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Meet Miss Riley!

We had our baby!!!

Riley Colleen Kunz was born July 26th, 2010, at 3:07am. She weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. I keep wondering where to start--there is so much to say about her!!! She's just amazing, and her daddy and I are completely smitten.

About 5:15pm on Sunday, David and I were relaxing on the couch, getting ready for our Sunday Food Network marathon. We were both looking forward to just relaxing for the next little while--mom, dad, and Whitney had all come up the day before, and we had a blast (pics to follow)! So Sunday was going to be our sit-and-do-nothing day...until my water broke. Kind of took us by surprise! David was very calm (albeit a little pale!), and got my bag and pillow and the car seat and started packing up the car while I worked on not freaking out completely. We got checked into the hospital, were they checked and told us that, yes, my water had indeed broken, and that I was about 5 cm dialated already--woo!!!

They got us into a delivery room, and hooked me up to all kinds of fun machines, and then my nurse (who was phenominal!!!) came in and told me that the strep B test I took the week before at my last dr. appointment came back positive! So they hooked up the penicillin, and let me chill for the next 7 or so hours. Once that was done, I was still only about 7 cm dialated, so they hooked up the ptosin (sp?) drip! It wasn't that bad, especially once I got some nice pain killers to "take off the edge". A little after 2am on the 26th the drugs wore off (sadly), and the nurse came in and told me to start pushing! about 40 minutes later, Riley was born! (I won't go into the more gorey details). I got to hold her a little before the nurses took her to be cleaned and weighed, but she was just beautiful, even covered in gunk.

They took her to the NICU nursery because she was about three weeks earlier than she was supposed to be, and she's doing great! David and I get to see her often (we're hoping to take her home once she gets the hang of eating more), and she absolutley amazes me every time I see her. She's still hooked up to a bunch of moniters and an IV, but she's such a beautiful little girl still! Overall, we're all doing great. I'm feeling good (albeit sore...), and David is an excellent daddy! You can tell he's crazy about her--we both are!

Our moms came up, and we've had so many calls, texts, and visits from family and friends--thank you all for your love and support! It means so much to us, and we're looking forward to introducing Miss Riley to you all! Love you!

Nasty Green Noodles

So, David and I have been trying to be healthy. We don't eat bad--we just eat less good than we should :-). On Saturdays, David works at the pool till eight, so I try to have dinner made for him when he gets done. We've had some spinach in the fridge for a while and I decided to use it to make some "healthy" pasta sauce--something like a pesto sauce. The result? Goopy, nasty, toxic green sauce. But it was healthy, so we were going to try it!

The result? Epic Face Painting and a Noodle War, because the color of the sauce was too revolting for me to consume.

Love you all! :-)

Graduation and Baby Shower

My family! We got to go back to Caldwell for my baby shower, and my little brother's graduation (congrats Bug!!!). It was a blast! We got to spend a ton of time with our family, and just enjoyed relaxing away from Rexburg for a few days :-). My baby shower was AMAZING--thank you so much, Whitney! My sister put it together, and it was great (sorry, no pics, but Whit has some on her blog!). Thanks to all my friends and family for the support and love--it was great seeing everyone, and we can't wait to see you again (or, for the first time, in Baby's case!). Love you all!

House!

Our house! Granted, not a whole lot of pictures, but you can kind of see what we're going for. Or maybe you should just visit. That would be cool too. :-)

Oregon!

I'm still trying to figure out this whole "blogging" thing! I haven't posted in a while, but life is great!! David and I have been busy like crazy, but work and school are going well. Baby Kunz is growing well (2 1/2 months!!!!); we're still working on a name so she's not just "baby"--so far we like Mara and Lily. I don't know where to start; the pictures are mostly from our last trip to Oregon with David's family; it was a blast!! We enjoyed hanging out with the family, and did some really fun things. Below we have some pictures from our dinner at La Fiesta, the AMAZING kitties at the Big Cat Show, and a picture from Glacier Lake (which was gorgeous! I highly recommend taking a trip there--worth it!) We love you guys!

The Baby!

Her profile!

Shaking her fists at us...

One hand!

Foot...

Toes! I think she has my stubby toes :-)

I know, it's been a while :-) David, Baby, and I are doing great! School is almost done for the semester (YES!!), and we'll be moving soon! Work is going well; David has been recognized as a "leader" at work, which is AWESOME! I think he likes it, so far. We recently had a very eventful weekend; before going to Utah to see my beautiful little neice get blessed (Harry, Erin, and Penny, we had a blast! And we miss you guys a ton!), we got to go to the doctor to find out just exactly what we were having. It's a Girl!!! We are both excited; she's strong and healthy, albeit little (I don't mind that part too much). They gave us some pictures to put up, so here they are!