Carson is Here!

Carson arrived on Thursday, January 19th, 2012 at 2:19am.  

On Wednesday, January 18th I had my Dr. appointment in the morning.  The Dr said Carson didin't look like he would be here in the next couple of days so I planned to have a Dr. appointment for that following Monday to talk about induction.  My original due was January 27th. 

Later that day I decided that me and the kids should go for a short walk to the mailbox.  Hoping that I could walk the baby out.  So around 3:55pm we made it to the mailbox and I heard a pop and then my water broke.   

We arrived at the hospital around 5pm because I had to wait for Aaron to come home from work and for Mee-Maw to come pick up the kids.  We got to the hospital and they ask 101 questions and then they checked me and I was only 1cm.  Pitocin was added and then before I new it I was 3cm and got an epidural.  Epidural worked great until I reached 8cm.  I believe I was 10cm around 1ish.  I had to wait for the Dr to get there which felt like forever, it was only 10 minutes. I pushed for 45 minutes.  I had a hard time pushing him in the beginning because the nurse lowered my potocin when we were waiting for the Dr. to get there.  She forgot to increase it when I started pushing.  So half way through the pushing they increased it and then it took me 15 minutes to push him out.  

I am nursing him.  As soon as he came out he took about 3 tries to latch on and he stayed there for 40 minutes.  Neither one of my kids latched on very well at the hospital.  Caden had to use the shield and Hannah never nursed long enough to get full.  This little guy nurses very well considering he is tongue tied.  Which means the little piece if skin that is under the tongue that connects the tongue to the bottom of the mouth is too close to the end of the tongue.  It can possibly interfere with nursing, but he seems to be doing well.    

Overall I had a great pregnancy and birth.  I did not tear which helps healing much nicer. 

Oh, and did I mention I have another perfect angel to add to our family!

Pregnancy at 36 Weeks

Ok, so here is a picture of me, my huge belly and my sister-n-law.  When I looked at this picture I did not realize how big my belly is.  I was 35 weeks pregnant here. 

I went to the Dr. today, my Dr. was not there so I saw another Dr. which was very thorough.  I still like my Dr. though!

He said Carson is about 6 1/2 lbs and I am about 1cm dilated and 30% effaced.  There has not been much progress since last week so he does not think baby Carson will be here this week.  The good news is that I am not strictly bed ritten I just need to take it easy until this Friday.  I will be 37 weeks then, that is considered full term.

I am so glad that Carson is deciding to wait.  I would much rather him be in my tummy as long as he needs so he will be a good eater.  Hannah was born at 39 weeks and Caden was born at 37 1/2 weeks so who knows when he will be here.  I can't wait to see what he looks like since Hannah is blonde hair blue eyes and Caden is brown hair brown eyes.  

Pregnancy

I will be 36 weeks tomorrow.  Yesterday I got put on bed rest.:(  The best part is that it is only for 1 week.!:)  I was on bed rest with Caden for 2-3 weeks and Hannah was 1 1/2 months.  This pregnancy is 1 week, so I have no complaints.

Aaron will be off until Monday so that is a big help!  I am so excited to see Carson!  This is my last pregnancy, so I am so excited to complete our family!

I will not be posting until after the baby has arrived so be on a look out for baby Carson's arrival!

Reveal Party for Baby #3 2011

Since this is my last baby and we are all very excited about it.  We decided to have a Reveal Party with family and friends.

This is how it all went down.  Wednesday, September 14th I went to the Dr. for my 20 1/2 week ultrasound.  Aaron was not able to come because he was out of town so my Mother-in-law came.  We got to see baby and wondered the whole time if it was a boy or girl.

As soon as I saw the ultrasound Dr. I told her I did not want to know the gender but I had 2 envelopes ready for her to circle boy or girl.  I told her do not show me and I asked her if she could put the picture of the baby gender in one envelope and in the other envelope just circle boy or girl because that envelope will go to the cake lady.

So on Saturday, September 17th we had the Reveal Party.  My Dad cooked spaghetti, my grandma brought the bread, and my Aunt brought the salad and green beans.  I also had two different colored punches, pink and blue.  The theme was little birdies.  I made each of the kids shirts that said, "A little birdie told me it was...On Caden's it said boy and on Hannah's it said girl.  I also had everyone grab a name tag.  If they thought it was a girl they would grab a pink one and if they thought it was a boy they would grab a blue one.  Then I asked them to put a suggested name on the name tag they chose.  That would help us with trying to find a name.

We all ate dinner and then it was time for the cake cutting!!!!!  The kids had a cake of their own with their names on them.  On the count of 3 Aaron cut the cake.  Caden yelled out what it was first (I guess he had the best eye on the cake).  Inside of the cake was all BLUE!!!!!  It's a BOY!!!!!

 Here's the Little Birdie Cake.  Caden's cake was on the left and Hannah's on the right.  Now that I am looking at the cake after we found out they sure did put a lot of blue on the cake.  But we had no idea until we cut the cake.

 Look how excited they are to find out what their little baby will be!

 In this picture I was like, "wait, I am not ready yet"!  

 I am still stalling!

 Still stalling! LOL

 Caden's ready!

 Here we go!!!!

 Oh, I can't wait!!!!

 I am soooo surprised....I thought it was going to be a girl.  That is why I was wearing pink and Aaron was wearing blue.  I was sooooo excited and surprised!!!!!!!!  Wayyyyyy beyond funnnnnn to find out this way!

 Look at poor Hannah!  What is she thinking????  Another boy???

 Na, she just wanted to see what was in her cake.

 So I helped her cut her cake and we saw there was blue inside hers too and she felt much better!  Whewww!

If you are finding out the sex of your baby I defiantly recommend sharing this moment with your family and friends.  Again, we did not know the gender until we cut the cake.  It was defiantly more exciting to find out along with family and friends.

Here is Baby#3s profile!  Sooo cute!!!

 The diaper cake!

Here is a picture of Hannah's shirt.  I do not have a picture of Caden's.  It is the same but blue and says, boy at the bottom.

Special News!

Baby #3 on the way!:))

I'm 13 1/2 weeks

Due January 27, 2012