The Koch Family

Saturday, April 2, 2011

a second round of help

soo... these are the only pictures we managed to take while Grandma Pam was in town to help.

Funny enough they did a ton while she was here- including having sleepovers together in the toy room, the zoo, canoeing, we recovered my kitchen chairs, had pink eye, the stomach flu, a cold and who knows what other illnesses... and very little sleep! thank you grandma pam for loving us with all of our craziness!

The most important thing we did while Grandma Pam was here was to bless Emory in the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. Pam had made Camiron the most amazing dress, so although she offered to make another I was excited for Camirons to get a second use. (pictures will follow- you will just die)

Unfortunately we didn't get a single picture the day off- Braden had the stomach flu, so we only went to sacrament meeting- troy had meetings before and after church- and Emory was just plain fussy. Even with all the chaos, the blessing Troy gave her was beautiful and the spirit was felt. Emory was a gem and slept through the whole thing!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

10 min shots

Before my parents left we decided to do a quick and by quick, i mean really fast shoot. 10 min or less- i caught a few shots of the grandparents and kids and they caught a few not so flattering shots of our little family with emory. She is still only 2 weeks old in these. such a cute little nugget that she is. love her!

Saturday, March 26, 2011

its all a blur

My parents were amazing when they came to help with Emory. It is all a little bit of a blur to me- and I only caught a few pics when they were home, but here are a few of the fun things they did with the kids.

(things we don't have pics of- paddleboats, walks, school, dance, gymnastics, the library, all the dinners they made and trips to the store... the list goes on and on. we couldn't have done it without you!)

A little Valentine Cookie making.

(eat at your own risk)

not one but two trips to Ravenrock National Forest for some hiking adventures

lots of reading and playing up in the toy room.

A trip to Marbles Museum in Raleigh

Some great days outside enjoying some amazing spring weather.

And what were me and Emory doing- you guessed it. sleeping as much as possible.

And everyone needed to get in on a little loving of Emory while she slept. Funny nobody wanted to cuddle with me like they wanted to cuddle with her! I love the little snuggle bugs they are when they are so tiny!

Friday, March 25, 2011

nana and papa save the birthday!

Its a good thing that camiron thought she got nana and papa and a new baby for her birthday so she didn't feel jipped. We spent her birthday in the hospital since Emory was born the day before. (emory is Feb 6 and Camiron is Feb 7th) that should be fun...

We only made it home just before she went to bed to give her birthday kisses and have her meet Emory, so thank goodness nana and papa made it a special day. We love you our little 4 year old!!! What an amazing little girl you are. Thank you for the laughs, smiles and hugs you give this family.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

a little photo session, poor unsuspecting Emory

I realized that little Emory is going to change so fast and i needed to catch some fun newborn pics..

And Camiron was not going to be left out of this. So of course we had to get some sister pics, and then an unsuspecting Braden came home from school and had to be roped into the mix....

so here are a few we captured in our quick session

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Emory Mae

After a terrible round of the flu- I went to Labor and Delivery on Monday with 2 problems- a cough that

was ripping apart my muscles because my stomach was so big, and palms that itched beyond control.

The resident or pa who saw me finally agreed to give me some medicine for the cough but told me he

had never heard of itching palms or a problem I looked up called Colestasis. So I was sent home with out any tests done. That night the itching spread to my feet and I called and set up an apt for the next morning with a doctor (tuesday). When she saw me and i told her I thought I had Colestasis she explained that it is very rare, but normal for pregnant women to have itching. She agreed to run the tests I think only because Troy was a physician there and I told her he thought I might have it too. So the first tests came back showing my liver was off- but we had to wait for another test that had to be sent off. In the meantime my whole body was uncontrollably itchy and I could not sleep at all- at all! When the results finally came in on Friday morning she called me immediately and said that I did in fact have Colestasis of Pregnancy and they were going to induce me on Sunday.

(Colestasis only happens in pregnancy and effects your liver. The itching is because your liver isn't producing the bile correctly and it is toxic to your blood. It is also toxic to the baby and often results in still birth so they like to induce at 37 weeks to have the baby out rather than at continued risk)

I called my parents and they were amazing and flew in the next day! yipee... my cute church friends gave me a surprise shower that night- and then i went in on Sunday morning.

It went amazingly well for not really being in labor yet- i was already dialated to a 3 when they started the Pit that morning around 9. I got my epidural (i love you) around 12 and they broke my water around 2. Around 2:45 I was feeling a lot of pressure they had me start pushing a few minutes before 3 and she was born at 3:04pm. I really didn't push at all- she just came on out.

We were sooo glad that she was strong and healthy being 3 weeks early and all. she was breathing on her own and doing great. She is our smallest at 6pd 8 oz. We didn't officially decide on Emory Mae until we had to hand over the birth certificate information but she is our little Emmers already.

first look