Lennon Lou Wynder Has Arrived 

     Well the time has finally arrived for the baby and I think we are ready. Kristi has been working hard to make sure the baby's room is ready to go for when we bring that little girl home from the hospital.

     We had to go into the hospital Friday April 11, 2014 at 7am for Kristi to be induced. The doctor checked the baby around 9am and everything looked like it was going to be a smooth delivery. Kristi started to feel more and more contractions as the time moved on and things seemed to be on schedule.

 






  Dr. Davie came in around 11:30am to check the baby one more time and to break Kristi's water. BUT when he checked Kristi, he said that he felt feet and not a head. This meant that the baby could be breach. He brought out an Ultrasound machine and found that the baby was breach and there was nothing he could do to turn the baby because of the contractions that Kristi was having. This meant that Kristi was going to have a C-section to get the baby out.

     From the time we found out that we would have to have a C-section to being in the operating room was only about 20 minutes. They got us in there fast. Kristi was nervous because it was so unexpected and has never been through this before.

     In the operating room Kristi was laid on a bed with her arms stretched out and her legs strapped down. They put up a curtain in front of us so we couldn't see exactly what was going on, but by the way they were moving and shaking Kristi I could tell that the baby was not easy to get out. I was asked to sit up by Kristi and when they saw how big of a beard I had they had me put on this beard net because they didn't want anything getting into mom. haha. Finally baby was out and Kristi did amazing under the crazy circumstances. Baby got cleaned off and I was asked to cut the cord. Then I was asked to leave with the baby while Kristi was getting sewn up. As I was leaving I looked back at Kristi and all I could see was this huge hole and I could see her insides.....It was crazy.

     I was able to go with the baby to get weighed and checked over, and then I spent about 3 hours holding her waiting for Kristi to get out of recovery. While she was in recovery her blood pressure dropped extremely low and she had to stay there longer than expected. I could tell it was going to be a long night, cause Kristi was in rough shape.

     Baby was healthy and weighed 8lbs 6oz. We named her Lennon Lou Wynder and she is perfect in every way. Kristi has been great with dealing with the pain of the C-section and we were so happy to get out of the hospital. We had to stay 4 days because of the surgery. I was ready to go crazy! I slept on a uncomfortable couch that pulled out into a bed. I was able to watch the same movies over and over on my iPad and eat McDonalds and KFC every night. It was great. I am sure I left the hospital very unhealthy.

 



   
      Rod Wynder and his wife Kaselle had a baby the next day and they were in the hospital with us as well. Actually there were so many babies born over the weekend that we were in the hospital. Ever bed was filled and when we left on monday there was even more coming in. So April must be the time to have Babies. So I don't know what was going on in August, but whatever it was it was good.

     Rod and Kaselles baby had some lung Problems and he was in the NICU hooked up to a bunch of machines to help get fluid out of his lungs. It was a scary time for them and I was able to help Rod give his baby boy a blessing in the hospital. It was such a good experience and the baby has continued to get better since. I told Rod that we were re-populating the world one Wynder at a time.

     Here are some more pictures of Lennon and some family that was able to visit. The Hospital is way more strict now on who is allowed to come and see the babies. The only kids allowed are the siblings to the baby being born. Other than that, they only want close adult relatives.

Other Odds and Ends

Other things that have been going on:

- We had our Talent show at the Junior High and the teachers played "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle. It was one of the best songs that we have played for the kids and we spent the least amount of time of it. We had killer guitar riffs, mandolin, harmonies and Megan Durfey helped us make it complete.















- Haydn Had a basketball tourney in Lethbridge. His team played very well, winning 3 games and loosing 1. Haydn is continuing to get better at basketball and understanding the game. He also played in a 3 on 3 tourney and they won the tourney.

-Baseball is starting......well if the snow would go away for good. We have started practicing and getting ready for the season. AND of course that means that softball season will be starting soon as well.

- Haydn had his final choir concert last week and they did great. The choir is always one of the best choirs in all of Canada