Both for the family across the miles and anyone who cares, but mostly for my memory, as a journal of sorts :)
I'm a sucker for memories, but easily the worst at recording them!
Currently, our lives in the Dill home have changed forever and for the better.
Meet Nora Nicole
She was born Sunday, July 14th, 2013 at 3:48pm. 7 pounds 10 ounces and 20 inches long
Biggest blessing EVER!
Pregnancy, labor, and delivery all went so great for me, I was definitely prepping myself for worse.
I really only started feeling pregnant at about 7 or 8 months and even then I only slowed down and got a little sore in the hips. I endured only about 4 weeks of light morning sickness in the beginning and the rest was a breeze! No heartburn, swollen anything, or other typical ailments of pregnancy - and I am so grateful for that!
I stayed really active during the whole thing working at the schools Livestock Center and going to school, and I'm sure that was a big help.
And now for the birth story.
Saturday night Kevin and I went out with some of our best friends, Chris and Koryn Rice, trying to squeeze in one last date night. We went to the $3 theater to see "The Internship", spending most of the night talking about how we wished the baby would come already! We had a hunch it would happen mostly because my mom was away down in Utah and my Dad had gone back to CA just for two days and the rest of the family were waiting back home in CA too, so naturally she would come when it was least convenient for those around us ;)
I started feeling contractions at about 1:30am and right away they were about 3 minutes apart. I went through about 2 or 3 hours of that at home then decided to call my doctor and head up to Madison Memorial hospital around 4:00am. When we checked in I was dilated to about a 3 and progressed quickly after that. At about 8:30am I got an epidural and finally got some sleep for the first time in two days! Went through check-ups and naps until about 3:20 or 3:30pm and we started pushing and she came quickly after that. I had my husband and my mom in the room along with one of my besties, Koryn, who was amazing and took pictures through the labor and delivery.
Postpartum recovery and adjusting to baby have gone great too and we have new adventures every day! Mom's and family and friends have been the biggest help :)
Some of my favorites from Koryn.
It's insane to think in just a couple days our little bug is going to be a month already!! It's amazing to see how much she's already changed and how much she already has her own personality. And seeing Kevin being such a great dad has to be the sweetest/most attractive thing ever! He's the best :)
On a less life-changing note, I also finally finished and graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with by second degree!! I am officially done! I now have an Associates in Veterinary Technology (and waiting on my state licensing) and a Bachelors of Science in Animal Sciences.
Now I get to be a mom and work for the university as adjunct faculty in the animal science department starting in the fall.
Life is grand and only getting better!
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