Camden Clark Moody

Marianne and I ventured to the hospital last night because Camden had decided to wait a long time before coming out. We arrived there at 7:30pm expecting to be given a cervix-ripening medication and then be induced the following morning. Marianne had started having contractions earlier that day so when they checked her they discovered the "cervix-ripener" would not be necessary. They almost immediately started her on Pitocin for the contractions around 8:30pm. Unfortunately, when the body doesn't start the labor on its own, surges can increase in intensity quickly. They became painful and we had to opt for more medical intervention because they were just too intense and painful for Marianne to cope. She was mainly feeling back labor and I was trying frantically to alleviate it but to no avail. So around 11:00pm she was given an epidural. This allowed her to calm down but she had gone from 3cm to 8cm. The Pitocin was stopped and we got some sleep. The nurse also put in the second bag of penicillin (for Group B Strep). They checked her again around 3:00am and discovered her own contractions were moving things along so she was upgraded to the active labor stage and began pushing around 4:20pm. She tried a few positions and was assisted by the resident doctor into her final position. Our doctor arrived around 6:00am and helped us the rest of the way. At 6:58am Marianne brought Camden into the world with his 8-pound 7-ounce, 21-inch long body. All of his assessments were outstanding and we've already discovered the magic our touch works on his mood and comfort. He is sleeping and eating and we are loving him. He is beautiful and has shiny, almost bleach blonde hair. Every once in a while he takes this quick double or triple breath. Even our voices help to calm him. I know I can feel the strength of the bonds of fatherhood and feel closer to Marianne. Our little family has been sealed and we are so blessed to have Camden.Arriving at the 'spital."We're just...waiting."A chair that becomes a bed. A good idea in theory.Doctor Susan Rose. Nurse Breanna.That's 3.83 kilos for those who are US-metric-system impaired.Holding my son.Marianne showin' some skin.What a hat.Mom and Camdy sleeping.

Never doing this again.

You are probably all thinking that my post title is concerning being pregnant and having a child, but alas an even more heinous task is CHANGING MY BLOG TEMPLATE! Holy moly. Never again. Please help me remember next time I am in pre-contemplation on changing it, that it is not worth it for the most part. Now, in my defense, every day I think I may be exudating (that is me verbatizing a noun) a child from my womb. Every day that it does not occur I get more and more dreadfully bored. So, really I guess my time was not a complete waste.

I am officially 41 weeks PG. I have been quite comfortable. The only hard part is the waiting. Just to keep some excitement going on, here are pictures of Chris and I at 41 weeks.

Also a most recent development in our family is Clark's hair cut. Love him.

As always Chris is trying to get out of this picture. He failed.

Time flies.

It is amazing how the time flies by. We have been enjoying life the past few weeks and stuffing it full of many activities. Many baby showers (thank you all), moving to our new condo in Layton, preparing for the baby and getting settled in our place before he comes has kept us with much to do.

The Adams' Family Baby Shower

Amazingly wonderful trifle (?) that Jennifer made.

The Robinette girls.

An adorable little hat!


The Dental Office Baby Shower

One of Pat Glenn's friends made this cake. It was so cute and delicious. Thanks!

So excited for Candice's diapers! of course.


The most wonderful moving crew. Thank you Robinette family.


Dad took us to Tasties after we moved a large portion of our stuff.


Down in Gug's town. We visited her at work.


"Nobody sees the wizard. Not nobody not nohow!"


After Clark's soccer game. pickle face.

The Wreck

(This is Chris writing)

On Tuesday afternoon on the way home from soccer I was riding my bike on the sidewalk along Wasatch Drive by Layton High. There is a traffic light as this road intersects with Fort Lane. The light was green going my direction so I was headed toward the crosswalk. As I was doing so a car was approaching turning right onto Wasatch Drive but I assumed he'd see me. And we all know what happens when you assume. His light was red so he slowed down to see if anyone was coming from the left and just continued through. Unfortunately I was in the crosswalk when that happened. He accelerated into the left side of my bike. I still had my shinguards on he hit those and then I was able to extricate my left leg from the left side of the bike while simultaneously setting my right foot down and hopping away from the bike, leaving it under the front of his car. I was fine. Maybe a bump on the left knee. The bike, however, did not make it.

The front wheel, bent and misshapen.The back wheel, also bent and misshapen.The left foot pedal, bent. I don't know how nothing happened to my foot, ankle or leg.

Baby Shower!

LeeAnn and Jill Christensen threw me a baby shower this week. It was so fun, and I loved being able to chat and laugh with family. I am so thankful for everybody and their willingness to make sure Camden is one of the cutest kids on the block by rapidly increasing his wardrobe.
Thank you everybody!

Kelsey and Justice.


McCall and LeeAnn.


Mayleen and Julie. (Laughing at Jill I'm sure.)


Jill and Reagan.


Julie and Emily. (If you can't tell, I caught Emily mid-story telling.)

What a wonderful family. Thanks everybody!

A bit of lately

A picture journal of our lives lately.
(Picture captions can be found below each picture.)

Ring burn? My actual wedding ring got safely tucked away back into it's original box so these pregnant fingers will stop getting this ring rash.


Gug and I went on a hike the day before the 4th of July up Adams Canyon. So fun.


Chris was gone on the High Adventure with the priests and teachers in our ward, so Erica stepped up to take our 8 month (32 week) prego picture.


Serious Kaysville parade watching by Clark. They got those cool necklaces at the parade.

An orthodontist invited our dental office (and the rest of the world) to a party at the Roy Aquatic Center last Thursday. Chris had told me he was going to perform a double back flip. This is him in preparation to ascend.

The 1.5 back flop.
I wish I would have continued filming him as he came out of the pool saying "owie! owie! That really hurt!"


The burn from slapping the water.


These boys were doing some sweet flippies and jumps off the boards.
Jake, Clark, Jon.


Clark's constant crew as of late. Chris, Clark, Jake, and Jon.


Mom, Dad, and Clarkie.

Loverly Outdoors

Last week we went camping (in part to celebrate Erica's 20th birthday)! Clarkie couldn't come because he had his scout camp (vacation) that weekend, but we tried to have as much fun as we could without him. I love camping.

The man who makes it all happen. Thanks Dad.

The red eyes could not be removed without ruining the pic.

And just to be sure that we don't leave Clarkie out of the blog post, here he is.