A Mommy's Greatest Day

Mother's Day... A Day I've always celebrated, but (obviously) just for my mother. Yesterday, however, the day was for me. I was woken up at 5 by my sweet son. Since he sleeps from 9-5, when he wakes up, I'm typically awake for the rest of the day. I may drift in and out of sleep, but all that restlessness does is make me tired. So I fed David, laid him on the bed next to me and read the scriptures. Once David was content, I went and took a shower. When I turned off the water, David let me know he was awake with all of his cooing and baby babbles. I walked back into the bedroom and was given the best Mother's Day gift by my son - a HUGE smile and giggle. It just melted my heart. I walked away to get my hair brush and David let out a shriek. I walked back over to make sure he was ok and as soon as I was in eye sight, David gave me a matching smile and giggle. I tested my theory: I walked away again, another shriek, met David's gaze, and another smile and giggle. He knew exactly what I wanted for Mother's Day, my sweet boy! I made breakfast and got ready for church. After church, Jason and I went to see my family. Jason's mom was out of town in Nebraska for a wedding, so we called her in the car. We spent the afternoon with my family and had a bonfire that night. It was a great day!!! Once we got in the car, Jason started to not feel well. By the time we got home, he was running to the bathroom. I nursed David and got him to sleep before helping Jason... I rubbed Jason's back until he fell asleep, then FINALLY got to bed at midnight. I pulled out the hide a bed in the living room (so David would be able to sleep and not be woken up by his sick Daddy) and passed out! My Mother's Day was amazing from start to finish.

When I think about my journey leading up to becoming a mom, I almost start to cry. When Jason and I found out we were expecting, we were shocked and so excited! The next few weeks brought exhaustion and nausea. Once I entered my second trimester, I got even sicker, spent more time in the hospital than preferred, and eagerly started our collection of cute, little BLUE clothes. During my final few months, we finally enjoyed a honeymoon, were surrounded by family and friends at baby showers, and endured many sleepless nights. Once my due date had come and gone, we anxiously wondered if each passing day was going to be THE day. Walking up to the hospital the day of my induction was like crossing the finish line to the most anticipated marathon. I was filled with so many emotions, but when Dr. Sopuch (the same dr who delivered me) placed David on my tummy, I was overcome by a flood of emotions as my life was changed forever. There would always be someone relying on me for everything (besides my emotionally needy husband, lol). Being a mommy is my favorite and most rewarding job. It's a lot of work, but I get the best rewards in coo's, smiles, and love. No one will ever know how fast you can love someone until you have a child. I love my husband, I love my son, and I love my perfect little family. I always get a little sad at night when we all go to bed... it's 8 hours of needed rest, but 8 hours until I get to kiss my husband or giggle and sing with David.

As Promised

I love the Picture People!

1 Month Check Up and Pictures

Today I took David to the Pediatrician and to the Picture People for pictures. Things went great at the Dr's. David now weighs 11lb 14oz and is 24 1/2 inches long - that's the 85th percentile for weight and off the charts for length! He's growing so big!! Then we met up with Auntie Linda and Mason at the Picture People and had a blast! David's pictures are ADORABLE!!! I cannot wait to put them on here! It was a good day

Mommy Team!

Motherhood has been an amazing experience for me. I have been blessed with the most amazing son!! I wish so badly to know what he's thinking in that perfectly shaped head of his. Even on the hardest of days, all he has to do is look up at me with his AMAZINGLY blue eyes (seriously, they're so blue!) and I melt. This morning has been difficult already... David woke up to nurse at 3:30 and around 4 I was hungry so I went into the kitchen to get a snack when David projectile vomited probably everything he had eaten this morning. Then he just turned and looked at me like "Mommy, help me please!" He never cried, just looked at me so sadly!! So we had bath time at 4 in the morning and I snuggled him to sleep. Even though being covered in puke very early this morning was not part of my plans, it's just part of the uniform for "team mommy". I love my family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just chillin

Isn't he sweet? I'm so lucky that he loves his swing!! It gives mommy time to do very important things like blogging and facebook, lol

Oh my son

I freaking love you so much! Who would have ever guessed how quickly you can fall in love with someone and how much you can love them. Even in the middle of the night, I love just to snuggle him back to sleep after he eats. Motherhood is definitely everything I have hoped for an so much more!

David's Birth Story!

The morning of March 19th was a very special day for our family. Jason and I woke up and were finishing some last minute chores when the phone rang at 10:30 – it was my call from the hospital telling me they were ready for me to come in and start my induction. We packed the last couple of things into the car and left for the hospital. We called Grandma Lisa (my mom) and met her at the hospital. After getting settled in, we started the Pitocin at 12:30pm and got things underway. Things started slowly and not much progress was made. After walking to see how things would go, the doctor decided to break my water at 5pm and things progressed quite quickly (at least the intensity of the contractions progressed quickly). We tried watching several movies like Jurassic Park 3 (mine and Linda’s obsession lately, lol) and Robin Hood – the animated Disney version. Dad and Alex came to spend time with us in the hospital (around 9pm) hoping to see David before leaving for Spring Training. They walked in during some VERY tough contractions and Alex quickly took his place by my side, holding and stroking my hand trying to comfort me. He was doing good until mom suggested he help me breathe… he was doing fine, except that he was breathing on me which was so very annoying, lol. The nurse came in shortly after saying they were going to put in an internal contraction monitor because my external one was not working properly. After they had finished, I was bawling! The contractions were approaching the 80’s in intensity and coming about every 2 minutes… I decided I needed the epidural. With Jason by my side, the anesthesiologist came in and gave me the epidural which was arguably the worst part of labor. The relief came quickly for which I was very grateful. The epidural was in full swing around 10pm and I decided to get some sleep. Since you have to switch sides every 30-45 minutes when you have an epidural, my sleep wasn’t very productive. The nurses checked my progress every 2 hours. They had to switch off the Pitocin twice because the contractions were coming too close together and were very strong. The second time it was turned off, David’s heart rate was dropping in response to the powerful contractions so I was also put on oxygen. Things evened out quickly, though, and I was taken off oxygen. At 4am, I woke up in a lot of pain. We called the nurse who came in and checked my progress, I was at 8cm and fully effaced. We found out the pain was being caused by David’s head pushing on my public bone – he was face up! They gave me a second dose of the epidural and I was able to sleep again. We had to say goodbye to dad and Alex around 4:30am - they had to catch their plane. I was so sad they weren’t going to get to see David before they left for Florida!!! At 6am, the nurse had to come back in to replace David’s internal monitor because he kept wiggling out of them… 5 of them to be exact. The nurse was preparing to replace his monitor when she said we were going to have to call the doctor. “Why?” I asked – I was exhausted and wanted to go back to sleep, not wait for the doctor. The nurse said that we needed the doctor because she could see David’s head! I was in shock! How could I be ready to push? Was I even fully dilated? I’m too tired!!!! Plus, the second dose of epidural was a pretty heavy dose so I could NOT move my legs at all! We did a couple practice pushes and the nurse promptly told me to cross my legs until the doctor arrived. We got the room ready for delivery and got the cameras ready! Dr. Sopuch walked in, got ready, and gave me the thumbs up. 4 short pushes later, David came into the world at 6:56am on March 20th. He was welcomed by mom, dad, Grandma Lisa, and Auntie Linda. I could hardly believe that my sweet little boy was finally here! We shortly found out that he was anything but little. David weighed in at 9 pounds 11 ounces and 22 ½ inches long! Dr. Sopuch put him on my stomach and it was love at first sight! He was so calm and just looked up at me while the nurses dried him off. He is such a calm little boy! Even when he’s hungry, he rarely does more than whimper. We were moved up to recovery at about 8am. Over the next few days, we were surrounded by family and friends coming to see out sweet boy. Jason and I love being able to spend all our time with our sweet little man. We can hardly believe how perfect our little family is. David, I’ve loved you longer than I know and always will.