BABY!

Sorry this is taking so long. We welcomed Pepper Jeannette (PJ) into our family on Saturday May 15, 2010 @ 7:51 pm. She weighed 8lbs 9.6 oz and was 21 1/4 inches long. She is healthy and beautiful with a full head of brown hair and dark blue eyes. My labor lasted 16 hours and with the help of oxytocine and an epidural I only had to push two times! There's not much more to her birth story other than my water broke naturally on its own at 4:30 am. and by 12:30 my body just wasnt doing as it should have with contractions so they gave it some chemical help, I asked for the epi at 6 pm. and went from 4cm to 10 in two hours. I have lots of pictures, but I'm going to wait until this weekend to post them as I just dont have the time right now. Just saying both baby and mom are fine and home and adjusting to life!

falling to pieces

Well with 7 days to go until 40 weeks I am now fighting two things. First a cold/allergies that oh so nasty and coughy...but I am making some progress towards getting better there. Second, a tooth ache. I had a filling put in my third to the last molar on the upper left side last summer. Last night that whole side of my head started throbing. I thought it was the tooth behind it, but after a 'squeezed in' trip to the dentist I found out that it was indeed the tooth with the filling. Apparently (this I was told was pretty uncommon) I have an elongated nerve in that tooth, so that the filling is touching the nerve of the tooth. This caused an infection in the nerve and the surrounding tissues...up to my nasal cavity on that side, back to my jaw, up to my temple and into my eye. Needless to say OW! They gave me an antibiotic to clear up the infection and my OB gave me a painkiller to help manage the pain until the antibiotics clear up the infection enough that my face doesnt hurt constantly. After baby is born that tooth will require a root cannal, which because I dont have dental insurance will cost $1800, or an extraction with some sort of spacing device to keep my teeth from moving. Again I say OW! Pulling it sounds like a pretty good idea at the moment.

Baby girl is pretty darn cozy in there, so I suspect I will still be pregnant clear thru to week 40+. We will just have to see, I am using the spa day my sister gave me for my birthday on Saturday so maybe they can get the ball rolling!

Hope everyone has a good week, or what's left of it, and a great weekend!!!

week 38....9 days left to the big 40

we are making slow and steady progress...we went from 1-2cm 2weeks ago to 2-3cm 1 week ago to 3-4cm today...i do believe he scraped me too, i get an u/s next week if i am still prego to check baby weight and fluid levels- if baby is over 9 lbs or the fluid is low we will set a date for induction.

shower

I am overdue to post pictures of the baby's shower. It was lovely and we send our many thanks to everyone that came out to celebrate and help us prepare for baby P. (yes that IS a name hint). I appologize that these are so out of order!

all the stuff baby got!

cute pic of baylie

daisy and her bubble wrap

baylie and her bubble wrap

a silver babys first year pic frame from my grandparents

bibs from my grandparents

the guy is our friend nate, the bear is from my grands

from my grands

from my mom

from my mom

from my mom

my mom again

baylie and daisy both got bunnies from my grandma

before the presents

from james sister, love the super soft blanket and the purple bubble dress!

From my mom and step dad...it matches the crib set!

here mom open this one next!

baylie helping again

the quilt my husbands grandma made for her

Baylie helping me, the outfit from the schaefers

The quilt my husband cousin Howdy made for her

From Nan and Rich from church...they also got us a "jean" jacket too.

The yellow duckie bath robe and clothes that Pastor Matt and his wife Jenni got for us.

whats in this one mom??

from my mom and bob...the matching diaper bag

from james mom, a gift basket packed full of lots of goodies!!

this one drew a lot of OOOOOs from those who are recently moms, a brand new medela breast pump in style advanced backpack!!

James' dad got us diapers and this bib, which ilove!

The matching changing table that Jenni, Jami, and Tammi got for us!

this is the sit-n-stand that james got me just because he loves me...this is like the delux model!

week 37 and a half

went in for my weekly check today, not much change from last week. still at 2 cm, but we are 50% effaced instead of just squishy and baby girl is at a -1 station, which is almost fully engaged. dr beck said he wouldnt be surprised to see baby sometime next week-we will see. i am opting not to have an induction but to just let her come when she feels like it. thanks to my beautiful children i am now fighting with a cold, as they are too, and i feel like poo. i hope its a short one- the girls new doctor says that it should only last 5 to7 days.

SO, I want your guess on baby since we are close! What day, time of the day, and weight do you think baby P. will be at???

Just some background: Baylie was 8 # and 4.5 oz and was born at 12:15 pm, she was 8 days early. Daisy was induced on the first day of week 40, she was 8# 9.5 oz and was born at 8:15 pm.

Sunny days sweeping the clouds away.....

So about a week and a half ago my mom and step dad got the kids a swing set. James and Bob put it up in a few hours and then I went and got a toddler swing for it so Daisy could swing too. Here are some pictures from yesterday, and while it was NOT admittedly sunny as the title implies, it was 70 and beautiful right up until the rain started!



Baylie being a good sister and giving Daisy a push.

She's so cute.

I have to tell her when to stop pushing Daisy cuz she gets that swing really going!

Both of my girls swinging

She likes to lay parallel to the gound when she swings.

And she is a ham!

Which brings us to the bump. This picture was taken at 35 weeks and 3 days. My next appt. is next week on the 28th, just before I turn 37 weeks. Its hard to believe we only have 30 days as of today, and on Thursday I will be considered "term" and they won't stop labor if it starts!! I am getting very excited for the baby shower on Sunday and have been busily cleaning the house inbetween outside play sessions! I had a small shower for Baylie before she was born, but Daisy never had a shower, so it will be nice to have some new things for this baby. BUT the real joy is in seeing friends and family for an afternoon before our life gets even crazier!!

35 week check

Tomorrow I will be 35 weeks, only 5 more to go! We had a check up today, my ob says she measures good, her heart was chuggin along at 135ish, my bp was 117/70 and hey I lost about 10 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks! I showed my ob where her butt was (just under my ribs) and he told me that maybe in the next few weeks she would drop and her butt wouldn't be in my ribs any more. To which I replied "Doctor Beck if she drops any lower she may just fall right on out!" So with that he decided to check everything down below. The trap door is still firmly shut BUT he was honestly shocked to feel that she is indeed VERY low, as in her head is sitting on the trap door just waiting for it to open for her. lol. And with that my appt. ended and I go back in two weeks for my next check and my group B strep test (oh joy). After that appt. I will start to go back every week until she figures out how to say "open saysme" and gets that trap door to open up for her. :o)