Bear Lake

Last week Addie and I went to Bear Lake to stay with Grandma and Grandpa Dexter while Jason finished up his finals. We spent some time with Paige and Taylor before they went off to girl's camp, and Allen came up for a day to help get the business going. Addie met Grandma and Grandpa Frost and even Aunt Jeri and Uncle Russ. It was all very exciting. Of all the people she met, though, her favorite was her Uncle Michael:

They had a drooling contest (which Michael won) and he decided to put himself in charge of teaching her all of the big words (like contamination and eradicate).

On the 24th, Jason was able to come down and even brought Kim so she could have some fun with us. We were all able to go to the beach, which was very cold but a lot of fun. Addie slept the whole time, while Michael attempted to swim across the lake, and then he and Kim buried Jason in the sand.

Isn't Bear Lake gorgeous? I love the blue water and the mountains surrounding the lake, it's just such a difference from Rexburg. Michael doesn't look too bad either (ooh la la!).

Yes, this is Jason. Doesn't he look . . .well, . . ? Michael and Kim were trying to make him look like a rather large woman. It doesn't show it too well here, but it was pretty awesome in person.

All in all, it was a really fun trip. We're lucky to have family so close and in such a fun place!

The Many Faces of Addie

Addie makes some pretty funny faces - here are a few of them. The only one we haven't caught on camera is her smile, which she is doing much more often now. She's so much fun!

Adelaide Sienna Gonzalez

Better late than never!



So, after a day of very little movement from the baby, we made a quick trip to the hospital make sure everything was fine. Everything seemed good until the doctor did an ultrasound and found that the baby had a heart arrythmia. After consulting with the pediatrician, they decided to keep us overnight and if they still saw the arrythmia in the morning they were going to do a c-section. After doing my blood work, they discovered that I had preeclampsia, even though I had never shown any of the signs, and decided with that and the baby's heart they would definitely go ahead with the c-section the next morning.



Just a little while later, the doctor came back in and said that the baby's heart rate was going down and so he was going to get started with the c-section in about 20 minutes.

When in the C-section unit, they gave me the anesthesia and it just so happened, it wasn't taking any effect on me. I figured, natural birth was worse than this so I just bit my lip. Jason was there helping me stay unfocused on the pain.

And, sure enough, at 1:36am on 17 June, Addie
was born! She was 8 lbs, 15 oz and 20 1/2 inches long and came out screaming.