Home from hospital

Savannah holding Justin for 1st time

Heading home from hospital

Yesterday (Thursday) at 1:30 we returned home from the hospital. I am happy to report that everything is going well for both Kristi and the baby. All in all, we had a great stay at American Fork Hospital. The facilities were nice and comfortable and the nurses and support crew were also very nice and accommodating. From my end, I think I kept the little snack bar on the first floor in business. I must have put on 5 lbs. in cheese burgers and oreo shakes. But the most fun was trying to order the food from the 80 year old volunteer ladies that work there! They were awesome.

Kristi is recuperating very well and is in great spirits. She's had a few fun moments with the whole nursing thing, but she's getting it down. It seems that Justin likes to be awake more between the hours of 10pm and 4am. And then sleeps well from 5am to 11am or so. But he's doing great, looking great, and we're having fun with him. Savannah is being a super big sister. She told a complete stranger walking out of the hospital yesterday, "Hey, I'm a big sister now." She likes to hold Justin, give him his binky, and kiss him on the head. So far I haven't detected any jealousy, but I am trying to make sure that while I'm still home from work that I'm playing with her as much as possible. She really is the cutest little girl in the world and it's so much fun to interact with her.

That's it for now. We appreciate all the love and support from family and friends. You all are great!

Welcome Baby Justin!!

Well, it's been a long but rewarding day. Justin Zera Colyar was born today, November 27th at 5:02pm. He weighed in at a hefty 6 lbs. 8 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Both mom and baby are healthy and doing very well. Kristi was an absolute trooper through the entire process! We arrived at the hospital this morning around 7:00am. By 7:45 they had oxytocin in her system to induce labor. She started the process dilated to 1cm and 70% efaced. At about 9:15 the contractions began and they came strong and frequent. By 11:15 she had her epidural - this was the best call of the day! At 12:10 she was dilated to 2cm. We thought we were in for the long haul...maybe a 10 - 11pm delivery. But to our fortune, just two hours later she was at 6cm and an hour after that she was 9+ and ready to start the pushing. After an hour and 15 minutes of pushing (during which, I might add, Kristi said to me, "Craig, you're actually helping more than I thought you would.") our little guy made his grand entrance. He had a good set of lungs on him from the get-go and we could tell he got his mom's good looks. The second "thing" they delivered looked more like me!

Where did Justin's name come from? Justin is my grandpa Colyar's name and it's also my middle name. We also liked the rodeo aspect and the fact that Justin is a brand of cowboy boots and other yeehaw apparel. (Can y'all tell it's late?). Zera is also a family name. Kristi's dad's middle name is Zera and he is a phenomenal man. This name was given to him after a great grandfather, Zera Pulsipher, who preached the gospel to and baptized Wilford Woodruff. Kristi is fond of the unique factor of the name and I like the fact that I can now call my boy Jay-Z.

Thanks to everyone who supported us through this pregnancy and to the events that led up to the pregnancy. We have way too many people to thank for their influence and support. But I do want to give special recognition to all of Kristi's amazing friends in Texas. You all really had a huge role in making this happen and we're very grateful for you. From Hilary Weber who referred us to Dr. Rodriguez and helped us have the courage to try in-vitro again to Angie, Kellie, Nikki, Sarita, Cristie, and Nicole and many others who helped watch Savannah and gave Kristi all kinds of moral support...we thank you in a big way. We love you and miss you!

And of course, thanks to our dear family who is always behind us 110%. What a blessing you are to us in our life. We are so lucky to have you all. And I just have to say....seeing this little baby reminds me of when we got Savannah. And while we weren't able to see and experience her actual birth, her arrival to us was the most special miracle we have ever been a part of. Savannah is our angel from heaven (just ask her if you don't believe me!). She melts my heart every single day. We feel so incredibly lucky and blessed to have both of these children. Well....sorry for the long entry here. Next time I'll put it in chapters and verses.

Modern Medicine is a Miracle

Since this baby apparently doesn't want to come out on his own, tomorrow we are going to force him out. We have an appointment tomorrow at 7:00am to get the induction started. I am really thankful for modern medicine because it is what got me pregnant in the first place... and now it will get me unpregnant.

I would say I've overall had a great pregnancy, I just can't seem to get it started or stopped on my own. So... thanks to all the doctors who figured it out for me!

Shout Out to My Christmas Elves

When my sister Lynne was here for Thanksgiving weekend she helped me set up my Christmas tree. She actually did all of the decorating while I sat on the couch and handed her ornaments. It was such a big help to me!

And last week Danny and Mont put up our Christmas lights! I love having Christmas lights and didn't know if it would end up happening with this baby coming, but they got them up and I think they look great.

THANKS TO ALL OF MY CHRISTMAS HELPERS!!!

p.s. no baby yet

Happy Thanksgiving & NO BABY YET

Hello Y'all!! Well, this is Craig here and I figured I'd better learn how to put a post up on this thing so that I can keep it up to date when the baby arrives. We had a very nice Thanksgiving on Thursday at my parents' home in Orem. It had been awhile since we'd been with family for Thanksgiving and we had a great time. Though I have to admit that I missed hosting turkey dinner at our place with my work friends in Texas.

Today was a fantastic day as BYU beat Utah 17 - 10 and sured up 1st place in the conference. It's also been a fun day as Kristi's sister Lynne and her family are here staying with us, and her kids are a blast to play with!

As you read in the title, our baby is still not here. Kristi's due date was 5 days ago, but we're still anxiously waiting for nature to take its course. If we don't have a baby by Tuesday then they'll go ahead and induce. So no matter what, at this time next week we'll have our little guy here!!

Kristi had fun making a ginger bread house with Savannah on Thanksgiving Day...I and enjoyed eating most of the candy. This other photo is Savannah with my Grandma, Delphia Colyar. She's 85 years old now and is one of my heroes in life. She is such a sharp lady and has always been such a huge support to me and my family. I'm proud to be part of her family and am so happy that she's still with us....she's the best.

We'll try to hang in there while we wait for the baby to come. Our feeling is that we'll wind up having him on Tuesday, but you never know. Thanks to everyone for your interest and concern for Kristi and our family. Kristi has been an amazing trooper and she appreciates all of your support.

Not too much going on

I know whenever I have a friend who is pregnant and it gets close to the due date, I wonder and wonder if they have had their baby. I try not to bug them and ask but cannot help myself and ask anyways probably driving them crazy. Well, I thought I'd just put up another post just in case anyone is wondering... I'm still pregnant. And by the way, it doesn't bug me if people ask. Not yet anyways! My official due date is tomorrow. I cannot believe it is already here. In ways it seemed like this day would NEVER get here but then when I think back to where we started I can't believe it is almost all over.

We had a great weekend. A lot of relaxing at home. Craig got some things done around the house and I got some Christmas shopping done. All in all, a great weekend, especially since BYU won!

Still Pregnant

I thought I'd add a post to mention I'm still pregnant just in case anyone is curious. I had a doctors appointment today and everything is the same. I've made no more progress since my appointment last week so we will just have to wait and see how things turn out. I do have another appointmet scheduled for Tuesday which will be nice to have a little update before Thanskgiving.

But the good news is that the baby seems to be doing good and my body continues to handle the pregnancy well. So... I will just have to wait. Maybe the baby is waiting for us to decide on a name before he makes his grand arrival. Hopefully not, because we still cannot decide. At least we are talking about it now... but getting nowhere.