BIRTH.....
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To a beautiful baby who has grown into a beautiful
young woman....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Today I am officially a mother of a teenager as Kyleigh is
celebrating her 13th birthday! I recently got tagged on
Facebook to do a survey all about your first born! With
Kyleigh's special day today, the timing for this survey
was just right. Let's see how much I remember!
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes .
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Uh ya..dumb question.
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excitement...I have a pic of
me holding the dang stick I peed on.
4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23 by the time she was born
5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
The pregnancy test I took in the bathroom of our little apartment
in Loma Linda, California.
6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My husband.
7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? No! Neither
Jaren or I did, and we haven't with any of the rest of our
babies. Wouldn't have it any other way.
8. DUE DATE? February 13, 1996
9. DELIVERY DATE? February 6, 1996
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? No
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? I remember having Jaren
make a run to Artic Cirlce to get me a lime rickey. :) Other
than that nothing in particular, although I do remember
having a lot of peanut butter sandwiches on my work
break with my sister who was also pregnant and due the
same week as I.
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Having to
wake up so early to get ready for work.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Girl
14. WAS THERE ANY ARGUMENT OVER THE BABY'S
NAME?
No, the only two names we were trying to decide between
were Kyleigh and Madison (if it was a girl) but Kyleigh was
pretty much the front runner all along. I fell in love with the
name my Freshman year at BYU when I had a crush on my
clogging instructor, a cute boy named Kylee (kind of a weird
name for a boy!). Whats even weirder is when we ended up
being in the same ward in Draper as he and his little family
11 years later! If it were to have been a boy...Garrett is
the name we had chosen. For months we called the babe in
my womb Kyleigh Garrett. Don't even like the name Garrett
anymore so I'm glad it wasn't a boy. Even though we didn't
know the sex, I just knew she was a girl!
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT
THE PREGNANCY? 40 or was it 45 lbs? :)
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING
YOUR PREGNANCY? Towards the end... high blood pressure
and signs of toxemia
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? LDS Hospital...
(love that place!)
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 15 hours..
I looked like death warmed over..and I have a picture to prove
it!
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jaren
22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural.
23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Yep!!
24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs
25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? Feb. 6, 1996
at 4:31 a.m.
26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Kyleigh Dawn
(middle name after Jaren's grandfather, Don, who passed away a
few months before Kyleigh was born. He had a soft spot in his
heart for little girls and not only that.... she would have been his
first great grandchild. )
27. ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES THE DAY OF
YOUR FIRST BORN'S BIRTH? My mother in law came to the
hospital bearing unexpected gifts...a baby Madam Alexander
Doll to add to our collection and a HUGE box filled with tons of
new baby girl outfits. Her intuition was right as well as she had
been shopping throughout my pregnancy for a baby GIRL.
28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 13! And I love it!
People seem to always cringe when they talk about their kids
becoming teenagers. I love this stage....not only is Kyleigh a
wonderful daughter but a good friend. I'll always cherish our close
bond and relationship.
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