surprise!
in december i told nic i thought i was pregnant. we were in florida, and enjoying a nice little getaway with the jones'. nic said, let's just not talk about this. so after christmas, i mentioned again that i was pregnant. he said, i know. so i called the doctor, made an appointment. they were pretty concerned that i was barely calling in at 13 weeks. but, they fit me in.
we told our families when we went up to utah in january. katy was blown away. it was so fun saving the good news for in person. we were so excited to share with them about our baby.
we were all pretty sure it was a girl. every one guessed girl. when the ultra sound tech told us it was a boy, we could NOT believe it. could NOT believe it. i think the rest of my pregnancy i was thinking, this has to be a girl. but it wasn't. and now that my guy is here, oh i knew he is meant for me.
the pregnancy went well. as life would have it i was pretty busy the entire pregnancy which made it more painful, more exhausting but quick. we spent most of the summer traveling with nic to LA, phoenix, and utah. soon, we were just days away from having our new baby brother.
since i chose kevin for fitz first name i gave up my name rights to my next child. nic was really set on harrison, but was open to ideas. i loved augustus but he would have none of that. in march he text me murphy, and i loved it as long as we used jordon as the first name. this way the baby would be named after the two best people in nic's family his brothers!
we were about 80% for jordon murphy and then nic promised our sunday school class that he would find a confirmation or answer to what to name our baby. i thought, you are nuts. but sure enough elder holland's talk was all about brothers. i was in tears!!! how did we get an answer to knowing my babies name, god is good!
i switched ob's after a few bad experiences. the doctor was far away, but so worth it. the care was incredible and dr. harter has a new customer for life. the forty minute drive to centenial hills hospital was a bit of a pain but since i just started going at about 30 weeks, we weren't that bad. i decided to get induced because nic had to be out of town on my due date. so i got a balloon the morning of the 6th. we spent the day running errands and wasting time.
soon darcy arrived and filmed our bedtime routine. we put our babies to bed knowing the next time we saw them we'd be a family of five. scout came over to sleep while we headed to the hospital. they had us check in at 2:00am. it was unusual but really quiet and i wouldn't have it any other way. nic was so tired, poor guy and fell asleep right when we got there. he slept until about 9:00. he slept through my checks, and even my epidural. silly goose.
darcy came to the hospital, nic ran to the gym, and i just waited. waited for my body to be ready. the nurse checked me about 10:30 and said i was ready at a 10! I was so excited and she thought dr. harter would be in about 30 minutes later. well an hour later, still no dr. harter. she suggested that I wait because he was such a great doctor opposed to the doctor on call. so i did. i was impatient, but not in terrible pain. just excited.
at 11:40 dr. harter came in, got ready, i pushed 2 1/2 times and at 12 Noon exactly i met my murph! it was magic. i love him. i love him. he is all i ever knew i loved, yet never knew i needed. oh but how i need him. he was 19 inches and 6lbs 14 oz.
the delivery was fantastic. we loved having darcy there, the doctor and nurses were amazing. i had a terrible time getting feeling back into my legs but it was perfect. the kids came by at around 1 to meet their new guy. oh i loved those moments. fresh from heaven baby, happy big sister, curious big brother, and proud daddy.
they ran to lunch and to meet up with uncle mitch who was in town for the week. i was exhausted, so they stopped by for just a moment. it was so special that the Murf got to meet the Murphy. it was also a little bitter sweet because i missed my family and my friends in utah really bad. we love them and felt very far from home. i had a horrible night in the hospital. i was anxious, tired, and nic was sleeping his life away almost an hour away with two little kids. so i decided to get my bum home as soon as possible.
we have loved having our new, quiet, happy, sleepy, tiny baby in our home. he is the perfect addition.
