Our First Few Days Home

So, a quick update of how things are going at home....

Peyton had her first trip to Daddy's work on Friday. She did wonderfully and was so well behaved.

Peyton and Aidan and quickly becomeing buddies. Aidan is a great big brother. He had pretty much decided putting her nuk in her mouth is the solution to every problem.

We went to church for the first time as a family of four this morning and it went really well. Peyton was alert and awake for the whole service and she just looked around and took it all in.

We are doing very well at home. I am still pretty sore and working on getting my milk in still- but over all this recovery has been much easier than the first time around.

Peyton's Entrance into the World

I know it's be awhile since posting, but being huge and pregnant makes motivation pretty much non-existent. July was fun, we had a good time, I was huge; miserable; and no fun to be around. There, all caught up.

So, I was due July 30th. Since Aidan was 11 days early and 8+ pounds, everyone- including my doctor- thought I would go very early. 38 weeks passed with no movement, then came and went 39 weeks and before we knew it- it was our due date. We went about our business all weekend and no baby.

Monday, August 1st, we went to the hospital for a non-stress test and Biophysical Ultrasound. The ultrasound went well- we passed but my fluid was a little low. We also passed our non-stress test with flying colors. So, they just told me to drink more water and sent us on our way. So, we were 40 weeks 2 days and still very pregnant.

Overnight I started having a lot of cramping and back pain- which was somewhat normal for this point in pregnancy, so I kind of ignored it and just tried to sleep. I woke up Tuesday morning (August 2nd) with some bloody show. There were no contractions yet- so I went about my day.

10 am- Contractions started and were between 10 and 30 min apart and were lasting 20-40 seconds. I figured I could sit here all day and time them or I could get some stuff done. So, I dropped Aidan off with Uncle Jeff and went and got a manicure and pedicure and ran to the bank and picked up Aidan's uniform shirts. The contractions continued through the errands but really never picked up.

3pm- Aidan and I get home from all the errands and contractions decide to pick up. They are 5-10 min apart and about 40 sec. long. They are super inconsistent. I would have a 5 min break, then a 7 min break, then a 12 min break, then a 5 min break, etc. Also, they weren't very painful- they felt like period cramps and were not in my back.

4pm- Nick called and asked me to run to the post office for him and I told him I was not driving anywhere- he decided to come home. Contractions still have not changed. I am trying not to get excited and don't want to sound a false alarm.

Contractions continue to be inconsistent and not very painful. I never had one that lasted more than 1 min and most of them were 40 seconds-ish.

8:40pm- Nick and I decide that we are going to drop off Aidan and head to the hospital- knowing that we might get sent home since labor isn't very consistent and I am not in very much pain. We decide we will leave when the show we are watching is over at 9.

9pm- Show is over. I give Nick a list of things to throw in the car and I run to the bathroom. I have a horrible contraction on the toilet and feel the urge to push. SHOOT. I come out of the bathroom and look at Nick and say, "WE WAITED TOO LONG!" Then yelled at him because he was taking too much time to get ready. We threw everything in the car and were on the road by 9:10.

9:12pm- We are still in the neighborhood and my water breaks- it is gushing all over. Luckily I had grabbed a towel to sit on.

9:14pm- I look at Nick and say, "I am pushing."

Nick says, "Well don't"

Me, "I'm not trying too- my body is just doing it!"

The rest of the time table is pretty much a blur- but I'll reconstruct to the best of my ability. We pull in front of the driveway at my parents house- and Aidan jumps out with his bags and my mom was out there to meet him. We hit every stoplight from there to the hospital. All the while, I was pushing involuntarily and holding my body up so I could hoover above the seat.

Somewhere around 9:40pm- we get to the hospital and I have a contraction (again which my body is pushing through) in the parking lot. Nick asked if I was okay as I doubled over a car with a contraction. I looked at him and said, "I'll just walk and push- lets go!"

We get inside and get to the elevator. While riding up to L & D I have another contraction and I was on my hands and knees in the elevator while my body was trying to push the baby out. I feel the ring of fire. (crap.)

We get out of the elevator and the nurses meet us. We skip triage and go right to a labor room. I get another contraction while we walk into the room. I reach down and look at the nurse and say, "Her head is right here." They lay me on the floor, take my underwear off and a bunch of people run into the room. (all while my body is still trying to push this baby out.)

Between the first contraction and the second the nurses and Nick pick me up and move me to the bed. The ER doc runs in and is getting gloves and the nurses are telling me to blow through the contractions. (yeah, my body was still pushing on it's own.) Out pops my little girl. I know the cord was around her neck- but it wasn't an issue. I ask, "Is she still a girl?" (she was)

They put her on my chest and Nick cut the cord. They warmed her up and took her over to get her vitals (Nick went with.) She had Apgar's of 9/9. Our little girl was born at 9:45 (less then 5 min after we got to the hospital) and was 7 pounds 4 ounces. She was 19 inches long.

I had a small tear (1st degree) and we waited for my doctor to come and take care of that and make sure everything was good. Peyton latched on right away and breast fed and they cleaned up the room and let us bond. Later they came to take us to our post-parnum room. I was super light-headed and dizzy and Peyton was having problems regulating her temp- so she went to the nursery to chill in the warmer. Her and I were both fine by morning. She is a really easy baby so far!

One Year!

This post is a few days late- but we've been busy! Nick and I celebrated our 1-year anniversary on May 29th. It was another beautiful May 29th!

Here is us one year ago on our wedding day. It was such a beautiful day! We had wonderful weather and everything went as well as it could!

Over the last year, we have had a lot happen to us as a family:

Aidan started Kindergarten, played in his first basketball game, and wrestled his first matches.

To our surprise, we found out in November that we are expecting baby #2.

We had our first holidays as a family.

Nick, Aidan and I went on several long- weekend trips. (Chicago, Wisconsin Dells, and California.)

We found out our new baby would be a little lady.

Nick and I celebrated our anniversary by going to brunch at my parents house (since my uncle was in town) and then leaving Aidan there. We went to Hot Mama in Edina to get me a Belly Bandit for post baby on our way to one of Nick's co-worker's house. His co-worker had a bunch of raspberry plants so we get a few and brought them to our house. I watch Nick put them into the lawn. (I would say I helped, but that wouldn't be true at all!) We then went to Benihana for dinner. It was Nick's first time being there and he was very skeptical. IT WAS DELICIOUS and we both left happy- and full! Then we went and saw The Hangover 2. It was a nice little anniversary for us!

One year later.... :)

California

Last weekend Nick and I were able to go to Orange County, California. Nick needed to go out for work- so i just tagged along. We left Thursday morning and flew directly to Orange County. (For the record- I hate flying. I hate it even more when pregnant!) We made it our fine and got our rental car and luggage. We drove down the Pacific Coast Highway to Laguna Beach where we had some lunch, treats, and checked out Nick's boss' office. We got all checked into the hotel and relaxed for a little while. We went over to and had dinner on the beach with Nick's boss and his family. It was so nice to eat pizza on the beach.

The next morning Nick got up at around 6am and went to work all morning. I went down to the hotel restaurant and had some yummy breakfast and then say by the pool and read until about noon. We then went out to a business lunch and then walked around by the beach. Afterwards, Nick and I went back to the hotel and relaxed for a while. We then went to this huge outdoor mall and were thinking of catching a comedy show. After I threw a mini-fit, we decided to just get some food and went and played games at Dave and Busters.

Saturday morning we slept in a bit and then walked to a awesome bakery in town. It was about a mile to the bakery- which would have been fine had I not taken my vitamins before we left the hotel. I barely made it to the bakery with out puking- but felt much better after we had some awesome doughnuts! We then walked back to the hotel the long way- right next to the ocean. When we got back to the hotel, it was still pretty chilly out. (and cloudy) I was able to talk Nick into coming and sitting in the hot tub by the pool and then just relaxing by the pool. We did that for a couple hours and then went back to the room to get ready for dinner. We went to this restaurant in Laguna Beach that was literally feet from the ocean. It was really cool to eat dinner so close to the water. (We were not that impressed with the food though.) After dinner we drove through some of the hills of Laguna Beach and I freaked out (someone is afraid of heights...) We went to bed fairly early so that we could get up early the next morning.

On Sunday, we decided to drive up to the LA area. We started off by heading up to Hollywood. We walked the stars and then found our way up to the Hollywood sign. It was quite the hike- but totally worth it.

We then headed down to the Dodgers game. I have always told Nick that when we retire I would just like to travel around to all the different sporting events. So, it was very nice for us to add another stadium to our list! (The Dodgers make the Twins look good this year- so the game wasn't the most exciting thing!)

After that, we decided to head over the Venice Beach. It took awhile to get there, but once there we were able to walk around and see the crazies. I was really uncomfortable the whole time and really didn't enjoy it as much as Nick did- but oh well! It was kind of cool to see the canals that hey had made when they originally built the city.

We then went to Santa Monica for dinner. We walked around for awhile and I was getting in the "If you don't feed me now, I will kill you" mode- so we just found a sports bar type place that had open seating. (it was outside too!) We joked that if we were in Minnesota- the outdoor patio would be full and we would have had to sit inside. It was the reverse there! After dinner, we walked down on the pier. We only stayed for awhile- I was getting very tired and sore- so we decided to call it a day.

We drove back to our hotel and took a detour to the Port (of LA I believe.) Nick ships a lot of stuff out of that port, so he was kind of excited to see all the container loaders and how large the port was. We got back to the hotel and both of us crashed.

Monday morning we got up early-ish. We went to the bakery again and got some great doughnuts again. Then we went in to Nick's boss' office for Nick to work for awhile. Nick found us a great deal on massages- so we got a massage down there too. We had to have our rental car back at noon- so we went to the airport and dropped off the car and checked-in. We got some lunch at a horrible restaurant in the airport and waited for our flight. We took off a little late and I was afraid we would miss our connection in Salt lake City. We made it just fine and my mom picked us up from the MSP at 11:20. I was happy to be home!

The next morning Nick and I got to sleep in a bit because my mom took Aidan to school (like she had been doing while we were gone!) Nick met Aidan at school at 10:30 for his "Dad's Day at the Farm" field trip. They had fun and I was able to get some groceries for our house and the kitchen organized!

Kindergarten T-ball

We have officially started Kindergarten T-ball. Aidan scored and was placed on the "Twins" team. He started the season with 4 practices and just started games this week. He is doing a much better job of staying on task and understanding the game this year. He also has an awesome group of coaches. It is much less painful than last year. He has one week left of tball and then it changes over to coach pitch. We'll update again once that starts. (It might be painful.)

Baby Pool

Yes, We have created a baby pool!




Please join in the fun.

Yes, It Has Been Since March!

I am a horrible blogger as of late. Sorry! This whole "making a baby" thing is kind of wearing. (It has also made me forget my camera at every event we have gone to- and blogs are way less fun without pictures....)

So, here is our update-

Aidan now has glasses. It was discovered that he has an "out turn" on his left eye. He got his glasses on April 1st. We went back into the eye doctor on May 2nd and found out that he will need to wear a patch on his good eye for 2 hours everyday until his next appointment on July 1st. We call it his pirate patch and he isn't a huge fan- but he does really well with it.

We have hosted a tournament and a half in the last month. We had one big tournament the third weekend in April- it was crazy busy, but we had a ton of GREAT helpers! We host our final tournament of the year this weekend. So tomorrow I get to go to Costco to get my stock pile for the concession stand.

Nick has started coaching. He has a team of Freshmen and I think he is really enjoying coaching them this season so far. He has been busy at work and busy with basketball. I feel like I barely see him! Oh well- this is why we are happy the baby isn't due during the basketball season!

I have been super busy as well. I have been in charge of our tournament prep. I get all the errands ran prior to the tournament, make all the Costco runs, and pack us all up and get everything to the venue. Nick is way to busy at work to do much- so it has become my day job to keep the Fury running. :) I have also been building our little girl. She has gotten much stronger and is a hard kicker. It is nice to be able to feel her every day and know she is growing away in there. I had my 1 hour glucose test this week. Other than never wanting to drink orange Gateraid ever again, it was pretty painless. (well if you don't count them needed to take blood.) Hopefully, everything comes back okay.

We started Easter weekend at Nick's parent's house down by Rochester. They had their annual showpig sale and it went well. We woke up Easter morning at our house and Aidan got to find his Easter Bunny booty. We then attended church at our church here and went to my parent's house for Easter Dinner. It was nice to be able to see both families. I realized, after the day was over, that I didn't get a picture of us on Easter (just like Christmas). I am hoping that this little girl helps me to remember to take pictures of us once she is here!

We spent last weekend at Wisconsin Dells. Nick wanted to attend a coaching clinic there and we came along for the weekend. It was nice because the Peper family also joined for the weekend. Allison and I were worn out after the weekend of three kids and no dads to back us up- but it was fun. I will hopefully find some pictures on my phone to add to this. (Again- horrible mom.)

I will make it my goal to update more frequently (with pictures). I promise, things will get less chaotic and more exciting all at the same time soon. :)