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January 14th 2012 is the day that my beautiful daughter was born. A gift that came to Caleb and I 11 days early! (Today was her due date!) She was born at 5:57 in the morning at 7lb 9oz and 21.2 inches long!
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| New family <3 |
Labor started on the 12th around 4pm as just a crampy feeling and progressively got worse through the night. When back labor also set in. Around 7ish in the morning I believe we went to the hospital to see if this was it. We found out that I was now 100% thinned out and I was only dialated 1-2. So of course I got sent back home, with instructions to not come back until the contractions were closer together and worse or if my water breaks. When we got home, Caleb took care of me while I whined and moaned and was completely miserable.
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| Pure misery. |
At some point my mom got there and stayed with us that day then later on we thought my water broke because I was leaking a little bit of fluids... I believe it was around 6pm or so... so at this point I have been in some kind of pain for over 24 hours so we went back to the hopsital just to find out that it wasn't my water that broke. After waiting TWO HOURS to be seen. They released me by giving me an ambien so that maybe I could actually sleep. Honestly... I don't remember if I was any more dialated at this point...
When we got home, Caleb tried tucking me in on the couch and let me tell you... something about that ambien didn't set with me well. I felt messed up and panicky. Which led to me literally diving off the couch on to the floor. I didn't hurt myself or anything, but it was an odd sight to see I am sure. Long story short I ended up in a bath, where I slept for about 45 minutes until my water broke and it was off to the hospital! This time to finally get admitted.
Skipping forward, to the more important parts -
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| Hubs being supportive as usual :) |
They finally moved me into the birthing room around 1am or so and I got an epidural not long after followed by potocin to speed up the process because Kayden's heart rate kept shooting down. Only really doing this when I wasn't on my right side, so I was on my right side pretty much the whole time. Even during about 75% of the pushing stage. I was only pushing for about an hour because I started at 5am and she was born at 5:57am! They said I did pretty awesome because she was born "sunny side up" and usually it takes longer to push those babies out... also her ambilical cord was wrapped around her whole body. They suspected that as the cause for her heart rate to continuously decel.
When she was finally out and they laid her on my stomach, I had the most amazing feeling. It was crazy that this little human just came out of me and was laying on my stomach. I thought she was beautiful! Even with her extreme lop-sided cone head :p
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| About an hour afterwards! |
Being a parent has gotten easier. Everything was new to me. Before Kayden I had rarely held babies. Never changed a diaper, changed baby clothes, really did anything. Especially with a newborn. When we came home from the hospital, I was a psychopath when it came to her. I was so careful and so paranoid something would happen to her when I wasn't looking... or was sleeping. But in these past two weeks, I've gotten less pyscho and actually sleep better. Kayden was pre-programed with a wake up every 3-4 hours to get fed, diaper changed, and snuggled. It's pretty amazing!
Today is ridiculously uneventful... I guess that has what put me in front of the computer with some inkling to blog. I obviously just haven't been dedicated to it lately, but it's okay. I will be back eventually and then every once and a while until that time.
Since my New Years post, really not much has happened. Last week I hit the "full term" mark. :D So labor could really happen at anytime. Sooner than later, I hope! *fingers crossed* This week I will be 38 weeks. It's really starting to wear on me. I am SO DONE BEING PREGNANT. I just want our little baby to be here, and for me to have my body to myself. Does that sound selfish? Maybe it does, but maybe if you have been pregnant before you understand.
Here is a late picture of my lovely 37 weeks mark:
And due to laziness, and just lack of reason, I will just tell you how big she is instead of getting that little blerb off thebump . com. She is the size of a watermelon now! :) And looking at the size of my belly, you can definitely tell. I wish I knew the actually weight and such, but the doctors don't tell me such things. I even asked the place that did my ultrasounds and they said they weren't able to measure those things. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow, so maybe I will know more information.
Yesterday, husband and I started to really work on doing everything we could to coax Kayden out. (And before you judge me, I'm not doing anything crazy just normal things because she isn't going to come out unless she is ready. No matter what I do!) I just hope she gets the hint. :) But if she takes after her momma personality wise, taking hints won't be her forte.
Along with trying to work on getting this baby out, I've been trying really hard to keep the apartment cleaner. I think I have been doing pretty good, it really hasn't gotten EXTREMELY out of hand in a couple of weeks. I've been keeping up with daily tasks, mostly. ;) I just hope once Kayden gets here I will be able to keep it up, instead of slacking off. BAH!
<3 Tory
Happy 2012! I hope you all had fun bringing in the New Year <3
I brought mine in with my lovely husband and two of our friends by going to Texas Roadhouse and then going to our favorite bar where we actually said hello to 2012 and goodbye to 2011!
2011 was a great year! From getting married to the man of my dreams, to finding out that we were pregnant with a little girl - I've got to say it was pretty amazing. 2012 should be as equally exciting, but also extremely hard. It will be so exciting because we will welcome our baby girl into the world! We will also celebrate our first year of marriage, and what a wonderful year it was. I swear I am the luckiest girl in the world!! However, it will be hard in the way that only 2 months after our baby is born, Caleb will have to deploy to Afganistan. But, we will make it through this thankfully short deployment and he will be home again to his family before the holidays! Thank goodness.
It's kind of crazy to think that we are finally in the month that I will be giving birth! ...Unless she decides to come late which I am hoping that she will NOT do that to me. Either way, we are so excited. Finally after all these months. :)
Unlike a lot of people this year who are randomly anti-resolutions because they are bettering themselves everyday instead of starting over at the beginning of the year, (Which I am trying to be my best everyday too, but I always thought the start of a new year was motivational and a glimpse of hope when things are rough.) my resolutions are simple.
- Be the best wife and mother that I can be.
- Be clean, organized, and good at budgeting money.
- Cook real food more.
- Procrastinate less.
- Lose baby weight + some.
- Find a good school so I can *finally* finish my degree in Psychology!
- Go to bartending school.
Easy squeezy right? :)
<3 Tory
We got a yoga ball today, or I guess you could call it a birthing ball. Whatever the name is, we have it and I love it. It's supposed to help work the baby into the pelvic region and supposedly help put you into labor. As you know, I am only 36 weeks and as much as I want to go ahead and get this baby out she really needs to wait a little while longer... BUT I must say that I do enjoy bouncing on that ball. It feels so good on my back and butt for some reason and I feel like I am not just sitting on the couch being a lard and gaining more weight just from not doing anything.
Have you guys heard or experienced anything labor inducing when it comes to bouncing on these large balls?
Other than bouncing, the hubs and I have been pretty productive. (He didn't even start playing Skyrim until about 6:30 pm. Madness, I know.) We went to Walmart and got some food and things for my hospital bag. Then we came home and hubs made delicious sandwiches. I swear everything is so much more tastier when he makes it!
THEN he went and fixed his truck and got the oil changed and all that good stuff while I sat on my ass at home. :)
Last night I started to crochet a baby blanket for Kayden. It's a really pretty colour. I hope I can get it done before she gets here! I will have to get a ridiculous amount of yarn to do so though. The ball of yarn I had is already running out and I only have 6 rows done on a aprox. 2.5 - 3 foot wide blanket. -__-
Boo. I will post a picture of it when I am done.
<3 Tory
One more week and baby Kayden will be considered "full term"! Whee!
At the doctor today, she said that my belly was measuring right on. So, when I thought I couldn't get any bigger- I still got four weeks of growing to do if baby Kayden lasts that long! Still no stretch marks though *knock on wood*, so I am thankful for that! I am so ready for our little girl to be here it's ridiculous.
I am washing a lot of baby items today so they will be ready for her when she gets here. Such as her bed sheets and her swing. Then I am going to wash her towels, washcloths, clothes. Which probably will be able to all fit in one load. I am only washing the stuff she will be able to fit into right away. (Supposing that to be Newborn and 0-3 month)
I attempting to get an idea of what I want in my hospital bag too. I want to have it packed early, just in case. I am very forgetful so if I were to pack it last minute I would forget a lot of things. I know it.
Other than that we haven't done much today. We went to Target and spent way to much money. Even with the very generous gift card his brother sent us for Christmas. But we got a lot of stuff we needed... plus two new pairs of slipper shoes that are so comfy and adorable <3 Now Caleb is back to his usual routine of playing Skyrim. He has almost 100 hours logged in and he just got this game last week. Hahah :)
<3 Tory
For the past couple of days, we have been in my hometown staying with one of our friends, Gio. (The friend that Caleb and I met through.) It was fun. Caleb, Gio, and our friend Michael have been playing Skyrim pretty much 90% of the time. Which is okay, I don't mind. It was just nice spending time with them doing whatever and not having to worry about doing anything else.
We went back to ITL (my hometown) on Friday. Then Saturday we just hung around, went dove hunting... or I tagged along while Gio and Michael went dove hunting and Caleb helped spot them because he didn't have a pellet gun. The first dove was shot down from Gio's second floor in his backyard. The 2nd in a neighbors backyard. Ridiculous. Later that night I got my FIRST BRAXTON AND HICKS CONTRACTION. We were all just sitting around the fire and BOOM, a vicious pain errupted. I thought I was going to faint it hurt so bad. (I faint really easy I think when it comes to pains down there because in high school a lot of the times when I would start my period my cramps would be so bad that I would throw up and then faint. It sucked.) It lasted for at least 5 minutes, it seemed like more but after it eased off that was the only one that happened.
Then Sunday was CHRISTMAS :D Caleb and I went to my Grandparents for Christmas lunch, and then we went back to Gio's for Christmas dinner. Both were extremely delicious and filling. :)
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| Uncle Dearl, me, and Caleb after opening presents! |
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Mom had gotten me this shirt for Christmas.
"Baby Bump's 1st Xmas" |
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| Me and mommy pre-festivities! |
Gio's mom took a lot of pictures on Christmas, but she hasn't put them up on Facebook so I don't have any :( Caleb and I both got a lot of good stuff for Christmas this year, and we both were able to get a lot of good gifts to give to our friends and family! It was great all around. Kayden made out like a fat rat too! Lots of nice clothes and toys to await her arrival! (Which I am hoping the minute she hits full term she will start thinking seriously about making her way grand debut! Well maybe a couple days after she hits full term. If she comes any earlier than January 6th then Caleb will have to go to JORTC in another state and he will be gone for a month. Missing Kayden's first month of life and leaving me to tend to our sweet baby by myself. Which I would be glad to do... but somebody to switch off with would be nice :)
Yesterday we (Caleb, Gio, Michael, and Michael's friend April) went to the EpiCenter in Charlotte and walked around and watched the new Mission Impossible movie. The movie theatre there is awesome! You get to pick your seat when you buy the movie ticket. Then, you can bring food into the movie theatre and alcohol if you wanted! And when I say food, I am not talking about popcorn and candy. I am talking like you go to a resturant and order food type food. The seats inside the theatre were huge and comfy. Two seats at a time had the middle arm rest that lifted and it pretty much turned into a little two seater couch. It was awesome. I felt like a rich person.
But we had to head back home today because tomorrow I have my 36 weeks appointment! :D Hooray! And Caleb can actually come with me to this one! YAY! He says he plans to stay up all night playing Skyrim and then just go with me to the doctors in the morning. Hahah, whatever works :D
<3 Tory
Update: I just wanted to point out (because I can't figure out how to make a link on my layout) that I have a formspring! http://www.formspring.me/xxAHHH If you want to ask any questions :D
So as Caleb goes on a Skyrim binge, I was trying to figure out activities for me to do. Perferably ones that didn't involve me leaving the couch. Good thing our house is already clean, so I can do this and not feel guilty. :D As I go through the ideas in my head, I come up with a couple.
- Cleaning pointless pictures off my old Toshiba. (I've had it for over four years now, imagine the amount of pictures. Terrifying.) I've got that about 80% done.
- Making notecards to memorize alcholic beverages for when hubs opens his bar.
- Making a Rouges Gallery. (This I will explain in a later post when I actually get started on it. My mom has one for me, so I want to make one for Kayden... but amp it up a little!)
- Copying down a few recipes to put in the recipe box Caleb got me for Christmas. (I got two of the most vital ones copied down: Hashbrown Cassarole and Orange Slice Cookies)
Now, after cleaning off some of my computer I have been fixated on alcoholic drinks and creating some sort of something for them. So after poking around on the internet and thinking I have decided to create a massive drink recipe book.
Imagine those homemade scrapbook looking recipe books, now instead of it being filled with food it's now filled with alcoholic beverages.
Except in order for it to make the book, it has to be tried. Then it can be documented with the recipe and fun pages. I'd like to take a picture of the finished piece (the drink or shot or whatever) and then a picture of Caleb and I enjoying such beverage. Then write comments or whatever. And add stickers. And glitter. And fun things! This way, when we do become bartenders/owner we will be even more knowledgeable... Even though we would have been anyway because we both do enjoy alcohol. Hah. But it will be in a fun little book. (maybe litte is an understatment... I plan on this thing being HUGE.) That way maybe when Kayden and her brother/sisters are 21 they can look in the book and try drinks and add pictures and comments or whatever they want to.
What do you think? Any ideas you can add to make this creation better? I'm still thinking on it as I need to not be pregnant anymore to start on this book. I also need to get crafty supplies and think about how I want to put it together and organize it and all that jazz.
Time to drag the husband off Skyrim (which is an amazing game by the way. If you don't mind watching your significant other play video games for hours on end, I would deffinitly recommend it. Or if you like playing games yourself!) and check the mail! :D
<3 Tory
