The whole story...it's long.

 Ok so when I was 36 and 1/2 weeks pregnant I get a call from Kyle's mom. She invites me to drive to Utah with her to go to Spencer Kelly's mission homecoming. When she called I said no I was too pregnant. As the day progressed I couldn't help, but think "why not?" a free trip to UT I can't pass that up. I knew when we would be coming back I would basically be 38 weeks along. Maddie was born at 38 and 1/2 weeks and Kyle the day before her due date. I thought for sure everything would be fine plus I felt good about my decision. I talked to Kyle about it and he wasn't too sure about the idea. I knew he thought I should stay, but he said I could do what I wanted. He went to play basketball and I kept going back and forth. I also called my sisters to see what they though. Kira was like definitely "no" she said it was too close and I would probably have my baby. I didn't like that answer so I called Kelsey. She at first said it probably wasn't a good idea, but then she found out my mom in law would be driving and said to come. I liked her answer a lot better so I decided to go. By the time Kyle got back from b-ball I was packed and ready to go. His parents got there that evening and we would be leaving in the morning. This decision all happened in one day. She called in the morning and I was packed by the evening.

When I told his mom she said ok. In the morning however, she told me that she woke up at 5am worried about having me go. It didn't deter me at all. We left and had a great drive to Utah. We stayed at Kyle's brother's house Friday and Saturday and ate wonderful food. Kyle and Maddie had a blast because they have 5 kids so I never saw them. The other reason I wanted to go to UT was to meet Kaden, Kirk and Christy's youngest boy. He is already 4 months old and if I didn't go now he would probably be a year old before I met him. Sunday we went to Spencer's sacrament and heard him speak and then spent the rest of the day with his family and stayed the night there. The Kelly's are like a second family to me and it was so good to see everyone.

The next day I headed over to Kira's and hung out with her all day. She had just started potty training Jeffrey so we had fun with that all day:) That night we had FHE with my family which included: Kira, Katelyn & Dalton, Simon & Kelsey, and my girls. Jeff stayed at home with Jeffrey because he went to bed. I stayed the night at Kelsey's. My trip was going amazingly. The next morning I woke up and when I went to the bathroom I noticed this mucus with blood in it. I was worried that something might be wrong. This was 6 in the morning Tuesday. I called Kyle before he left for work and he told me not to worry that it was probably nothing. I decided to do some research online (you find everything online) and found out it was probably my mucus plug. This had never happened with my other two. (I know way more information then you wanted to know) All the information I read said it just meant the baby would come probably within two weeks. I few comments I read said it could be hours or days. Majority however, said probably a week or two. I had a feeling in my gut thought that baby Phoebe would not be long in coming. That night when I talked to Kyle I told him I was pretty sure Phoebe was coming and that he should work on his sub plans. He disregarded what I said and told me not to worry. (like that happened). Simon gave me a blessing and the first words out of his mouth were "All is well" it was a very short blessing and those were the only words I heard or remembered. I felt very calm after the blessing and knew that everything would work out.

Everyone went to bed, but I couldn't sleep. I think I watched TV or read some. At a 11:50pm I felt the first contraction...and I knew it was time. Deep down I was hoping it was a false alarm, but knew it wasn't. Contractions were about 10 min. apart for a couple of hours. After which I called Kyle at 1:30 in the morning and told him Phoebe was on her way. I told him to go back to sleep and get a few hours of sleep and then leave. He had gone to be late and he is of no use what so ever if he does not get sleep. I then got my bag together took a shower and waited. When my contractions were about 4 min. apart I woke up Kelsey and told her she better get ready.

She took a shower and I called the hospital to see what the procedure was for people from out of state. She said to come in and I could to the paper work whenever. I asked who the on call Dr. was and she said Dr. Young. I had a really bad experience when he delivered Kylie and I voiced my concern to the nurse. She said there was nothing she could do since I was from out of state. I knew it probably wouldn't be as bad this time around and I knew it would work out. We got to the hospital around 4:30am and checked in. I was only at a 4. When the contractions started to come stronger they moved me upstairs. I had already decided I was getting an epidural so I told them I was ready for that. I think it was around 8:30 when I got it. Dr. Taylor was the anesthesiologist who also gave me an epidural with Kylie. I loved him. They checked to see how far dilated I was afterwards and said I was a 7+. Dr. Young came in during this time and said he remembered that I used to be Dr. Harward's patient so he went and asked him if he wanted to deliver me and he said yes! I couldn't have been happier. I was so grateful to Dr. Young for thinking of this.

At 11:29 Dr. Harward came in and at a11:33 Phoebe was born. It went so smoothly and I felt so amazing. Giving birth is one of the most beautiful things in life. It is such a miracle. Kesley was great support and got to cut the umbilical chord. I was sad Kyle missed it, but knew it would be a great story. She was 6 lbs. 10 oz. 18 in. long with dark black hair. She is perfect in every way. I also forgot to mention that she was born 2/13/13. I guess she wanted to share birthdays with her big sister Kylie. I was so grateful to everyone who made her birthday amazing. She had such a fun day. When they came later that day to meet Phoebe we asked her what she thought of sharing a birthday. She exclaimed "that's cool I have never done that before!" she was very excited.

Kyle arrived around 4:00pm and I was so happy to see him. He made record time driving and he was excited to meet his knew daughter. He blamed Kelsey for everything, because she has been asking with each of girls if she could come in for the labor and delivery. I always said NO WAY! But she got her wish and was great. Kyle said she probably prayed for it. I agree with him. Ok I know it was really my fault. Everything went so amazingly. My parents and siblings were able to come down from Idaho and my whole family was able to meet Phoebe. If she had been born in CA they wouldn't have been able to come until June. Even though it was extremely crazy it was a huge blessing for me. We ended up leaving the following Tuesday night. Luckily Kyle had the whole President's week off (huge blessing). Our drive back home went smoothly. We stopped in St. George for the night and that really helped to break up the trip. Phoebe slept the whole way in between feedings. Maddie was the only one who went a little crazy at times, but that is to be expected from a 2 year old. It feels so good to be home now and we are doing wonderful.