Saturday, May 28, 2011

Elliana at her 1st baseball game!

Second inning was pretzel time!

Friday, May 27, 2011

Long day at work!



Ryan picked up Elli today from daycare and not even 5 mins on the car ride home she was OUT! Love this pic.

We shared the good news to Elliana she s going to have a LIL BRO and she is super excited! She is starting to understand we have to wait a while till he is actually here but she is kissing my belly and already to be a BIG SIS!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Elliana the Fashionista

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

It's the NAME GAME!

Many of you have already asked about names. Yet we haven't decided on just one we have narrowed it down to 3. Note, we may be pursuaded w/ other names. These are not the FINAL 3, more or less what we like now. We have decided 100% the middle name will be John. As you may know Ryan and I are sappy and really find importance in giving our children names affliated/ connected with the both sides of the family. John is my father and his Grandpa West's first name.

Now no particular order here is our current top 3 names:


  • Micah - Michael is Ryan's dad's first name. We thought Micah was a cool name that had a modern twist but still connected w/ the family. Plus there are to many Michael's already on Ryan's side,we needed to change it up a bit if we were to go with the "MIKE" based name. :)

  • Camden- We actually just found out this was Ryan's grandfather's middle name on his dad's side. We really loved this name and the fact it was his Grandpa Roy's!

  • Dexter - This name is one we have really, really liked for a while. It was one of our boy names we picked when we didn't yet know Elliana was yet a girl. It has no relation to the family but we like it a lot. We would call him Dex or D.J. (Dexter John).

We still have plenty of time but that is what we are thinking for now.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

It's a BOY!





Friday, May 6, 2011

Scary, Scary

Geez, a lot has happen in the last week. Here a little update for you all.
Sunday:
Went to ER for bad bleeding and cramping at about 5 pm. They did a belly ultrasound the check the baby (everything looked good), directed me to see OB next day and sent me on my way. Note: at this point I have not seen my new OB yet (as explained in below post). The ER called the new doctor that night to give her update on me. Prior to going to ER I called my old OB (since I only had her number) and left a message requesting guidance. Then we called the hospital and they directed us to come to ER. Later that night I recieved a call back from my old OB and she was great. Wanted me to make sure to go see new doctor and get checked out first thing Monday.
Monday:
Ryan and I went to new doctor and had HORRIBLE experience. Received no medical care and was sent on our way. She hand't reviewed my file (she had for 3 weeks prior) nor provided much bedside manner or explaining what was going on with me. Ryan and I decided to call old OB to get her advice. She was WONDERFUL. She referred me to a specialist in OB care to get checked out and to a new regular OB doctor.
Thursday:
Specialist called me and wanted me in ASAP. Went in that afternoon. It was an amazing facility. They had TOP technology and equipment. We were seen by the nurse, doctor and sonogramist (ultra sound specialist). They did two types of ultrasounds for near 45 minutes. Checking and double checking my issues. They got me all checked out. First and foremost the baby is great. We did get a idea of gender but we won't release that info until we are 100% sure. I did find out I have two minor issues they need to keep an eye on. One is a possible Placenta Priva (sp) which means the placenta covers the cervic. My placenta is very close to my cervic which could result in this issue. If the placenta covers the cervixs at all I will have to have a scheduled C-Section. There is a 50/50 chance it could become problematic and could be the culpret of my issues Sunday. Often as the uterus grows the placenta moves up and away from the cervix. That is what we are hoping for. Second issue is that I have a pocket of blood behind my amnioc sac. This could be a result of the uterine bleed I had early in my first trimester. This again is a 50/50 chance of going away. This issue can cause preterm labor. The doctor put me on limited activity, lots of water intake and will see me back in two weeks for another ultra sound. Hopefully by then we can annouce the gender if we get closer to a 100% verification.
FRIDAY:
Today I got accepted into the new, new regular OB doctor's practice. Vegas is weird where the practices (doctor's office) have to accept you in. Kind of like a application/interview process. I met him May 17th. I have done some research and I think this will be a better fit for me than the doctor I met Monday. WOW, it has been doctor musical chairs.

All in all I am happy to report we are getting taken care of. Next time more pics of ELLI!
Happy Friday all!