A Miracle is Born...

I survived the hospital, which I was terrified of the visit due to my ridiculous fears of needles, surgery and such!  After a VERY early morning of waking up at 5:00 AM and making it to the hospital around 6:00, we checked in just like you would to a hotel!  As soon as we got there they made me change and then it was time for the IV!!!  My most feared part of the day.......it did hurt, but it was more of a stinging uncomfortable nuisance that I had to put up with at first and then I got used to it. 

I finally decided to get the epidural when I was dilated to 4 and then it was smooth sailing after that point!  I don't know why on earth anyone would want to have a natural birth, the epidural was amazing.  Honestly the IV hurt worse than the epidural did, it was a small pinch in my back and then all of a sudden I felt tingling in my toes.  There were other complications at the end of the birth but lets just say I am healing well and the baby is a clean bill of health! :)

God was watching over us that day, as He always does and he decided to bless us with the most amazing nurse.  This nurse happened to be the nurse that delivered me 27 years ago when my mom was in labor! 

At 2:58 PM Jett finally arrived and was a whopping 7lbs and 13 oz and 20 inches long............we were all thinking he would be around 6lbs. So needless to say this was quite a shocker, I am glad we decided to induce and not wait the extra 3 days.  

The official footprints!

Shawn and Jett's first diaper change!

Whew, momma was exhausted!

The official stats!

During the end of the pregnancy all I wanted was a cookie cake and Shawn got me a cookie cake along with my  beautiful push gift! I am a lucky lady to have such a wonderful husband!!!

One VERY happy family!

Finally ready to leave the hospital....(Notice the shirt I got for Shawn while we were in the hospital!!hehe)

Our little miracle.......

 

The Day Before I Become A Mother...

So... my vehicle has decided to shake profusely while in park and that in turn triggered my "Check Engine" light to come on.  All I can say is, I am glad that I have a dear friend with a mechanic for a husband!  Instead of sleeping in my last day before becoming a momma I decided to take care of my vehicle.....but no worries, I am about to head back to bed and watch some T.V.

Today will be a day filled with cleaning the house before we have a million guests over to see baby Jett and some major nesting.  My bags are pretty much packed and I think I am almost ready!

Okay......now for the real reason of this post, you have all been asking for pictures of the nursery and I finally took some.  I must introduce it with the fact that the lighting is terrible in the room and I really don't have the desire to photoshop every single picture that I took.  So I apologize for my laziness.  The room never seems to photograph well, I don't know why I have such issues, but oh well!   

Drum roll please.............

 

36 Weeks and Beyond....

36 Weeks

Okay...so I am really behind on my  blogging and I am not 36 weeks anymore, I am actually 39 weeks and 2 days!! Final picture is at the end!  I can't believe I have had little Baby Jett inside of me for nearly 10 months.  It's is so funny when I tell my students not to mess with me because I am 9 and 1/2 months pregnant....they get so confused because they have always been taught that a pregnancy is only 9 months.  So we have had some teachable moments even though I am teaching Astronomy and not Biology this year. 

I have been very blessed during this pregnancy because I haven't had many aches and pains.  And the ones I have had have actually been very easy to put up with.  My back was killing me for about 2 weeks and I finally realized it was my Reef and Sanuk flip-flops.  I had to ditch those and turn to my favorite Yellowbox brand.  So...note to self for the future.  I didn't think my shoes could have such an impact because they all felt so "cushiony"....but boy was I wrong. 

My biggest fear throughout all of this and going back to work for the past 6 weeks was the fact that my water would break at school and Shawn would be working 40 minutes away at the farm and no one would be able to take me to the hospital.  Well.....I made it through my 6 weeks of working and my water didn't break.  Some kids were sad that it didn't happen and some were beyond excited that I was leaving because they didn't want to experience that in my classroom. LOL!!

It is all very surreal right now, I am finished working for 8 weeks and we will have a tiny baby to take care of in less than two days!!  A plethora of emotions are running through my mind right now.  When we picked our induction date, I thought I was going to cry a river in our backyard because I was so terrified about the whole process.  Now, I keep staring at the sonogram pictures and just keep wondering what he is going to look like.  I think I am past the fear stage and finally moving on to the excited stage.  My parents are beyond ready and I think my mom is nesting more than I am when she comes over to the house.  Although, she will completely disagree with that statement! The nursery is ready to go and my bags are packed!  I will blog on the nursery soon, everyone has been requesting pictures, so I will make that a priority this afternoon!  :)

39 Weeks