The Flemings

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Cambria's Blessing Day

Cambria was blessed on Sept. 11, 2011 by her father, grandfather Ken Grewe, Uncle Jeff, Aaron, Scott, and Rod. It was a wonderful birthday present for Brett too (Happy 32nd!).

Friday, July 29, 2011

Bryson turned 4 on July 25th and Chase turned 2 on July 26th. We celebrated with a party at Bouncetown. What a blast!! The kids went crazy playing and getting all hot and sweaty and then we had pizza and cake. Even the adults seemed to have a good time.

Chase picked out Cars

Bryson wanted Spiderman

The slide was the most fun. Chase always had a look of sheer terror but he still wanted to go again and again.

All the kids. Notice Rylee sitting by Bryson. She squeezed her way in between him and his cousin Troy. The next day at church she gave Bryson a love note. Future daughter in law???

I can't believe how good this picture turned out. It's so hard to get action shots. Thank you "sports mode"!

This party was also the first time my brother and I had ALL our kids together. So here's Evelyn and Cambria meeting for the first time. (Doesn't Cambria look like a "material girl"?

My parents with all 6 of their grand kids. Very cool.

The Boys Love Her!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Cambria Rose

The Delivery

Friday June 24th, my due date. Felt contractions all day while at my parents house. So much so that I made them follow me home, just in case I needed them. As soon as we got home, the contractions stopped. I sent my parents home and later that evening (around 8pm) the contractions started up again. We timed them for about an hour while we waited for Brett's mom to come over to stay with the boys. The contractions were around 7 minutes apart. We left for the hospital and got checked in. The contractions stayed steady all night long but I wasn't dilating past a 4. I knew if we broke my water things would start moving. I hopped on my birthing ball and tried to do it on my own but to no avail. Finally I asked them to break my water. By this time it's 9am Saturday morning (June 25th). Hello crazy contractions!!! They intensify for the next few hours and I am able to cope, but barely. Why did I say no epidural??? Come on Garian, you can do this. Now dilated to a 7. Then I get the contraction of all contractions. I tell Brett "I need some help here!". We all know it's too late for that, but nobody says so. I can feel Cambria coming down the canal. The pain is like nothing I've ever felt before. I remember my mom saying something about an "urge to push". Now I know what she means. I have no control over the pushing. My body just does it on it's own. It does feel better to bear down. I see my Dr. coming in and she's hurriedly getting ready. She gets to me, says push and a sound comes out of me I've never heard before (I may have scared a few of the other moms if they heard me). Out comes the head, relief....the Dr. takes the cord off from around her neck, twice, then, pain again. I forgot about the shoulders. Then it's like a fish flopping out. She's here, 11:19am. Whew!! They lay Cambria on my chest and I'm shaking like a leaf. It only took one good push. Boy am I glad she came quickly!! They let me hold her and love on her for an hour and a half. They do what they need to do to her while I'm holding her. I can't believe I did it naturally. I can cross that off my "bucket list" now. I am a warrior!! That was crazy!!

Watching "Anchor Man" while laboring. Hard to laugh during a contraction.

Let's skip to her. Daddy holding Cambria for the first time. She hasn't even been cleaned up or weighed yet.

8lbs 1 oz. My smallest baby. (I knew that would be the case, that's why I thought this was the one to do naturally). Bryson weighed 8lbs 2 oz, Chase weighed 8lbs 10oz.