He is here!

Sorry for not posting sooner but things have been a little hectic. Baby Will arrived safely on the 18th with only 4 hours of labor and 30 minutes of pushing......his mommy was so happy that things went so smoothly. We did have some dips in his heartrate which sent everyone into a tailspin but we got it back up and he made it here with nothing more than a cone head! He weighed a whopping 6 pounds even and was 19 and a half inches long - can someone please tell me where the other 54 pounds came from?? Just kidding - I am absolutely, totally head over heels in love with him......I can't imagine what I ever did without him!

I feel great and we were released from the hospital on Saturday - just in time for all the Christmas festivities. Thank you all for your prayers and your support. He is an absolute miracle and I can't believe that he is mine! I promise to update soon but for now the breastfeeding is keeping me pretty tied up. I know why they say you lose weight while breastfeeding - geez you have no time to eat yourself! I hope you all had a great Christmas and I have a ton of pictures to share!!

(((HUGS))) from Baby Will's mommy!

Let the countdown begin!

14 days and counting to be exact - yep, we are having a baby on the 18th of this month!! Oh my gosh!!! I am still sitting here in absolute disbelief at the thought of holding my little boy in 2 weeks. I can't even begin to describe what an amazing, incredible, frightening, difficult yet completely worth it journey that infertility and pregnancy has been. On top of the 60 pounds - yep I said 60 - that I've gained there is so much more. Amazing things have transpired in my life over the last 30 months - I've experienced some of the greatest sadness and joys of my life.......all wrapped up in 30 months. My hubby and I have become so much closer, more in love and truly best friends. I've learned to ask for help and to let other love me. I had no idea what kind of journey we would be on when we decided to start "trying". I can honestly say that I wouldn't trade one day of it for anything in the world. The truth is.......God does always know what is best for us.

According to Dr. H, Will is low and I'm about a fingertip dilated. Nothing to really write home about even though I've been having contractions for the last several days. My blood pressure is still good and other than the scale creeping up like crazy I have no complaints.

I finally got my new camera so I really need to get my butt in gear and get some pictures of the nursery - maybe I'll work on that this weekend. Oh I also need to pack my bags, have the car detailed and put together the various baby contraptions that we have. Oh and attend my 6th and final baby shower on Sunday - man this is going to be a busy 2 weeks!!

Thank you all so much for your support while I've been on this journey. I'm really going to need a kick in the butt to get back in shape once this baby is here so please stick around!

(((HUGS)))

Quick Update

Not sure if anyone even comes around anymore but I just wanted to give a quick update. Work has blocked Blogger so it's hard for me to get updates together right now. Baby WIll and I are doing fine and everyone is betting that i don't make it until Christmas? We'll see I guess? I have dropped and have had some contractions but that means nothing especially since I was almost three weeks late and my mom was in labor for 3 days. Yeah, I was a real sweet kid, huh??

Speaking of my birth, today is my 30th birthday and I feel so incredibly blessed. A baby on the way, a great family, an amazing hubby and a new house.........what more could I ask for?? Oh and I got breakfast in bed this morning and the hubby bought me a strand of pearls - yep I cried!

In other news - baby Will is growing like crazy and so am I. We just had maternity pictures taken on Saturday and I'm amazed at how HUGE I look.......I'm okay with it but I am anxious to meet my little boy.......less than 5 weeks to go! Everything is ready to go with the exception of my bags being packed. I'll save that for next weekend. Christmas shopping is done, nursery is done, 5 baby showers completed - yep, I had 5 and I have one more on December 7th. People have been so generous and we are running out of room for all the stuff that this little guy has accumulated! He is going to be one spoiled little boy!

Gotta run and get ready for church but I'll try to get pictures of the nursery up asap.

(((HUGS)))

For Swizzlepop

Your comment made me cry cause I miss you so much!! At least email me and let me know how things are going. We're soul sisters, remember!! :~)

(((HUGS)))

I LOVE the scale!

Finally I had an appointment with NO, yep I said NO, weight gain!! I have been trying so hard to watch my calories and eat healthy and finally I feel like it paid off. The funny thing is that I did almost zero walking over the last 3 weeks. Between being sick and then just being plain busy, I became a slacker. I'm really hoping that the next 8 weeks go just like the last 3-4 have. Great progress with the baby and good healthy appointments for me. Baby Will is head down and the doc says he looks perfect.

I went to a breastfeeding class on Saturday and got some great information. I'm hoping that I can breastfeed but I'm not going to fall apart if I can't. There are so many health benefits for the baby and mom, that I would feel crazy to not at least give it a shot. The only thing that I'm worried about is Rich's involvment. He is such a hands on kind of dad and is adamant that he get his time with Will. I'm hoping that after the first couple of weeks we can work on him bottle feeding at least once a day. They say you should wait four weeks but by then I may be a total mess?? Guess we'll have to see how it plays out.

Okay gotta get back to work - the days aren't long enough anymore!

(((HUGS)))

Weigh In

As of yesterday Baby Will weighs 3 pounds and 11 ounces. Everything is right on schedule with the exception of his nursery. I haven't gotten a thing done since my SIL left to go home....this baby will be here in less than 9 weeks and I'm dragging my feet on finishing stuff up. On top of nursery "to do's" I have holidays, birthdays, 2 showers, maternity pictures, football games and 2 classes at the hospital to take - all before Christmas! I'm starting to hyperventilate a little so I'm going to cut this short and bring the paper bag up to my mouth now........breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out.

(((HUGS)))

Quick Update and A Trip to the Doctor

A quick update – what’s been going on in my world?? Well Rich’s sister was in town for 2 weeks visiting. It was so nice to have her here but so sad to see her leave. Especially knowing that she is so sick……sometimes it’s difficult to understand why we are chosen to bear the crosses that we bear. She is such an amazing woman, wife, friend, mom, daughter, sister……it doesn’t seem fair. I have to say that she showed me what true strength is – WOW. She refuses to quit or lay down……she’ll fight with everything in, until the end. While Tracy (DH sister) was here, we had a small family baby shower. It was so much fun and getting to see everyone was such a great gift in itself. On top of that we got loads of presents, including our swing, pack and play, bouncer, blankets, baby monitor, money – the list goes on. It was just so much fun and so hard to believe that we have so many people who care about us! That was actually shower #2 as the girls at the gym got together and threw me a shower too. There we got diapers, clothes, blankets and toys……we are already on baby overload and we have 2 more showers to go! Baby Will will want for nothing, I’m sure.

In other news, things are going well in pregnancy land. I’m 29 and a half week – I can’t believe I’m almost ¾ of the way done! I don’t know what I gained at my last appointment because I wouldn’t look. I’ve been really enjoying being pregnant and I refuse to let a number steal the last little snippets of this time. Baby has been moving like a crazy man for the most part. Well except for last week when we had a little scare. I was sick with a sinus infection so I called the doctor’s office to try to get in. They asked how Will’s activity was and I told them that he hadn’t been moving much. At that point I was instructed to come straight to the doctor’s office – do not pass go, do not collect $200. I get there only to have to wait for an hour in the waiting room……I was freaking out at this point. That hour was pure torture but I finally got back in to the sonogram room and we found his heartbeat right away. He was really comfy because even when the tech shook my belly, Will wasn’t moving. He would do the occasional get out of my face movement but other than that – nothing. It wasn’t 3 hours later though and he was doing his usual gymnastics. I was so glad to know that he was okay….talk about relief. I did find out that he weighs 2lbs. 10oz. so far. This is right on target so things are going well.

Last thing – Will’s room is really coming along. We have all the furniture in, now Rich just has to assemble it. The cradle is almost done and it is beautiful! I still need to stencil the frogs and turtles on the wall but that is all that is lacking in the painting department….it won’t be long and we will have a nursery in our house for OUR baby!! I still can’t believe that I am finally having a baby……after all of the tears and trials our dream is coming true!

Okay enough dreaming – I have a budget meeting in 19 minutes that I have to make it to.

(((HUGS)))