Dakota on Easter Sunday

The Cuties....

Baking Time...

Mommy and Dakota had their first baking experience together making banana bread. Dakota had fun "tasting" all the ingredients before adding them. She is a good cook!

Our little girl...

She is here…Kate Rebekah Sammons. It all started in the middle of December, I went to the hospital on a Thursday morning because I did not feel Kate move at all on Wednesday night. When I was at the hospital her heart rate dropped about 6 different times so they wanted to check my fluid levels and when doing so they found out I had low levels. They told me I had to start going twice a week to get my fluid checked until Kate was born. On Dec. 31st I had an appointment at 3 in the afternoon to get my fluid levels checked. During the appointment I started having mild contractions every ten minuets. After an hour of getting monitored they released me and said everything looks good… so we thought. A doctor looked at my monitoring strip after I left and realized Kate’s heart was dropping again, so he called the house and told me to go to the hospital to get monitored, again! Troy and I went to the hospital thinking they would send us home. By the time we got to the hospital my contractions were 7 minuets apart, but I still thought I would be sent home. After monitoring me for an hour my doctor came in and said her heart was dropping during my contractions and thought it would be good to break my water to get things started to get her out, which I was completely fine with…I was ready to have her! He broke my water at 7:56PM which really got my contractions going a lot stronger and faster. My mom-in-law and my parents and my sis arrived at the hospital by 11:30PM and my nurse told me she was going to check me around 11:50 PM to see my progress. I was thinking I was going to be in the hospital FOREVER being that Dakota’s labor was 14 hours. When my nurse came in she noticed the head was right there waiting for me to push!!! I was completely shocked and didn’t quite understand that I had to start pushing. My doctor came in my room…taking his time setting up to deliver Kate because he really wanted the first New Year’s baby since he has never had one after 34 yrs. of practice (I could have had her in 2007 but we decided to let Dr. Bigalow have the first baby). After two pushes Kate Rebekah Sammons came out at 12:01 AM on Jan. 1, 2008 weighing 6 pounds 7 ounces. We noticed the cord was wrapped around her neck 4 times, that is the reason why her heart would drop every once and a while, but thankfully I had a cord that was twice the length of a normal cord so Kate was just fine!

Kate is a delight and we are enjoying her more and more. Dakota is adjusting much better. The first week was really hard for her, but thankfully she had her YiaYia here to hang out with. Now she loves to kiss and put a lot of blankets on baby Kate…she is a big helper!

Getting to know Kate...

Mama and daddy getting to know our new little girl.

The day Kate was born...

Proud Auntie Rah holding her nieces.







Papa B and Dakota hanging out in the hospital getting to know baby Kate.


Kate holding mama's finger right after she was born.

This is a video of RJ pushing Dakota around in her baby doll stroller.

Christmas with the Bussell's and Zervis'

Christmas Continued...

Halloween

She was checking out her chicken outfit before putting it on...

Our cute little chicken

Dakota loved playing in the balls at theHarvest Party at our church.

Before we went to the Harvest Party we stopped at Gigi's house so she could take a look at our little chicken.

Finally...

I know it has been a long time since we have updated you on our lives...sorry. Dakota turned one on July 19th and is now acting a lot like a "toddler". She has a really fun, outgoing personality.
This summer has been busy with me trying to get over this "all day" sickness from the baby, Troy working a lot and all the weddings we have been in and are attending. Life will hopefully slow down in October and then we can start preparing for the little addition to our family.

Daddy got some great pictures...

continued pictures...

She does not like keeping her bows in...