One Month Old!!

I couldn't believe that my baby was 3 weeks old and now I really can't believe that he is already 1 month old!! Well its true, one month ago was the best, most amazing yet scariest day of our lives when we welcomed our sweet little baby Haylen into the world. It all started @ 8pm September 21 when we went to the hospital to get induced. I'm not to sure what the device is called that they used to induce me but they put it next to my cervix to bring on contractions then send me home. Well we were home for a while, and around 12:00 am I felt my first contractions. After pacing our house for a few hours, at 4:00 am the device fell out and we headed to the hospital and the fun began. At 7:00 am I was 3 cm dilated and having horrible back labour. I was able to endure it for a few more hours until I broke down around 4:00 pm and got an epidural....what a relief!! I'm telling you, all mom's out there who are considering weather or not to get an epidural....DO IT. I was trying to tough it out until I realized what am I doing....this is not a competition to see who's the strongest, so if there is something that can help relieve this back pain and the contractions then give it to me now!! Well that really helped with the pain cuz I was finally able to get some rest and got an hour sleep. Well when I woke up I was having full blown contractions and dilated from 6 to 10 and that was when the problems began. Because I had dilated so fast baby did not have time to turn his head into "head down" position and his head ended up staying turned to the right. Well I was very very very against having a c-section, so the doctor thought if we waited it out maybe his head would turn and I would be able to deliver him normally. Well the next 4 or 5 hours were very intense as I endured contrations in the hopes of baby turning his head. Well around 8:00 my doctor suggested that I try pushing again in hopes of his head getting turned. After pushing for 2 hours, still no luck.....and off to the operating room we went. Well once we got in there and all prepped for surgery we ran into our next problem....I wouldn't freeze....for some reason after all the drugs they kept putting into me, it wasn't enough to freeze me off so they could cut....If they put any more freezing in then I ran the risk of stopping breathing so the only thing they could do is put me under. Well Ryan had to leave the room and he said he left, got the waiting room, and 2 minutes later heard Haylen crying!! Well that should be the end to a happy story, but it doesn't end there...... Since baby was so far dropped after pushing, that when they were doing the c-section, and reached in to grab him, when they pulled him out the vein between my bladder and kidney snapped and I bleed out like crazy. After loosing 1/2 of my blood in the operating room they were finally able to control the bleeding and stitch me back up.....end of story....no....they then tell Ryan that when they clamped my vein to stop the bleeding they 'may' have clamped it to tight and if so they have to rush me to the city for emergency surgery to fix that in the morning.... Well after having an ultrasound the next morning we were given good news that everything looked good between my kidney and bladder, I will just have 4 staples that will stay in me forever!! I was wheeled back to my room and when I woke up I was completely outta it....and I mean COMPLETELY outta it....apparently I'm "narcotics sensitive" as the doctors called it, and really I didn't even know my own name for the first few hours after surgery!! lol Ryan brought Haylen over to me to show me him for the first time and over and over and over all I could say is "He's so perfect, I can't believe he's our baby!" lol, Ryan said I must have said it probably 50 times at least! haha. Well thanks goodness that Haylen was a perfectly healthy little boy who knew what he was doing with breast feeding, cuz the first time that I fed him I don't even remember. The next day I spent receiving 2 blood transfusions and recovering while enjoying my sweet little baby boy, laughing while Ryan told me all the ridiculous things I was saying and doing until the drugs from surgery wore off! Well to wrap it up on September 22 at 11:12 pm we welcomed our little 7 lbs 9 oz, 21 1/2 inch long perfect little Haylen into our lives and this past month we couldn't been any happier!

3 Weeks Old & Baby Shower

My baby boy is already 3 weeks old. Everyone always says how fast times goes, and how your babies grow up so fast, but I really didn't think it could possibly go THIS fast!! It's so fun to watch Haylen grow, he smiles more every day, and is so focused when you talk to him. I have started to read to him and he loves it, he listens to every word I say!!

We had our baby shower on October 10th and it was so much fun. Ryan's sister and mom put it on for us and they did such a great job. They made so much yummy food, that was all decorated in blue and white complete with cupcakes, cookies, fruits, dips, and much more yummy stuff!! Samantha was so creative with the games that we played, anybody who knows me knows that I LOVE playing games, and one of my favorites is Cranium (if you haven't played this one go buy it,....you'll love it!) Well Sam put together "baby Cranium" where all the clues she had made up to be baby themed. It was so much fun, and so clever!! The whole day was awesome, and of course Haylen and I got more then spoiled with all the gifts that everyone brought!! Thanks so much for everything guys!!

Haylen Thomas

I"M A MOMMY!!!!

Finally all my dreams have come true and its even better then I could have ever expected. On September 22nd our beautiful baby boy blessed us with his arrival. Haylen Thomas was born at 11:12 pm, weight 7 lbs 9 Oz and was 21 1/2 Inches long.....perfect size if ya ask me. After a crazy labour and deliverly (I'll post the story later when I have more time) I couldn't be more thrilled to be a mommy. Here are a few pictures my handsome lil man!!

My New/Old Chairs

Since cooking, cleaning, organizing, cleaning, laundry, cleaning, dishes and more cleaning haven't kept me busy enough I finally had the time do reupholster my nasty kitchen chairs. They were white and discusting stained with foreign gunk, so I decided to spruce them up and re cover them in black!!!! I hate to toot my own horn but I LOVE the way they turned out so TOOT TOOT!!

Before & After

OH LA LA!!

3 Years & Counting

It couldn't have possibly been 3 years already could it!?!? Its true, time flies when your having fun!! On August 27th, 2009 Ryan and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary!!! This year to celebrate we packed up a picnic and headed out to the lake that Ryan took me to the very first time I came up to visit. It was perfect, we were the only two out there and enjoyed each others company, a great meal, and some fake wine. I must say this was defiantly one of my favorite ways that we have celebrated yet!!

37 Weeks Pregnant!!!

You may also be thinking "wow what great pictures that camera took!!" ...welll...thats because for my 24th birthday Ryan bought me my dream Nikon camera!!! Aahhhh I love how that guy spoils me. I couldn't have ever asked for a more perfect boy

Ta Daaaaaa

FINALLY Everything Is done in the babies room, and I absolutely LOVE it!!!

Love Love Love it!!

Now all we need is a baby!!!

The little dude's room

After hours and hours and hours of painting and many, many color changes, we (I say we, even though I didn't do any of the work, but hey I'm growing this little fetus, so I deserve some credit) are FINALLY done painting the baby's room!!

Here is the finished product of Ryan's art work!!

Now we just need to get our baby furniture (which will be in 2 weeks!!) and a baby and the room will be complete!!

04:05:06:07:08:09

I ment to post this yesterday but I forgot, But since it's so cool I thought I would still post it today! Yesterday was July 08th, 2009, At 05 Minutes and 06 Seconds after 4:00 It was:

04:05:06 07-08-09

How cool is that!! Other excited news for the day, is it's Harley's 3rd Birthday!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG MAMA!!!

Its About Time

Wow its been nearly 2 months since my last post!! I hate how fast time goes by in the summer!! We have been so busy with weddings, camping, work and just life!! My best Friend Sandy got married on June 20th, and I have to say, BEST WEDDING EVER!!! We had so much fun, their wedding was very laid back and just went with the flow of everything, it was perfect, and Sandy looked absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! Ryan's Cousin Stacey got married on June 13th as well, so we headed back home, for 2 weeks and enjoyed family, friends, and many good times!! I don't have any good pictures posted yet of how beautiful both brides were but trust me, they were both stunning!! Other exciting news is that I am officially done working now, actually my last day of work was May 26th, and I have been enjoying the home life so much!! I am so thankful for Ryan for working so hard, to let me be able to stay home and get everything ready for our little babe to come!! I still had 3 months to go when I quit working, but we both decided that I would take the summer off to enjoy time together just the two of us while we still could!! The nursery is coming along slowly....We have ordered all our furniture for in there, and we are still in the middle of painting but once it is all done it is going to look great!!! I am also 30 weeks Pregnant ALREADY!!! I can't believe how fast this is going!! I can't wait to hold our baby and have him home with us, but at the same time I LOVE being pregnant and don't ever want it it end!! I guess that it is a good thing that there is still 10 weeks left since we need that time to come up with a stink'n name still!!! Agh, who knew naming a baby would be so hard!! I have a few names that I love the only problem is, is that Ryan doesn't seem to like any of my suggestions!! So any of you who read my blog feel free to post any suggestions that you have cuz we need all the help we can get!!

Puppies

Happy Birthday Kalla!!! On May 1st, 2009 our little baby puppy turned one!! Most people think its ridiculous how much I love my doggy's but I don't care, they are my little babies and I treat them like that. We have 2 Beagles, Harley (the mommy) and Kalla (the baby) and 1 Malteese named Thor. I always knew I wanted a beagle so when I was finally ready for one, Harley came to me in the most perfect way, that she was truly meant to be mine!! I also always knew that one day I would like to bread her and have some puppies. Well Harley gave birth to 7 beautiful little puppies who were born on May 1st, 2008!! What an experience that was!! To sum it up it was the funniest, hardest, most emotional, happiest, thing I have ever gone through and I can't wait to do it again!! We ended up with 2 brown beagles which were pretty uncommon since both the mommy and daddy were black, white and brown. They were so cute, we fell in love with the little brown girl and ended up keeping here!! I took couldn't get enough of the little guys, and took like a million pictures all the puppies, so here are Harley's lil angels