Rhya Faith

Alan and I had only been married 4 months before we found out we were expecting. At first we were nervous... babies and expensive. At that point I was working full time at the local dairy... anywhere from 40 to 60 hours a week. Alan was busy around the farm doing what he does best. There was hardly anything left after the bills were paid, but thats what you expect when the farm is your main source of income. Alans grandmother had just passed away in early january and alans dad was in and out of the hospital. A baby was the last thing we needed.
When we were at Alan's grandmothers viewing, a cousin of Alan's walked over to us with a 3 week old newborn and said "here its contagious!!!" everybody laughed!!! Little did we know we were expecting! We found out a week later! It took a day or so for me to actually believe that I was carrying a tiny little baby. We decided right away that we would tell our immediate family, but we weren't going to tell the whole world just yet. We headed to the hospital with 2 bags both with a bib that said "grandma lets me", a baby blanket and baby wipes. this is how we decided to tell!!! Alan's Dad had been in the hospital for about a week and was getting ready to have his leg amputated... We wanted him to know that he had a grandchild on the way just in case anything happened. Alan's mother opened the bag, turned to us and had a BIG smile on her face. She the turned to Alan's dad and said " Theres a bib, blanket and baby wipes in the bag!!! Do you know what that means????" He said " I'm gonna be a grandpa???!!!???!!!!" He was sooooooo tired but he fell asleep with a smile on his face!!!
We then went to my parents... This is a funny story!!!! We were all sitting watching "american idol". We put the bag right in front of my mother so she could open it!! She looks in the bag and started crying!!! My sister without even seeing what was in the bag, looks at me and says " Are you???" I nodded yes!!! All this is happening while my dad is rocking in his lounge chair, watching the commercials on the TV!!! He even looked at my mother, then back to the TV. My mom pulled out the bib and blanket and said "These are so cute!!!" My dad looked over... then sat straight up in his chair and yelled "WHAT!!!!!!!!!" We all laughed so hard our lungs hurt!!!
Alan's dad was not able to see his little granddaughter... He went to be with the lord less than a month after we told the family's.

The first trimester was a breeze! I didn't get morning sickness but I was really tired. The second trimester was also easy!! The only thing that was difficult was the migraines that I would get once or twice throughout the week. During a routine ultrasound there was concern that the baby wasn't growing at the rate that she should. The doctor wanted us to see a specialist. Around the same time I was "fired" from my job... I was told i did nothing wrong and was a great worker... We thought what great timing... we ended up seeing a specialist every week!

If we had to do it all over again we would!!! We were able to see our little girl every week and we got a lot of really cool 4d ultrasound pictures.

We were induced on Wednesday September 2nd and didn't have Rhya until Saturday September 5th!!!!

Rhya Faith was born by c section September 5th at 3:41 pm. She was 5lbs 8 ozs and 19 inches long. Rhya has been a huge blessing since she has arrived! shes almost 4 months old and we are loving every minute we have with her!!!