Coming Home-Monday August 17th

Putting Andrew in the car seat, he seemed too tiny to even fit. These pics don't show how small he looks in that huge seat.



When we got home, Liz had made this little arrangement.
This is the outfit he wore home, the top provided by Cascia, and the pants are the same ones Levi wore home from the hospital.

We have lots of shots like these....awww...everything he does is so cute!Then Mike and I did a short photoshoot...that's me...Jenn I'm holding Andrew.

That's Mikey. He's also holding Andrew.When we walked in, the house was clean and cool. It smelled lovely and it was so quiet because Liz and JoAnn had Porter at the park. It was the most peaceful it's ever been. JoAnn had the house stocked with food, we thought she had been starving to death, but turns out she was gonna whip us up some meals to freeze.

I don't think anything could've gotten us to stop smiling that day.

First Visitors

His actual FIRST visitors were Steve and Laurel at 1 or 2 am. As soon as they heard I was in labor they hopped in the car and drove the 3 and a half hours to see the little guy.

The next morning Mikey brought Porter to meet his new brother and Clayton and Manda-Mer came too. Porter thought the baby was pretty cool. His attention span was short, but at least he was excited about his new brother. I was so glad that the family could be here for this event. I hardly ever get to see them, so it's amazing that the timing worked out that they could be here for the exciting Labor Party and then to see him brand new. They had to leave right after this. :(

Later that day (Sunday) Steve and Laurel stopped in again before they headed home to Vernal. Liz brought Sadie and Abbie up. My friend Jodi and her husband Robert and their kids (Aleq, Tommy and Ana Jain) came a little later. And Heidi and Chalyse came up that night too.

The next day (Monday) Sarah and Glendon and their four kids came to visit. Luckily they were headed up this way (also from Vernal) because they had a family reunion. Don't we have perfect timing?

Andrew Joseph Cranney-August 16th, 2009--12:13am

7 lbs. 11 oz. and 20 and 1/2 inches
Attending: Aunt Liz, Aunt JoAnn, Daddy and Mommy.
Dr. Kevin Sumsion and Nurse Nicole

Going Into Labor

Everyone knows that I wanted to go into labor on my own--and 31 hours before I was going to be induced--he arrived! Ahhh....so perfect. The labor was everything that I wanted and more. First of all I got to enjoy my sisters and Step Dad, Clayton, who I don't get to see very much. We got to go to my sister Victoria's Wedding and after a couple of hours of being home from the wedding, I started my consistent contractions--which I thought were those trick ones that I'd been having all week. I laid down on the couch (which is one of my tests to see if they go away) and they stopped. So I took my sister Meredith to Target to get my mind off of it around 5 o'clock. I came home, made dinner and started timing the contractions--just to see if they were consistent at all. They were 10 minutes apart. I totally expected them to go away or jump around. And they did jump around. But they felt different and kept getting closer together. So I still wasn't counting on this being labor. Although I told my sister-in-law JoAnn to come out and make the 3 hour trip, cause this might be it. She is training to be a Doula and has been packed for a week waiting for this moment.

We had Mike and Clayton timing my contractions, Mer and Manda rubbing my back. I was THRILLED. I was so excited that this might really be labor that the contractions were not bad. I was just glad that I was having them!

Liz came over and around 9 o'clock to check out what was going on. It was fun. We had Clayton, Mer, Manda, Sadie and Liz. We were all so excited She was like "yeah, I think you're really in labor and you probably should go up to the hospital in the next half hour." I was still shocked that I actually was finally in labor and must have been so excited about it that the contractions weren't that bad. I didn't think I needed to go up to the hospital because it didn't hurt bad enough yet. Well, we went up just in time. We left 5 minutes later.

Once we got up to the hospital I was a 7 and 100%. The nurse, Nicole, said "lets get your doctor up here to break your water and you'll have this baby." So...at this point the pain still wasn't what I expected...the Dr. came up and said "if you want an epidural we can wait to break your water, but once we break your water you'll have the baby. So it's up to you." Well, I was like "this isn't bad, lets just break the water and get this going." I must've been on such a high from actually being in labor and not having to get started that I was ready for anything!

He was born at 12:13am. Barely missing August 15th. It was crazy thinking that I was in labor, he is on his way and his birthday could go one of two ways.

He came out very bruised, you can tell in the pics that he went through a lot. But looks perfect now. He is a pleasant little one.

Victoria's Reception and Wedding-Aug. 14th and 15th-also my due dates.

Christopher and Victoria Jensen were married in the Jordan River Temple on August 15th, 2009
In this pic: Jen, Mike, Chris, Vic, Clayton, Manda, Mer
This is Mike, who tied his tie Extra short for the wedding reception, which was Aug. 14, 2009.
This is the beautiful bride and her little sissies.
These little sissies are enjoying the wonderful brownies and some sisterly conversation.
This BIG sissy is enjoying every variety of brownie that was available--also utilizing her talent of plate on belly.
This is Vic's side of the family that could make the wedding.
This is our little family with the happy couple.
Manda-Mer being dorks outside of the temple on the wedding day-Saturday the 15th.
Here they are: being beautiful dorks.
This is us hanging out talkin'. Mike claims the people behind us were staring and him and making faces.
This is the fun partay that Mike throws to entertain the girls while we are waiting for pics.

Porter's "I POD"

Mike got Amanda's old IPOD so he loaded his old MP3 player full of disney songs for Porter. He calls it his IPOD and it's like having teenagers in the house all over again--when I call for him, he can't hear me cause he's got the earphones in. He walks around the house singing his songs and dancing away. It's SO FUNNY!

Ode to the Due Date

Still Pregs. I'm not as angry about still being pregnant these last few days--It's a lot easier just being okay with it than being mad. :) I am getting started on Monday if he doesn't arrive before that. I went to the Dr. yesterday. I am a 3 and 80%. I have only three days left to get this party started on my own.

I have gotten to enjoy the company of my sisters, mer and manda, who are back for my other sister-Victoria's wedding which is today and tomorrow. It's fun to have them back again...They are keeping me well entertained while we wait for this babe. I also got to go on the girls night we have been planning for two months! It was fun and we got to celebrate my friend Heidi's Birthday--which turned out to be extra great for her since she has to go to a funeral for her birthday.

I'm off for my walk and I will try to update ASAP when we finally have this babe.

ps. so noone thinks I am a baby about still being pregnant. I have had several "false alarms" and lots of contractions and timing sessions and it just feels like everyday I have the signs and then they stop. So I have been thinking he will come early because of all these things--and it's a really rude trick. One of these days my bod is gonna cry wolf and actually mean it and I am not gonna listen anymore! :)