We have an annual reunion with my grandmother's side of the family. It's all of her sisters and cousins and their families.
We went while Gavin was just a couple of weeks old.
We went while Gavin was just a couple of weeks old.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Gabe and all the cute things he says
I don't want to forget the following:
We talk to Gabe a lot about being happy or sad. He was throwing a temper tantrum the other day on the stairs after his nap and I said "maybe you need to go back to bed if you can't be happy."
He said, "happy doe?" which in english means where did happy go. I laughed out loud. He again said it today. Casey was upset that Gabe was not obeying and Gabe told me that daddy sad. I said, "Oh is daddy sad." He said, "daddy happy doe?" translation: Where did daddy's happy go? He is so cute, funny and smart! And he really obeys really good most of the time! We went to the JBF sale today and he obeyed so good. I mean this place is covered with 2-year-old temptations from ride-on toys to a sea of little people, fisher price and other toys....he really did good considering how much there was to "play" with.
I had promised him that we would go to a pizza place called Double Dave's if he would obey mommy at the sale.
I digress but there's a funny story about Double Dave's. Casey first took Gabe and my 2 nieces there back in July. At that time they were able to ride on this race car game they had. When we went back the race car game was broken. So Gabe came home talking about how the race car was "brokey" and "we go to nother pissa pace ride race car." Over and over he would talk about another place with a race car. So we went back to Double Dave's 2x and the car was still "brokey." We finally went to Chuck E cheese and they had a race car he could ride.
So today we are on our way to another Double Dave's we saw near the mall. I had told him we were going to another Double Dave's. On the way there we saw a Chuck E Cheese and he wanted to go there. So we went to CeC instead. He loves the Bob the Builder ride there. That's all he does when he goes to CeC. I actually bought him a Bob the Builder costume today. I also bought a dragon that he can wear for Halloween and bought Bob costume just for fun since it was so cheap. I bought Gavin a Pea in a Pod costume. Cousin Abby's b-day is in mid October and she loves Halloween so they always do a Halloween-themed costume party. That's all for now. There are other things I want to write about but am so tired...and need to rest while I can. Gavin will want to eat shortly. He went on a 3 hour eating spree this evening so I'm hoping he won't be hungry for a while but I have a feeling it will be a long night. :)
We talk to Gabe a lot about being happy or sad. He was throwing a temper tantrum the other day on the stairs after his nap and I said "maybe you need to go back to bed if you can't be happy."
He said, "happy doe?" which in english means where did happy go. I laughed out loud. He again said it today. Casey was upset that Gabe was not obeying and Gabe told me that daddy sad. I said, "Oh is daddy sad." He said, "daddy happy doe?" translation: Where did daddy's happy go? He is so cute, funny and smart! And he really obeys really good most of the time! We went to the JBF sale today and he obeyed so good. I mean this place is covered with 2-year-old temptations from ride-on toys to a sea of little people, fisher price and other toys....he really did good considering how much there was to "play" with.
I had promised him that we would go to a pizza place called Double Dave's if he would obey mommy at the sale.
I digress but there's a funny story about Double Dave's. Casey first took Gabe and my 2 nieces there back in July. At that time they were able to ride on this race car game they had. When we went back the race car game was broken. So Gabe came home talking about how the race car was "brokey" and "we go to nother pissa pace ride race car." Over and over he would talk about another place with a race car. So we went back to Double Dave's 2x and the car was still "brokey." We finally went to Chuck E cheese and they had a race car he could ride.
So today we are on our way to another Double Dave's we saw near the mall. I had told him we were going to another Double Dave's. On the way there we saw a Chuck E Cheese and he wanted to go there. So we went to CeC instead. He loves the Bob the Builder ride there. That's all he does when he goes to CeC. I actually bought him a Bob the Builder costume today. I also bought a dragon that he can wear for Halloween and bought Bob costume just for fun since it was so cheap. I bought Gavin a Pea in a Pod costume. Cousin Abby's b-day is in mid October and she loves Halloween so they always do a Halloween-themed costume party. That's all for now. There are other things I want to write about but am so tired...and need to rest while I can. Gavin will want to eat shortly. He went on a 3 hour eating spree this evening so I'm hoping he won't be hungry for a while but I have a feeling it will be a long night. :)
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Gavin's arrival
We started Saturday off by going to the mall. We had a few things to return/exchange at Gymboree and we promised Gabe he could ride on the "motor psyche." I also went to the mall with the intention of going to get a picture of Gabe with my belly. I had wanted to do this but hadn't gotten around to it...and I was fast approaching 40 weeks. :) We walked from one end of the mall to the other and ended up not getting the pictures with the promise from Casey that we would take some at home that evening (famous last words). We came home and Gabe and I took a nice 2 hour nap. Later I decided I wanted to go to Half price books. I wanted to get a certain nursing book that I did own but had lost and then also look at Lamaze/birthing techniques books. I bought a Lamaze video, lamaze book, bradley method book and a cute baby book. That evening after we ate dinner around 8, I started having some "braxton hicks" while I was reading the Bradley method book. It was talking about breathing normally through contractions by getting completely comfortable in your bed and relaxing every muscle in your body. So as I was getting ready for bed, I started breathing through these "braxton hicks" contractions I was having. I was seriously just practicing. I didn't really time them but they had started to come more frequently. So all of that was about 8:30 -9 p.m. I laid in bed and at times would get up and gather things together for my hospital bag. Around 9:15 or 9:30 I found Casey working on Gabe's motorcycle he got for Christmas. I said, "You need to pack a bag for you and Gabe. I will be really mad if I go into labor and you are packing your bag." At the time I truly did not think I was in labor. So I continued to have contractions but they were not painful. But they did seem to be coming consistently. I was in bed around 10:30 or 11 and Casey came to bed and fell asleep immediately. At the time he went to bed I said I might be in labor. He asked, "are you timing them." I said, "no." But at this time they were a little painful and the Bradley method I had just learned was really helping. Since we didn't take a child birth class this time around, I couldn't remember how far apart the contractions should be to warrant going to the hospital. At 11:30 I called the labor and delivery desk at the hospital and told the nurse, Lydia that I was having these contractions and was having to breathe through them and they seemed to be coming between every 10 minutes. She said to drink a bottle of water and if after 30 minutes I was still having them, to come to the hospital. My biggest concern was getting Gabe out of bed and going to the hospital and it be false labor. S0 I called my parents to have them come watch Gabe so we could go to the hospital. In the next 15 minutes the contractions got very intense and I would have to lie on the floor they were so painful. I called my parents and told them to just meet us at the hospital. It took us about 15 minutes to get to the hospital and I had 4 contractions in the car. They were so incredibly painful. I think that is possibly the worst place to have contractions. So we go to the hospital and my parents were there waiting for us with a wheel chair. We get checked in and they check me and I'm dilated 5 cm. We checked in at 12:57. From this point in between contractions they are having me give blood and sign paperwork. At first when I got there I said I wasn't sure if I wanted an epidural and I definitely didn't want demoral or staidol. After the next contraction I changed my mind and definitely wanted an epidural. After they draw blood they have to wait 30 minutes to get the results. While I would have a contraction I was yelling for Lydia, one of the nurses to help me and at some point yelled, "where's my epidural???!!!!" :)
The anesthesiologist finally came, was at the door ready to give me the epidural and they checked me and I was ready to push. The nurse said, "I'm sorry honey you're not going to get your epidural. It's time to push." WHAT??? I was not happy but my mom said, "the worst part is almost over." And that made me feel better. And she was right. The contractions before the pushing were the worst. When they came and it was time to push I hardly knew I was having a contraction and it was a different kind of pain. After it was all said and done I was glad I didn't have any drugs. It was the best experience of my life and I couldn't believe I was holding this precious, healthy baby boy in my arms. He latched on immediately and nursed for several minutes. It was the most precious moment!
In hindsight I think labor started at Half price books around 7 or 7:30. It could have been a little earlier, but I had been having braxton hicks so much that I hardly paid attention to them.
Casey and I both realize that we really held back from getting too excited about this pregnancy. We were so worried that something might be wrong, even up until the last several weeks. We had even had a conversation about asking the doctor more specifically of different tests that we could do to see that the baby was ok. I was afraid that the doctor had maybe missed something, since he wasn't a specialist, maybe he didn't see a defect that our other doctor would have. It all seems so irrational now. And I can't believe the lack of faith we displayed. However we never really talked about our concern until the last week or so. Before one of our final appointments, Casey came to me with tears in his eyes and said, "I've really been worried and think I haven't allowed myself to get attached, but I can only imagine how worried you've been and how hard this has been for you." I was worried but as the mommy it's harder for me to not be attached. He was always with me, with his constant hiccups and kicks. He made me very uncomfortable there at the end. I was ready for him to come. :)
Gavin was born at 2:51 a.m. and both my parents and my older sister Steph were there with Gabe. We tried calling Casey's parents but they did not answer their phone. They felt terrible they missed it but came promptly the next morning. Gabriel went home with Nana and Papo and they brought him back that afternoon. In the hospital I stayed Monday night with Casey while Gabe went to stay with Mimsey and Grandpa (Casey's parents). The next night we thought about keeping Gabe at the hospital with us but decided with the nurses bringing Gavin in every 3 hours to eat, it would be better if Casey went home with him. In the middle of the night when they brought Gavin in to eat, I looked at him and fell in love. Here was this precious miracle and he was mine. I couldn't believe it. I was in love! All babies are miracles but I consider that last September we were getting ready to do another round of IVF and did all the standard pre-testing. At that time according to the tests we were still going to need to go through IVF. So the plan was to start IVF in January or February. And then we ended up conceiving in early December. Amazing. And now it looks like we may need to do IVF again if we decide we want more children. So looking back, Gavin is a true miracle and I am so humbled that God would bless us so immensely.
The anesthesiologist finally came, was at the door ready to give me the epidural and they checked me and I was ready to push. The nurse said, "I'm sorry honey you're not going to get your epidural. It's time to push." WHAT??? I was not happy but my mom said, "the worst part is almost over." And that made me feel better. And she was right. The contractions before the pushing were the worst. When they came and it was time to push I hardly knew I was having a contraction and it was a different kind of pain. After it was all said and done I was glad I didn't have any drugs. It was the best experience of my life and I couldn't believe I was holding this precious, healthy baby boy in my arms. He latched on immediately and nursed for several minutes. It was the most precious moment!
In hindsight I think labor started at Half price books around 7 or 7:30. It could have been a little earlier, but I had been having braxton hicks so much that I hardly paid attention to them.
Casey and I both realize that we really held back from getting too excited about this pregnancy. We were so worried that something might be wrong, even up until the last several weeks. We had even had a conversation about asking the doctor more specifically of different tests that we could do to see that the baby was ok. I was afraid that the doctor had maybe missed something, since he wasn't a specialist, maybe he didn't see a defect that our other doctor would have. It all seems so irrational now. And I can't believe the lack of faith we displayed. However we never really talked about our concern until the last week or so. Before one of our final appointments, Casey came to me with tears in his eyes and said, "I've really been worried and think I haven't allowed myself to get attached, but I can only imagine how worried you've been and how hard this has been for you." I was worried but as the mommy it's harder for me to not be attached. He was always with me, with his constant hiccups and kicks. He made me very uncomfortable there at the end. I was ready for him to come. :)
Gavin was born at 2:51 a.m. and both my parents and my older sister Steph were there with Gabe. We tried calling Casey's parents but they did not answer their phone. They felt terrible they missed it but came promptly the next morning. Gabriel went home with Nana and Papo and they brought him back that afternoon. In the hospital I stayed Monday night with Casey while Gabe went to stay with Mimsey and Grandpa (Casey's parents). The next night we thought about keeping Gabe at the hospital with us but decided with the nurses bringing Gavin in every 3 hours to eat, it would be better if Casey went home with him. In the middle of the night when they brought Gavin in to eat, I looked at him and fell in love. Here was this precious miracle and he was mine. I couldn't believe it. I was in love! All babies are miracles but I consider that last September we were getting ready to do another round of IVF and did all the standard pre-testing. At that time according to the tests we were still going to need to go through IVF. So the plan was to start IVF in January or February. And then we ended up conceiving in early December. Amazing. And now it looks like we may need to do IVF again if we decide we want more children. So looking back, Gavin is a true miracle and I am so humbled that God would bless us so immensely.
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