The Day I Said Hello To The World
Very early in the morning, around 1:00 am, Mommy started feeling something. She wasn't sure exactly what it meant, but it didn't go away. At 2:00 am she woke up Daddy and told him that she thought that maybe they should go to the hospital. He called Grandpa Kal to get out the tractor to shovel the way because it had been snowing since the day before. Daddy called the hospital to tell them that they were on their way. Grandpa Kal had gotten our road cleared and started down the highway. At the bottom of a big curvy hill Grandpa got stuck and couldn't move. He told Daddy that he should call 911 to bring out some plows. Daddy did and a sherrif car came and got stuck. Right behind him was the plow and he got stuck too! All the time Mommy was feeling pretty bad. She was not having fun! Another plow came and he started to get stuck, but stopped before he would. Grandpa Kal got free and went back home to get a bigger tractor with the huge snowblower on it to try to get everyone free. Everyone was able to get unstuck and Grandpa Kal finally got the road cleared. He was the hero! Mommy and Daddy were able to drive the rest of the way to the hospital. Instead of 30 minutes their trip took 3 hours!
They got to the hospital at 6:30 am. Mommy got all settled in and the doctor came to see her and told her that I was going to be born today! Things happened fast for a little bit. She got an epidural so it would stop hurting. She liked that a lot. Daddy says she was a lot happier after that. Then the doctor came back and broke her water. He said everything looked good. After that not much happened for awhile. Mommy had to have oxygen put on her a couple of times because I was being a little difficult, but things got better quickly. It wasn't ever anything too bad. The nurse stayed in there after that though just to make sure. Mommy and Daddy were tired, so they napped a little. At 1:00 pm the doctor came back and checked on Mommy. He said that she was ready to start pushing if she wanted to. It had been a long morning and Daddy was hungry, so she was super nice and told him and the nurse to go eat lunch and then they would try. They got back around 1:30 pm and started to push. The nurse said that sometimes it takes a long time to be all ready for the doctor, so they would do as much as they could first. It didn't take long at all! Mommy had to stop to wait for the doctor and after one more big push I was born!
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| Princess Fiona Avalon Bovee was born at 2:09 pm on March 11, 3013 |
At first I just cuddled with Mommy.
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Then the nurses took me to get weighed and measured and cleaned off.
I was 7 lbs, 1 oz and 19 inches long! |
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| This is me with Dr. Feldman |
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| I finally get to cuddle with Daddy |
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| Back to Mommy Cuddles! |
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| Our First Family Photo |
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| Look at all that hair! |
Our first visitors were Grandma Barbie and Grandpa Kal.
They brought cupcakes to celebrate my big day!
Our next visitors were Grampy Ted and Memaw Bridget
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| Ready to come home from the hospital |
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| Welcome Home! |
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| I made it home in time to be blessed by the new Pope! |
Gramma Lisa and Grandy came to visit next
We had to go shopping because my clothes were too big! Even some of the Newborn size clothes didn't fit me yet!
This is when Mommy and Daddy gave me my first bath at home. The water was too cold! They have gotten pretty good at making sure the water is warm enough for me. I like baths much better now.
Lots of new people came to visit me my first few weeks.
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| Uncle Eddie brought my cousin Lailie to visit |
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| I was so small that Lailie didn't know what to think |
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| Hi Abe! |
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| Pretty picture with Diana |
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| Love my Wowo! |
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| Me with Diana and April |
Mommy and Daddy took a bunch of newborn pictures of me.
When I was three weeks old Mommy and Daddy took me down to Des Moines. It was Easter weekend. I was introduced to LOTS of new people!
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| Ready for my first road trip! |
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| Look at my pretty Easter dress |
Mommy and Daddy took me to Mommy's cousin's studio for a newborn photo shoot. I think they turned out great!
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
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| Jessica Wissler Photograph |
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
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| Jessica Wissler Photography |
When I turned one month old Mommy made me a pretty orange sparkly tutu and started taking my picture again. She told me that we will be doing this EVERY month until I turn one
year old!
I had a good time hanging out my first couple of months. Mommy and I had some good cuddle time. She made me do something called "Tummy TIme" that I wasn't too sure about. I've gotten much better at it. These are some of Mommy's favorite pictures.
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| My first passport |
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| Present from my future Camp Counselor |
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| Go State! |
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| Love watching nerdy TV with Mommy! |
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| What am I doing on my tummy...? |
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| I'm not so sure about this... |
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| I don't think I like this... |
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| GET ME OFF MY TUMMY NOW!!! |
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| Finally getting the hang of this Tummy Time thing |
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| Love Superheros! |
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| Special present from Auntie Lumps |
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| Happy Birthday, Daddy! |
Here I am in my 2 month photo shoot!
On May 12th I was Baptized. My Godparents are Loral Rainey and Matthew Rainey. They are Mommy's cousins. Lots of people came up to celebrate with us. It was also a very special day because it was Mommy's first Mother's Day!
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| This is the very special gown that I wore. It has been in Mommy's family for several generations. |
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| Me with my Mommy, Daddy, and Godparents |
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| 4 generations of Endres ladies |
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| Happy Mother's Day, Mommy! |
On May 15th Mommy took me to the doctor. I weighed 10 lbs, 9 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long! Then something horrible happened. I was snoozing along, nice and warm in Mommy's arms when BAM! I had this really bad thing jabbed into my legs. THREE TIMES!!! I hope that never happens again...
