Update Time!

Times flies eh? Well we're hanging in there. We're getting more sleep and having a bit of an easier time as we head out of the newborn stage for the second time. Yes, the second time. This is one of the joys of having a preemie. Riley was doing pretty well at sleeping alone, not crying so much and dealing with life in general and then she hit her actual due date and the reset button was hit. We started all over again. WOW! The last six weeks have been really ... loud! The girl has quite a set of pipes on her! :-) I found I was developing a fear of 5 o'clock.. because she would scream from 5 - 9 pm unless she was eating the whole time... Now it's not every day, just some days...

Doctors are really pleased with Riley, they say she is thriving and growing really well. Eric and I couldn't be more proud of her. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for the power of the priesthood. Our family has been cradle in His love and support. Riley is truly such a miracle!

Now she is waking up, so unfortunately this post is done.

Love to all!!

Eric Nellie and Riley Jane

Miss Riley is Here!

Riley Jane Neves

July 3rd 2009

3:32 AM

6 pounds 6 ounces

Okay so finally I have a few minutes to do baby pictures. I swear with a baby in the hospital people think you have time to do things but I have never been so busy in my life! (and that's saying a lot!!!!)

Here's the story slightly shortened. I took my anti contraction meds on wednesday night the 1st at nine but my nine thirty I was having contractions and the frequency just increased until at 11:00 they were close and hard and I called L and D and they had me come in. At 12:10 we walked into triage. They were happy I was 34 weeks but didn't know if they wanted me to stop or keep going so they decided to try to stop the contractions. Well it didn't really work, so they gave me more and more to stop them and it just made my body fight even harder. Finally after about 5 hours and tons of anti contraction meds they gave up and said never mind you're having the baby. Unfortunatly right about then the contractions stopped. Even more unfortunately I was about 6 cm and needed to keep going. We had to wait for the drugs to wear off. Contractions stopped for an hour and then we went back to a warring body and lots of pain. After about 14 hours I conceeded and got an epidural. It wasn't until about 20 hours though that they started giving me pitosin (?) and then at 25 hours they broke mt water because we weren't getting anywhere. Finally at 30 hours of labor or rather around 3:30 on the 3rd Riley's heart started dipping and the dr. decided it was now or never. Riley wasn't where she was supposed to be so they had to go on a fishing trip to find her. Two hands and a vacuum and me pushing were what it took to get her out. She cried a big cry and we were all blown away by her 6 pounds six ounces. I didn't get to see her because I had to lay flat, but she was taken to NICU and given a C-pap for breathing so it wouldn't be so hard since we had both worked hard. I finally saw her the first time about 8 hours later and I think she's gorgeous!!! But I may be biased.

Right now she is doing really good all things considered. She is breathing on her own, she is taking bottles and starting to nurse some, and totally off the IV. She is really working hard, but we're facing some bad jaundice from her body trying to heal the hematoma at the back of her head. Its coming down but it's still going to be a long process. None the less we are so proud of her and how hard she is working!

Thank you everyone for all the support, I hope you enjoy the pictures!

Love Eric Nellie and Riley

Mom and Dad waiting...

Grandpa Don and Grandma Linda sleeping and waiting for Riley

Her first hours

She doesn't like to wake up



Feeding with Mommy

Daddy's Girl!

Our funny little family is finally complete!

Thank you everyone for the prayers and support. Couldn't have done it without you!!!!!

Bummer News

I have some sad news. Winston our horse has had a few really hard days, he's had a fever, a hard time eating and keeping food in his mouth and has a lump on the joint of his jaw. Dr. Weilepp and my friend Jodi have been with him this week trying to figure out the problem, finally we found out today that it is an aggressive tumor. We decided with the amount of pain he is in that we would put him down. He was put to rest this morning. I'm glad he's no longer in pain.

I am very sad that I am loosing him at a time when I can't be the one to be there with him, but I can't risk the baby's health.I think it is important to remember all the lives that Winnie has touched over the years and what an amazing life he has led. He's been a professsional english jumping horse as well as a professional western pleasure horse and has won over 40,000 in his career, before I met him. He worked for three years as a therapeutic riding horse at Saddle Pals and touched so many lives while he was there. He has always been such charming and eccentric horse. From the fits he would throw where instead of bucking he would angrily do flying lead changes and dressage he's learned when he was young, to his ability to hunt birds in the arena and the pasture, killing 2 and injuring at least 5. Quite a talent. I'm glad he's been a part of our family. His life has been spared more than once so that he could enjoy the retirement he's deserved over the last two years. Now it is time for him to get the rest he deserves.
He is a fantastic horse and will always be remembered that way.