Baby Blessing

Sampson's family came to spend Christmas with us and Phoenix loved having so many people in the house and all of the attention she was getting.  My dad was able to get a trip to SLC and within the 16 hours he was here he was able to come down to Provo to be apart of Eva's baby blessing.  On December 22, 2010 we had the blessing at our house and it was so great to have so much family there. 

Before everyone got here I rushed to finish making Eva's Blessing dress so Kenny could take pictures of us because I knew it would be crazy on the blessing day.

 Pictures of Eva that I took a few weeks after she was born.

Oh Phoenix...

Her Baby Doll's crib

When Sampson Dresses Phoenix...

Bring On the Personality

Eva Jewell

Eva Jewell Hitchcock

November 15, 2010

After a crazy week of waiting to see if I was going to have a VBAC we decided to go ahead and schedule a C-section on the 15th (my official due date).  The Friday before we went into the hospital, thinking I was in labor, only to be sent home. I spent all Sunday having contractions.  Even though I was constantly urged by mom to go into the hospital because of her strong desire for me not to have another c-section.  But I was not about to go into the hospital for the second time and be sent home because I wasn't dilated far enough.  At about 2:00 am I couldn't take the contractions any more so we went in.  I was only dilated to a 3, but they called my Dr. and ordered my epidural...one way or another the baby was coming.  After having little to no change in about 6 hours, I was all of sudden was at a 10!!  Within 22 minutes of pushing Eva Jewell was born at 9:52 am.  She was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 inches long.  We are so excited to welcome this beautiful little girl into this world especially without another C-section!!

Some Family Pictures Kenny took a while ago.....

Harrogate here we come....

Sampson got accepted into LMU - Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine!!!!!!  We are soooo excited!!!  This was our top choice in schools and I am so proud of Sampson and all his hard work. LMU is located in Harrogate, TN about an hour north of Knoxville...which too me is out in the middle of nowhere.  We are also only about 3 hours away from Sampson's family which is totally awesome.  It is always nice to be close to family. He doesn't start till next Fall so we won't be leaving Utah until July, but it's one less stress that we have to worry about.  Now if the baby would just come early, like right now, life would be great!

This is a picture of LMU from a distance.  The medical school building is the brick building you can see just over the hill.  This area is absolutely beautiful tucked up against the mountains.