We listed our house for sale in March 2009, just 2 months ago. We figured that it would sit on the market for a long time, since houses in this area usually do. In 2 months we have only had our house shown 3 times. But, the third showing resulted in an offer! Our house is listed at $43,000 and the offer was for $38,000. We countered at $40,000 and she offered $39,000 which we accepted. Tuesday morning at 8:00 we have a termite inspection and should have an appraiser coming sometime next week. Hopefully everything will go well!
We started looking at houses the same time that we listed our house so we could get a good idea of the kinds of things that we liked in a house, location, etc. Early on, our realtor showed us a house 1 mile outside of Ft. Madison and Mat said, "This is it. This is the one." He liked it right away, but it took seeing it 3 more times for me to feel the same way. There are some not so great things about it, but the potential is there, and it is the best house we've seen in our 2 months of looking. So, this past Tuesday we put an offer in on it and, after going back and forth a few times, it was accepted.
Tuesday morning Mat is going to his bank to take his tax returns, pay stubs, the purchase agreement, etc. Then it will be probably a good week until we hear if he'll get approved for the mortgage. He is a little bit worried about it because his checks vary in amount since they are dependent on the number/types of jobs he does each week. But all we can do is wait and see. In case we can't get the financing for that house or if something else falls through, we're still looking out for other properties. Late Tuesday afternoon we are going to check out a house that will be sold at auction early June. But that's about it! It's a long process and lots of waiting, but we'll let you know if everything with our house goes through, if we get financed for the house we put an offer on, or if we have to keep house hunting!
Hope everything is having a great holiday weekend!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
A Day In The Life
Saturday, January 31, 2009 - Sunday, February 1, 2009
A Day in the Life of a Mom with a 2-month old and a 2-year old.
Here’s a sneak peak into my daily life! We bathe the boys every 2-3 days, though, so that’s not an everyday thing. And it is VERY RARE for them to sleep that long! Especially at the same time! Oh, and I was VERY sick by the end of the day. But otherwise….this is pretty much my daily life!
4:00a.m. - I guess this is the official start to the day since I’ve been sleeping since 9:30 pm. Yes, that’s right- 6 ½ straight hours of sleep! This is the most consecutive sleep I’ve had since Logan’s arrival and I needed it. My throat hurts this morning. I must be coming down with something. I woke up several times briefly to check on Logan since I couldn’t believe he hadn’t woken up before now. But he’s fine. He nurses on both sides for a total of about 15 minutes and is back asleep. I lay him in his bassinet and go back to sleep myself.
4:30a.m. - I hear Micah in the kitchen getting into the refrigerator. Mat hears him too and gets up since he needs to use the bathroom anyway. Micah gets a drink of juice and climbs back into our bed. He’s snoring before Mat even gets out of the bathroom. Everyone goes back to sleep.
5:30a.m. - Logan is awake again. I get him up and change his diaper since I didn’t do it when he was up at 4:00. It’s wet, but not as wet as I thought it would be. He’s wide awake and I really am not ready to get up for the day. I see if he wants to nurse, but he doesn’t. I play with him on the bed for a little bit.
5:45a.m. - Mat has to get up in a half hour to get ready for work so I ask him if he will take Logan now so I can get a little more sleep. He does.
6:15a.m. - Mat brings Logan back to me and asks me to try to feed him since he is chewing on his hands. I offer, but Logan doesn’t want it. Mat takes him again and tries rocking him. But he’s wide awake and doesn’t want to go back to sleep. I get up to use the bathroom and Micah insists on coming with me. I lay down again, but Micah refuses to. He goes to the living room where Mat and Logan are.
6:30a.m. - Mat lays Logan in his bassinet (awake) and turns on the music, lights, and mobile on it. Logan “talks” for awhile and then starts fussing. Mat makes Micah some toast and turns on Thomas the Tank Engine for him.
6:45a.m. - I get Logan out of the bassinet and lay him beside me to try and feed him again. This time he’s ready to eat and he falls asleep after about 5 minutes of nursing. Micah has been begging me to open a container of butterscotch pudding the whole time. I make sure Logan is okay laying in our bed and get up with Micah.
7:00a.m. - Micah’s pudding looks good so I get some for myself. The alarm on my cell phone goes off. I race into the bedroom to turn it off, hoping that it hasn’t woken Logan up. It hasn’t, thank goodness. I need to set the alarm for “weekdays only”.
7:10a.m. - Logan is sleeping and Micah is eating and watching Thomas. I decide to check my email. I have an email notification of payment from an item I sold on eBay the other day. It reminds me that I’m supposed to buy something on eBay for my brother.
7:15a.m. - Micah is done eating and is getting some toys to play with. He’s coughing and his nose is running. Ugh. Everyone is sick except Logan. I check on Logan. He’s fine and still sleeping. I decide to try and order the thing my brother wants from eBay.
7:30a.m. - Micah is throwing a tantrum over one of his toys that he can’t get to work right. I need to email my brother real quick since I can’t find the thing that he wants me to order for him.
7:45a.m. - Check on Logan. He’s still sleeping. Change Micah’s diaper and play.
8:00a.m. - Micah’s upset that we can’t find his “big zebra”. I put some music on and decide to clean in hopes of finding it.
8:05a.m. - Making Micah’s bed and find his big zebra in it. He’s getting more juice out of the fridge. He’s excited when I take the zebra to him. Go back to cleaning the house.
9:00a.m. - Micah says, “I’m going to check on Logan.” I go with him. He’s still sleeping. I package up my PDA and accessories that I sold on eBay and get it ready to ship.
9:15a.m. - I hear Logan stirring so I go to check on him. He’s awake after sleeping for a little more than 2 hours. I get him up, change his diaper and feed him. Meanwhile, Micah drags ½ gallon of chocolate milk out of the refrigerator and is asking for a glass. I tell him to wait. He sets the milk down in the living room and leaves the refrigerator door open. After telling him 3 times to close it, he finally does. He then goes into his room and poops, then comes to tell me that he needs a new diaper.
9:35a.m. - Logan is done eating. I put him in his bouncy seat, put the chocolate milk back in the refrigerator, change Micah’s diaper and decide to give the boys their baths.
10:00a.m. - Micah is bathed and dressed. He was not happy about bath time which isn’t usually like him. I finally got him in by convincing him that his zebra was dirty and needed a bath. So I washed Micah and he washed his zebra.
10:05a.m. - Decide to use the tummy tub with Logan for the first time. He loves it, but it is hard to hold him and wash him at the same time. Plus Micah wants to help wash him and is getting me soaking wet in the meantime.
10:20a.m. - Logan is bathed and dressed. Put him in his bouncy seat so I can get Micah a snack. He starts fussing.
10:25a.m. - Try to vacuum, but it scares Logan and he starts crying. So I pick him up and let him comfort nurse. Bad, I know, but he’s happy. He almost falls asleep, but Micah is wanting me to open his case of cars so I have to tend to him.
10:45a.m. - Micah is hungry again so I get out leftovers from supper and warm them up. He eats a whole plate full of pears, peas, and chicken. He also has a full glass of chocolate milk. Logan is sitting in his highchair watching, looking half asleep.
11:00a.m. - Micah is still eating so I decide to wash the dishes that I didn’t get done the night before. I have to hurry to get them all done before Micah gets done eating, but I succeed.
11:15a.m. - Micah is done eating and I’m done with the dishes. I give him 4 Sixlets and we head to his room to begin the naptime battle. I tuck him in and he asks for his big zebra. So I go get it out of the living room and tell him that if he does a good job and takes a nap that we’ll make rice krispie treats when he wakes up. I get Logan out of his high chair and nurse and rock him.
11:30a.m. - Logan is asleep so I lay him in his swing. Micah is in his room crying for a new diaper. I go change him and he is barely wet. I put him back in bed and remind him about the rice krispie treats. I leave the room and he screams.
11:45a.m. - Micah has been quiet for awhile and I wonder if he may have fallen asleep. Debate about whether or not to peek in at him, but decide to wait a little longer in case he is still awake. Logan is still sleeping. I decide to turn on the tv and check my email and baby fit.
12:45p.m. - Been surfing the Net and watching tv while both kids sleep. Check on Micah. I’m enjoying a nice break!
1:11p.m. - Can’t believe that both Micah and Logan are still asleep! Going to check on Micah, take the baby gate down, and take a shower.
1:30p.m. - Out of the shower and dressed. Check on the boys again - STILL ASLEEP! Walk outside to get the mail. It’s 45 degrees today which is way nice. Thinking about taking the boys for a short walk when they wake up unless Micah remembers the rice krispie treat promise.
1:50p.m. - Micah is up. He comes out to the living room and helps himself to some pretzels. Logan is still asleep so Micah and I make rice krispie treats.
2:15p.m. - Rice krispie treats are done, but Micah wants pudding for a snack. I give it to him. Logan is still sleeping so Micah and I play with his trains and read books.
3:50p.m. - Logan is waking up. I get him out of his swing and he is soaked through. I change him and nurse him while reading a book to Micah.
4:30p.m. - I’m starting to feel tired and ready for Mat to get home so he can help out. I lay Logan down on a blanket on the floor and talk to him and we play pat-a-cake, so big, etc. Micah is in his room dragging out all of the toys I put away earlier in the day. The house was clean for awhile…..
5:00p.m. - Feeling really weak and achy. A lot worse than I felt earlier in the day. Ugh. I hate being sick.
5:30p.m. - Logan is asleep again. I lay him in his swing and sit in the rocking chair playing puppets with Micah. He has a ton of energy and I’m feeling really tired, sick, and worn down.
6:30p.m. - Micah has a dirty diaper so I change him. While we are in his room, Logan starts crying. He’s awake. I give Micah his pajamas to take out to the living room and he throws them down in front of Logan’s swing. I get Logan up and feed and cuddle him.
6:40p.m. - Mat is home, thank goodness. I’m feeling very, very sick by now.
7:00p.m. - I haven’t been this sick in a very long time. I just felt worse and worse as the day has gone on. I put Logan in his bouncy seat and go to bed. Micah follows me and jumps all around on the bed. He has so much energy!
7:30p.m. - Mat puts Micah to bed and I fall asleep right away.
10:00p.m. - I wake up feeling really thirsty. I go get some water, get my cell phone, and change the alarm to “weekdays only”. Then it’s back to bed.
12:00a.m. - Logan wakes up to eat. He takes one side (about 10 minutes) and he’s back asleep. I lay him in his bassinet and go back to sleep myself.
5:00a.m. - Logan is awake again. I feed him again and he only takes one side. He doesn’t go back to sleep and is smiling a lot. So I play with him in bed for awhile, change his diaper, then go out to the living room to rock him. He falls asleep fairly quickly and I lay him back down and go back to sleep.
7:30a.m. - Logan is up again and Micah is up in the living room watching Handy Manny. I don’t know how long he has been up, but Mat must have turned the tv on for him. I feed Logan, play with him in bed for a bit and get up to do it all over again! Thankfully, today is Sunday and Mat is home!
A Day in the Life of a Mom with a 2-month old and a 2-year old.
Here’s a sneak peak into my daily life! We bathe the boys every 2-3 days, though, so that’s not an everyday thing. And it is VERY RARE for them to sleep that long! Especially at the same time! Oh, and I was VERY sick by the end of the day. But otherwise….this is pretty much my daily life!
4:00a.m. - I guess this is the official start to the day since I’ve been sleeping since 9:30 pm. Yes, that’s right- 6 ½ straight hours of sleep! This is the most consecutive sleep I’ve had since Logan’s arrival and I needed it. My throat hurts this morning. I must be coming down with something. I woke up several times briefly to check on Logan since I couldn’t believe he hadn’t woken up before now. But he’s fine. He nurses on both sides for a total of about 15 minutes and is back asleep. I lay him in his bassinet and go back to sleep myself.
4:30a.m. - I hear Micah in the kitchen getting into the refrigerator. Mat hears him too and gets up since he needs to use the bathroom anyway. Micah gets a drink of juice and climbs back into our bed. He’s snoring before Mat even gets out of the bathroom. Everyone goes back to sleep.
5:30a.m. - Logan is awake again. I get him up and change his diaper since I didn’t do it when he was up at 4:00. It’s wet, but not as wet as I thought it would be. He’s wide awake and I really am not ready to get up for the day. I see if he wants to nurse, but he doesn’t. I play with him on the bed for a little bit.
5:45a.m. - Mat has to get up in a half hour to get ready for work so I ask him if he will take Logan now so I can get a little more sleep. He does.
6:15a.m. - Mat brings Logan back to me and asks me to try to feed him since he is chewing on his hands. I offer, but Logan doesn’t want it. Mat takes him again and tries rocking him. But he’s wide awake and doesn’t want to go back to sleep. I get up to use the bathroom and Micah insists on coming with me. I lay down again, but Micah refuses to. He goes to the living room where Mat and Logan are.
6:30a.m. - Mat lays Logan in his bassinet (awake) and turns on the music, lights, and mobile on it. Logan “talks” for awhile and then starts fussing. Mat makes Micah some toast and turns on Thomas the Tank Engine for him.
6:45a.m. - I get Logan out of the bassinet and lay him beside me to try and feed him again. This time he’s ready to eat and he falls asleep after about 5 minutes of nursing. Micah has been begging me to open a container of butterscotch pudding the whole time. I make sure Logan is okay laying in our bed and get up with Micah.
7:00a.m. - Micah’s pudding looks good so I get some for myself. The alarm on my cell phone goes off. I race into the bedroom to turn it off, hoping that it hasn’t woken Logan up. It hasn’t, thank goodness. I need to set the alarm for “weekdays only”.
7:10a.m. - Logan is sleeping and Micah is eating and watching Thomas. I decide to check my email. I have an email notification of payment from an item I sold on eBay the other day. It reminds me that I’m supposed to buy something on eBay for my brother.
7:15a.m. - Micah is done eating and is getting some toys to play with. He’s coughing and his nose is running. Ugh. Everyone is sick except Logan. I check on Logan. He’s fine and still sleeping. I decide to try and order the thing my brother wants from eBay.
7:30a.m. - Micah is throwing a tantrum over one of his toys that he can’t get to work right. I need to email my brother real quick since I can’t find the thing that he wants me to order for him.
7:45a.m. - Check on Logan. He’s still sleeping. Change Micah’s diaper and play.
8:00a.m. - Micah’s upset that we can’t find his “big zebra”. I put some music on and decide to clean in hopes of finding it.
8:05a.m. - Making Micah’s bed and find his big zebra in it. He’s getting more juice out of the fridge. He’s excited when I take the zebra to him. Go back to cleaning the house.
9:00a.m. - Micah says, “I’m going to check on Logan.” I go with him. He’s still sleeping. I package up my PDA and accessories that I sold on eBay and get it ready to ship.
9:15a.m. - I hear Logan stirring so I go to check on him. He’s awake after sleeping for a little more than 2 hours. I get him up, change his diaper and feed him. Meanwhile, Micah drags ½ gallon of chocolate milk out of the refrigerator and is asking for a glass. I tell him to wait. He sets the milk down in the living room and leaves the refrigerator door open. After telling him 3 times to close it, he finally does. He then goes into his room and poops, then comes to tell me that he needs a new diaper.
9:35a.m. - Logan is done eating. I put him in his bouncy seat, put the chocolate milk back in the refrigerator, change Micah’s diaper and decide to give the boys their baths.
10:00a.m. - Micah is bathed and dressed. He was not happy about bath time which isn’t usually like him. I finally got him in by convincing him that his zebra was dirty and needed a bath. So I washed Micah and he washed his zebra.
10:05a.m. - Decide to use the tummy tub with Logan for the first time. He loves it, but it is hard to hold him and wash him at the same time. Plus Micah wants to help wash him and is getting me soaking wet in the meantime.
10:20a.m. - Logan is bathed and dressed. Put him in his bouncy seat so I can get Micah a snack. He starts fussing.
10:25a.m. - Try to vacuum, but it scares Logan and he starts crying. So I pick him up and let him comfort nurse. Bad, I know, but he’s happy. He almost falls asleep, but Micah is wanting me to open his case of cars so I have to tend to him.
10:45a.m. - Micah is hungry again so I get out leftovers from supper and warm them up. He eats a whole plate full of pears, peas, and chicken. He also has a full glass of chocolate milk. Logan is sitting in his highchair watching, looking half asleep.
11:00a.m. - Micah is still eating so I decide to wash the dishes that I didn’t get done the night before. I have to hurry to get them all done before Micah gets done eating, but I succeed.
11:15a.m. - Micah is done eating and I’m done with the dishes. I give him 4 Sixlets and we head to his room to begin the naptime battle. I tuck him in and he asks for his big zebra. So I go get it out of the living room and tell him that if he does a good job and takes a nap that we’ll make rice krispie treats when he wakes up. I get Logan out of his high chair and nurse and rock him.
11:30a.m. - Logan is asleep so I lay him in his swing. Micah is in his room crying for a new diaper. I go change him and he is barely wet. I put him back in bed and remind him about the rice krispie treats. I leave the room and he screams.
11:45a.m. - Micah has been quiet for awhile and I wonder if he may have fallen asleep. Debate about whether or not to peek in at him, but decide to wait a little longer in case he is still awake. Logan is still sleeping. I decide to turn on the tv and check my email and baby fit.
12:45p.m. - Been surfing the Net and watching tv while both kids sleep. Check on Micah. I’m enjoying a nice break!
1:11p.m. - Can’t believe that both Micah and Logan are still asleep! Going to check on Micah, take the baby gate down, and take a shower.
1:30p.m. - Out of the shower and dressed. Check on the boys again - STILL ASLEEP! Walk outside to get the mail. It’s 45 degrees today which is way nice. Thinking about taking the boys for a short walk when they wake up unless Micah remembers the rice krispie treat promise.
1:50p.m. - Micah is up. He comes out to the living room and helps himself to some pretzels. Logan is still asleep so Micah and I make rice krispie treats.
2:15p.m. - Rice krispie treats are done, but Micah wants pudding for a snack. I give it to him. Logan is still sleeping so Micah and I play with his trains and read books.
3:50p.m. - Logan is waking up. I get him out of his swing and he is soaked through. I change him and nurse him while reading a book to Micah.
4:30p.m. - I’m starting to feel tired and ready for Mat to get home so he can help out. I lay Logan down on a blanket on the floor and talk to him and we play pat-a-cake, so big, etc. Micah is in his room dragging out all of the toys I put away earlier in the day. The house was clean for awhile…..
5:00p.m. - Feeling really weak and achy. A lot worse than I felt earlier in the day. Ugh. I hate being sick.
5:30p.m. - Logan is asleep again. I lay him in his swing and sit in the rocking chair playing puppets with Micah. He has a ton of energy and I’m feeling really tired, sick, and worn down.
6:30p.m. - Micah has a dirty diaper so I change him. While we are in his room, Logan starts crying. He’s awake. I give Micah his pajamas to take out to the living room and he throws them down in front of Logan’s swing. I get Logan up and feed and cuddle him.
6:40p.m. - Mat is home, thank goodness. I’m feeling very, very sick by now.
7:00p.m. - I haven’t been this sick in a very long time. I just felt worse and worse as the day has gone on. I put Logan in his bouncy seat and go to bed. Micah follows me and jumps all around on the bed. He has so much energy!
7:30p.m. - Mat puts Micah to bed and I fall asleep right away.
10:00p.m. - I wake up feeling really thirsty. I go get some water, get my cell phone, and change the alarm to “weekdays only”. Then it’s back to bed.
12:00a.m. - Logan wakes up to eat. He takes one side (about 10 minutes) and he’s back asleep. I lay him in his bassinet and go back to sleep myself.
5:00a.m. - Logan is awake again. I feed him again and he only takes one side. He doesn’t go back to sleep and is smiling a lot. So I play with him in bed for awhile, change his diaper, then go out to the living room to rock him. He falls asleep fairly quickly and I lay him back down and go back to sleep.
7:30a.m. - Logan is up again and Micah is up in the living room watching Handy Manny. I don’t know how long he has been up, but Mat must have turned the tv on for him. I feed Logan, play with him in bed for a bit and get up to do it all over again! Thankfully, today is Sunday and Mat is home!
Here's the BIRTH STORY!
Sunday, November 16th started out just like any other day. I woke up a little after 7am and Mat and I laid in bed and talked for awhile. At around 7:40 I felt the first contraction of the day. It was pretty mild. A few minutes later, another one came. I got up at 7:50 and felt some discharge come out. I’d been having lots of it since getting my membranes stripped the previous Monday - November 10th. At that point, the contractions started coming every 5-8 minutes. They started out pretty much like all the other prelabor contractions that I’d been having, but they increased in intensity over the next hour. They were coming every 4-7 minutes then. They were starting to get uncomfortable, but weren’t painful yet. I also had some pink discharge when I wiped after going to the bathroom. It had been brown up until then. I decided to call my midwife at around 9:45am. She said to go ahead and go in and the nurses in L&D would check me.
Mat’s step dad got to our house a little after 10am to pick up Micah and we headed to the hospital. The whole way to the hospital the contractions were coming every 4-5 minutes and were strong enough that it was hard to talk through them. They lasted about 45 seconds each, and I still felt great in between each contraction. We got to the hospital at about 11:05am. Mat dropped me off at the door while he went to park the car. Some lady whose daughter just had a baby on Friday was heading in at the same time and helped me into a wheelchair. When Mat got to the door, though, a contraction had just passed and I decided to walk up to L&D.
We got into the labor lounge and hooked up to the monitors. The nurse checked me at 11:30am and said that I was a good 3cm. I was 3cm at my appointment Thursday, but barely, I guess. I sat on the bed for awhile so my contractions and Logan’s heart rate could be monitored. Contractions were coming every 4 minutes almost exactly and Logan was doing great. So the nurse unhooked the monitors so that I could walk around. We walked down to the snack lounge so Mat could get a snack and then we walked the halls. After awhile we went back into the labor lounge and my midwife arrived. The contractions were still uncomfortable, not painful, and I still felt fantastic inbetween them. So I wasn’t sure if it was truly labor or not. My midwife checked me at 12:45pm and I was already 4-5cm. She yelled down the hall to the nurses to get me admitted and we headed down the hall to a real room. At 1:00 pm my MW broke my water and things went FAST!!! I filled out the admission papers, the nurse put a saline block in and at 1:38pm got up to walk around some more.
I didn’t walk for long because contractions were getting pretty painful. At 1:55 I went back to my room to rock and Mat took my last belly picture. At 2:16 pm my MW checked me again and I was 5-6 cm dilated. She started the Jacuzzi tub because my pains were getting really bad. I got in at 2:20pm and felt GREAT for about 20 minutes…then the pain got unbearable. My body started shaking and I felt like I had to get out of the tub NOW. I asked for the epidural at 3:00pm as I got out of the tub. I went to the bed so my MW could check me, but I was dilated to 8-9cm and they told me it was too late…that I would be pushing any minute and Logan would have his first meal finished by the time the anesthesiologist arrived. I freaked out big time. At 3:12 pm I felt the urge to push. I was checked one more time and was 10cm with Logan’s head coming down.
I started pushing right away. It felt good to be using the contractions, but it is the absolute worst pain I have ever felt in my life!! I wanted that dang epidural and even told my MW that I’d rather have a c-section. She told me that he had hair and then with the next push, his head came out. It was blue/gray and Mat started saying, “Please push, You have to push now! Please push!” The attending doctor told my MW to “Get that baby out NOW!” She put her knee on the bed and grabbed Logan’s head and I pushed as much as I could. He was born at 3:27 pm. 15 minutes of pushing time total. He gave a little cry and my MW told Mat that she needed to hurry so she was going to cut the cord. They hurried him to the warmer all the while telling me that he was fine. I was having some major flashbacks of when Micah was born. His oxygen was in the 80s and they said they would have to take him straight to the nursery. But they put the oxygen mask up to his face and he pinked up really quick! I heard them guessing his weight before they put him on the scale and heard “He looks like a 9-pounder”. I was like noooooo way!!! Sure enough, they put him on the scale and he weighed 9lbs 10.1oz!!! BIG BOY! And 21.5” long!
He has not missed a meal and is doing absolutely wonderful! He has a little bruising on his face because he’s so dang big, but it’s already lightened up quite a bit in just 1 day. They are keeping an eye on his bilirubin and he’s just slightly jaundiced. They said it’s probably because of the bruising. But they’ll check him again in the morning and hopefully he will get discharged!
Oh and he looks JUST like Micah did when he was born! He’s just MUCH bigger! So from the time I had my first contraction to when Logan was born was about 7.5 hours. From the time my water was broken and *real* labor came on was less than 2.5 hours! It was a fast, overwhelming, and wonderful experience!
Mat’s step dad got to our house a little after 10am to pick up Micah and we headed to the hospital. The whole way to the hospital the contractions were coming every 4-5 minutes and were strong enough that it was hard to talk through them. They lasted about 45 seconds each, and I still felt great in between each contraction. We got to the hospital at about 11:05am. Mat dropped me off at the door while he went to park the car. Some lady whose daughter just had a baby on Friday was heading in at the same time and helped me into a wheelchair. When Mat got to the door, though, a contraction had just passed and I decided to walk up to L&D.
We got into the labor lounge and hooked up to the monitors. The nurse checked me at 11:30am and said that I was a good 3cm. I was 3cm at my appointment Thursday, but barely, I guess. I sat on the bed for awhile so my contractions and Logan’s heart rate could be monitored. Contractions were coming every 4 minutes almost exactly and Logan was doing great. So the nurse unhooked the monitors so that I could walk around. We walked down to the snack lounge so Mat could get a snack and then we walked the halls. After awhile we went back into the labor lounge and my midwife arrived. The contractions were still uncomfortable, not painful, and I still felt fantastic inbetween them. So I wasn’t sure if it was truly labor or not. My midwife checked me at 12:45pm and I was already 4-5cm. She yelled down the hall to the nurses to get me admitted and we headed down the hall to a real room. At 1:00 pm my MW broke my water and things went FAST!!! I filled out the admission papers, the nurse put a saline block in and at 1:38pm got up to walk around some more.
I didn’t walk for long because contractions were getting pretty painful. At 1:55 I went back to my room to rock and Mat took my last belly picture. At 2:16 pm my MW checked me again and I was 5-6 cm dilated. She started the Jacuzzi tub because my pains were getting really bad. I got in at 2:20pm and felt GREAT for about 20 minutes…then the pain got unbearable. My body started shaking and I felt like I had to get out of the tub NOW. I asked for the epidural at 3:00pm as I got out of the tub. I went to the bed so my MW could check me, but I was dilated to 8-9cm and they told me it was too late…that I would be pushing any minute and Logan would have his first meal finished by the time the anesthesiologist arrived. I freaked out big time. At 3:12 pm I felt the urge to push. I was checked one more time and was 10cm with Logan’s head coming down.
I started pushing right away. It felt good to be using the contractions, but it is the absolute worst pain I have ever felt in my life!! I wanted that dang epidural and even told my MW that I’d rather have a c-section. She told me that he had hair and then with the next push, his head came out. It was blue/gray and Mat started saying, “Please push, You have to push now! Please push!” The attending doctor told my MW to “Get that baby out NOW!” She put her knee on the bed and grabbed Logan’s head and I pushed as much as I could. He was born at 3:27 pm. 15 minutes of pushing time total. He gave a little cry and my MW told Mat that she needed to hurry so she was going to cut the cord. They hurried him to the warmer all the while telling me that he was fine. I was having some major flashbacks of when Micah was born. His oxygen was in the 80s and they said they would have to take him straight to the nursery. But they put the oxygen mask up to his face and he pinked up really quick! I heard them guessing his weight before they put him on the scale and heard “He looks like a 9-pounder”. I was like noooooo way!!! Sure enough, they put him on the scale and he weighed 9lbs 10.1oz!!! BIG BOY! And 21.5” long!
He has not missed a meal and is doing absolutely wonderful! He has a little bruising on his face because he’s so dang big, but it’s already lightened up quite a bit in just 1 day. They are keeping an eye on his bilirubin and he’s just slightly jaundiced. They said it’s probably because of the bruising. But they’ll check him again in the morning and hopefully he will get discharged!
Oh and he looks JUST like Micah did when he was born! He’s just MUCH bigger! So from the time I had my first contraction to when Logan was born was about 7.5 hours. From the time my water was broken and *real* labor came on was less than 2.5 hours! It was a fast, overwhelming, and wonderful experience!
6 months?!
Uh WOW! Have I really not updated in 6 long months?! So much has happenend since then! Our second child, Logan Alexander, was born 4 days early on November 16, 2008 at 3:27 p.m. weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs 10.1 oz! Yes, that is a whole 3 pounds more than his big brother, Micah, weighed! We were all surprised, but it is really fun to have 2 kids that are so different! One peanut baby, and one goliath baby-it's great!
Micah is almost 2 1/2 already and he is definitely not a baby anymore. Where does the time go??? He carries on conversations, knows all his colors, counts to 3, loves to dance, likes watching Disney movies, and is just amazing all around! Mat got him a guinea pig a few weeks ago and he named her Tigger, or Tiggerific. He is quite fond of her and loves to lay on the floor and watch her.
Logan is 2 1/2 months old now. Oh wow. It is so funny to say that I have a 2-year old and a 2-month old! How I love my boys! Anyway! He is always smiling and he "talks" a lot! He's starting to blow raspberries too, which is really, really cute! He weighs approximately 15 pounds and it's so funny because this is what Micah weighed at 6 months! He's starting to outgrow his 3-6 month clothing and he is 25 inches long. He rolls over when he feels like it, but overall, he does not like tummy time. He kicks like a maniac when he is happy or excited and he can already scoot himself off of a blanket if he's feeling really active!
Well...I have lots and lots more to update everyone on, but I'll make separate posts so it is less overwhelming. :)
Micah is almost 2 1/2 already and he is definitely not a baby anymore. Where does the time go??? He carries on conversations, knows all his colors, counts to 3, loves to dance, likes watching Disney movies, and is just amazing all around! Mat got him a guinea pig a few weeks ago and he named her Tigger, or Tiggerific. He is quite fond of her and loves to lay on the floor and watch her.
Logan is 2 1/2 months old now. Oh wow. It is so funny to say that I have a 2-year old and a 2-month old! How I love my boys! Anyway! He is always smiling and he "talks" a lot! He's starting to blow raspberries too, which is really, really cute! He weighs approximately 15 pounds and it's so funny because this is what Micah weighed at 6 months! He's starting to outgrow his 3-6 month clothing and he is 25 inches long. He rolls over when he feels like it, but overall, he does not like tummy time. He kicks like a maniac when he is happy or excited and he can already scoot himself off of a blanket if he's feeling really active!
Well...I have lots and lots more to update everyone on, but I'll make separate posts so it is less overwhelming. :)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Scholarship!
I just found out today that I won a scholarship! I go to accept it on Thursday! I'm so excited!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
***4th of July***
We had a great day yesterday. In the morning we went to a parade in Ft. Madison with my mom, sister, and niece. The kids were dressed in their 4th of July outfits and looked incredibly cute. Micah didn't take his eyes off of the parade the entire time and waved his little flag the whole time too. He didn't want it to end!
After the parade we had lunch at my mom's house and the kids played outside. We came home and Micah took his nap and played some more. We went on a walk and then it was time to head to Donnellson for the 4th of July parade there. Micah waved to everyone and said "Hi", waved his flag and picked up TONS of candy!! He even got a giant freezer pop which really made his day.
At 9pm we walked down the street to watch the fireworks. We didn't know how Micah would do because he doesn't normally do well with loud noises. We tried to prepare him all day by telling him about the fireworks that we were going to see that night. Well, he LOVED them! As soon as the first one went off he pointed to the sky and yelled "BUBBLE!!" The fireworks lasted about 45 minutes and the whole time he was pointing upward yelling "The bubbles, the bubbles!" I have no idea why he decided to call them bubbles, but it sure was cute and everyone sitting around us got a kick out of it.
After the parade we had lunch at my mom's house and the kids played outside. We came home and Micah took his nap and played some more. We went on a walk and then it was time to head to Donnellson for the 4th of July parade there. Micah waved to everyone and said "Hi", waved his flag and picked up TONS of candy!! He even got a giant freezer pop which really made his day.
At 9pm we walked down the street to watch the fireworks. We didn't know how Micah would do because he doesn't normally do well with loud noises. We tried to prepare him all day by telling him about the fireworks that we were going to see that night. Well, he LOVED them! As soon as the first one went off he pointed to the sky and yelled "BUBBLE!!" The fireworks lasted about 45 minutes and the whole time he was pointing upward yelling "The bubbles, the bubbles!" I have no idea why he decided to call them bubbles, but it sure was cute and everyone sitting around us got a kick out of it.
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