cory will have to edit a bit before i can share the video.
cory has taken over my lap top. he thinks because he bought me an iphone i don't need to have a real computer. i guess it's ok because he is using it to try to support our family-- i will let it slide. well i think that it is time for the birth story. the little man is now 18 days old. wow that went so fast! i knew it would. that is why we have him really.......
so i will start at the beginning. for the last 5 years i have been wondering if there was maybe one more little soul waiting to come into our home. cory was pretty addiment that there was not! however about 2 years ago every once in a while cory would say maybe we need just one more. i thought he was just being mean. then one day we were driving and (i remember exactly where we were) cory said i really think we should have another baby and i started to cry. it kind of freaked me out that i had such a strong reaction, but i still wasn't sure. more on and off on and off. i started training for the rock 'n' roll marathon with some new running buddies and realized that i had gotten faster. so the baby thing kind of got pushed to the back burner. my new goal was qualifing for "the boston". (i know) the girl i was running with had run the boston and i was able to keep up. i was amazed and excited. i decided that if i qualified i would not have another baby. after all i did have four, which is what we always wanted. i had spent most of our married life pregant and/or nursing and i felt that now it was time for me. (again i know) so the race came and i faled miserably!! all my training and at mile 13 i died, walk running the last 1/3 of the race. i was devistated. i was hanging up my running shoes for good. so back to the baby issue. the next weekend cory and i went to the temple and as we walked in we saw my running buddy who once again qualified and was the amazing mother of 5 kids. a sign? we went fasting and praying as to what to do. i cried through the whole session and cory slept, but in the end we both had the same answer. oh the terrible race all made sense now. God had a plan and i was getting in the way so He paved the way. (i know) ok skip a head a few months.....i tell my mom and ellynn that i am pregnant and mom starts to cry. i guess i surprised her. not easy to do but very fun. dad was very excited as well, but cory's parents not so much. but it didn't take too long for them to realize that they were. as soon as we started having complications they really wanted this sweet baby as much as we did. ok skip again.......now we are weeks away and i start to dilate which i have never done before, so we think any day now we will have a baby. then i loose my mucus plug (cory loves when i talk about that), so again we think any day. i am getting very impatient! but i think i have two sweet sisters praying that baby will wait until they can get here for the special day. it worked-- baby waited. i was scheduled to be induced on easter, but only if there was room in the hospital. they said they would call but probably no earlier than 7:30 am. we make it home from mom's at about 11:00 pm saturday night i start packing my hospital bag, even though i didn't think they would really call me in. (i know jason is freaking out because i think ellynn's bag was packed and in the car at 7 months) we go to bed and at 3 am i am wide awake. at 6:23 am i get the call that they are ready for me at the hospital. i was so excited i jumped out of bed and into the shower. calling for cory to wake up over and over. finally i threaten to body slam him and he says he would like to see me try. dad comes down to be with the kids and off we go. we get there at about 7:30 to the surprise of all the nurses. they thought that we would want to stay and spend the morning with our kids. "um no get this baby OUT!" mom arrives, they hook me up to all the monitors and put in the iv. which takes 3 tries and the anathesiologist before they get it in. brooke and ellynn arrive, they start the pit. nothing, nothing, nothing. we walk the halls, i think brooke and ellynn are going to get kicked out of the hospital as they go skipping arm in arm down the hall. so funny. we go back to the room and they put me on an excersise ball but still no good contraction, so i stand and stand and now they start coming. not bad--just there. so they check me and i'm at a six but baby is still not dropping. we call brind and jules and thy go pick up benny then come back and add to the party. while we are waiting for them our rock'n nurse listens to mom who says "now is the time for the epidural". good mom good nurse. i kind of think it is silly because i am not even in real pain yet. more waiting...brind goes and picks jason up at the airport, they come back and more waiting. all the while dad is home caring for my kids and making a wonderful Easter dinner that is getting cold. poor daddy. the guys leave (brind and jason not cory) jules and benny go in the hall (benny wants to be there but does not like when i have to be checked) i am at a 8, yay! dr rosenbum says "why don't you give me a test push to see if we can get baby to move down." so i push and wow they can see hair. so they scurry around a bit and then tell me i can try pushing again if i feel the urge. well i feel nothing from the waist down but i want my little baby so i start pushing and keep pushing. they tell me i can take a break and wait for the next contraction, but i'm not tired (one of the benifits of running 3.5 miles up until the day before i deliver) so i keep pushing. all the while alarms keep going off because my heart rate is sooo low. another side effect of the running. i have to stop for a minute so they can unwrap the umbilical cord which is around his neck 3 times. i give it one more good push and he is out. a total pushing time of four minutes. it's a BOY! i knew he would be. brooke runs out and gets benny and jules. elly records yhe whole thing and as soon as harris comes out everyone starts texting, so funny! benny curls up right beside me and starts loving on her sweet new baby who practically crawls up my tummy and starts nursing. smart boy. the whole thing was amazing! many times throughout the whole thing nurses would come in wondering if someone was yelling during delivery only to discover that it was just us laughing. my sisters and mommy are the bestest (and that includes you jules!) and could cory be any better? putting up with all our silliness and loudness. you know how he hates attention, but he puts up with it because he loves me!
harris ransom asa or handsome ransom as hazel calls him has already made our family better. we love him and the spirit he brings into our home. he never cries but grunts all night long. that is his favorite time to eat and snuggle.
so heres a little vid. warning! i cleaned it up fairly well, but there are a few squirting fluids that may or may not be your cup of tea (pun intented) –c
