Kirra

Ok So I thought I would finally post about Kirra's birth since she is 4 months old today. Kirra Bailey Martinez was born at 8:50 pm on May 23, 2011. I got induced at around 9 in the morning that same day. My mom, Trevor, and Trevor's mom were all hanging out with me while i was waiting to dilate. We talked and played games for a few hours until my contractions got too bad and then I asked for the drug doctor to come in and make the pain go away. When the anesthesiologist came in my mom told him that Trevor was studying to become a nurse anesthetist so he decided to give Trevor a little lesson. While I was squeezing my mom's hand the drug doctor was telling Trevor what ligaments he had to break through in order to make the epidural work. It was a little scary but no where near as bad as I thought it would be. I was really happy when it started working. The rest was just waiting....and waiting...and waiting. I was so excited when the nurse came in and checked me and told me I was 10 cm dilated and it was time to push. Little did I know that it would take almost 2 hours of pushing to get my little stinker here. As soon as she came out I was smitten. She was adorable. Actually one of my first thoughts was she was a pretty good mix of her two cousins Jillian and Grace. It was really surreal to have her here finally. Everyone in the room of course instantly swarmed to her and left me to get stitched up. There were a lot of tears of joy and everyone had their camera phones out taking pictures. It was great to have everyone there and then a few minutes after she was born the nurse chased everyone out and it was just Trevor and I. A new Mom and Dad left all alone. It felt great

This was a happy moment



Anyway so after everyone left Trevor and I were wheeled into a new room. We enjoyed holding our new baby and staring at her for a few hours. It was the most exciting feeling I have ever had. I also felt very tired and disgusting. The nurse wouldn't let me shower because I couldn't stand up by myself. The nurse also told me that if I couldn't make myself pee in the next hour they were going to have to give me a catheter. I have never concentrated harder in my life. I focused on all forms of running water. It was a lot harder than it sounds because I was still numb from the epidural and I couldn't even feel that my bladder was full. I finally made it happen. That was a relief. So then we spent about half an hour trying to figure out how to turn the lights off. We were extremely tired, I promise we are smarter than that usually. And then we went to sleep. But not really. We kept waking up to check on Kirra and stare at her some more.

Our new Family!!

Dad and Kirra's first picture
Feeling pretty disgusting

So much emotion...Mostly feeling relief from the pain and trying to figure out who she looks like.

So...Trevor and me squeezed into this bed together one night and Trev had Kirra on his chest. He has these like weird spasms right when he is almost asleep so I was nervous about him sleeping with her. Sure enough he had one, so I kicked him out. It was a lot easier to share the bed with just Kirra. Except for the fact that I kept thinking I would squish her.

She was so cute in her car seat with that giant binki.
Trev and Sherrie

My brother Matt. He loves his nieces.

Camping, and Broadway, and Tahoe...O MY!

We went camping with Trevor's family over the break. It was a blast. We went to this place in California called Pine Crest. We got to see Trevor's cousin Kyle who just got back from his mission. We had a Canoe and some tubes and I ever got in the water. We had a few water fights, did a little hiking. The best part was the food. We ate SOOOO much. I know I gained a good 10 pounds even with all the exercising. But what's life without good food.

When we got home from camping the boys had a movie night while the girls headed off to broadway. Trevor's mom took me and my sister in law to see Wicked in San Francisco. It was so much fun. We got all dressed up and took the Bart. The play was AMAZING. I would definitely recommend it.

We Also went to the Oakland temple one night. It was my first time there so i was really excited.

The view of the city from on top of the temple is amazing! It was a great first experience. I tried to talk Trevor into putting his tux back on and me my dress so we could take wedding pictures there.

So last part of the Trip. We went to Lake Tahoe for a few days. The day we got there we took our bikes and decided to do a beginner/intermediate trail.

There was nothing beginner about that trail. The first 4 miles were straight uphill. When we made it to the top the view was amazing but the trail was very narrow and one side was a complete drop off.

To make matters worse it started to rain, and then HAIL and we were still about 8 miles from the bottom.

It took us about 2 hours to get down. We were freezing and soaking wet. I ached the whole next day but I have to admit. It was a really fun adventure.

Mexican Boy Meets Irish Girl

Trevor & I met in November of 2005. It wasn't exactly love at first sight. We dated casually for a while. To be honest I didn't even know his last name for the first few weeks. Trevor classified our relationship as cuddle buddies. I guess I am a pretty awesome cuddler because by December he wanted to make things official. We dated for about 2 years before Trevor decided to serve a mission. It wasn't long after he left that I decided to serve a mission as well. I got back about a month before he did and we were married about 5 months later in March of 2010. It has taken us a long time to get to this point but it was all worth it in the end.