Baby Update

I went to the Dr. this morning. I am still not progressing, I've been the same for about 5-6 weeks. The baby's head is REALLY low and I am 50% effaced, but no dialation. We wanted to be induced today, which she was happy to do, but the hospital is full until Sunday night. I about started crying - I just want it over with. But she said I would go in Sunday evening at 5 and they would insert the cervadil. That may or may not start labor. When we first started talking about inducing, she said if it didn't work that we could stop it to avoid a C-section. But since I will already be past my due date, she said that we won't stop the induction... Let's hope it works!!!
She sent me for an ultrasound to see the position and size of baby. Both look good...

The ultrasound showed that he was 7lbs 15oz. (what's one ounce? He's 8lbs). It can be off up to a pound either way. So I could have a 7lb baby or a 9lb baby. Lets hope for the 7lb. He is face down like he should be. We couldn't see the face at all because he was real low and facing my back. It was kind of strange to see a faceless head... I'll probably have nightmares - great.


Anyway - that's the scoop. I am not real thrilled, but will do what I have to I guess. (not much choice! :-))

Home Teachers

The power of the priesthood is so amazing. I called James Eddleman (our home teacher) today for a blessing. Of course he came right away. I can't begin to express my gratitude to him and to my Heavenly Father. What a comfort that blessing was! Almost immediately after the blessing I started to feel better. The cramping was gone, the back ache was gone and emotionally I was "whole". What a comfort! What a comfort for him to promise that I would be able to handle everything just fine. It's almost silly that I didn't ask before. He told me to rely on my friends and family from my ward. In the blessing I thought it was such a strange thing to say, but after thinking about it - I know that so many people in our ward would be so willing to help us. But I never before would accept the help, forget asking. I am more than willing and happy to help others, but I would never ask or accept help. Maybe this is Heavenly Father's way of telling me I am not super woman... Right now I feel like I could do anything in the world - I feel SO much better! Physically and emotionally!

I have such a strong testimony of the Priesthood and blessings!!! I can't thank James enough for being so willing and quick to come help! What a great home teacher I have!!

Done

I know that I should be so grateful for every second of this pregnancy. We waited SO long to get pregnant. But I have to be honest, I am MISERABLE! I really can't stand being pregnant anymore. I am fine with the running to pee every five minutes, I am fine with waddling, I am even fine with not sleeping. But I am NOT fine with the pain. I have this tremendous lower back ache and I feel so crampy, like a horrible period. It last for hours with no relief. Yesterday I had contractions all night and morning about 10-15 minutes apart (sometimes sooner sometimes longer). I had a regular Dr. appt so I just waited until then. But of course, as soon as I got there - the contractions stop. On top of that - I am not even dilated! I am still only 50% effaced. The baby is still engaged to a station 0 (has been for about 5 weeks!). I am SO miserable! I just want him out. If the back ache and cramps would go away I could probably handle the pregnancy a little longer. But this is insane. It's like having the flu - there is no point to the misery.

The Dr. gave the option of being induced tonight but said that there was a 50% risk of C-Section because I am not dilating. She also gave me the choice of taking some Ambien and getting some sleep. Of course I want the induciton but with some prompting from my hubby I chose the Ambien and rest for a few more days. (Thanks honey!!!) So I come home and take the Ambien. I start to fall asleep and can't because the pain gets too intense. The baby has shifted to the left and caused constant pain on my back and front. I call my aunt and she helps me get more comfy but it takes about an hour. So I am really tired at that point. I fall asleep and the stupid doorbell rings. I answer the door, fall asleep and the doorbell rings again! This happened 4 times. By that time - I gave up. It was 5pm and there was no resting. I slept for only about 30 minutes. That Ambien made me so sleepy but there was no sleeping! But I slept great last night! :-) From about 10pm till 4 this morning.

I went for a massage around noon and had to have her stop about 20 minutes in. The baby moved over to that left side again and I couldn't take the pain anymore. Luckily I was only about 2 minutes from home. I came home and tried everything to get the baby to move. I took a lot of praying and an hour and a half, and finally he shifted off whatever it was that was causing so much pain.

Now it's just a constant lower back ache and period cramps. When is it going to end?? Am I horrible for being so ungrateful? I have wanted this baby for so long and now I can't wait to get him out. I want it to be over with... I feel like a horrible mom!

Book

I started this blog as a way of keeping a journal. After reading a friends post, I learned you can make your blog into a real journal by turning it into a book. It's an awesome idea that doesn't cost a lot. I'm excited to be able to keep a family journal to pass on! Thanks Carrie for the great idea! Here's the link.
http://www.blurb.com/learn_more/flip/

Camping

This is a little old, but I wanted to record it anyway.

So we love to go camping. We went with Kim and Tommy in October and had a lot of fun. So we all decided to go again. (In February) Kim and Tommy took their kids to Kim's dad's house and so we were kid-less. We had so much fun. HOWEVER! I was 33 weeks pregnant, so the air mattress was not negotiable. If we didn't have one, it was a deal breaker - I was coming home. I called Tommy and told him to make sure he brought the air pump. He said of course. We got up there, it was supposed to be perfect weather.
We finally found a camp site that was right on the water (we went to the lake). We were the only people around and it was fantastic! Jeff and Tommy started setting up our tents and built a fire. When it came time to blow up the beds - oops, Tommy forgot the pump. So Kim and I decide to go to the gas station a couple of miles away. Our air mattress just plugs in and does it's thing. Theirs needs an actual pump. So we find a tire air filler. Luckily there is a plug in right next to it, so I plug mine in and Kim and I start with hers. We had to use a pen to push down the nozzle (it's made for tires you see) and so the air blows in. It takes a while, but we got it filled (mostly). Mine fills up and we go to put it back in the van and it doesn't fit. It's too wide. Since it's a double decker, there is no folding it. Ahhh!!! So we thought we'd ask one of the scary hicks to put it in their truck and drive it over to our camp site. By the time Kim got over to where they were, all but the creepiest left. So we decided to strap it to the top of the van. I went and bought some rope.
I am a big ole prego lady, but let me tell you - I can tie some knots!!! :-) It took us a long time to get it up there and secure but it wasn't going anywhere! We were total girl scouts!!! We are pretty sure if the guys came instead of us - they would have given up. Not us, we were such the mountain girls!!!

The night went great until bed time. A cold front moved in and it dropped to the teens. We FROZE to death!!!! There were wolves or dogs howling and barking in the background all night and we were freezing. Forget sleeping!!! We all got out of bed and tried to warm up next to the fire, but it was just too cold and we weren't prepared. It was supposed to be warm that night. So much for reliable weathermen!!! My shoes melted because I was trying to warm my feet.

About 4am we decided to go sleep in the van. We turned it on and were nice and toasty. Kim and I slept in the back and Jeff and Tommy slept in the front. (After of course they tried to rough it - couldn't let each other see how "wimpy" they were!)

By 7 am we were packed and gone. It was freezing!!! But we laughed the whole trip and had a blast! None of us regrets going, even though we froze. It was awesome!

A Name

When we first found out I was pregnant, we decided on a name for a girl right away. And kind of for a boy. A girl would have been Rylee Janeel. The boy would have been Jeffery Ryan - we would call him Ryan. We thought Ryan and Rylee would have been so cute. But when we discovered we were having a boy, the whole name thing went out the window. Ryan just became too blah for me and I didn't LOVE it. So we started the search for a boy name. Or rather, I did. Jeff didn't like ANYTHING. He is one of those that associates names with people he knows. Every name I chose he knew someone in 3rd grade that picked his nose. My uncle said that since all 3rd graders pick their noses, we needed to weed out the ones that ate their boogers. Not helpful, but funny just the same.
So for the past few months, we have talked and talked. Jeff would always say no and never come up with anything but silly names. He started telling people at church that we were going to name him JEDIDIAH MONTEGO. What the heck is that!!! He then told them that we were going to call him Jedi. I was constantly going behind him telling people that he really was kidding. Horrible!!!
So we have a name. FINALLY. 2 weeks before he is scheduled to arrive. (Hopefully sooner!!) It's not so much that my husband said yes as it was that he didn't say NO. I'm going with it.

ETHAN JEFFERY

Flu

So our whole ward has been sick with he flu the last few weeks. I really did everything to avoid it, but instead I got it. It was HORRIBLE! I was sick for 7 days! Today I finally am starting to feel like a normal human, with of course a giant watermelon right on my bladder and pelvis. But I feel better! Yeah!!!

Prom Pictures

He HAS to point out my big ole belly in every picture. :-)

Our Bishop and his wonderful wife - They were our Prom King and Queen! :-) We have been friends with them since they helped with our wedding 6 years ago. We absolutely love them!










Doing the Train - Sister Young was leading! I was so tired after that dance!




Some of the ladies doing the MACARENA! Yes, that was on the list! LOL





Kim and Tommy - She's one of my councilors. He works for Jeff.
:-) We love them to death!



















Us. Ahhh - Feeling the baby move.














Mary Ellen and Kent Davick - She is my favorite person in the world. She's our RS president and she couldn't be better!!!

"Senior Prom"

Even though I am in YW, I had the bright idea to mention an idea that I had for an activity to our Bishop in ward council. I figured he would forward the idea on to the activities committee, but instead - he told me to plan it. By the time it happened, I was 34 weeks and the baby had just dropped. REALLY low! My idea was to have a SENIOR PROM for all of the "old" people in the ward. Basically the adults. :-) My councilor and I started planning it. It turned into a pretty big deal. We asked for attendees to send us "their" song. We decorated the whole gym and had a really nice meal. For dessert, we had a chocolate fountain with a ton of things to be dipped. We even made a balloon arch for prom pictures. It took us weeks to plan it. The temple workers had a huge conference the same morning so we had only a few hours to set up. Our YM Pres. really stepped in and helped set up along with our RS president (my visiting teacher and one of my favorite people in the whole world!) and her sweet husband. He hung all the lights for me since I couldn't get on a ladder. Everyone really helped out!
I woke up feeling really horrible. I had contractions and a lower back ache the WHOLE day and night. But I just kept plugging along. I was in so much pain. But it was such an important night that I just ignored it and kept working. I am so thankful everyone helped so much! Cleanup only took an hour because everyone helped so much! It was awesome!!!

Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound. Our little guy looks great. We reconfirmed he's a HE. :-) He is so adorable! I also asked the Dr. to check for a hair lip. A guy spoke about it in church and then I had a dream our little one had one. The Dr. acted like I was nuts, but said, No, he was just fine.

Retarded I know.

Here are some pics from his ultrasound.