The royal update!
It has been A LONG TIME since we have updated our blog and now we have a lot of catch up on. Since our last post we have moved to Utah, was shocked/excited to find out I was pregnant, and now we have our precious "little" Hannah..
More than 4 years ago we were reading a book together and one of the children's names in story was "Hannah". We loved it and decided that if we were to have a girl we would name her "Hannah". We never knew if that moment would come. Many of you may know that we tried for over 4 years to get pregnant and were told that we might not be able to have children without doing fertility. We tried some but had taken a break from it all (about a 2 yr break). We were about to start checking into options here in Utah when Aleasha found out she was pregnant. She had always felt that we would be able to have children but in Heavenly Father's own timing; which is better than we could have timed ourselves.
Before/During/After
The cute "little" house
( Before we knew we were expecting we had downgraded to a one bedroom house to save some money..a few months after moving is when I found out I was pregnant. Luckily it was only a 6 month contract then month to month after that. I didn't believe that it was true but after the 3rd pregnancy test I finally decided to break the news to Robert. We enjoyed living in this house and it had a beautiful yard for our dogs and garden)
Hannah's new room..
ready and waiting for her arrival
We moved to Lehi a few months before I was due. We feel so blessed that Hannah now has her own room. It made it seem more real as we got her room ready.
38 weeks along
More than 4 years ago we were reading a book together and one of the children's names in story was "Hannah". We loved it and decided that if we were to have a girl we would name her "Hannah". We never knew if that moment would come. Many of you may know that we tried for over 4 years to get pregnant and were told that we might not be able to have children without doing fertility. We tried some but had taken a break from it all (about a 2 yr break). We were about to start checking into options here in Utah when Aleasha found out she was pregnant. She had always felt that we would be able to have children but in Heavenly Father's own timing; which is better than we could have timed ourselves.
Before/During/After
The cute "little" house
( Before we knew we were expecting we had downgraded to a one bedroom house to save some money..a few months after moving is when I found out I was pregnant. Luckily it was only a 6 month contract then month to month after that. I didn't believe that it was true but after the 3rd pregnancy test I finally decided to break the news to Robert. We enjoyed living in this house and it had a beautiful yard for our dogs and garden)
Hannah's new room..
ready and waiting for her arrival
We moved to Lehi a few months before I was due. We feel so blessed that Hannah now has her own room. It made it seem more real as we got her room ready.
38 weeks along
During:
(I have always wanted to go unmedicated but didn't know if I could do it..My midwife said that it was best to stay at home as long as I could.. All day on Thursday, April 20 I was having increased contractions at work. I worked until 7pm that night and went home; where the contractions continued. Finally about midnight (when I could barely walk) I called my midwife and she said to go ahead and come into the hospital and they would check me out.. That was the longest drive to the hospital. When I arrived I was told that my water had broke..though I was only dilated to a 3. (I thought I had just lost all bladder control..ha, ha).
I had called my mom when I headed to the hospital and she got ready to make the drive from Farmington, New Mexico. She got there about 1 1/2 hrs before Hannah was born.
After:
About 10 hrs after I first called the hospital and then finally went in; Hannah made her grand entrance. A priesthood blessing Robert gave me, my midwife and labor coaches (Robert, Jamie Jiminez,and my mom) all help me get through it "unmedicated"..
(I have always wanted to go unmedicated but didn't know if I could do it..My midwife said that it was best to stay at home as long as I could.. All day on Thursday, April 20 I was having increased contractions at work. I worked until 7pm that night and went home; where the contractions continued. Finally about midnight (when I could barely walk) I called my midwife and she said to go ahead and come into the hospital and they would check me out.. That was the longest drive to the hospital. When I arrived I was told that my water had broke..though I was only dilated to a 3. (I thought I had just lost all bladder control..ha, ha).
I had called my mom when I headed to the hospital and she got ready to make the drive from Farmington, New Mexico. She got there about 1 1/2 hrs before Hannah was born.
After:
About 10 hrs after I first called the hospital and then finally went in; Hannah made her grand entrance. A priesthood blessing Robert gave me, my midwife and labor coaches (Robert, Jamie Jiminez,and my mom) all help me get through it "unmedicated"..
A kiss from Daddy!!
Hannah and Uncle Taylor
Hannah and her great aunt Kathy
Uncle Keyton and Rod came to visit Hannah
First Car ride and first few days at home
