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1 month old!!!

Layla is now 1 month old ... i cant believe it!!! We went to the dr today and Layla was 8 lbs 7 oz and 22 inches long. She was 6lbs 3oz  and 20 inches 1 month ago so she is packing on the pounds!!! We had to go to the outpatient lab today though to check her bilirubin. She still looks a little yellow so they wanted to check. We should know tomorrow what the number is. They said it is probably related to being a breast fed baby and being early but they want to check to be sure. I will keep everyone updated. 

Here are a few more pics!!

 

Layla Ann!!!

May 5, 2009

6 bs 3oz, 19 3/4 inches

Yes I am just now getting 5 minutes to write a little something and post some pics. Its been a crazy few weeks. Layla has been doing wonderful. She is eating every 2-3 hours and for a while there even more often. Its been a big adjustment to having 2 but its been a blessing. I guess i should share a little about how she decided to make her appearance early but not too early.

Tuesday morning right when dannys alarm went off, i started having really strong painful contractions. They were definitely different then the others. So i tried waiting them out but they started out about 6 minutes apart. We were trying to let danny get to work then say he had to leave so he didnt have to take a whole day but it was apparent by 6:30 when he was going to leave that wasnt going to happen. So we quickly called my sis, which had graciously helped me pack a bag that weekend, and dropped the "DA" and Hunter off with her. 

We got to the hospital at 7:15, i was 4cm but then so danny started calling everyone. Since i was 36 weeks and 4 days they werent going to try and hold her off so we knew things would be happening today. By 9 i was asking when i was going to get a room and an epidural. Things were getting pretty intense. I am 6cm and SHE HAD ME WALK TO MY ROOM!!!! So then when the new nurse checked me at 9:15 I was 8cm and begging for an epidural. I had to get an antibiotic since I was group B strep positive, so they started that. They originally told me I would have to get 2 L of fluid ... i was half way through the first when i arrived at the new room. I told the nurse ... then start another IV and run 2 bags because i am going to have to push or get an epidural, this is crazy!!! :o) The contractions were uch worse this time around. Anyways the nurse wasnt saying much ... and we were getting upset ... when in walked the epidural team ...!! They gave me the epidural at 10:15 and things quickly got better. 

I didnt end up having her till 1:07. They kept waiting for my water to break and holding things of so i could get another antibiotic and the fluid. The doctor was amazing and we were very blessed when she was on call. When i started having contractions that morning i called to see who was on call that night knowing that meant the other one was going to be on for the day. :o)

God answered so many of our prayers that day. The dr I was praying for was on call ... Layla was healthy ... when she was born they quickly put her on my chest and she did well ... my mom and sis were there with us through the whole thing ... we made it to 36 weeks ... and many more ... we are sooo very blessed!!! Thank you to everyone who has kept us in your thoughts and prayers. I will try to post more pics soon. 

Hunter holding her for the first time ... He "lubs her"

Lovin and tummy time from mommy!!!

Some lovin from Daddy!!

Famiy pic!!

Layla looking so cute!!!

Baby day!

Baby day!!!

Hunter working in his room with daddy! He loves his safety goggles!!

Another pic of the hardwood!

Well, today is officially baby day as danny puts it. We are doing all we can to put baby sister's stuff away and get the room ready. The hardwood floor is now finished in her and hunters room. Hunter absolutely loves it. There is a border through the middle of the room, the shinny part .. you can kind of see it, he calls that his skate boarding ramp, so he steps on his pretend skateboard ... puts on his pretend helmet and then runs around the room. He is so cute!!! Him and Danny are on their way to home depot to buy the non-scratch stuff to put under everything then we are moving everything back in ... well him and my sis will ... not me. :o)

Early saturday morning we thought she was making her enterance. I woke up around 3:25 with pretty painful contractions. They went to about 5 minutes apart ... unfortunately danny had a fishing tournament to go to and i had a hair appt so he was forcing water down me once again. They then went to 10 min and 6 minutes apart for about 2 hours and eventually stopped. So we got through the day. I did have to remind him that we can have this baby now :o) so after today hopefully we will be a little more mentally and physically prepared :o) I told him ... next time i hope my water just breaks so we have no other option :o) We kind of thought maybe she would want to come last night but nothing yet.

I just thought i would write a little update about the weekend. Hunter is doing amazing potty training ... he now likes to stand up to pee like his daddy. We just have to remind him to backup before he slams down the seat. :o) We miss you all!!

36 weeks!!!

36 weeks today!!!!

We are so excited and thrilled to be at week 36. I cant believe we are here but like I said I am not complaining. :o) This week at the dr. I received my last progesterone shot, which is awesome. She checked me which they will do every week now and I was 1+ cm dilated. So just a little more then I was two weeks ago when she checked. I still havent gained any weight. I talked with the dr about it and she wasnt concerned. She thinks she is about 5 pounds and doesnt expect her to get much over 6lbs so we will see. It is just so weird to work so hard to workout and not gain weight when i wasnt pregnant and now i am doing absolutely NOTHING and im not gaining anything ... crazy. She also said i could start doing more. Still takng it easy but be on my feet a little more ... swim some if i want to. So hopefully we will get to swim some this weekend. Anyways, i go back next thursday and we will see how everything is. Danny thinks she will come mothers day weekend because may 9th ... saturday ... is the next full moon. 

Yesterday we started putting hardwood in hunters room. Danny has been wanting to put it in the bedrooms since we moved in and we just decided to go ahead and do it. So "mr.james" started the kids room yesterday and will do our room next week. So far it looks really good and hopefully will also benefit hunters allergies and asthma. I will post some pics when we get the room set up. The whole getting things ready and putting things together is getting exciting now!! Here are a couple pics of hunter when Danny and my dad were taking out the carpet in his room. Yes he is in his little boxer brief underwears ... which are soo cute!!! 

 

Weekly update!!

Well, everything went well at the dr yesterday. Nothing really to report. I received my second to last progesterone shot!!! YAY!!! I can not wait for next week when i get the last one of this pregnancy. She didnt check me or anything but they will start next week doing that. No weight gained but she wasnt worried. She says i am measuring correctly so she isnt concerned. I thought i would have gained weight easier while being on bed rest but that hasnt been the case ... so oh well. no complaints here!! :o)

The other big accomplishment this week has been hunter getting potty trained. My friend Lensey was right ... it will just happen when he is ready. And she couldnt be more right. Saturday I woke up and had him pee in the potty after ate breakfast then i just left his diaper off. He told me when he had to pee pretty much all morning. Then everything kind of built on to that. He now wears his "underwears" all day unless he takes his nap. I had been leaving his diaper on during the morning around the time he usually poops but for the last 3 days he has been telling us when he needs to go. He is pretty excited ... especially about his spiderman underwears. I think spiderman is the key that helped us get him used to wearing underpants. He has been sick through all of this which made me nervous but like lensey said ... when they are ready they are ready and he is proving to be easy at these types of things ... like weening the paci ... nemo helped with that ... when he had to go get an ECHO and EKG ... perfect angel ... no issues ... when he had stitches removed from behind his ear and they held his head down ... no issues ... i guess that means ... baby sister here is going to be our little miss diva!!!

I will keep you all updated on any news as always. Hope you are enjoying the warm weather!

Here is a pic of hunter "doing his business" on the potty this morning ... he had to take his new leapfrog in to help things along!! :o)

Weekly update!

We went back to the dr yesterday. Everything basically stayed the same. My cervix was 2.5cm and i wasnt dilated anymore then before. They did another FFN on friday when I was in the hospital with contractions again. I have been there the last 3 months on the full moon or friday the 13th. Its been crazy but next month if it happens again ... no problem! :o) Anyway, the test was negative so they didnt do another one this week since it was just done. 

Basically the dr said if my water breaks then from friday on they wont stop the labor to give me the steroids. Between now and 36 weeks is when the baby learns to suck, swallow and breathe at the same time. So 36 weeks is the ultimate goal but anything now isnt bad either. I no longer have to take the Procardia just try and drink lots of water if the contractions start. We are really excited to finally be out of the critical ... scary times and just waiting her out now. I told the dr i made a hair appt for the weekend i turn 36 weeks ... she laughed and even said i could drive myself ... i hope i remember how to!! :o) 

I hope everyone had a very blessed Easter. Hunter really enjoyed coloring his Easter eggs and doing the Easter egg hunt this year. He was such a little man. Easter morning he was so excited to go through his basket he was shaking. Then he kept hiding the eggs outside and throughout the house then going to find them. it was so cute!! Now he uses the Easter basket ... it was the baseball bucket from target as a bucket to collect all his golf balls ... seriously he has about 30 or so ... he puts them in the bucket gets his club puts them in his little tikes truck he has and "goes to the golf course." Of course its just in the back yard but he was line up some tees ... put the ball on the tee ... then go collect all the balls and do it again ... it is so cute to watch. He is crazy about golf! 

I will keep you all updated on any developments. I will continue weekly dr appts until the baby comes. Hopefully things will stay quiet for a few weeks then we will have some pics of ... Avery ... Layla ... or Gracie to share!

33 weeks!!

I wanted to write a quick update, while i am laying here on the tile floor trying to pay bills and do some facebooking. My brothers laptop needs a charger so I am not able to easily get on the computer right now. Anyway ... Danny didnt have practice today so him and hunter went to the driving range ... big surprise right!!! :o)
I went to the dr yesterday and thinned more. When i first layed down for the ultrasound my cervix was 1.4cm which is down from 3cm last week. But we think it was during a contraction because as we continued it thickened to 2.4cm so they documented between 1.4cm and 2.4cm. Which is down from last week of course but with my FFN test still being negative it wasnt too concerning yet. They plan to do another FFN test next wednesday and another ultrasound. If i am below 1.5cm or the FFN is postive they will admit me for 24 hours to give me the steroids for the babies lungs then hopefully i can go back home to the couch! :o) Next week will also be the last transvaginal ultrasound so thats exciting since this has een weekly since 22 weeks and every other week since 16 weeks. I will still have to do the progesterone shots. I can not wait until these are over. We have also been doing these since 16 weeks and let tell you just how sore my booty is. Its been awful these last few weeks but I will still continue them till 36 weeks. I lost weight 1 pound which conpletely amazes me. I havent been too hungry since i just lay around and dont expend much energy and I have to drink more then a galloon of liquid a day and so my stomach is always full of water. Its just crazy. I am sure i will make up for it next week so no worries.
I did get to target yesterday, it was pretty humorous ... danny pushing me around in a wheelchair which was really short. But I really wanted to pick stuff out for hunters Easter basket. Funny story ... hunter walked in on me in the bathroom the other day ... well his diego potty seat was there and he looked at me ... then pulled up my shirt and said ... thats my diego potty ... baby sister ... mommy will buy you a dora one!! I am ecited to see him with her when she does get here. He has been so cute and excited lately!
Well i will keep everyone updated. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers we can feel them and really appreciate them.