Peyton Dancing around :)

Peyton Chilling on the Bed

Here are a few videos of Peyton :)

These videos I'm posting for my mother, because I know she loves to see Peyton :)

Ragnar Relay

Yesterday Michael ran the Ragnar Relay. His team ran 200 miles total. They ran from Wickenburg and looped around some places and ended up finishing at the Tempe Arts Center, near Tempe Town Lake. Michael had to run 5.4 miles, then 3.2, and then finished with a 6.1 mile. I'm so proud of him for doing it and completing it :)

Here are some pictures I took on my video camera :)

Peyton's First Four Months

These are pictures from Peyton's first 4 months. I accidentally put them in the wrong order. So it starts from the most recent pictures to the older ones. I can't believe how much she's already changed, and how quickly. I thought she was beautiful when she was born, but my goodness she just keeps getting prettier and prettier :) She brings so much joy into my life, and I can't believe 4 months have passed already....time has flown right by!

Peyton Lyn Hale - Birth Story :)

So I'm writing this ridiculously late...especially since Peyton is going to be 4 months old tomorrow. But I wanted to be able to share this with anyone who reads my blog. Or for future reference for myself.

When I was 29 weeks I was put on bedrest until I reached 36 weeks along. When I was 33 weeks along I ended up getting a kidney stone that would not pass, because Peyton was blocking the exit. Needless to say I was pretty miserable. But when I reached 36 weeks, my doctor told me I could start getting up again. Although I was in so much pain from the kidney stone I didn't.

It was Thursday, October 28th. I had been having contractions since I was about 22 weeks along, but the contractions that day were different. They were a lot more intense and I could not sleep through them. I had a doctors appointment later that day so I thought I would just hang out at home and go to the doctor and see what he told me. Michael's grandma picked me up and took me to the doctor, when I told her I was very confident I was in labor she was so excited. She kept saying how she hoped she would get to take me to the hospital, and how much fun that would be. The contractions slowly started getting more painful and more intense, and had shorter time apart. By the time the doctor saw me I was 5 almost 6 cm dilated and 100 percent effaced. So he said you need to go to the hospital and I'll call over there and have a room all ready for you. I called Michael, and told him he better get to the hospital. Michael got there right when they took me to the labor room. I was at a 7. They broke my water, gave me an epidural, and about 10 min. later I was ready to push. She came about 40 min. later. She was born at 9:20 pm. on October 28th. And labor was one of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. Seeing and holding my baby girl for the first time was just amazing, all the hardships of the pregnancy were 100 percent worth it.

It's a Girl!!!

Full body view :)

You can see her eyeball!!

This is the view in between her legs...there is no penis...and she has the three lines indicating GIRL!

The baby!! The little bubble above her is the umbilical cord.

Yesterday my anticipation to go to the doctor was nearly unbearable. I just wanted to go and find out if I was having a boy or a girl. Honestly I don't think I've ever been so excited to go to the doctor...ever. In my mind I'm about 70 percent sure I'm having a boy...because I had a "feeling." So we're at the ultrasound tech and my baby decides to have its legs crossed...tightly, but the ultrasound tech reassured us that we would know the sex before we left. So she went on to show us the spinal cord and the brain and honestly it was extremely cool to see how our baby was developing in such detail. And our baby was such a trooper they saw everything they needed to and gave us a 100 % as far as a healthy baby and mommy goes. And then finally my little wiggle worm baby (its an active little one), opened its legs and showed us that it's a GIRL!! I was wrong, but I was SOOO happy. Because the minute I knew it was a girl all these nursery designs and girl clothes came flashing into my head, and I was so happy. I honestly couldn't stop smiling the entire day. I'm excited to have a little girl!! It'll be so fun when she's born because then I can put a face to this little baby that I already love to pieces :) I'm so excited to be a mommy, I wish I could hurry the process along a little bit. But she needs all the time she can get inside of me and I want her to be super healthy :)