Pictures

Ryan next to his cousin Emma. She is a month or so older than him.

Sleepy boys

It really does take two of us to bathe him. He is quite strong when angry.

Ryan on his bili-blanket to help with his jaundice.

Ryan Jesse Coffman

Well our little boy decided to suprise us by coming a few weeks early. I will tell you the story...

It all started on Tuesday the 23rd of June when I went to my very first doctor visit in Indiana. She checked me and told me I was about 2 cm. I had been having small contractions since the drive from Utah, but nothing too uncomfortable. Then on Thursday the contractions started to get slightly painful. Around noon they were about 10 minutes about and made me squirm a little each time they happened. Nothing was making them stop. I tried lots of water, taking a nap, walking around... nothing. Well two of my sister in laws were staying at my mother in laws house that night so we decided to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic. By then it was around 7pm and the contractions were starting to hurt more. Jesse was working at a fair in Lagro. It is about 15-20 minutes from my in laws house. And he wasn't going to be home until 11pm.

The contractions were hurting and regular enough that I decided to call (page) the doctor. She told me 8-10 minutes apart was not close enough, but if they got closer that I should go to the hospital. Then Jesse came home. I remember telling him that I had no idea how to even get to the hospital. Him and Andrew gave me a blessing around 1am and I went downstairs to try and sleep. By that point each contraction was making me have to lean over. I had heard that a shower could help with contractions so I decided to take one... I was in there for so long I ran out of hot water. It relieved the pain a little. And gave Jesse a chance to sleep.

We finally made the decision to go to the hospital at 2:45 in the morning. When the contractions were 4 minutes apart and almost unbareable. It was the longest 20 minute drive I have ever been on! And as we got close to the hospital the road was blocked off. Luckily there was a contruction worker there and we asked him how to get to the hospital. He told us and then said "is she going to be alright?" Jesse replied with I think so. We got to about 2 blocks from the hospital when I demanded that Jesse let me out of the car. He said "we are almost there", but I kept insisting. He stopped at the stop sign and as soon as I got out, I threw up. I apologize to that person's grass. Then we made it to the hospital.

The nurse that admitted me looked very familiar. Turns out I taught her girls gymnastics last summer. It was nice to see a familiar face though. She told me that they were going to watch me. And that they were not going to do anything to help or stop my labor. Ahhh! and I was then restricted to ice chips. (but after throwing up I didn't want anything anyway). Well... turns out I was progressing. Around 6am I was 6cm. And very very ready for pain medicine. I wasn't very sure about using it at first, but by then I hadn't slept yet and was exhausted. I decided to walk to the delivery room and I had like 3 contractions during the 10 foot walk. The epidural was a little scary, but it allowed me to get a little sleep.

8am... I was 8cm and they broke my water. And it was time to push. I must be a terrible pusher because it took me like 3 hours. I was so tired... they kept telling me to find the strength from deep down or something like that, but I really had nothing left. That and the contractions were still hurting even with the epidural. At 11:14 am on June 26th 2009 Ryan with four pushes in a row slide out of me.

He was bright eyed from the moment he was born. He also had quite the cone head from being in the birth canal for so long. Ryan weighed 5 lbs 5 ounces when he was born and was 19.5 inches long. We stayed in the hospital for two nights. Jesse went to work on Saturday. He was so tired and preocuppied that he messed up customer orders multiple times. And when Jesse was coming back to the hospital he forgot everything that he was suppose to bring. He didn't make it very far and came back for it. He even brought me some flowers (with a suggestion from his mom).

Ryan, Jesse and I are doing well. Ryan is a little jaundiced, but it is enough that the doctors are worried. He has been on a biliblanket for about two weeks and the bilirubin number has dropped significantly. The number is still worrying my doctor, so tomorrow my mother in law and I are making the journey down to Indianapolis to see a pediatric hemotologist at Riley Children's hospital. We may also return there to see an endocrinologist because Ryan's thyriod tested high. Other than the blood problems Ryan is a thriving little boy. He has quite the attitude and when he gets to angry he forgets to breathe. He loves looking around and being held. He is better at nursing than I am and will not nurse until he is properly latched on. If he feels the nipple is not far enough in his mouth he spits it out and tries again. He hate diaper changes and have is arms restricted. But all in all he is a very good baby. This is a really long post. Whew. Hope you got through all of it.

Ryan after his first bath at home... very angry

CoEd Soccer 2009

A good fun season of soccer. They made it to the second game in the tourney. The team played well this game against the supposed #4 team. (I did the bracket backward to figure out the seeding... recreation geek I know) The team had momentum and energy and played very well. They lost during the PK's after the 5 minutes of over time.

One of the Pike sisters was sad that she had forgotten her camera and wanted a team picture. Then I remembered that I had brought mine.

Everyone is in this I think... except the Argyles

This one is a bit more...umm organized?

Ken and Kelsey brought oranges. They were delicious.

At this point I think I was taking random pictures

The Pike family. They even got into almost height order for me. :)

Lauren put on a wonderful baby shower for me. There were even Costco muffins. Yum

Cute table arrangement

Fun gifts... baby clothes, bibs, candy... what more could a person ask for?

Jenn is very wonderful and she made this hooded towel for the baby. It even matches the towels we have in our bathroom. I opened it and everyone said put it on put it on. So I did...

After the game and present opening all of the sisters sat and talked with each other. It was wonderful.

Work Going Away Party

Kimi and I had a going away party. Since the office has 4-H and extension workers there is always some food involved. Kimi chose brownies to be the food of choice. So we had a brownie party complete with ice cream.

Everyone brought their best type of brownie. JoLene was trying a whole wheat sugar free type... that one did not make it out of her kitchen. Someone brought brownies with black beans in them. Linda, Marie and Cathy's brownies were the best. Cathy's may have won in my book though. Since I had no chance of winning best taste with all these amazing brownies... I went for cutest. They are colored marshmallows that I cut up to look like leaves and flowers. I got the idea from Betty Crocker.

Cathy and Lindsey presented Kimi and I both with baby blankets. Kimi's is jungly with brown and green stripes. Mine had Noah's Ark on the front and this amazing green bumpy fabric on the back. Both of them have fuzzy fabric on the backs. They were not tied yet so the party activity... true to 4-H was to tie them :)

Lindsey then gave Kimi her "real gift" it is a lunch time apron. It is signed by all the people in the office. Kimi tied the ribbon around her head and pronouced that she was a housewife.

Kimi I'll miss you!

FHE at the Park

So I bought some brats on sale and decided it would be best to eat them as part of a picnic.We cooked them first in a frying pan, made potato salad and headed off to the Canyon.

Mmmm

So I think this boy has a nature affinity toward water. Every time there was a way to access the river Jesse had to get as close as possible.

Pretty view of the Canyon

We decided to take a walk down the river trail. This must be a popular place for skate and long boarders because we saw a million. or more. The scary ones where the ones who were lying on their stomach going down the hill head first like the skeleton. No helmet mind you. Now how do they stop??

See more water

You can see my tummy from the front now.

Haha... he threw the sticky thing at me first.

Luckily our dog is very well trained and does not trespass. Well if we had a dog he would not trespass.

So this picture is the fence directly to the right of the no trespassing sign. Reading is a really hard thing for some people. Maybe it's the comprehension not the reading. Either way...

Spit bugs! Jesse found it amusing that I enjoy destroying the bug's house and then putting him back.

37th Ward B-B-Q

On Saturday we had a ward/quad barbecue. There was quite a turn out. The line stayed long for awhile. We had hamburgers and hot dogs. And the ward members all brought something to share. There were some amazing spring rolls, chips, pistachio pudding, brownies, cakes, brownie ball like things covered in white chocolate, cookies and homemade root beer.

Here is the line. We are standing near the back of it. That is Joowan's backside.

It's us...

Brian grilling burgers. I didn't notice until now that I also got Cathy and Annabelle (his wife and baby) in the picture also. (sorry if I spelled baby's name wrong)

Enjoying the food

The line is still there... lots of hungry people

Brett found a caterpillar on his knee. The bandage is because he suffered from some turf burn. Brett says "I never knew people were like trees. We ooze sap too." As a comment about his burn. His wife just rolled her eyes when he started the analogy.

Brett tried to give the caterpillar to a little boy in our ward. His facial expression was no, no, not me. I'm not touching that. After he finally took the stick from Brett he promptly handed it to Jeremy.

What is left of the lentil chocolate cake. The little kids kept coming up and asking for more. That is how most of it disappeared. I guess we could say it is a successful way of getting them to eat something sort of healthy.