Boston's Baby Blessing...

Since we hadn't had the family over enough in the last few weeks, I kid, actually because of the family in town we decided we should bless Boston while they were here. We have blessed all of our babies at home and this is the third baby that our Bishop has attended. We were so lucky that all of my siblings but Robyn (who lives in Utah) and all of Rusty's but Ryan (he had class he couldn't miss) were there with us.

Rusty gave Boston the sweetest blessing. I am so thankful for having the Priesthood in our home for occasions like this.  In the circle were Rusty, our Dad's (Russ Beck, Loyle Rasmussen), Todd Solomon, Steve Solomon and Bishop Leroy Breinholt.

 Boston wore the same blessing out fit as his Dad and all of his brothers. But he wasn't so happy about the picture taking thing.

 Proud Mom and Dad with sweet Boss before the blessing.

 Some of the guests waiting to start.

 Solomons waiting on the couch for the fun to begin.

 Kelcie and Kacyee

 The grandma holding the man of the hour.

 The Members of the blessing circle.

 My siblings- Me, Rhonda, Troy (Robyn) Rochelle and Loyle. We are never all 6 together, sad. But 5 of the 6 isn't bad!

 Kelcie, Jill and I- were super close, can you tell?

Thanks again to everyone who came. We have the best family around. Whew, can I please have a break of birthday's and family functions at my house till like, February? Ok, good.

Berkley's Birthday...

Well, since this month will never be a low key one in this house, I guess I have to get used to planning multiple birthdays in a short time! We were still flying by the survival routine here, so all of our birthday stuff got planned last minute.  Berk was especially lucky because his Aunt Kelcie drove down from Provo to be here for the weekend, AND his Uncle Loyle and Jen drove down for a week! So it was extra special!

 Ready to go to preschool in his '5' shirt

 But he had to hold Boston first.

 When he got home he had his Cars balloons waiting, he was so excited. My kids really love balloons!

 Don't you love his cheesy smile?!?

 Aunt Kelcie got into town and came straight over to meet the baby.

 After telling us for a week he wanted to go to Burger King for dinner, Kelcie was able to convince him to go to BJ's instead. After dinner we had the family, and the Robison's over for cake and ice cream!

 Uncle Troy and his family got to meet Boston that night too!

 His cake- he was very specific about what he wanted,

 Uncle Loyle meeting Boston!

 And, oh wait, what is that shiny ring on Jen's finger?!? They are engaged!!! So excited to welcome Jen to the family!

 Time for presents, what 5 year old doesn't like cold hard dollars!

 Kelcie and her friend Kaycee who drove down with her. They got to spend a lot of time with the boys.

 Who was more excited for him to open this present?? Me, Rusty or Berk? I think me.

 He got an iPod Touch, and I finally get to have my phone back!

 Loving the big story book from Max and Jack.

He blew out his candle when we were about to the "dear Berkley" part.  He cracks us up!

Berkley at five you have developed a bit of an attitude. You say "Hello" all the time. For example, "Mom, I don't know how to play this game, Hello!" We are working on how words can not be 'bad words' but can be said in a 'bad way'. He is very emotional right now, but I think the longer Boston is in the house the better he will adjust. He loves watching tv, and playing in the backyard. But his number one obsession is any games on an Apple device. He is a pro at all things iPhone, iPad and iPod. He is playing soccer and he actually likes it this year! He is a big helper, except when the babies are sleeping. We had decided he does NOT have a quiet voice. Berk, you crack us up, we love you!

Boston's Visitors...

Jaci, Jill and Boston

Berk becoming a pro baby holder

Aunt Chelli

Aunt Rhonda

Great Grandparents (with his Boston build-a-bear) Nana & Bopy Solomon

Lauren came to say hello

Gabrielle meets the newest cousin

Spencer too

Braden loved feeding the baby

Addi Robison came by too!

The boys were frequent visitors. Brenner liked to 'sit on my yap' when he came, or eat my food.

Berk would go straight for the iPad

Rusty and some of his brood of boys

All ready to leave!

Introducing B4...

Well, if you just want to see pictures of our cute new man scroll down a bit.  There are a lot of pictures, and a lot of info that you may not care about...

But since this is my blog and my memory is shot I figured I needed to write down his birth story so I wouldn't forget.  After we made it through Braden's birthday I knew any time was baby time.  Wednesday the 5th I had a doctors appointment. I was at a 4 and so she stripped my membranes. (This had worked before with the other kids so I figured I would have baby that evening) I came home and in the car I was already feeling cramping. I went about my day, took a nap, waited for kids to get home and by dinner time there still wasn't much happening, just a few contractions an hour. By bedtime they were every ten minutes so I tried to rest. But I was also trying to time the contractions so I wasn't very successful at sleep. By 11pm they were every 6 minutes and getting pretty strong. By 1 am on the 6th I was hurting with each one but they still weren't closer than 6-7 minutes. I knew being Group B Strep positive I needed antibiotics before the baby was born, so I woke up Rusty and we headed in.

We got checked in and set up in triage only to find out they were pretty busy for the middle of the night. So, after finding out I was at a 5, I got my IV, got the penicillin started for the GBS and by 3am I had my epidural.  I am happy to say that unlike my other times this epidural worked well, and evenly. Around 3:30 I was moved to a labor room and basically I rested till 6 when they would be able to start the second bag of penicillin. Sometime in the night my water broke. My nurse in the night was Amanda Jo who helped me deliver Brenner so that was fun.

I woke up very happy to see another familiar face of my dear friend Ann, a labor nurse who had come in early to take care of me after hearing I was there. So sweet. I got checked again and I was still a 5. The epidural had slowed the contractions way down, and they hadn't minded because they like you to get as much of the med before delivery as possible.  They started pitocin and my doc came by to see me and to see if she could get things started. She broke my bag, again, I had a ton of fluid. A ton.  We played the waiting game until noon when I was finally complete and ready to push.

About an hour into pushing, yes, and hour, the nurse realized that his head was facing sideways now- it had been looking down. So the doctor came in and did a little maneuvering (so glad I get epidurals by the way) and got his facing the right way again.  I had a weird itching spell about this time, so they game me a medication to help it, and it did, but it made me so tired! I was having the hardest time keeping my eyes open to push. Add that with being up since 7 am the day before and man, was I tired.  Things finally got serious about 2 hours into pushing. They brought in a few 'friends' to help out in case his shoulders were too broad for me. They were gonna "help" me push- I did not like the sound of that! Finally, after over 2 and 1/2 hours of pushing HE WAS HERE!

Introducing...

Boston Blake Beck

born October 6, 2011

9 pounds

21 inches

2:36pm

Don't I just look so wide awake and ready to push?

 Getting checked out by the nurses

Proud Pops and Boston

Aunt Jill meeting nephew #4

Proud (and very puffy and tired) parents

Me and Ann, seriously the best nurse ever. I would not have made it through labor, and everything after with out her! Love ya Annie!

Love him! Our new little family!

He was the quietest baby when he was born.  Wide eyed but quiet. Once we were all cleaned up Pops (Rusty's Dad) and Jill came in and got a quick peek at the baby. I guess when your office is within walking distance of the maternity ward, you get the express pass! About the time they left the rest of the family came in to meet him. The boys were so cute. Brenner got the biggest smile on his face. He loved his baby Boston from the start. The bigger boys couldn't wait to hold him.

 Brenner wanted "Baby Bossson come in our car!"

Nana & Grandpa Rasmussen

 Love the look on Brenner's face, and sure glad we had Berk was his hands BEFORE he came in the room.

Rusty so excited he was finally here!

Brenner is a big brother!

Braden and Boss

Berk getting his turn- after rewashing his hands

Noni Beck

Nana Rasmussen

Grandpa Rasmussen

Best cousin/ babysitter Nolan

Look at those sumo cheeks, I mean COME ON- how cute is he???

Shortly after everyone got their turns holding him I started feeling bad. I looked down and noticed a bulge in my belly. It seriously looked like a pop can was standing up in my stomach. So I called my nurse, and as soon as she came in she said she needed to see what was going on.  Everyone quickly left and we realized fast that I was hemorrhaging.  She called for more nurses and I started passing fist sized (and much larger) clots. I was in a lot of pain from them pushing on my stomach to help the uterus contract down, and so I got some Demerol in my IV. I was still passing clots, so they recalled my doctor to the hospital. I got a medicine in my leg to help the clotting (I think-I'm a little fuzzy, I'm sure you forgive me) and another little (read enormous!) needle with a medicine injected through my belly into my uterus to help it contract. 


I was feeling a little nervous, just because of the number of nurses in the room, and then I started feeling hot and sick. I was having a reaction to one of the meds. I started sweating and puking. The nurses were fanning me and my sweet doc was putting cold rags on my neck and back. Finally things settled down, and it was just Ann, my doctor Lori, Rusty and Boston. I finally felt better enough to sit up and get some ice. They decided I needed to be in bed till the morning because of the volume of blood loss. I was still in a ton of pain, so they decided to give me Morphine in my (turned off but still placed) epidural, and Dilaudid in my IV. Because of that I had to get another catheter placed and my pulse ox meter and blood pressure cuff stayed on all night.  About 8pm I was deemed stable enough to be moved  from my delivery room to the post partum unit. 

 Happy to be able to hold Boston again, hours later. And glad to have some color back in my face- guess my lips were white for a while.

 Boston all bundled up and resting.

And Mommy all bundled in warm blankets. 

During the afternoon Boston was bathed and examined. His blood work showed he had low blood sugar. I guess big babies are pretty common to have this. So he was having to have his poor heel pricked a ton. They started giving him formula and we watched his levels going up and down. 

We let Braden come back to the hospital that evening to see Boston and so he would know we were both okay. Sorry to everyone who called and came by, or tried to or wanted to, I just was not up for visitors! 

About 1am they decided he needed and IV of dextrose to get his sugar up. They were deciding wether he needed to be admitted or not, so after the longest nearly two days I had a breakdown in the night. I felt so bad that I physically could not be in the nursery with him. I guess it brought back a lot of Braden memories.  In the night the pediatrician on call decided he was low, but above the cut off so they stopped monitoring his sugar so close. The next morning was a happy change. I was able to get my epidural, iv, and catheter out. Boston's IV was taken out too. 


Whew, well I have a ton of pictures of visitors that came to see us, but I think that this has been a long enough post so we'll break it into two!