Welcome Baby Anisten!

At 38 weeks pregnant I got sick for a few days with fever, chills, headache, and a weird rash on my belly. I was worried about the baby and so was my midwife. On Saturday morning at 3am I went in to be evaluated at Evergreen's Family Maternity Center. They started doing test after test. They were looking for infection in me and in the baby. I was poked 3 separate times for lab draws, had an ultrasound guided amniocentesis, and three pokes to the spine for a lumbar puncture. They started an IV and were giving me fluid. They also used a catheter to get a clean urine specimen, and did a chest X-Ray. I felt like the science project of the day. We had a Midwife, an OB, an infection doc, and a perinatologist working with me. They were all working together to find out what was wrong with me and the baby. Everything came back normal, except the amniotic fluid had a glucose level of 8, and anything above 15 is normal. The glucose level being low is a sign of stress for the baby and they decided to induce labor and get the baby out. Everything was a little crazy. They checked my cervix, 2cm dilated, and broke my water. They added pitocin to the IV fluid to start contractions. I did have an enjoyable time experiencing labor using the Jacuzzi tub twice, walking the hall, and bouncing on a labor ball. Rylan was very supportive, Mom flew in and visited us with Lilly. When I got hurting pretty bad, I got an epidural (4th and best poke into my spine :) From there, I was very tired having not slept the night before, and still sick. One hour later I started pushing, after 20 minutes baby girl #2 was born. She is beautiful. We had some special care RN's and a respiratory therapist in the room just in case. She did just fine after a little rubbing she started to breath. She got to breast feed, and have her first bath before they whisked her off to get a bunch of tests done to her and an IV placed. Ry went with her, while I rested. They sent my placenta to be tested and cultured. We found out the next day that my placenta had gram-negative rod bacteria which is bad news!! possible E-Coli. They figure I'll be OK because the placenta was no longer in my body, but baby had to transfer to pediatrics for 7 to 10 days of IV antibiotics. So Rylan and I are currently living at the hospital, Mom is watching Lilly. They come to visit every day. Baby is doing very well. We feel blessed to have a new little one, and know that things could be a lot worse. We love you all.

Ready...

...Set... ...Go!

Introducing Anisten Jade Evans... weighing in at 6lbs 15oz and 20.5 inch

Can I touch Anisten?Can I keep her?

Lilly is already a wonderful big sister!

Hugs and Kisses!

Summer Fun

We've been to the beach and pool a lot this summer. Lilly's favorite is digging in the sand (very serious work you know). Here are a few of Lilly, she is growing up so fast!

Idaho Trip

Rylan's brother Kevin graduated from BYU Idaho. The whole Evans clan packed up and took a road trip for the week. We traveled from Seattle to Idaho Falls crammed in two cars with all our stuff, driving the 14 hours to get there through the night. I thought we would never make it, but we did, finally. We stayed in Idaho Falls with Grandma and Grandpa Carter. These are photo's of a fabulous little zoo we went to.

While we stayed at Grandma Carter's Lilly slept in her portable playpen. Although she is tall, she hasn't figured out how to climb out of it yet. One evening Granddad Ed was in charge of the kiddies (Lilly and beloved cousin baby Diego), while the rest of us went out to see the new Harry Potter movie. Granddad had his hands full with Diego who was being a pill that night, and upon my return I found Lilly in an awful state. Instead of going blissfully to baby slumber-land like granddad thought, Lilly had reached up to the top of a nearby dresser and got a hold of my makeup. She applied lipstick to her whole face, shirt, arms, and legs. Mind you, she did all this in the dark! We found her and took these photos.

Lion King, Little Mermaid, Ice Age, Cars.... Daddy knows how to keep Lilly happy in the car.

Lilly's first time on park rides. I think she likes the regular park (which she calls the "Wee") better.

Cherry Hill Waterslide Park treated us well on a hot day in Utah we were all able to cool down. That is until the lightning storm rolled in and they kicked us out of the park. My fav was the lazy river, no work involved. Lilly liked the Pirates Cove, perfect for little ruffians.

The coolest thing we did was tour Yellowstone for two days. We saw so many different types of hot springs, and witnessed old faithful blow. At this point our camera battery died so I have no more photo's to share. I definitely want to go back with a kayak and a camera, it is beautiful.

Utah Trip

We visited Grammy and Papa in Utah. Lilly fell in love with their dog Leah and literally took over her dog house. While we were there we went to the farm at Thanksgiving Point. This big horse posed in the back of our family photo! We weren't prepared for the cold and rain. I thought Utah was supposed to be hot in May.

Wanna Lick?

Lilly loves to "help" me in the kitchen. Mostly she just scams food off me, what ever I'm making at the time. Grandma Julie made us adorable matching aprons. Looks like the time she needed it, she didn't have it on. She fell over into 4 cups of powdered sugar. She cried until she realized it tasted good. Then she spent her time licking her sweatshirt clean! Mmmm!

Mother's Day at the Zoo

For Mother's Day we went to the zoo. It was a big event with face painting, kiddie entertainment, and food. But the best of all was this bear that jumped into his pond chasing a duck. Fortunately for the duck, the bear wasn't as fast of a swimmer, and we got to see the entertainment front row. Lilly liked the otters and the petting area of the farm best. Very fun day for mommy too.