A little Son-Shine!!!!

We're so happy that our little man is here! I guess to save alot of repeat conversations to girlfriends and family who care to know how his birthday went i'll just do a semi detailed post so here it goes!!!

I've had chronic high BP throughout my pregnancy, but no toxemia...and Owen was doing well, so we've been sitting tight monitoring his health and activity....My original due date was April 17th....than it got moved to the 9th...than to avoid having another 9 lb baby I was scheduled to be indunced on April 5th, the day before Carter's birthday.....well....let's see at 35 weeks I was 2cm and 80% efaced....at 37 weeks I was 3cm and still 80% efaced...at my 38 week apt yesterday morning I was 5cm and 90% efaced...

Let me back up a little...we're moving to Iowa this summer because John's working for Vivint AKA Apex alarms doing installs, and he had the opportunity to go to Reno wed-sun do to some pre-season installs down there with the potential to make some good money which we definitely need, so we agreed...off he went knowing that I was a ticking pregnant time bomb/on the fast track so my Dr. had been saying for 3 weeks....

So Yesterday morning after he checked me, the Doc told me to get my stuff and stay in town at my sister in laws because he didn't want me 1/2 hour away from the hospital by myself with a two year old, and the next morning he wanted me to be induced...well we didn't have to wait for that because examining me broke my water(not hollywood style!) so he sent me straight over to the hospital.....

UNFORTUNATELY my husband was still 8 hours away....we knew his missing Owens birth was a possibility but we sure were hoping he'd make it....So long story short, I was admitted around 11:30am and sat in the hospital with my legs crossed waiting for John to get there, which he did at 6:45pm....at 4 pm I started having contractions on my own, they waited to start me on pit until John got there....which of course ramped up my labor, finally after waiting and waiting my Dr. and the anethstesiologist got out of an emergency surgery, fixed me up nice and numb only to have my blood pressure dive...I know this is a common reaction to the epidural meds but when you can't breath, you're blacking out and feeling like you're floating away on a death cloud it can kind of scare the crap out of a person and wear you out! Thank goodness after some lovely oxygen time, and some rest I perked back up just in time to VERY QUICKLY deliver our Son Shine at 10:04 pm....let's see I think a total of 3 pushes and BAM, a sweet little 7 pounder was in my arms!!! MUCH different than the 13 hour pit labor/1 hour of pushing I had with Carter.

I can't believe how much easier, and better I feel after his birth compared to Carter, I'm actually enjoying my time here in the hospital with him, it's been quiet and slow. He's having a hard time eating as his rooting/suck and swallow reflexes are pretty much non-existent, but the nurses and I have been able to get enough in him, to finally keep his blood sugar normal. Hopefully he'll start getting the hang of things...good news is his plumbing works just fine!!! One less worry eh?!

He's a sweet little fella that sleeps alot, and loves to listen to momma's voice...Carter was able to see him through the glass in the nursery and thought he was pretty neat, she counted his eyes, nose, and ears...and I even think she might have made a small connection in her brain that he was ours....Daddy was holding him up to the glass so I could go out and hug my girl....I missed her so much yesterday and last night, although I know she was in good hands and just fine, I still was such a mom and had a weepy snuggle moment with her blanket at 1 oclock this morning!

Well, anyhoo that's our story for now, we get to go home tomorrow morning, I can't wait to take more pictures and show him off, so stay posted for more!

Owen and such!!!

First I better give an Owen update!!! I had a follow up ultrasound at 33 weeks because they thought I might have placenta previa...but there are no problems thank goodness! The best part at getting to have another ultrasound of course was getting to peek at Owen's little face again! He was turned towards my right hip and had his face smashed up against my pelvis, so it was hard to get a good picutre(hence his nose looks like it's been cut off!), but thanks to a patient and kind ultrasound tech we got a few good looks! He was smiling the whole time and moving his mouth like he was talking to me, although I'm know he was just practicing his breathing, he's got a round little face like his sister did that makes me just want to pinch and kiss those cheeks! He's growing strong and healthy, what more could a mother ask for!!! Oh, I almost forgot, apparently it looks like he has a full head of hair...but i've been told such statements from ultrasound techs often are proven false...so we anxiously await!

Our last Dr. appt concluded that my actual due date should be closer to the 9th than the 17th of April, and as previously promised by the good doc, he'll be inducing me a week early, so April 5th will be this litle guys birthday!!! I joked that my kids could have the same birthday as Carter's is the 6th of April, but he assured me that we'd have a baby on the 5th, as he's starting me early in the morning! It's almost worse having an actual day guaranteed to have a baby rather than play the waiting game, it makes the countdown almost unbearable...it seems overnight i've gone from being able to sleep inbetween bathroom trips-to tossing and turning in my pillow made nest (poor John can't even get close to me at night!), all of the sudden there's NO energy in my reserve, but plenty of heart burn to go around! AT LEAST I learned from my pregnancy with Carter how little = overdoing it....so i'm learning to pace myself a little better, but boy to I feel like a bump on a log!!!

Well, on a different note, I had fun the other day doing a little creating....obviously my brain is still on the girl wave, but since these are for a church activity it's ok right?! The celebration over the organization of the Relief Society is in the form of a birthday party in our ward, and we each are to bring a 5x7 framed something to exchange as gifts, so everyone gets something.....i'm not too good at creating sophisticated things, so I thought for sure there would be a young mom with a little girl that could appreciate a little something to put on the wall in her daughter's room!