Our Little Lady....

River Rose Mortensen

6 lbs 14 oz

6-13-2012

We welcomed our beautiful baby girl into the world on Wednesday June 13th at 12:40 pm. She was 2 weeks and 5 days early and we are so grateful that she came here healthy and strong and have enjoyed every sweet moment that we have had with her.

I guess you could say that my birth story began when I went in for my 36 week appointment and my doctor felt my belly to see if the head was down like it should be and he quickly realized that her head wasn't only down and low but in his words her head was "LOW low low" We even did an ultrasound to make sure that what he was feeling was in fact her head. Sure enough it was. I went on with my week doing everything that I had been doing before (working out walking the dog etc...) I started getting contractions like crazy and they stayed consistent throughout the week, even though they were happening every couple of minutes they never really started to get more intense so I just blew them off remembering what everyone had told me about braxton hicks contractions and just asumming that, that is what was happening. So as I go in for my 37 week appointment and tell the doctor that I was contracting he decided that he needed to check me instead of waiting for the normal 38 week appointment check, when he checked me I was dialated 3 centimeters and my cervix was 3/4ths the way ready, but again I just asummed that this was normal and that we progress slowly? So I leave the doctors office and go home and workout for a couple hours and take my dog on our normal 3 mile walk. I woke up the next morning and had some more intense contractions but decided to go ahead and do my workout and walk my dog thinking that maybe they would just go away. That afternoon Cody, Sterling and I went to the temple and did sealings and a session, afterwords my back was KILLING me!! I thought that it was from kneeling during the sealings that we did and had Cody rub my back when we got home and I went to bed early. I woke up that night for my normal middle of the night potty run (when your pregnant you have to pee every 2.5 seconds I swear.) This was just before 2 am I got up and walked out my bedroom door when all of the suddon fluid started running down my leg, my first thought was "what the bunny? Are you serious? I haven't peed my pants since I was a kid!" I was so embarrassed until I went to the bathroom and stood up again to wash my hands and more fluid started to run down my leg. It wasn't the Woosh of fluid that everyone had told me would happen when your water breaks so I was completely confused on what was going on with my body. I walked into our bedroom very calmly and woke Cody up saying "ummm... I think my water broke, but i'm not positive let me call my mom." So I start trying to get a hold of my mom and sister and sure enough they confirmed the fact that my water broke and I needed to get to the hospital asap. On our way up to the hospital I started having crazy strong contractions that were one after the other and making it hard for me to even breathe, we walked up to labor and delivery and got gowned down and the nurse came in to check me and saw that I was almost 5 centimeters and my cervix was 80 percent ready (I will say that the worst thing in the world is getting checked! Holy cow it hurts! OUCH!!) I ended up laboring on my own for about 4 hours and decided I wanted the epidural considering that my contractions were right on top of eachother and making it hard to breathe.

The epidural is AMAZING!! I was able to relax and just hang out and wait for my baby to get here. When it came time to push my doctor was downstairs finishing a surgery so it was just Cody me and my nurse as I started to push, Cody ended up looking at the monitor and realized that the baby's heart rate was above 200 and continuing to rise, he brought this point up to the nurse and she acted like it was completely normal so I continued to  push for another 5 minutes when the doctor walked in and took one look at the monitor and saw that her heart rate was 214 bpm and immediately says " Her heart rate is WAY to high guys we need to get her out NOW!" so he got ready and pulled out the vaccuum to help pull her out quick so I start pushing again and she would start to move forward and then move back to where she was, after some adjusting she started to lower down with the assistance of the vaccuum, and then as her head starts to come out we realize why she was having such a hard time coming out, she was sideways, my doctor looked at me and said "Kylee I'm sorry but I have to cut you so we can get her out." I of course say ok and he cuts me and pulls her out so she could quickly be moved to the NICU nurses to ensure that she was ok. Even though the whole process was a bit stressfull and painfull she ended up being ok and healthy other then not being able to stableize her temperature for the first 24 hours. I ended up pushing for just over 30 minutes and am so grateful that everything went well and that we got our baby girl here alright.

 Proud daddy. Cody is such an awesome dad and he loves River so much! He told me that day that she was born that he would hold her and look at her and just want to cry, he loves her so much.

 Uncle Stir Fry was SO excited to see baby River, he came and visited 5 minutes after they moved us to the mother baby unit haha...

These pictures were taken 2 days before I went into labor. 37 weeks!

 My babies!! Ruger is so awesome with her and he loves her already!

 My sister mom and I set up a little photo shoot in my apartment when she was 3 days old. :) Teryn did a great job with the pictures! If your friends with me on Facebook you can see all of the pictures that we took that day. :)

 Claira and Abby love their new baby cousin! I cant wait for them to grow up together and be best buddies! :)

32 weeks! (8months)

I took this picture with my phone as you can see and the quality is horrible! lol... So sorry but here is my updated belly pic because I know that everyone was just dying to see it. haha... J/K. Have a good day! Muah!

Easter and Florida trip 2012!!

Easter this year was spent back in Boise with our families, we had such a great time spending time with everyone and cant wait for Cody to get done with school so we can see our families more often!!

This is the Easter basket that I got for Cody. We have a new candy store here in Rexburg that sells candy from Australia so I was able to buy Cody some Tim Tam's, black liquorice and Ginger beer that he use to eat all the time on his mission. I also got him his favorite American candy such as Reece's snickers and jelly beans. (yes I did get ruger a basket too, I just didn't take pictures of it. haha...)

 Cody helping Aysha find eggs on the Easter egg hunt. :)

 Cute little Daylie! She had the hardest time keeping those eggs in her basket because she wanted to sprint all over the place. So finally she had her mom Chelise guard the basket while she ran all over finding eggs. lol...

 After spending a little bit of time in Boise I flew with my parents to Florida to assist Teryn on her move back to Idaho. We had a really good time with each other and after 4 days in the car together I now appreciate what mom's go through with their kids. Oh boy....

 One of our beach days!! It was so beautiful there and so warm! I miss it already, especially because I woke up to snow this morning in Rexburg! Kill me! I love this picture of Teryn she is so gorgeous!

 Sisters :)

 The usual belly pic when your prego. I am now almost 31 weeks so close to 8 months along! It is so weird! I have just started to show and pop out the past few weeks so that has been a different experience for me, but it has been so fun at the same time. I am just glad that she is growing and healthy. Oh and for those of you who think that I am to obsessed with my body and that I haven't gained enough weight for my baby I will have you know that I have gained 17 pounds so far and am right on track. I'm 6'1" people I have a lot of body for my weight to go to so get over it!

 Claira found a sea shell!

 I love this little girl! She is my favorite niece ever! :)

 Teryn and her cute family before we went on our dolphin cruise. :)

 Mimi loves her little Abigail Kate!

 We went to the cutest zoo in the world! I loved it because it was so hands on! we were able to hand feed a lot of the animals, and go in to the bird cage and have them hang out all over you.

 Feeding the Giraffe's!

 Abby singing itsy witsy spider. She has the cutest little dimples!

 We celebrated Russ's bday while we were in Florida and took him to dinner at Rodezio Grill

 Abby is so dang little!! Goodness!

 We had one more beach day while in Florida and poor abby decided to wake up with a fever :( So Teryn and my dad took her to the doctor to get some medicine while Claira my mom and I went to the beach to play. Claira and I found a million little sea snails and she was so sad when she couldn't take them home with her. haha...

 When we left Florida on our LONG drive back to Idaho we stopped in Texarkana for a couple of days to visit with some old friends. It was so nice to see everyone and catch up.

 We ate at this super good catfish place that had a swamp in the front yard and peacocks running around all over the place! Claira LOVED it.

 Claira and her new friend Savannah. It took them about 5 minutes to warm up to each other and then they were inseparable.

 On our trip this little lady had an allergic reaction to her antibiotics and got hives all over her body so she screamed pretty much the whole third day of driving. We felt so bad for her but luckily teryn was able to give her some benadryl and get her a nice long sleep so that the last leg of our trip she was happy for the most part. This was in Pocatello where they dropped me off to be picked up by Cody. I love her little "hoo" hair.

 And last but not least our sweet little Claira! Claira LOVED the mountains and talked about how pretty and neat they were from the first time she saw them in Colorado until we got home. She is going to go on a lot of hikes with uncle Cody and me this summer!

Ok well that is it! We had a great trip spent time with some wonderful people and my dad made it 4 whole days being completely out numbered 5 to 1 with us ladies! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Take care.

Almost 28 weeks! (7Months)

It is hard to believe that I am almost 7 months preggers with our little lady. I am so happy and cant wait to see our baby girl in a couple of months. :)

I was tagged and most likely so are you.

The Rules: 1. Post these rules
2. Post 11 random things about yourself
3. Answer the questions provided by the one who tagged you
4. Create 11 new questions for the people you tag
5. Tag 11 people

11 Random things:
1. I have a dog named Ruger that I refer to as my baby boy. People ask if I have kids and 90% of the time I just say yes, a boy.
2. I have this crazy obsession with the cooking channel. I couldn’t cook if my life depended on it but I like to watch other people make beautiful plates of food. Maybe one day…
3. I modeled professionally for 6 years, a lot of traveling. Wow I can’t believe that I just put that on here.
4. I love to read sappy romance novels on rainy/snowy days.
5. I played on nationally ranked club and college volleyball teams.
6. My eyes can’t decide what color they would like to be. They change from Green, to Blue to Gray?? Gray… Really? Yuck…
7. If given the choice I would much rather die from being to hot than to cold. I hate cold weather so much (So naturally I chose to live in Rexburg Idaho… Kill me now.)
8. I run for MILES when I have a lot on my mind. Literally I don’t realize how far I ran until I go back and clock it.
9. I not so secretly wanted to marry someone who was tall with dark skin, hair and eyes and had an accent. Oh my goodness accents are so sexy!
10. I want to travel the world more than anything.
11. I get stir crazy living in one place for to long. After 2 or 3 years I am ready for a change.



11 Answers:
MY QUESTIONS:

1. Who is your inspiration and why? My momma and daddy! It’s no secret that I have always been a daddy’s girl but seriously my dad is the most amazing person I have ever known. He is so willing to look outside of himself and his own needs In order to help and serve others. He always puts 100% into any of his church callings and lives his life in a way that he can be proud of in the end. My mom is a little spit fire who isn’t fake at all. She knows exactly who she is and doesn’t try to pretend to be something that she isn’t so that people like her. She works so hard in everything that she does and I am so proud to have such a beautiful woman be my role model.

2. If you could live anywhere, where would that place be? Kalokairi Greece. Have you ever seen Momma Mia?? Watch it and you would want to live there too.

3. If you had to pick a new name (and you have to) what would it be? Bobbie or Danni I have always loved those names for a girl.
4. So you have anamorph powers (meaning you can transform yourself into an animal whenever you choose) what animal can you morph into? A Bald Eagle! Hands down!! They are so beautiful and I have always wanted to fly.

5. Favorite dish? Hmmm… I have no idea haha… I’ve been really into Peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches since I got pregnant?

6. If you could play a part in any movie every made, what character would you be? Kate Hudson in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 days.” I love her job, her clothes her attitude and her sexy co-star. I think that it would be so funny to act the way she acted. 

7. What do you struggle with? I have a really messed up self body image.

8. Dream vacation? Autrailia? Ummm.. YES PLEASE!

9. Tell me one of your most vivid childhood memories? (preferably funny) Oy… Just one??? Haha… Well it all started out on a dark and very stormy night in Genola UT my Older sister was left in charge of my little brother and I while my parents went to dinner and a movie. We all got along pretty good, teryn was the bossy one I was the quiet one while garret was the mischievous one. Garret and I had been down in the basement watching Hercules or Spartacus or something while teryn was off doing her own thing upstairs. Like I said it was a super bad stormy night and I was scared to death because of the thunder and lightning so I decided to go upstairs with my sister and left my little brother downstairs by himself. When BANG there was a huge crash of lightning and thunder outside and all of our power went out, Garret being the little tuff guy that he thought he was came upstairs out of the pitch black basement and started “hunting” for whoever was in the house. He snuck into his room and armed himself with what every 2 year old thinks is the best weapon and can do the most destruction, a glow in the dark lunch box. I was in our living room making ghost noises trying to scare my little brother when I stood up on the couch and hear this war cry running down the hall towards me, seeing the perfectly outlined glow in the dark thunder cats lunch box held up in the air, I started to giggle when I noticed that the lunch box was getting closer and closer and boom it hit me next to my left eyeball. He had thrown the lunch box in the direction of the noses he heard and hit me square in the face by my eye, my sister walked us to my grandmas house in the dark and my grandma saw that I was bleeding really badly, so she took me to the ER and sure enough I had to get stitched up and sent home to deal with the parents. Lol… I still have a small scar next to my left eye where I had my stitches.

10. If you were forced to live in another time period what would it be? I have always been fascinated by the time when the women wore beautiful gowns and they had balls, and everyone rode in carriages. As long as I could have been wealthy back then and able to attend all of the beautiful balls and parties.

11. Which Disney Princess are you and why? I’m not sure if she was a princess, but I would choose to be Mulan! I love the person that she is and the strength that she has to save her country from destruction, while at the same time protecting her father, and she has like the coolest horse, lucky cricket, and dragon with little man syndrome ever! Bottom line she kicks butt and I want to be her!

11 Questions From Me:
1. What is your favorite movie? Why?
2. If you could be anyone in the world, who would you be and why?
3. What is your favorite memory?
4. What Disney princess are you? Why?
5. What is your dream vacation?
6. What is your favorite quote? Funny, spiritual, uplifting?
7. If you could have one “re-due” day, what day would it be and why?
8. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?
9. What are you most grateful for?
10. If given the choice would you rather be the damsel in distress who gets saved by the hunky man, or the kick butt Charlie’s angel who gets herself out on her own?
11. If you only had one week to live, what would you do with the time you had left? Why?

Tagged:

1. Lisa Kerby

2. Teryn

3. Lexie

4. Amanda

5. Darlene

6. Kelli

8. Stephanie

9. Lauren

10. Veronica

11. Brooke