Friday, April 23, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
so not camera shy
these pics just crack me up...
eli being, well...eli
and jenalyn (who normally doesnt like taking pics) posing as if she's a model, head tilt and all...
eli being, well...eli
and jenalyn (who normally doesnt like taking pics) posing as if she's a model, head tilt and all...
princess presto!
jenalyn is a big Super Why fan (a show on PBS about reading and spelling). and princesses in general...so grandma got her a Princess Presto wand (a charachter on the show) and a tiara. she loves it! of course she asked to put on her "princess skirt" and off she went..."wands up, now spell with me..."
happy 2nd birthday eli!
yup, eli turned TWO on april 1st. (gosh these kids are gettin so big!) he's our little ham. for his birthday we went out to IHOP and home for eli-friendly cake and sorbet!
just a few little tid bits about joseph elijah:
-is a little ham (I know Ive said it before)
-always clowning around
-loves attention and does all sorts of funny things to get it - like roaring like a lion
-utterly amazed at his vocabulary
-love talking to him, although he's always concerned for things that are broken or lost
-still LOVES cars and trucks (more so race cars and construction trucks)
-attached to daddy like no other
-loves wrestling with his sis
ahh...such a handsome, sweet little boy, mommy loves you - happy birthday!
oh and dont mind the cake I attempted to make - eli-friendly frosting didnt turn out right, so we ended up with this. but ya gotta love the eli-friendly cookie wheels and graham cracker lights...
just a few little tid bits about joseph elijah:
-is a little ham (I know Ive said it before)
-always clowning around
-loves attention and does all sorts of funny things to get it - like roaring like a lion
-utterly amazed at his vocabulary
-love talking to him, although he's always concerned for things that are broken or lost
-still LOVES cars and trucks (more so race cars and construction trucks)
-attached to daddy like no other
-loves wrestling with his sis
ahh...such a handsome, sweet little boy, mommy loves you - happy birthday!
oh and dont mind the cake I attempted to make - eli-friendly frosting didnt turn out right, so we ended up with this. but ya gotta love the eli-friendly cookie wheels and graham cracker lights...
joshua luke at 1 week
ok so several weeks have passed but Im still tring to stay in order...
here's my little guy at 1 week - cute, isnt he?!
here's my little guy at 1 week - cute, isnt he?!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
daddy's birthday
the day before baby was born it was my dear's birthday. (Im secretly glad he waited to arrive after daddy's birthday - baby should have his own special day!)
off to our fav, Cheesecake Factory. ahh...our last outting as a family of four...
off to our fav, Cheesecake Factory. ahh...our last outting as a family of four...
the friday before baby was born...
so I go in for my normal weekly check up and lo and behold Im 3cm dialated and 90% effaced. the dr. thinks the baby will arrive sometime during the weekend, so there I was that friday, just waiting at home for any signs of baby's arrival...
soooo, there I was saturday, waiting for baby's arrival...
soooo, there I was sunday, waiting for baby's arrival...
umm, this is getting repetative. there I was waiting monday AND tuesday. waiting waiting waiting.
tuesday night into wed. morning - 2:45am, hmm... was that a contraction? about 10 min later, was that another one? 5 min. later, yeah these are contractions. woo hoo time to go to the hospital!
we got to the hospital in 10 min. so it wasnt too bad for the whole drive over. we get there and they hook me up to the monitors and stuff...so after about 45 min. they finally check down there - apperantly Im having contractions but Im not dialating at all (still at a 3, maybe 4) so they said I could walk the halls and in an hour if nothing, they'll send me home.
oh heck no, no one is sending me home, so I walked for about 20 min. and the pain became crazy pain. so they checked again and yay I was at 5cm. not much but they kept me. ok so by this time, oh those contraction hurt like heck. yeah, I was crying already, saying silly things, like I wanted to go home...Im such a baby!
well they still had to wait to put in the epi, which I begged for, since I didnt have an IV going (still needed to finish the bag once I did) they didnt draw my blood yet, so we still had to wait for the lab people...oh I was dying...
they did move me to my L&D room and there the epi guy came and agreed to give it to me w/out bloodwork yet. this time (compared to eli's where they yelled at me to calm down and curl my back) they were nice, I still couldnt curl it but managed to get into a postion that they were happy with. so yay drugs!!! love them!!!!
ok so layed back down and in 5 min. my water broke...nurse check...10cm and ready to go...so she went out, got the goods, called the dr. and we were just waiting for the dr. it was a shift change 7:00am so the dr. oncall handed me over to the next dr. up (which I liked better, he delivered jenalyn).
that epi, ummm...yeah, totally took away the pain but I still felt everything, EVERYTHING! that was gnarly (so couldnt find a word to describe that so gnarly it is) seriously its like crapping out a big ol' bowling ball...weirdest feeling ever!
took about 3 pushes and there he was!
funny side note - when I was pushing I managed to say, "sheesh!" and the OB was teasing me saying, "oh wow, shes getting bold on us, she said 'sheesh'. she almost had to go to Confession for that one."
joshua luke - 7 lbs. 11 oz. 19.5 in. 3/17/2010 7:31am
soooo, there I was saturday, waiting for baby's arrival...
soooo, there I was sunday, waiting for baby's arrival...
umm, this is getting repetative. there I was waiting monday AND tuesday. waiting waiting waiting.
tuesday night into wed. morning - 2:45am, hmm... was that a contraction? about 10 min later, was that another one? 5 min. later, yeah these are contractions. woo hoo time to go to the hospital!
we got to the hospital in 10 min. so it wasnt too bad for the whole drive over. we get there and they hook me up to the monitors and stuff...so after about 45 min. they finally check down there - apperantly Im having contractions but Im not dialating at all (still at a 3, maybe 4) so they said I could walk the halls and in an hour if nothing, they'll send me home.
oh heck no, no one is sending me home, so I walked for about 20 min. and the pain became crazy pain. so they checked again and yay I was at 5cm. not much but they kept me. ok so by this time, oh those contraction hurt like heck. yeah, I was crying already, saying silly things, like I wanted to go home...Im such a baby!
well they still had to wait to put in the epi, which I begged for, since I didnt have an IV going (still needed to finish the bag once I did) they didnt draw my blood yet, so we still had to wait for the lab people...oh I was dying...
they did move me to my L&D room and there the epi guy came and agreed to give it to me w/out bloodwork yet. this time (compared to eli's where they yelled at me to calm down and curl my back) they were nice, I still couldnt curl it but managed to get into a postion that they were happy with. so yay drugs!!! love them!!!!
ok so layed back down and in 5 min. my water broke...nurse check...10cm and ready to go...so she went out, got the goods, called the dr. and we were just waiting for the dr. it was a shift change 7:00am so the dr. oncall handed me over to the next dr. up (which I liked better, he delivered jenalyn).
that epi, ummm...yeah, totally took away the pain but I still felt everything, EVERYTHING! that was gnarly (so couldnt find a word to describe that so gnarly it is) seriously its like crapping out a big ol' bowling ball...weirdest feeling ever!
took about 3 pushes and there he was!
funny side note - when I was pushing I managed to say, "sheesh!" and the OB was teasing me saying, "oh wow, shes getting bold on us, she said 'sheesh'. she almost had to go to Confession for that one."
joshua luke - 7 lbs. 11 oz. 19.5 in. 3/17/2010 7:31am
let me back track first...
ok, ok, so I havent updated in a while, well because its been busy - you know having a baby and all...
but Im gonna back track and blog about the days before my littlest guy was born (oh and he's not little by far, more on that later...)
but Im gonna back track and blog about the days before my littlest guy was born (oh and he's not little by far, more on that later...)
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