. He literally gets 1/2 of Christmas Eve off, and Christmas Day, and then has to be back to work.  So needless to say, we won't be going to visit family in Casper, which is kinda a bummer. We are excited to have our own little Christmas in our new house, but it just won't be the same not seeing our parents on Christmas Day for the first time in our lives... :/.  Here's what Ryann has asked Santa pretty please to bring her:

And POSSIBLY this:

but we shall see!

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As of Late...

Well, as usual we are keeping pretty busy! Got some of my Christmas shopping done, and it got me really excited to be having a boy! For some reason holding the little outfits makes it more real! We are starting to look at names, and I forgot how hard it is to name a little person! Its a pretty hefty task, and I get so nervous about it haha! I really can't wait to have a little tiny baby around to snuggle with (even though Ry has started snuggling me again because of the cold weather-yay!) Newborns are just so soft and sweet, and asleep! I am just dying to know what he is gonna look like too! Will he be a blondy like his Daddy? Or a little Indian baby like his sister haha? I'm so excited to see, but also trying to spend and soak up as much of my time with Ryann as I can.  I know things will be different once he gets here, so I am loving every minute with her! Speaking of.....Ryann is quite the character. She is learning and picking up on everything everyone around her does! She loves to sing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, and make dog and pig noises! She loves to shake her finger at Mommy and Daddy and say No No! Her signing is getting better, she does More, Please, Eat, All Done, and Thank You (almost!).  I love that I can communicate with her! She loooooooves her soft blanky, and all of her furry stuffed animals, she rubs them on her face and says Sooooft! She also gives the animals kisses! She has a pet fish, which she called shish, but she Loves to watch him swim around! She never gets tired of playing with her Daddy either....he throws her in the air and she does flips and drops backwards, it makes me super nervous, but she can't get enough of it-She is such a thrill seeker! She blows raspberries on Mommy's belly, and gives kisses to her brother (I really wish she could understand that theres a baby in there, but its cute nonetheless!) She blows kisses bye bye, waves and says bye bye perfectly! She is really mastering peek a boo too! The way she says boo is so cute because its just in her little voice, and is a perfectly pronounced boo!
As for Will and I life is going pretty great! We are loving our ward here in Smithfield with all the old people haha! Someday we hope to actually sit in the chapel, but Ry doesn't really cooperate...     Wills job is awesome, I am so proud of him and the things he has accomplished in his store, he really is such a great manager! He is also getting really excited for the snow to come so he can start his snowboarding season....sure wish I could tag along...but I will have to wait til next year! As for me, I stay busy relentlessly trying to keep my house clean and tidy, making bows and flowers for Astoria, and taking and editing pictures for friends.  I feel like the time goes by so stinkin fast when you are a stay at home mom, I don't know why the world thinks its such a cush job. I'm not complaining, but I will say it is definitely a full time job in itself~
Other than all that I am super excited for the holidays and visits with family! Thanksgiving is going to be hard this year controlling myself as I only have a limited amount of space to fill my belly....I guess I'll just have to resort to eating in increments! And yes...I am going to put up my tree this week. Because I can. Ha.

TTFN~

New!

Well, Astoria isn't quite off to the start I had hoped...I've only sold 3 pieces.. :(

And the jerks at Violet Hill Boutique here in Logan have yet to say anything about the application I turned in 6 weeks ago...

But I have decided I need to advertise better, and definitely need to put my new stuff up.  It has been hard because we don't have the internet...so I'm doin my best!!!

Life is crazy...Ry is sick, My belly is more and more evident everyday, and Will is doing amazing at the Sprint Store, generating more sales than they ever have-so his bosses are loving him!

Wills brother Mike is coming home off his mission from El Salvador next Thursday so we are going to take a lil road trip, I'm so excited for him to meet Ryann!!

Other than that...we have been having way to much fun lately hanging out with our friends,  Casey and Emily Hansen, and TJ and Veronica Morton!!! Its like a party everyday haha!