Evan Alexander

On September 6 I had a doctor appointment at 9 and I was dilated to 3 1/2 centimeters, a huge improvement from the week before when the doctor couldn't even feel my cervix. She stripped my membranes to help things along and said that we could go ahead with the induction! It made me so happy because I was so ready to meet our little guy! So home we went to wait for a call from labor and delivery.

We went home and watched a movie. Around 11 the movie was over and I was impatient for the phone call. I gave labor and delivery a call to follow up and they said they had been super busy but would give my doctor a call to see if she still wanted me to come in this late in the day. So we waited some more. We ate some left over pizza and I turned on Law and Order:SVU. Since the hospital hadn't called yet I decided to take a nap. I had just closed my eyes and the phone rang. It was 12:45 and the hospital wanted to know if we could be there at 1:30.

We got to the hospital and the nurse got me hooked up to the I.V. and Pitocin. She checked me and I was at a 4, so when the doctor stripped my membranes it was actually doing something! I wanted to wait and seem how far I could go without the epidural, but the Pitocin was really kicking in and by 3 I was ready. After I got the epidural the nurse the nurse checked me again and I was at a 5, she wanted me to let her know if I started to feel a little pressure. It was around 5 when I could feel the contractions. They weren't painful, I could just feel my stomach tightening so I called the nurse and she checked me again and I was at a 6. The nurse had me switch the side I was laying on to see if that would help me make more progress. I told Jason to go get something to eat but stay in the hospital. I figured we would stll be there a while. Almost imediately after he left I started to feel pressure in my butt. I thought it was weird to feel pressure there but when I mentioned it to the nurse she said it was normal and she had a hunch that I was ready. She checked me again and sure enough I was at a 10! I called Jason to let him know and told him we were waiting on the doctor and Jason before we started to push.

We had to wait for the doctor since she was in the OR delivering a 31 week baby. I started to feel more pressure, but since I pushed for 2 hours with Emily I wasn't too concerned. After feeling really strong pressure twice I joked with Jason that Evan wasn't going to wait for the doctor. Jason asked me if I wanted him to get the nurse, I told him I was fine. But then I felt that really strong pressure again and I knew something had just happened. I told Jason I needed the nurse and I pushed the nurse button. Jason asked if he should look but I told him I was too scared. The nurse came rushing in saying she had been watching the monitors. She pulled back the blanket and his head was already out! Baby Evan really was trying to deliver himself! I pushed once and the rest of him came out! It was a pretty neat experience to say the least. The doctor came in just as he was coming out!

I got to hold him while they got him wiped off and he looks so much like Emily! I had a 2nd degree tear where I tore with Emily, but I seem to be handling the pain better this time around. Our special little boy was also born with a special extra thumb! You read that right! It's a mini thumb shooting off of his regular thumb. The nurses said there is a small bone so we will most likely have to take him to a plastic surgeon. Jason just said he will be extra good at video games lol! We sure are in love with this boy, extra thumb and all!

Big Baby!

At my doctor appointment on Tuesday the doctor started checking me to see if I was dilated. I have been cleaning everything and the Saturday before Emily and I took a trip to the zoo, so with all the walking and all the hills and all the cleaning I was so sure she was going to tell me I was dilated to a four and was going to stay and deliver a baby. Instead she told me that baby boy hadn't even dropped yet! In fact he was so high that she couldn't even tell if I was dilated at all! I was a little disappointed but honestly wasn't expecting anything else.

I sat up and she asked me if I was bigger then when I had Emily. I told her I wasn't sure but my husband thought so :) The doctor started to feel by belly and told me that he was measuring at 38 weeks instead if 37. She said she guessed that he was already at 8 lbs! She said that because he was measuring larger we could schedule an induction depending on if I was dilated at my next appointment. She doesn't want to induce me if I'm not dilating since that will increase my risk for a c-section. She said since Emily was almost 9 lbs she knows I can have larger babies.

Emily was 8 lbs 15 oz and I had a 3rd degree tear that took me 6 weeks to recover from. All those memories came back to me and I just started to cry. I didn't want to have a bigger baby. The doctor assured me that already having a baby will decrease the likely hood of tearing that bad again. I'm sure everything will be just fine. My body isn't doing anything it wasn't intended to.

Later that night I had some pretty strong contractions. I described them to my mom and she said they were real contractions not just Braxton Hicks. I feel silly that I am having my second child and I don't know what contractions feel like! With Emily I didn't feel any contractions until my water broke and I was in the comfort of the hospital where I could have an epidural!

Since Tuesday I've had cramping on and off and I can only hope these are real contractions that are helping me dilate. My due date is still 3 more weeks away but a lot of family members have told me they think I will have him before my due date. I guess we'll see :)

My Confession

I like being pregnant. I know once this little boy is born I will miss feeling him move around in my belly. That being said, I am ready for him to be an outside baby. I feel awful saying that. I should be enjoying this pregnancy especially since this will be our last. This last week has been hard on me.

I am hot. Tired. Emotional. Irriatable. I can't comfortably sleep anymore. I feel like I am failing at all of my responsibilities. At work the smallest things set me off. I am short tempered with all the carriers who call in merely asking about their payments. My co-workers, some just doing their job, others who complain about anything they can get on my nerves. When I come home from work all I want to do is lay down, which is not fair to my active 2 year old. I try and get her to lay in bed with me and watch Dora or Wonder Pets. I even try to get her to bring me a story to read. But like I said it's not fair to her. I work all day and when I am home I should be playing with her. Since I just want to lay down my house work is in serious need of help. I don't have the energy to come home and clean after working all day. I even feel like I am failing my relationship with Jason. I have been short tempered with him and we don't spend a lot of time on our relationship since he's working in the yard or on Emilys room and I'm laying in bed or on the couch.

I've just reached my limit.

On a happier note, last night when I was laying in bed with Emily we were watching Wonder Pets and I had my eyes closed. She leaned over, gave me a hug and a kiss and said, "night, night mommy". Made my heart melt :)

Why this weekend was awesome!

Friday:

We had a family date night at Hollywood Connection. Jason and I took Emily to play mini golf. Emily tried to hit the ball but she was much better at dropping her ball in the hole! We didn't keep score although if we did I am pretty sure that Jason would have won. I did however get a hole in one!

Emily and I also rode the merry-go-round. She LOVES the merry-go-round!

Saturday:

My friend Jessica got married! Everything about her reception was perfect and she looked beautiful! Afterwards Jason and I went to the Clark Planetarium and watched Laser Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon. I could watch that show a hundred times! Emliy spent the night at my moms. It's only the third time she has been away from us but I have to say it was nice to sleep through the night without Emily coming in our room in the middle of the night and it was nice to wake up and just be lazy! Which brings us to...

Sunday:

Jason woke up early to work in the yard, but I took my time. I laid in bed and channel surfed for an hour then I got up and went to the store. My mom brought Emily back over around 11 and by 1 Emily was taking her nap. She stayed up until 11:30 last night! Which might explain why she napped from 1-3 and then fell asleep again at 4. She fell asleep on the couch with her sippy cup and everytime we try to take it away she wakes up and says, "chocolate milk" and reaches for her cup.

I love hanging out with my family! I am so grateful that we have at least two days a week where we don't have to rush to work and can enjoy just being with each other!

31 Weeks

I had a doctor appointment today. My doctor, Dr. Gravelle, is out of town this week so I saw a doctor that is retired and steps in to help once in a while, Dr. Rasmussen. I love my doctors office! All the doctors I have seen there have been awesome!

Today I was told that baby is head down and he will most likely stay that way this far into the game. I won't have to worry about having a c-section for a breeched baby. Baby boy had a heartbeat of 140. I had a little bit of protein in my urine, but the nurse said it was probably because I didn't drink a lot of water. I have gained 30 lbs. 30!! I wanted to stay between 20-25 lbs. I have decided I am going to try my hardest to stop drinking Pepsi and try to limit my sweets.

Dr. Rasmussen told me that since this is my second baby, Dr. Gravelle could induce me as early as 39 weeks. It sounds tempting, but I really want to experience going into labor. With Emily my water broke and I have heard it doesn't happen to everyone so I am interested to see how things will go with baby boy.

I can't believe we only have 9 weeks left! Hopefully this weekend we can get started on moving Emily to her big girl room and getting the nursery ready for baby. I am so excited for both of their rooms, they are going to be so cute!

Potty Training

We have been working on getting EJ to use the potty. I bought some Gerber Training Pants but got to scared of the mess so I put her in some Pull-Ups. She's been doing a great job! I ask her every half hour if she needs to go potty and she will tell me no or yes. If she tells me no I ask her again in 10 minutes.

We got her a Fisher Price Pink Princess Potty, it plays music when it senses wetness in the bowl. Everytime the music goes off, EJ will open her mouth and look surprised. It's so stinkin cute I'll have to get a picture! When she goes potty and the music goes off we will cheer for her and clap to give her some encouragement. Tonight while she was sitting on the potty I decided to go myself, EJ stood up and cheered, "Yay Mommy!" and she even went poop in the potty! Yay Emily!

Happy 4th of July!

What a crazy weekend this has been!

Friday night I was giving Emily her bath, since I was on-call at work I was on my computer next to the tub issuing comchecks. When I was done I sat up to the tub to wash Emily and saw brown floaties in the tub. I thought to myself, "what is that?". I looked at it for a minute, then it dawned on me and I thought, "no way!". Sure enough there was the poop! In all of her 2 years she has never, ever pooped in the tub before! I especially could not believe she had pooped because before I put her in the tub she was sitting on her potty. This may have been the first time, but I'm sure it won't be the last!

Saturday was a crazy busy day! I have never been on call at work before and actually had to work! I was issuing comchecks all day! Luckily because it is after hours I don't have to have them done right away. My cousin got married at The Point up at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. It is a beautiful place with a beautiful view and it was a beautiful wedding! I am so happy for them! The highlight of the night came when I was sitting at the table after finishing my meal and cupcake and second glass of lemonade. I wasn't feeling well when I leaned over to ask my mom if she would get me a glass of water when suddenly I projectile vomited all over the table! I was mortified to say the least! I can only wonder what the 9 other people at the table were thinking. It was all I could to to apologize and get out of there! Luckily the night got better. We went over to Jasons moms house and watched the fireworks being put on at the high school by her house. Emily has never seen fireworks so I was excited to see how she would react to it. When the fireworks started to go off it looked like she was enjoying it, but then I guess she decided she was too tired to care. SHe started to lay on anyone she could and was putting the blanket over her head. I think she is the only child to ever fall asleep during fireworks!

Jason spent the most part of the weekend at his moms house helping put in a sprinkling system. Emily and I decided to stop by on Sunday to say hi. We blew bubbles outside for a while with her cousins and then I decided I was too hot and needed to go somewhere cooler. My mom doesn't live too far away from where Jasons mom is so I decided to stop by. I pulled up to her house and got Emily out of the car. As I was getting her out of the car I knocked the bubbles out of the car. When I bent down to pick them up, I shut the door. Only realizing I had locked the door before putting the keys in my purse which was now locked inside the car! We have had the car for 2 years and that is the first time I have ever locked the keys in the car! I called Jason on my moms phone since mine was locked in the car. He called AAA for me. While I was waiting in my moms house it wasn't as cool as I was hoping and I was stuck without my keys! Luckily AAA came really fast and I didn't have to wait long.

Since Jason was working in the yard all weekend we decided to stay home and relax today. In May we took Emily to see Thomas the Train at the Heber Creeper. Afterwards we ate at a diner on Main Street, I can't remember the name of the place, but they have the yummiest strawberry pie. I wanted some pie so I made up my mind to attempt to make it from scratch. Crust and all. I got the recipe from the Betty Crocker website. I bought three tubs of strawberries and after I started to make the pie I realized I should have just gone to Costco and bought the strawberries there because I needed more. Something to remember for next time! All in all though I have to say the pie didn't turn out half bad for my first time!