On Saturday Jeff rode in a bike race. It was part the "Tour of Utah" which is similar to the Tour de France but it takes place all over Utah in a 5 day period. The professional bike racers come from around the world to compete in this race. Jeff heard about a local group that were sponsoring a 1-day bike race of one stage of the race to take place on the same course as the professionals but it was starting four hours earlier than the pros. It started in Park City and finished at Snowbird with about 15,000 feet of vertical climbing in about 98 miles.
Jeff left at 6:20 a.m. on the bike race and he was riding with his buddy, Eric. At about 30 miles into the race, Eric had a bad crash and broke his bike and scraped up his legs and arms pretty bad. Jeff said Eric is a great crasher and knows how to crash and the people that saw Eric's crash were amazed he didn't break any bones. So Eric had to be taken back to the starting line in Park City and get patched up. So meanwhile, Erica and I were back at the hotel in Park City getting ready to go for the day when we get a call from Eric telling us about his crash. He left some of his stuff in our car so we went to the start line to give him his stuff and we got to see all of the professional riders start. Maybe I've been around Jeff long enough or it is just in blood but it was so exciting to be amongst all of the professional teams and watch them take off. I had to take a few pictures.
The pros getting ready
A team support car
These officials were at the beginning of the race leading the pack.
Here goes the pros.
After we saw the professionals take off, Erica and I drove to Snowbird. I couldn't believe the six-mile climb from SLC to Snowbird. It was so steep and that was only a tiny part of what they were doing that day. It was a very nice day and the temperature was at about 60 to 70 degrees. So Erica and I hung out at the finish line and ate our sandwiches, fruit and chips and read books and enjoyed the beautiful mountains up at Snowbird.
Here are Jeff's biggest fans waiting by the finish line.
Here are the commentators giving us updates on the pros.
The finish line.
Here comes Jeff!!!!!!!!!!!
He is amazing!!
After Jeff finished, we stuck around to watch the professionals come through. Below is the winner. He won $14,000. He did it in a little over 4 hours.
Here is B during his first bath. He is 9lbs. 3 oz. now. He didn't really enjoy the bath as you can see from his face.
Here is his Grandpa Anderson. B got his middle name from his grandpa (Brian.)
Here is his Grandma Anderson. She made him that blanket.
E turned 8 on October 15. She is getting baptized this Saturday
I love his look of contentment after he gets done eating.
His first ride in the stroller.
Erica loves her baby brother and she is a wonderful big sister.
My little boy is finally here! He was born on Sunday, October 5 at 1:26 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces and we named him Benjamin Brian Anderson. Brian is Jeff's dad's name. Isn't he so sweet?! I am in love!
Getting him here wasn't easy. I was feeling contractions for three days straight off and on. Sometimes they were consistent and painful but not close enough to go to the hospital. And other times they were light contractions. But finally on Saturday night at about 5p.m., the contractions started coming 5 minutes apart for a couple of hours. I had to call Jeff who was at the priesthood session to come home and get me to take me to the hospital. We went at about 7:30. They admitted me and I was in labor through the night and into the morning. When I was finally dilated to a ten, I pushed for an hour and half. When the doctor finally got there and they could see the head, they figured out that his head was turned to the side and his big burly shoulders couldn't fit. So the doctor decided to do an emergency C-section. So after 18 hours of labor and an hour and half of pushing, I thought I was going to die when he decided to do a C-section. So they rushed me to the operating room and did the surgery. Jeff said that the second Benjamin poked his head out of my uterus, he started to cry. I heard the crying but I couldn't see him because they had it blocked so I couldn't see the surgery process. They let me look at him for like 20 seconds then they rushed him to do all of the baby testing on him. Then while they were stitching me up, they brought him back to me for like 30 seconds and let me look at him again and told me they were taking him to the ICU because he was having trouble breathing and he was very low on fluids in his body. So I sent Jeff with him and I went through the recovery process with Jeff coming to me every now and then to check on me. Then FOUR HOURS later, they brought my baby to me and I finally got to hold him. What a day!
I came home yesterday from the hospital and I'm recovering slowly from almost giving birth and having a C-section. Benjamin is so sweet. He is a wonderful nurser and a good sleeper so far and we are enjoying him so much. Here are a few more pictures:
This was the first time I got to hold him.
This was taken the day we got to go home.
The new proud daddy and his son.
I couldn't resist taking this picture the morning after our first night. Aren't they so cute together?!
The pros getting ready
A team support car
These officials were at the beginning of the race leading the pack.
Here goes the pros.
After we saw the professionals take off, Erica and I drove to Snowbird. I couldn't believe the six-mile climb from SLC to Snowbird. It was so steep and that was only a tiny part of what they were doing that day. It was a very nice day and the temperature was at about 60 to 70 degrees. So Erica and I hung out at the finish line and ate our sandwiches, fruit and chips and read books and enjoyed the beautiful mountains up at Snowbird.
Here are Jeff's biggest fans waiting by the finish line.
Here are the commentators giving us updates on the pros.
The finish line.
Here comes Jeff!!!!!!!!!!!
He is amazing!!
After Jeff finished, we stuck around to watch the professionals come through. Below is the winner. He won $14,000. He did it in a little over 4 hours.
