summer here we come

hazel really wants this

for new mommies

wish i woulda seen this earlier! hope it helps you! and the slp in me loves this. and she didnt cry in the car seat today!

pics of my babe

baby's 1st christmas

snuggle buddies

whoa! christmas lights!

hi. im a month old.

yeah im super strong

ha!

pretty girl

life is crazy!

sorry i havent been able to update. life is CRAZY with a baby but totally awesome! our little girl has had a rough couple weeks- lots of screaming and crying and mommy crying too. the dr suggested eliminating milk and soy from my diet so it seemed things got a little better after that but this week it got bad again. so now they realized she has reflux as well as the dairy and soy intolerance/allergy. so yesterday she started meds for the reflux and we go see a pediatric gi specialist this month to make sure there isnt anything else wrong with her intestines since her poo hasnt been ideal. and im continuing on my strict diet. seriously look in your cabinet at anything... it has milk and soy in it. but fruits, veggies, and meat are healthy so that is what we will do. and i guess i will save money since i cant go out to eat. after a year (hopefully) of breastfeeding im sure ill make myself sick on real ice cream, bread, fast food. but its worth it all for a happy healthy baby! im hoping we can really enjoy these last few weeks of me being off without too many tears :)

i need to upload our pics and post one of her later. she now weighs 9lbs 11 oz which is great that she is gaining even with all the health issues. the dr was very pleased and so am i! my boobies work!

although its been a rough few weeks, they have definitely been the best of my life! 3 new years ago we started trying to start our family. and now shes here! im so overfilled with happiness and love. i still cant believe my little blessing is really here :)

my little lady

so here it is... thursday the 17th i went to bed at about 930. tyson apparently left at about 950. i woke up at 955 thinking i was peeing my pants but there was no stopping it. it was quite funny really. so tyce came back home and we got going to stl with contractions starting. we got to the hospital and settled in to a delivery room a little after midnight and i was dilated to 3 cm (i was 2 cm 2 days earlier at the dr). they started my iv and pitocin around 140 am. the contractions were very close with the pitocin... about 2 minutes apart. at 320 am i was 4 cm and we decided to get an epidural and get some rest. 2 hours later i was 7 cm and they broke another bag of water that was sticking out in the way. 2 hours later i wascomplete and ready to go... except the dr must have decided to take a morning walk around forest park b/c we waited for an hour and half for her to come and then a completely different dr showed up. thank God I had an epidural while we waited. i pushed for about 20 minutes and out she came! the dr said i was the best first time mom pusher she has ever seen! they immediately put her on my chest and tyce and i just enjoyed some quality time with our little lady. it was a wonderful birth experience! she was born at 936 am and weighed 6 lbs 12.8 oz and was 19.5 in long.

being a mom is so absolutely wonderful. but it is definitely the hardest job in the world. my little lady loves to blister up my nips and make me in horrible pain... so breastfeeding has been quite a challenge but is getting better. and she was born with a sacral dimple and had to have an u/s when she was 5 days old to make sure her spine was okay and that the dimple was closed.. she is trying to give me a heart attack already! now we are into our second week and breastfeeding is getting easier and the u/s showed she is just fine. thank you, God! we are still walking zombies running on very little sleep but it is all so fun! seeing her big smiles all the time makes it worth it at 3 am!

thanks everyone for your prayers along this journey! our rainbow baby is here and she is perfect! here is hazel rose~

she is here!

a quick post for those of you that dont know.. hazel arrived friday at 930 am. i will post the full story later but my water broke at 955 pm on thursday while i was sleeping and off we went! it was a great birth and she is a healthy little gal! will post more and a pic when i get more than 2 hrs of sleep a day. xo

the latest

i had my weekly appt tuesday and im dilated to 2 cm. last week the dr said we could induce the 22nd. this week she said the 28th. after talking about it we decided we would feel better with the 22nd since they arent open the week of thanksgiving to do nonstress tests and fluid checks on the baby. we are too far to risk anything at this point and tyson just wants her here now :) so please say some prayers she comes on her own this weekend... but if not we will be having a baby tuesday (hopefully). its an odd date though... its of course the week of thanksgiving, its tysons stepmoms bday, its the date we started dating, its the date we got engaged, and its the date we found out we were pregnant for the first time. and now it could be hazel's bday! well i just wanted to update everyone. ill post a 40 week pic this weekend if im still around. but like i said, please say prayers she comes on her own soon. thanks xo