A whole hand!

I don't know whats harder to believe that Samantha D is five or that I have a five year old?

There is something magical about your first born child, looking back and thinking about those first few precious moments of becoming a mother for the first time are beautiful, emotional and amazing. Because I didn't have a blog when Samantha was born I want to take a minute to write down her birth story for her and I to someday look back on, read and talk about.

My due date was January 12th and being my first baby and having absolutely no patience I wanted to be induced. So on Monday night January 8th Jake and I showed up at Davis Hospital in Layton UT where I was scheduled to have cervidil placed, too help me dilate. That next morning at about 7:30 my OB came in and broke my water, and then started me on pitocin, once I was in a normal good active labor I got an epidural and then just waited. During the wait I remember having quite a few visitors, my mom, Aubrey and Lauren as well as  Jake's mom and sisters came, they brought me a beautiful flower arrangement from Tai Pan Trading (that I still have and love). There may have been a few more people, but this was five years ago. By about 2:45 I was complete and they had called my OB she got there at about 3:00 and Samantha was born at 3:25 on Tuesday January 9th 2007. She weighed 7 pounds 14 oz and was 18 inches long.  When she came out she wasn't crying or breathing so they took her strait over to the warming table. Once they stimulated her a bit she then started to cry and pink up. Once Samantha was all clean and wrapped  up in a blanket they gave her to Jake. I will always remember the look on Jake's face when he held Samantha for the first time. He sat down on the couch and just stared at her, he was in LOVE. After a few minutes of daddy daughter time, and me begging to see her I finally got to hold her. But it was short lived. As I was holding her a nurse looked at her and said her color was a little off and they needed to take her to the nursery,  so off went daddy and baby. About an hour later Jake came back and said her oxygen level is low and she couldn't keep it up so they took her over to the NIC-U. When I got there and saw my brand new baby girl hooked up to an IV and on oxygen my heart sunk. I just kept thinking, "this is NOT right", "how am I going to get through this"? I just wanted to hold and love and feed my baby. I wanted Jake to give her a blessing right away so my dad and mom came into the NIC-U and Jake gave his first ever fathers blessing with my dad. Fast forward the next two days of living in the NIC-U trying to be as hands on as possible, loving her, holding her, feeding her, bathing her, kissing her, talking to her, sleeping with her, I was released and she wasn't. CRUSHING. I get to/have to go home and she had to stay. She wasn't going to be released until she had been off oxygen for 24 hours strait. Thursday night I wanted to stay at the hospital all night so badly, she needed me and I needed her, but Jake being  the wise husband encouraged me to go home and sleep even just for a couple of hours, because I hadn't slept sense Monday night, so I did just that. (Looking back now I wish I would have slept more when I only had one child, oh what I would give for a nap).  I slept on and off for a few hours, calling the hospital twice to see if she was still of the oxygen, and she was! Friday morning I showered, got ready and Jake and I went to get our baby girl. At about ten the Doctor came in and she was released to go HOME! 

Here are a few pictures of Samantha and the past five years!!!!!

WOW, Samantha what an amazing, fun, happy, exciting five years you have had. I love you more and more each and everyday. You are the most loving big sister I know. The way you take care of Cameron, Logan and your Oaklee Marie, I can tell you will be there protector for forever. Samantha, I just want you to know that the little girl you are turning into will be the young women and women you will someday become. Never stop jumping, running, dancing and singing. Smile that beautiful smile. You make everyday a joy and an adventure. Going to the park, the store or to Grandmas house is always fun with you. I am so glad you are my daughter and my friend. I cherish you, I love you more. ~MOM