Emalee Karen Tingey is Here!!

After 19 hours of labor, our little one finally arrived!! My water broke on the 13th at 10:30 pm and we went straight to the hospital. I wasn't in much pain for most of it. Before the epidural I thought that I might die! But, I received the epi at 7:30 this morning, and it seemed to be smooth (but slow) sailing from there. Finally, about 4:45 they told me that I was dilated enough to start pushing. And then it was really quick! She came out at 5:14 pm, she weighed 6 lbs 9 oz, and was 19 1/2 inches long. And she's perfect!! What a cutie! I immediately crashed after she was born and took an hour nap. But, we've been chillin' with her ever since. She's already making the funniest faces, and we love her so much! Pictures will be coming soon!

Cute Video

I thought this was pretty funny! If you are a fan of the old school video games you'll love it :)

Thanksgiving Break

We had a great Thanksgiving break. We decided to go down to Vegas to visit my Dad and brother. It was great! The coolest thing we did was go to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay on the strip. I had never seen a shark before, and it was so cool. Here are few pictures from the Shark Reef.

On the way home from Vegas, I started having a lot of pain in my left side and it went all the way across my stomach. By the time we stopped in Kaysville to see my mom, I thought I was going to die - literally. So I had to go to the emergency room at Davis Hospital. They were running tests all night, and finally found out that I have hydronephrosis - which means that my kidneys are abnormally swollen and have fluid built up around them. They also found out that I have kidney stones in both of my kidneys. It was a miserable night - but things are getting better, and I'm not in so much pain anymore. Here is a picture of me right before they started doing all of their tests.

Pregnancy Update

I know that some of you have requested a pregnancy update, so here it is!!! I'm 29 weeks along today, and I feel like things have started to get better. Instead of dropping weight like crazy, I'm finally starting to put a little on. I think I'm only down about 33 lbs now, and that's coming back up from 38 lbs lost. The barf count is slowing down too (which I'm thrilled about!!). I've thrown up a total of 105 times now, and hoping that I'm completely done. But, everytime I say that I end up throwing up the next day :( I've been having some problems with my kidney on the right side. I've been having a lot of cramping, and the doctors finally found out the I've got a bunch of fluid building up around my right kidney. It's been causing me a lot of pain, but I have some pain meds to deal with it and it seems to be getting better. Other than that its just been the usual aches and pains that come with pregnancy - achy back, crampy legs, being tired all of the time, etc. Our little baby is moving a ton though!!! She's so cute. However, I think she is finding her way to my ribs - she's kicked them a few times and it's hurt a lot, but I'm more worried about when she starts using my ribs as a foot rest!

Here's a picture of me today - 29 weeks along.

And here is Kirk at 29 weeks. No explanation needed. Sympathy accepted. Oh how I love him!!!

Fall Concert 2008

Here's some pictures of a Band Concert that my Junior High and High School kids recently did. They played great! I just wish that we had bigger numbers. We'll get there though!

Late Halloween Photo

Here's a picture of us being Cavemen on Halloween. Our costumes were a hit!!

Happy voting tomorrow!!!

I thought this was an interesting video.

More Prego Pics

Here is my belly right at 20 weeks along!

Overdue Update

Time for an overdue update. Hopefully this will fill you in on what's been going on!

Can I just say - I love my job! I have always been a band geek, and it's the coolest thing in the world that I get to be in band all day long! And I'm really lucky that I get to deal with such a wide variety of ages. I get to teach 5th-12th grade everyday. Now, it is kind of a hassle to drive to three different schools everyday, but it's worth it. All of the bands are getting better and better, and I get so much support from the community - it's like they think I walk on water! Hopefully I can keep fooling them :) I'm just really lucky that I get to go to my dream job everyday. I'm having a blast!

Okay, now onto some baby updates. I have still been really sick!! I've now thrown up 95 times, and I've lost 38 lbs. This last week was really rough for me. On Tuesday, I started to have really severe pain on the right side of my stomach again, and I was worried it was that blasted ovary! I called the doctor from the school and they told me to come in right away. It turned out to be nothing, and they weren't concerned. But they did happen to do an ultrasound, and we were able to find out the of the baby early!! Drumrole please.................... we are having a little 'girl!! I'm putting a picture in, but nobody seems to understand it. It's upside-down because I think it's easier to see that way. But, just know that the arrow at the bottom is pointing directly to her "girl parts." And the other picture is just a cute one of her profile. I love it.

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I took this quiz online and found out that I'm a Bella! I never really thought of us as similar, but who knows. It was fun!!

Prego pics

I'm really starting to notice a change in the size of my belly recently, so I decided to take some belly shots. This is me right at 16 weeks along. It's pretty exciting, because I'm starting to really feel the baby move! It's not a ton, but last night the baby was going crazy! It made me smile. One of the pictures I have my hand underneath my belly, but you can't see my hand so the dress just looks funny. That's why.