We have a baby! Super long delivery story

Joseph Teal Glasser was born yesterday at 6:05 pm. He weighed 7 pounds 7 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Of course I have to have another interesting delivery. I guess my boys like to make unforgettable entrances into the world.

So, yesterday my mom was supposed to leave at 4:30 to go back to Tulsa and Dave's mom was supposed to get in at 5:30. I slept great on Saturday night. I had a lot of contractions on Saturday, but they stopped right around bedtime and I slept amazingly well. I woke up around 5 something and was starving. I went downstairs and ate a pop tart and then decided that I would just sleep on the couch for a little bit. I woke up around 7 to a seriously huge contraction. I had about three contractions in a row that were 10 minutes apart. These contractions were so strong that I had to breathe through them. I went upstairs and told Dave that I was pretty sure I was going to go into labor sometime that day. When my mom got up, I told her that she may need to look at place tickets to leave on Monday instead of Sunday. I was pretty convinced I was going to go into labor, but I didn't really have any more contractions for a while. I got on the treadmill and walked for about 20 minutes. I didn't feel like sitting around the house, so we all decided to go to Home Depot to get a few things.

We left around 11:30 and I had a few contractions in the car on the way to Home Depot. As we were walking around Home Depot I started to have contractions about every 6 to 10 minutes and they were super strong. We stopped to get some food on the way home and I continued to have more contractions.

At about 12:30 we decided that we should probably start keeping better track of the timing of my contractions and they started to consistently be 5 to 6 minutes apart. They continued for a few hours at that rate and intensity was getting stronger and stronger. Around 2 pm, Dave really wanted to go to the hospital and I was still feeling like maybe this might not be labor (I was in total denial). Thank goodness Dave gets nervous and wanted to head to the hospital when we did. We packed up the car and headed to the hospital around 2:15. We got to the Assessment Room a little after 2:30 and they hooked me up to all the monitors and I started having contractions every 4 minutes. I was 4 cm when they checked me and they could feel the baby's head and my bag of waters. They wanted to keep monitoring me for an hour because they actually check us in. By 4 we were headed to the delivery room. They had to hook me up to monitors again and get my IV going. My contractions quickly went from 4 minutes apart to 2 minutes apart in less then a hour.

The contractions were so painful, I literally thought I might die they hurt so badly. I couldn't even catch my breath. Even though I wanted so badly to have this delivery drug free, I knew I would be able to last the intensity and quickness of these contractions. I decided I had to have the Epidural. We called the nurse in and I told her that I needed the Epidural and I wanted it immediately. She wanted to give me an exam just to make sure I wasn't too far for the Epidural. A resident came in and gave me another exam and I was only 6 cm, 90% effaced and the baby's head was at 0 and my bag of waters was super tight, so she thought it would break pretty soon or she was going to call my doctor to see if they should break it for me. Anyway, the anaesthesiologist came in and gave his talk about the risks of Epidurals, which I didn't give a damn about since I was continuing to have huge contractions every 2 minutes. Finally I told him just to give me Epidural and quickly. They got me up and into position for the Epidural. The first time they stuck me the doctor hit a blood vessel, so I am sure blood was squirting out everywhere and obviously it didn't work. So then they had to stick me again and finally he gave me some medicine. While he was giving me the Epidural I was having contractions about every 3 minutes (so it took him a while to get it done). I finally got some relief at 5:20.

The contractions starting coming even stronger and they were back to 2 minutes apart. Even with the Epidural I was feeling some serious pain. They told me that the medicine should kick in soon and the pain should be better. At about 5:45 we asked the nurse to come in because I needed help moving from my right to left side and I really needed to go pee. Since I had the Epidural they didn't want me to get out of bed, so I had to pee in a bed pan. At first I couldn't really go, but the nurse pressed on my belly and I peed a ton. As I was turning back on my left side we all heard a huge poop and my bag of water, literally exploded. I thought the baby had fallen out of me it was so huge. My water broke at 5:52. After I got all cleaned up the nurse told me to let her know when and if I started feeling pressure in my butt because then you know we are getting closer to pushing. I told her immediately that I was feeling pressure. She said, well if it is consistent let me know. I told her that it was consistent. But since my water just broke and my last pelvic exam was about 30 minutes before and I was only 6 cm, she said that she would come back in a few and check on me.

With in minutes, I had the most amazingly strong contractions that had me in so much pain even with the Epidural. I was pressing the GIVE ME MORE MEDICINE BUTTON like crazy and it wasn't helping. I started to feel enormous pressure and we called the nurse to come in right away, but she didn't come right away. I told Dave and I had to push now. So he ran out in the hall and said someone needed to get in now. A resident came in all casual and tried to introduce herself, while I told her that I was pushing now. She said she needed to check to see how far I was and when I turned over on my back the baby came pushing out. The resident barely had time to even get her gloves on before the baby came out. I only pushed one time and he was completely out. I found out that we had a boy right away because the resident was holding him in the air because the nurse came running in and was getting out all the scissors and birthing supplies since nothing in the room was ready to go.

So by the time my water broke and Joseph came out took only 13 minutes. A record. I went from 6 cm to baby in 13 minutes. I am still in total shock. I seriously can't imagine what terrible pain I would have been in, if I didn't have the Epidural. That was the best decision I ever made.

We are now doing great. Breastfeeding is going really well. Of course it is painful, since I am trying to get used to doing it again and Joseph is quite the eater. We come home from the hospital tomorrow. The Bris is scheduled for next Monday.

I can't believe I have another boy. It is so exciting. I can't wait for the boys to meet tomorrow.

I will try and post pictures later.

Family Time and Doctor Appointment

This weekend we were very busy doing lots of family things. Since we don't have much time being just a threesome we decided this weekend we were going to pack full of fun activities with Samuel.

On Saturday, Dave and Samuel went to swim lessons, came home ate lunch together and then Dave put him down for a nap. I went and got my haircut, which felt so nice. Once Samuel woke up from his nap we went to the Dinosaur Exhibit at the Science Center. Even though I took Samuel one other time, I thought it would be fun to go as a family since Samuel liked it the first time. This second time he loved it even more. He was running around a pointing to the different dinosaurs and was much more into this time.

Then we rented Horton Hears a Who. Samuel actually sat through almost the entire movie and then went straight to bed. I think he was worn out from his long day.

See all Samuel's pointing at the Dinosaur exhibit:

On Sunday, we decided to go to the Museum of Transportation. I had heard that they had lots of trains there and Samuel is COMPLETELY OBSESSED with trains. He wakes up saying "Choo Choo" almost everyday. Yesterday he started saying "All Aboard". It was pretty funny. I tried to get him saying it on video but it wasn't clear at all. Anyway, the weather started to get cold yesterday and all of the trains were outside, but we figured we should try to go anyway. Samuel loved it. We got to walk through lots of the trains. It was actually really educational and fun. We will probably go back this summer when it is warmer and we think Samuel will like it better when he is a little bit older.

I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I haven't gained any weight. So I still have just gained 32 pounds. The baby is much less active now, it is barely moving probably because it has no room left. The heartbeat was 146. It hasn't ever been that low. I have been feeling really nauseous today and my appetite has gone way down. My contractions have slowed, but when they come on they are really strong. I told my doctor all my new symptoms and she said it sounds like my body is preparing. I did have an exam today and she said she stripped my membranes, but it really didn't feel any different then a regular pelvic exam, which isn't all that comfortable anyway. I have an appointment next Monday, but my doctor said she thinks she may see me this weekend. She said to think positive thoughts that the baby will come this weekend. I am pretty much ready. I started to feel really uncomfortable this past weekend. I am feeling really crampy right now. The weather has drastically changed overnight. It is freezing cold and it is supposed to snow Thursday and Friday, so I wouldn't be surprised it the baby made a January appearance. I will let you all know.

Weekly Doctor Appointments

I am now going to the doctor weekly, which means we are really in the homestretch.

I only gained 1 pound in two weeks, so I have gained a total of 32 pounds. So much less the last time, thank goodness. I am feeling pretty good also. I actually slept really well last night, only a few contractions, so I think I have caught up on a lot of sleep.

I am still only dilated about 1 cm, so nothing really changed in two weeks. When I delivered Samuel I did a semi-water birth (which was terrible at least for me because the tub didn't really have support and pushing was nearly impossible), anyway one of Samuel's shoulders got stuck and they had to yank me out of the water and then get him out. He was also 8 pounds which they said was pretty big for me. I remember my doctor telling me after he was born that with future pregnancies they are going to try to make sure the baby doesn't get that big. Because of that and the fact that I want to try and do natural child birth again next week when they do my exam they are going to begin to strip my membranes to try to get labor started earlier and naturally. I am sure it will be painful and uncomfortable, but what isn't painful and uncomfortable about labor. They aren't going to let me go over my due date, so if I haven't gone into labor by February 10th, they will induce me.

After my doctor's appointment yesterday, I am starting to feel much calmer and ready to have this baby. I think I have been in denial and really not mentally prepared at all. Being mentally prepared is really important, so I can really focus and relax especially if I am going to do the labor and delivery naturally again.

I feel very ready now. We will be having a baby in 22 days or less!

Is it close?

This past weekend we were pretty busy running errands and organizing. We packed our bag for the hospital, we bought a few more crib sheets and changing table sheets, we bought a new car seat and a double stroller.

Just for all you people planning on having a baby or buying a car seat, when we got Samuel's car seat we got the Chicco. It is a pretty popular brand and it was a great car seat. When you buy the original big package you get a stroller that comes with it. Well, Chicco is the only company that does not fit with any other brand of stroller. If you have a Chicco product you can only use Chicco strollers to clip the pumpkin seat into it. Well, we were planning to get a double stroller, where the pumpkin seat clips in and Samuel can still sit (and then eventually stand). Anyway, we find out that Chicco won't work with any and Chicco doesn't have any double strollers. So we just figured we would buy another pumpkin seat (which we got a Gracco) and then donate or sell our other car seat (which is in great condition).

I can't remember which double stroller we got, but there are two seats and then eventually the back seat turns into the sit and stand when Samuel is ready for that. We figured we would get the most use out of that one.

So other then shopping and organizing, Saturday to Sunday night I didn't sleep at all. I think I had a contraction every hour, so I was up all night. I was exhausted Sunday. My cough is better though. The medicine I am taking makes me a little sick to my stomach after I take it, but it is helping. Today is my last day for the medicine, so hopefully I will be all better in a few days.

Okay, so back to my Sunday...I was exhausted all day and I was having random contractions all day too. Normally I don't have many during the day, but I was probably having at least one an hour. During mid to late afternoon I didn't have any contractions. Then after dinner probably around 6 or so I started getting contractions again. By 8 they were getting closer and closer. From about 8 to 10:15 I had a contraction every 10 to 15 minutes. The baby was super active and going nuts and the contractions were getting progressively stronger. I was starting to freak a bit. I am not quite ready for this all the be happening. I think I had my last contraction at 10:15 and then it just stopped. The baby calmed down and barely moved and I finally relaxed. I slept pretty well last night, only going pee 3 times in the middle of the night (which is so much less then normal).

I have a doctor's appointment at 1:15 today, so I will tell her all about last night. Maybe I am dilated more. I am still not sure if the baby has dropped that much, because it still feels pretty high, but we will see what the doctor says.

My belly is pretty tired today. It was like I did hundreds of sit-ups yesterday. I am off to eat breakfast and relax.

Annoyed

I am just feeling annoyed lately. Not any really good reason, but I am.

I had a wonderful day at the spa on Monday and the massage was literally the best I have ever had, pregnant or not. She did a wonderful job and really worked on my right hip and back which helped a little bit with the pain I have been having. I am still hurting throughout the day, but the last few nights I have slept great and my back didn't hurt at all. I scheduled another massage in a few weeks. I figured the closer I get to delivery the better a massage will feel. Which speaking of delivery, I only have a little bit more to go. I will be 36 weeks on Sunday, so only 4 weeks to go.

I ran a ton of errands yesterday and did a lot of cleaning, which really wore me out. But I do feel much better about getting that stuff done. I went to Sam's and loaded up on all the household necessities, so we should be able to make it until after the baby is born.

I am pretty much prepared. I have made all my lists for everything and we are going to be packing our bags as best we can this weekend, just in case.

So you would think with all my preparation I would be in a great mood and enjoying my last few weeks with only one child, but I am just a cranky bitch. I don't want to talk to anyone, I would prefer to be snippy and mean. I want to go to bed early and I want to lay around and do nothing. By the way, while I am typing this I am getting a full foot up in my right ribs, it is awesome. The baby has really positioned itself straight down, so the feet are way up in my ribs. I am ready for it to drop a little bit more. Something positive is that I continue to stay around the 30 pound gained mark. I gain and lose a few pounds every few days. I have a lot of water weight, but I haven't really gone over 31 pounds. This is great since I believe at this point in my my pregnancy with Samuel I gained probably 45 pounds.

I am going to go now and be irritated and try to read a little bit. I think in about a week or two I will enter the stage of "if I don't get this baby out now, I will kill every person that I encounter." I am not quite there yet.

Baby does not like Veggies

The past couple of days we have been making healthy dinners with lots of veggies. Last night we made chicken and veggie kabobs (pictures below), it was mostly veggies and a little chicken. Anyway, I was in terrible pain last night. The baby hated dinner. I thought it tasted great, but it would not sit still. It kicked and moved more last night then it has my entire pregnancy. Yesterday, I am pretty sure that the baby dropped a little because I began having some really sharp pains pretty low, then with the movement last night I was miserable. I barely got any sleep and I was having two really strong contractions every hour. I am not eating many veggies today. I don't think my belly can handle it.

On a positive note, the food we have been making has been delicious.

Monday night we had Roasted Veggies Sandwiches with Mozzarella cheese:

We used: Red onion, yellow bell pepper, zucchini, squash, mushrooms and tomatoes. Fresh Mozzarella cheese and we bought a Tuscan loaf of bread from Whole Foods and sliced it into think slices (next time I will use a heartier bread because the juices from the veggies made the bread a little soggy).

We headed up our indoor grill to about Medium, lightly brushed all the veggies with good olive oil and lightly seasoned with salt and pepper. We grilled them about 4 minutes on each side until they were pretty cooked.

We lightly brushed both sides of the slices of bread with olive oil and seasoned with a little bit of garlic salt and basil. We grill both sides of the bread so it was nice and toasted. While on the grill we added the mozzarella cheese so it would melt a bit.

Then we assembled the sandwiches (we didn't grill the tomatoes) piled on all the veggies and ate it up. Here is the final product:

Chicken and Veggie Kabobs:

We used: Chicken, zucchini, squash, red onions, green red and yellow bell peppers, mushrooms and pineapple.

We tossed all the veggies and chicken in olive oil and a seasoning mix (which I think had paprika, chili powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder).

We loaded the skewers and then loaded them onto our indoor grill. It took about 30 minutes total to cook them all thoroughly.

I also made a packed of mixed brown rice, that Samuel LOVED. He ate tons of rice, chicken and pineapple. He even tried the zucchini. The first bite went down fine and the rest were spit out immediately.

Here are some pictures of the cooking process and final product:

Lastly, Samuel had to have cereal last night (maybe because he turned 22 months yesterday, he was ready to start acting like a big boy). We have never given him a bowl of cereal before with milk in it, but he was signing for milk when I gave him a bowl of the dry cereal, so I thought what the heck, he may like it. He LOVED it. He ate two pretty good size bowls. He ate with his spoon and barely made a mess. Dave and I were cooking the dinner last night and I looked back to see how Samuel was doing with his cereal and he had the bowl up to his mouth drinking the milk. I grabbed the camera as fast as I could and I got some great pictures. How did he know to do that? I couldn't tell you. Here are some pictures of our big boy:

Hot Hot Hot

I know it is only 13 degrees outside and with the windchill who knows how cold, but I am so freaking hot. I guess my hormones are raging because I am hot all the time. I had a doctor's appointment this morning and I was sweating in the waiting room and another lady was there and she was freezing (with her coat and hat still on). As soon as I got in the room to wait for the doctor I stripped down to just my tank top. The nurses were laughing because they said they were all freezing in the back and I finally comfortable.

So, I have gained 31 pounds total. I feel like I am retaining water today because I ate some chips last night and I think I swelled in the middle of the night, but I don't even care because I am entering the home stretch. The baby's heartbeat was 160 bpm. That was the fastest it has ever been. The doctor measured me and then pushed around on my stomach and I think it got the baby agitated because it wouldn't sit still and that could be a reason for the high heartbeat. Anyway, I think I am going to take a guess that I am having a girl, but it is still 50/50.

I have been having some really hard and long contractions. Some of the contractions are really painful. Since I have been having so many contractions, the doctor gave me a pelvic exam and the baby's head is still down, but hasn't dropped much at all. My cervix is dilated to 1cm, but it is still very thick so there is no chance of going into labor in the near future. Pretty exciting though, only 9 more cm to go. I go back to the doctor in two weeks and then every week after that.

I think we pretty much have everything we need for the baby for now. I just bought some diapers and I think we are set. I can either get more stuff of wash more clothes depending on the sex of the baby.

Dave and I bought a grill pan to put on our stove this past weekend, so we planned some yummy meals this week.

Sunday we had Turkey Meatloaf with brussel sprouts and honey glazed sweet potatoes.

Monday: Roasted Veggie Sandwiches with Mozzarella cheese and a spinach salad

Tuesday: Chicken and Veggie Kabobs with wild rice

Wednesday: Steak Tips with peppered mushroom gravy on top of egg noodles

Haven't figured out the rest of the week yet.

Here are some pictures from the last week:

Snowfall on Christmas (not much snow, but Samuel liked it):

Samuel got a backpack from Uncle Izzy and Aunt Kay for Hanukkah and Christmas, he loves it:

His name of the back is so cute:

Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Laura got Samuel a tricycle for Christmas and he loves it but hasn't really figured out how to peddle by himself:

Our new washer and dryer:

Baby Room and new furniture:

Happy New Year!

I can't believe it is 2010. This past year really flew by. We had a great and busy year in 2009. I am not a fortune teller, but I have a feeling this next year is going to be even busier and a little more trying then last year.

Now that we have entered January, the countdown for the new baby has really begun. We only have 41 days to go. Crazy. Dave last night said that he is thinking that we are going to have the baby in January, but I am hoping it holds off to February.

I have tons of laundry and housework to do today.

This year I really couldn't decide what I wanted as my New Years resolution. I have lots of goals for the year, but only one I consider to be my true new years resolution. I would like to finish one rough draft of a novel this year. I started a couple of versions of different novels and I would like to have a rough draft of at least one. We will see how that goes.

Other goals for the year:

1. Lose all my baby weight, plus a bit more.

2. Eat healthy and exercise regularly.

3. Potty train Samuel.

4. Put our house back on the market, sell it and move.

I know Dave and I thought of more stuff yesterday, but I can't remember this morning.

We had a great New Years last night. We hung out with Justin, Charisa, Vance and Vaughn. It was a very nice relaxing evening and a great way to bring in the new year. Today we are going to continue to relax.

I hope everyone has a wonderful year!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday! Happy Birthday.

POD was delivered yesterday and unloaded. Still need to go some serious organization. Samuel is very curious about the baby toys. We are telling him he is a little too big to sit in the bouncy seat, but he has tried twice and flipped it over on the side. He needs to get that out of his system before the baby comes.

The baby furniture looks beautiful. I won't post pictures until I get the bedding and everything in the room. That will probably be soon, since I am getting our new washer and dryer today. I am soooo excited for that.

I am so happy that my parents were in town yesterday with all the stuff being delivered and to deal with Samuel. He was a royal pain in the ass. We have been stuck in this house way to much with the cold weather and he is going crazy. To make things worse, I was feeling terrible. My belly was killing me yesterday. I think the baby must be growing because it pushed so much on my stomach and I was in pain most of the day. Today I feel so much better, but I think I grew a ton more. I can't believe only 6 weeks left. The time is really flying.

Hopefully today we will get out of the house. I think everyone is going stir crazy.

Exciting Day

Today we are going to be pretty busy. We get our POD back, so we have to unload that, it comes in about an hour in a half. We are going to have so much junk back in our house.

Then we get the baby furniture. I am so excited.

Then tomorrow we are getting a new washer and dryer. I started to notice that we was taking two cycles for the dryer to dry all the clothes and it was wasting time and energy. We went and looked at different dryers at Home Depot and Sears. If anyone is in the market for a new washer and dryer, Sears will match any lower price and then give you 10% of the difference between their price and the better price you found. Home Depot just matches the lower price. Anyway, American had the lower price by about $150.00 on both the washer and dryer, so we got a great discount.

I will post pictures of everything once I get it situated.

Busy Busy.

I got my new phone in the mail today. Tomorrow I have an appointment at Sprint to activate it and then I have to plug in all the phone numbers and I am set. Two days without a cell phone just sucks.

The weather here is disgusting. It is cold and wet. I wish it were snowing, at least it would look much prettier. It is just nasty out.

We took our house off the market. It is kind of depressing. We really wanted to be in a new house when this second baby came, but our house is fine. This weekend we are going to be doing some serious reorganization in the closet and basement before we get our storage POD back and have to empty it out. I am really excited about getting things ready for the baby though. I am not going to go all out with decorating the nursery and putting up wall decals because I don't anticipate staying in this house really that long. We will put it back on the market in the spring and I want to keep things really simple. We are going to paint the room and have Samuel's room repainted. I can't wait to do the little things.

I am feeling so tired lately. At night, the baby just doesn't stop moving. I was up from 12:30 to 3:30. Then I finally got in a comfortable position and fell back asleep until around 7:15 or so. This baby is just preparing for its arrival.

I have an issue and I need advice. Samuel has been peeing so much at night that he leaks through his diaper every single night. This morning his entire pj's were soaked and I had to throw him in the bath right away. We tired a bigger sized diaper, then we bought the overnight diapers, but he still leaks. Last night he was a peeing machine. He spent a good 15 to 20 minutes peeing on the potty and he wasn't just going a little. He barely drank anything before he went to bed and he was soaked this morning. Then right before I threw him in the bathtub, he peed a ton in his potty again. That was after sleeping for about 12 hours and not having any liquid. We don't really know what to do. He doesn't really drink much at night after dinner, it is like he stores his pee all day in order to let loose at night. Any suggestions?

I am off to try to finish Dave's stocking. It is the never ending stocking.

Just found this website for wall decals.  Love it.  

Dali Decals

Also, Land of Nod has some cute ones too.  

I wish I had interesting things to talk about lately, but I don't.  I am obsessed with keeping my house clean and I am finding new things to clean everyday.  Dave says that when he gets home everyday from work, the house looks ready to show.  I have clean almost every window in the house, plus most of the doors.  We are getting the house power washed tomorrow, so I am not obsessing about the dirt on the outside of the windows yet.  We have those tilt in windows, so if the power washing doesn't get them completely clean, I will be cleaning the outside of the windows on Friday.  

On the baby note, we bought new furniture for the baby room this weekend.  We bought the Ragazzi Classico in Cherry.  It should be the first set of furniture you will see on their website.  We bought it at Treasure Rooms.  We talked them into holding it in their storage facility until the beginning of January.  They were not very happy, but we didn't feel bad about begging.  The furniture was 40% off and there is no way we want it delivered to our current address.  Anyway, if we find a new house soon and sell ours soon, we can get the furniture earlier.  

I have a doctor's appointment on Monday and I am really looking forward to hearing the heartbeat again.  Since I have stopped feeling sick all day long, I don't really feel pregnant.  It is a strange feeling.  I got on the scale this morning and I have only gained 5 pounds.  I am pretty excited about that.  I think at this time when I was pregnant with Samuel I gained probably 15 or so.  But, I also ate every food that came within close proximity to me.  I am a little more controlled with this pregnancy.  

I am off to the grocery store.  

I am sad that the weekend is over.  It went by so quickly.  I had a wonderful night out with Dave on Friday night and then we stayed in on Saturday night and just ordered food and relaxed.  It was a very nice relaxing birthday.  We did however, pack and clean up our house all weekend.  It is getting pretty close to looking good.  I have a lot of work to do tomorrow and Tuesday to get things ready for the photographer to come and take pictures of the house.  Hopefully it will at least look picture ready by Wednesday.  

I am starting to think about how I want to decorate the new baby's nursery.  I am searching for really cool modern wall decals.  I found a really cool website and I am listing it here, so I won't forget about it. (dezignwithaz.com)  If you guys know of any other websites that you like, please pass it along.  

I am hoping that I will have time to get a nursery ready in a new house, but if I don't we all will live.  

I am going to go to bed now.  

Drum Roll Please

Dave and I have some news:

Yes, it is what you think it is...an ultrasound.  We are having another baby.  I am 12 weeks and 3 days.  The baby is due February 10th.  Only six months from now (holy shit!).  Yesterday at the doctors appointment the baby was extremely active.  It stretched out its legs and arms.  We saw the arms, hands, legs, feet, head, face, spine, brain and of course its very strong beating heart.  It was such a relief.  I can't get over being extremely nervous before an ultrasound because I always fear the news of miscarriage, due to our very first experience.  It was such a relief and seeing that moving baby is truly a miracle.  

Not only in the last three months have I been terrible about posting because we have been busy and I was completely obsessive over the Twilight saga, I also had terrible morning, afternoon and night sickness.  I have been nauseous non-stop.  I have been feeling extremely sick and I have been getting terrible headaches. I have wanted to post so badly about how I felt, so I could get some sympathy, but I also wanted to hold out until the first trimester was over.  I will be sure to include you all in the lovely details of my pregnancy from now on.  Hopefully since I am entering my second trimester, I will start feeling better.  

At my doctors appointment yesterday, they told me in a very nice way that I better not gain as much weight as I did with Samuel.  As I reminder I gained 48 pounds.  I was huge and felt like shit.  I think I am doing pretty well so far because I have only gained 3 pounds (and that actually fluctuates, because yesterday morning I had only gained 1 pound).  We will see.  I am not nearly as hungry and crazy for food as I was when I was pregnant with Samuel.  

Speaking of Samuel, this was his reaction when we told him the news:

Pretty funny huh.  Actually he was just throwing a huge fit one day and I thought it was hilarious, so I took pictures of him throwing himself around the house and on the couch.  The series of pictures are quite funny, but I thought this one was perfect.  

Here are some other pictures of him relaxing on the couch in the evening.  Luckily just like his parents, he is lazy at night after dinner.  

Something New

So I am very new at this whole blog thing. I stole the baby widget from Charisa because it was really cool and she had it on her blog. So Dave and I decided that since we have this blog and we (I mean really "I") have always thought it would be fun to be a food critic, so when we try new places in St. Louis and around the country, I will be sure to let you know our thoughts.

We ate brunch at this new place (for us at least) Geyer House in Soulard. They were written up in Sauce Magazine as having a nice brunch. We did not like it because there was very little variety. The only redeeming quality was the free dessert, which was a peach bread pudding and a banana bread cake thing. They were both tasty, but not tasty enough for us to go back and eat there.

More to come...