Smitty Times: Ode to Adelade

Since Addy just turned one I thought I would recap her first year with pictures and the story of when I went into labor.I will start off with my Baby shower in June in Ohio. We had a blast played poopy diaper game and How big around are you with toilet paper. Afterwards We celebrated by going to COSI.
I had another baby shower, For friends

in August by my best friend Cory. We had it at Timpanogos Park and it was a super windy day. Everything was blowing all over the place. The third shower I had was given by Valerie, my sister in-law at her house, later August for fa

mily in Utah.
Wes was gone all summer which was sad because I was looking forward to having 2:30am cravings and making him go get me something. But he wasn't there and I didn't have any cravings. Although Mexican did taste better than anything else that I ate and one time on the way home from the gym I passed a Taco Bell and really wanted their nachos. But other than that I ate normal and was still working my 40 hour shift every week. It was getting pretty funny dressing for work because I didn't fit into anything comfortably anymore and none of my shoes fit me anymore unless I wanted my feet to swell up really big. I started wearing my flip flops which I don't think my boss liked so much but I didn't care. I wasn't sleeping much and I started not caring about anything but having the baby SOON!

On Wednesday the 26th of September 2007 I woke up and told Wes that I was going to be having the baby today. He said okay and told everyone at school that the baby was coming that day. I had to work that evening and I told everyone there that I was having the baby that night. My boss told me he would boil the water and rip up some old clothes but that was about it. It was the big joke that night at work. SO I went home snacked on something watched a little TV and then Wes and I went to bed. At 2:30am I woke up like normal to use the restroom, got back into bed and felt like I had to go again. So I got back up and realized my water had broke. I hollered to Wes that it was time to have the baby and he jumped out of bed and asked how I knew and asked what he needed to do. I told him to pack himself a bag and help me get ready. I really wanted to take a shower, so I hopped in while Wes got ready.
We got to the hospital, rang the doorbell to get in and they answered "Yes". And Wes said "Um my wife is having a baby". They let us in, checked us in and told me that I was only a 1/2 cm, so I had 9 1/2 to go but since my water broke I had to stay there. 5 hours later I was only at 2cm.

I had taken Hypno Birthing classes and decided that a natural birth was right for me. I practiced and practiced and was ready for little Addy to come. But I wasn't ready for everything that happened. About hour 10-12 my body couldn't handle anything anymore. I was tired, really tired, hungry and shaking uncontrollably. I started getting really sick and so the nurses gave me some drugs in my IV, which just made me pass out but could still feel the pain. LAME! So I got an epidural and was ready for it to be over. Thursday was passing pretty fast and still no baby. Finally Dr. Shelley Savage came and said that we had to get going and that it had been to long since my water broke. She found out that I was not progressing because Addy was posterior (face up) and stuck on my pelvic bone. She said that Addy needed to be rotated or we would have to do a c-section. Luckily rotating worked and we thought for sure it would go smoothly after that but Addy was too tired and so was I (did I mention I was really hungry to

o?). SO then the DR. said the she needed to come now because it was getting dangerous and our options were forecepts or vacuumed. We picked

vacuumed and after one push Addy was in the world.
Adelade Eve Smith was born on September 28th 2007 at 8:30 am 7lbs 2oz 19.5 inches long and she had lots of black hair. Wes got to give her the very first bath, while I was recouping.
We got home on Sunday morning and were exhausted. We had great friends in our ward that brought us lunch and dinner. My feet were still really swollen and we were so gra

teful for the meals. Finally my mom got there after about 5 days. It was great to have her here to take care of us.
This is when our lives began with our little baby Addy.

Here are some pictures for each week/month of her life. You can see the little girl she has become.