At The Hospital

Below are a few more pics from Champ's birth. My mom was with me the whole week. She came to Utah on Monday to help move things along after I had been having crazy back labor all Saturday and Sunday (Champ was posterior.) We went to the hospital late Monday night, but I was turned away because I was not progressing fast enough (I was sooo mad.) I had a doctors appointment Tuesday morning and had dilated quite a bit, so we knew Champ would be coming soon. I think I walked the whole of every store in Utah with my mom (Seth went climbing the whole day) until about 6:30 pm when we decided that it was time to go to the hospital. When we got there I found out Dr. Jones was on call and I was so excited. I really wanted Dr. Jones to be my Dr. throughout the whole pregnancy, but he wasn't accepting any new patients at the time so I went with Dr. Smith instead. Anyways, Dr. Jones admitted me, YEAH!! and after no sleep for the past few days I gave up on my hypnobirthing and asked for an epidural. Both Seth and my mom said I was much nicer once I had the epidural, and I have to admit I think they were right. :) Now that I look back on it was actually quite funny. Anyways, they gave me the drugs, I feel asleep and when the nurse woke me up it was almost time to push. I ended up pushing for about 25 minutes and was relieved/overjoyed when they placed him on my chest. He was and still is beautiful!! I guess I was kind of out of it and didn't realize how purple he was and was upset when they took him from me so quickly. However, I am very thankful for the great nurses and doctors who took such good care of Champ when he was in trouble. We feel very blessed to have had such a great staff working that night!! My mom holding Champ at the hospital when he was only a few hours old. We love you mom and are so greatful that you were able to be there with!!
They hooked me up to an IV since I opted for an epidural and all the liquid made me crazy swollen. I can't believe I'm posting this picture, but you can see how swollen I got from just a few hours of being on the IV.
This is a picture of the ice pack they give you to sit on after giving birth. Yep, its a rubber glove filled with ice cubes....talk about uncomfortable.
I have never in my life had "cankles" until after I gave birth!! I was soooo swollen. I weighed significantly more after I gave birth from all the fluid they gave me than I did before I gave birth!!! Talk about depressing!
Here is a picture of my little angle and the cute name card they made him. The nursing staff was amazing!!

Week Seven!!

We went home again and after taking Grant out of the car we noticed that he was sleeping with his hat over his eyes, poor guy. This is also the only picture we have of him from his 7th week, sad! I haven't been taking as many pictures since I've been working, but as a NYR I'm going to start taking a lot more pictures. He is growing so fast and I want to capture every moment!

Six Weeks and Still Sleeping in The Swing!!

We still haven't broken him from his swing. Its hard to break him of something that makes him sleep so well! :)

Week Five

These are my favorite five week pictures of Champ!!! He is sooo cute and I just love him. I love being a mom. Being a mom is the hardest and most fulfilling thing I have ever done!

I started back to work after only being off five weeks and it was extremely hard going back. However, I have a great employer who let me switch to working part time from home. I only have to go to the office on Monday and the rest of the time I work from my home office, its great. Going back to work was a huge change though, instead of sleeping during his nap, I had to learn to work. I miss my nap times!!

One Month!!

The pictures below are when Champ was a month old. Here is a quick summary of Champs first month.

1. He had his first diaper blowout his second day home.
2. We brought him home on Thursday and by Friday afternoon I took him to the doctors because I thought his wee was infected (Seth insisted he be circumcised), but of course it was perfectly fine and I was being an over protective mother.
3. By the second week, I had been peed on three times and pooped on once.
3. By his two week checkup he had gained almost two full pounds over his birth weight.
3. He began smiling at two weeks.
4. He started rolling over at three weeks (front to back). I couldn't believe it! I thought it was an accident so I put him on his tummy again to see if he could duplicate the movement and he did!!
5. He will stand up on his legs for a few seconds if you keep him balanced.
6. For almost a full month I slept on the couch or futon and he slept with me or in his swing.
7. We did everything we said we would never to do keep him happy.
8. We thought he might have colic
9. He wouldn't take a binky
10. He ate every two hours until just this last week.
11. He was awake and alert all the time, he would NOT sleep for anything!! In fact, I got wicked sick from not getting enough sleep.
12. He knows by how you hold him if you are trying to put him to sleep or not.
13. When you hold him he has to be facing out so he can see whats going on otherwise he will cry.
14. He used to hate having his diaper changed, but now he loves it.
Champ with Grandpa Kevin at Thanksgiving. As you can see Grandpa is holding him facing out to prevent crying. :)
Champ and Grandpa Kevin again.
One month pic
This is actually a three week picture, but I'll keep it here anyways. At three weeks Champ would do Power Ranger/karate moves with his arms when ever you laid him down.

Getting ready to go over to the Edwards for Thanksgiving dinner.

This is a classic Champ look! He lifts his eyebrows high and wrinkles his forehead when he sees something interested.
Our family picture when he was one month old. I'm actually surprised they turned out how they did. Seth and I got ready in the car and Champ was being the devil. Hopefully Mindy or Jan will be in town the next time we need our family pictures taken!

Week Three

We had unusually warm weather in November and tried to take advantage of it as often as possible. Seth was great about trying to get me outside everyday so I didn't go insane being in the house all day. My friend Sarah was also good about getting me outside and we would go for walks around the block with our babies at least twice a week. During one of our walks Seth and I ventured to the track, we figured it was about time we took Champ to see his first track. We had a great time jogging around the track with the little guy and telling him old race stories.

Seth at the starting line getting ready to race around the track with Champ.
Champ likes to sleep with one hand on the side of his head like he is modeling!! I just love it!!
I already posted this picture, but Auntie I and her family came to visit us during Champ's third week. We love the Turnages and wish they were closer.
I was messing round with the camera and took this picture of Champ and thought it was so funny because it doesn't look like him at all!

Week Two

We were all by ourselves for most of the second week of Champ's life and he is lucky he's still alive. We didn't realize how hard it is to keep everything up when you have a baby. Our parents were with us the first week and did everything for us, so you can imagine our shock when were all by ourselves and had to do more than eat, sleep and hold and feed Champ. We went home to Grand Junction for the last part of the week though and were once again grateful for the assistance. Champ started smiling the during his second week. It was so much fun to see him smile, although I don't think he really knew what he was doing at that point. This may not look like a true smile, but its actually just poor photography we couldn't get him at the right moment and this was as close as we could get. :)
Champ trying out his gym for the first time. He wasn't too sure of it then, but loves it now.
There he is looking at the mirror above him, isn't he cute!!

Week One and Halloween

The first week home with Champ was crazy! We had a lot of help though, both my parents and Seth's parents came up to see Champ and help where they could. They fed us, cleaned our house, did all our laundry and finished all our little projects that we couldn't get completed in time. I don't think we could have made it without them and we are so grateful they made the trip up! Below are pictures of Champ's first week home and his Halloween.

We had two of our good couple friends and their kids over to carve pumpkins (before we had Champ). We had a great time, but unfortunately didn't take very many pictures because our hands were so gross from the pumpkin guts. But above is a picture of the food, I put dry ice in the drink to make it a spooky potion. :)
Our friend Holly and her 10mth old daughter, Cambria, getting ready to carve pumpkins.
Our friend's little boy, Ammon, playing on the couch and getting ready to decorate his pumpkin.
The back of Champ's Halloween "costume," soo cute!
We had a very low key Halloween. Both Champ and I were exhausted and slept all night while Seth handed out candy. Although we didn't sleep very well because of the door bell, we had crazy trick-or-treaters this year.

Little Champ getting ready to leave the hospital with a binky in his mouth (he hardly ever takes a binky now.) He's so dang cute!!
Abby holding Champ. She loves her cousin and always asks if she can hold him or help rock him to sleep. She says, " Tia, if I wash my hands and put the germ stuff on can I hold baby Champ?"
Seth about to take a nap with little Champ.
My dad holding Grant when he and Abby arrived on Friday.
I guess Seth needed a break from changing diapers and created a money game and was trying to teach Abby about money. They had a great time. I can't wait to see what kind of games he comes up with next.

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa Hejnys

Here are a few pictures of Leann and Grandpa Hejny holding little Champ when we when home to Grand Junction. Champ was only about two weeks old when we ventured out of the house, it was quite the experience. We were very glad we made the trip though, that was the first time Leann met her new nephew.

Turnage Family To The Rescue

Toby, Irish and Noah came to visit and take care of us the weekend before Thanksgiving. We had a great time with them and are so grateful for their friendship and fine cooking abilities. :) Plus, it gave Irish a good reminder of what she will be getting into again, she is having another little boy due in March. We love you guys! Can't wait to see you at Christmas.

CHAMP IS IN THE HOUSE!!!

As you can probably tell from the title, Tia finally took a rest and let her proud husband take a turn blogging.

This is a picture of Champ, I mean Grant when he was about 2 minutes old. Isn't he cute? He was born at 2:01 am on Wednesday morning, October 24th. He was 7 lbs 8 oz and was 19.5 inches long. You can tell that he was a little purple. He was having a hard time breathing and his oxygen saturation levels were really low.

Unfortunately Tia only got to see him for about half a minute before he and I were carted off to the Nursery (actually only he was carted, I walked under my own power.) When we got there he was placed in an oxygen tent but was still unable to get his oxygen saturation levels to an acceptable range. That's why he got put on this crazy machine.

I can't remember the machine's actual name but I think its Tranformer code name was "Oxygenator". It was a real blessing that "Oxygenator" was there as this is a very new piece of equipment to American Fork Hospital. Without this machine Champ would have got to enjoy an ambulance ride to Utah Valley Children's Hospital in Orem. However, after being on this for a while his oxygen saturation started looking a lot better but when they took him off the machine he was still struggling to maintain these levels on his own. I felt so bad for him. He was trying so hard but couldn't quite do it, and his reward for his efforts was getting stuck with needles about 10 times. Through the whole thing he was a real champ and never cried. I think partially because he couldn't really cry. He was borderline on his oxygen levels for a while and it looked like he may be spending some extra time in the oxygen tent but finally at 5:30 they tried this new medical procedure called giving him a sponge bath, and this was the real key to getting him on the road to recovery. I learned that you can poke and prod him with needles but don't try giving him a bath unless you want him to get really ticked off. He finally screamed and cried and after that he was able to breathe well on his own. And by 6:00 in the morning I was finally able to rejoin Tia for what I considered to be some well earned rest.

Enjoy a few pictures of our new baby boy!

No Baby Yet

Sorry guys, I know some of you have been checking the blog for signs of Champs arrival and there haven't been any. Sadly for me, bc my tummy is freaking huge and today is my last day of work (what am I gonna do if he doesn't come for another week,) he's not here yet. But, I'll make sure I have something posted when he does arrive, I promise. :) Hopefully it will be soon, everyone is getting really excited! Also, thank you for all your prayers and thoughts! Cheers!





Pic of Seth and Saydie checking out my tummy when Mindy was taking my pics. My tummy really is that big, I promise. :)

Go Ducks!!

Vinny, Andy and Maurica

Okay, I can’t believe I’m saying this and my BYU buddies will probably forever hate me, but go Oregon! After looking at the latest DI cross country polls, I can’t help but give a shout out to Vin Lananna and Andy and Maurcia Powell (Seth’s old coach and two friends from Stanford.) While running for BYU and dating Seth, I admit I wasn’t that fond of dear old Vinny. Vinny didn’t really like the fact that Seth and I were dating, I guess according to him I was interfering with Seth’s running. Nonetheless, Seth and I are married with a baby due any day and Vinny has grown on me. In fact yesterday after reading a few press releases and the latest polls, I’ve decided that Vin Lananna is the Albus Dumbeldor of cross country and track and field. The sway and influence this guy has on the community, not to mention his coaching ability, its inspiring! Oregon has had a long history of good runners, but before Vinny came in 2005 that legacy was dying out. For example when was the last time Oregon’s women’s squad actually qualified a whole team for nationals….and now they’re freakn’ ranked second…..and they didn’t even run at pre nats!!! It’s amazing how fast that program has turned around!

So, while I will forever bleed blue for BYU, I might have to cheer a little for the Ducks, because what the program is accomplishing is exceptional. (I don’t think the Duck women can knock off the Cardinals though, McWalters and Lambie are just too good.)

Check out the latest cc news and polls below:

http://trackshark.com/

NEW ORLEANS - While top-ranked Oregon stayed close to home, Northern Arizona and UTEP took the long road this past weekend, journeying to Terre Haute, Ind. As a result, Northern Arizona and UTEP each leapfrogged more than a dozen schools in the Division I men's cross country rankings by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. By placing a strong second behind top-ranked Stanford in Saturday's Blue Race, Florida State improved eight spots to third in the Division I women's poll by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Northern Arizona, UTEP crack top three in Division I men's poll
Oregon remains top team
Oct. 16, 2007

NEW ORLEANS - While top-ranked Oregon stayed close to home, Northern Arizona and UTEP took the long road this past weekend, journeying to Terre Haute, Ind.

The trip paid big dividends as the southwestern schools registered impressive wins in separate races at Pre-Nationals. As a result, Northern Arizona and UTEP each leapfrogged more than a dozen schools in the Division I men's cross country rankings released today by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Oregon, the winner of Saturday's Mike Hodges Invitational in Clackamas, Ore., received all 13 first-place votes in this week's poll. But the next two schools in this week's poll benefited from the stiff competition in Terre Haute. Northern Arizona climbed 14 spots from last week to second this week, and UTEP improved even further, jumping 17 spots to No. 3.

Northern Arizona won the Blue Race at Pre-Nationals with 124 points, defeating second-place Iona by 12 points. UTEP won the White Race with 129 points as defending NCAA champion Colorado placed second with 155 points.
Northern Arizona's Lopez Lomong won the Blue individual title, covering the 8,000-meter course in 23 minutes, 2.3 seconds. Lomong is the reigning NCAA track champion in the 1,500 meters.

Liberty's Josh McDougal won the White Race in a course-record 22:56.4. It was the third Pre-Nationals win for McDougal.

UTEP won the White Race even though Colorado's top two runners, Stephen Pifer and Brent Vaughn, placed second and third individually. UTEP's Stephen Samoei and Patrick Mutai were eighth and 10th, but the Miners' fifth scorer crossed the line two spots ahead of Colorado's fourth finisher.

This week's top 10 consists of Oregon, Northern Arizona, UTEP, Iona, Colorado, Wisconsin, North Carolina State, Arkansas and California (tied for eighth), and Michigan.

California's third-place finish in the Blue Race at Pre-Nationals vaulted the Bears to a share of eighth in this week's poll after being unranked last week. Tulsa joined the rankings for the first time this season, earning the 17th spot after placing sixth in the Blue Race at Pre-Nationals.

The NCAA Championships will be held Nov. 20 at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Course in Terre Haute.

The voting panel for the USTFCCCA Division I men's poll consists of nine elected regional representatives and four at-large members of the USTFCCCA. The rankings are compiled by Don Kopriva.

Stanford is ranked first in this week's Division I women's poll.
NCAA Division I men's cross country rankingsOct. 16, 2007(first-place votes, total points and previous ranking; NR: not ranked)

Team Points Previous
1. Oregon (13) 390 1
2.Northern Arizona 363 15
3.UTEP 357 T-20
4.Iona 346 4
5.Colorado 342 3
6.Wisconsin 325 2
7.North Carolina State 291 10
8.(tie) Arkansas 284 9
8.(tie) California 284 NR
10.Michigan 274 18
11. Virginia 248 29
12. Alabama 229 8
13. Notre Dame 224 7
14. Texas 218 11
15. Stanford 209 5
16. Georgetown 202 12
17. Tulsa 174 NR
18. Oklahoma State 171 6
19. (tie) Louisville 148 17
19. (tie) UCLA 148 19
21. Portland 142 13
22. Minnesota 139 24
23. Providence 111 14
24. Iowa State 98 23
25. Arizona State 79 T-20
26. BYU 75 NR
27. Cal Poly 63 30
28. William & Mary 46 16
29. Weber State 18 26
30. Florida 17 NR

Also receiving votes: Syracuse 15, Villanova 9, Florida State 2, Princeton 1.
Florida State makes big move in Division I women's cross country poll
Stanford tops list

Oct. 16, 2007
NEW ORLEANS - Florida State's women surged into the top ranks of collegiate cross country with its outstanding performance at Saturday's Pre-Nationals in Terre Haute, Ind.

By placing a strong second behind top-ranked Stanford in Saturday's Blue Race at the same facility that will be used for next month's NCAA Championships, Florida State improved eight spots to third in the Division I poll released today by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Stanford won the Blue Race with 101 points behind the two-three finish of Teresa McWalters and Arianna Lambie. The two-time defending NCAA champion Cardinal received all 13 first-place votes in this week's USTFCCCA poll.

But the individual winner of the Blue Race was Florida State's Susan Kuijken, who clocked a record 19 minutes, 55.5 seconds over the 6,000-meter course. The Seminoles placed second in the Blue Race with 123 points.

Princeton, the winner of Saturday's White Race in Terre Haute, jumped four spots in this week's poll to fourth.

This week's top 10 consists of Stanford, Oregon, Florida State, Princeton, Arizona State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Washington and Illinois.
The second 10 consists of Georgetown, Colorado State, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Colorado, Rice, BYU, Iowa, West Virginia and Northern Arizona.

Colorado was ranked second in last week's poll. The Buffalos dropped 13 spots to No. 15 even though its top runner, Jenny Barringer, won the White Race in Terre Haute. Barringer broke Kuijken's minutes-old course record by clocking 19:48.3 to finish eight seconds in front of North Carolina standout Brianna Felnagle.

Texas Tech's women improved 10 spots to 14th following their win at Saturday's Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Ark. With Sally Kipyego and Irene Kimaiyo finishing one-two, Texas Tech won the women's title title with 83 points, defeating host Arkansas by four points.

Second-ranked Oregon also didn't compete at Pre-Nationals. The Ducks placed their top five runners in the top 11 in easily winning the Mike Hodges Invitational in Clackamas, Ore. The 2007 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships will be held Nov. 19 in Terre Haute.

The voting panel for the Division I women's poll consists of nine elected regional representatives and four at-large USTFCCCA members. The rankings are compiled by Jesse Rosen.

NCAA Division I women's cross country rankingsOct. 16, 2007(first-place votes, total points and previous ranking; NR: not ranked)

Team Points Previous
1. Stanford (13) 390 1
2. Oregon 368 3
3. Florida State 365 11
4. Princeton 358 8
5. Arizona State 332 6
6. Michigan 320 13
7. Michigan State 317 9
8. Minnesota 294 4
9. Washington 280 12
10. Illinois 264 10
11. Georgetown 251 22
12. Colorado State 234 14
13. Arkansas 231 5
14. Texas Tech 221 24
15. Colorado 214 2
16. Rice 202 7
17. BYU 192 15
18. Iowa 161 23
19. West Virginia 155 21
20. Northern Arizona 151 NR
21. Wisconsin 128 25
22. Providence 109 18
23. North Carolina State 96 26
24. UC Santa Barbara 92 27
25. Virginia Tech 86 19
26. Penn State 64 30
27. Florida 53 20
28. Boston College 41

29. Georgia 40 28
30. Nebraska 14 29

Also receiving votes: Kentucky 5, North Carolina 4, Baylor 2, Columbia 1.