Kristinas birth story!

Lately I have been thinking that before it fades completely from my memory I wanted to document my kids birth stories! Kristina had a few due dates, the 16th and the 20th (I think) and was born at 11:19 am on the 19th of October 2002.

The evening of the 18th I spent about an hour organizing Kris's sock drawer. I am an organized person by nature but that was a bit extreme. He wanted to go to sleep because he had to work earlier but I insisted we organize the socks and take some last minute maternity photos. I sure got frustrated with the pictures because they weren't looking like professional ones, and I looked fat. Not really his fault but I was apparently a bit cranky :)

I woke up at about 5 am or so with what felt like normal period cramps and woke up Kris to tell him it was starting. I changed my mind though and told him no, he could go to work. My water hadn't broke yet so I tried for a relaxing soak in the tub and felt a bit better. We called Mal and Amy when we first woke up to tell them it was starting because they had called us everyday for the last few weeks to see if it was happening yet. We were pretty happy to be able to call them nice and early in the morning and wake them up for a change!

The cramps started to get worse so Kris called into work to tell them he wasn't coming in. We pulled out the crib board and started playing crib and some card games. It really wasn't that bad, when a contraction came on I just had to stop for a sec and kind of breath through it. We called the hospital to see if we should come in and they said not until the contractions are only a few minutes apart. They seemed to be very random to me. Kris got out his watch and we started timing them. We realized that they were every 4 or 5 minutes and we should probably get going to the hospital. We called the moms to let them know we were headed off.

When we got to the hospital I was doing so well that the nurses though I was in false labor or very early labour and should go home. I was doing ok until it was time to lay on my back and have my cervix checked. I couldn't lay on my back, it was horrendous pain. They kept telling me to lay on my back and then they would proceed to walk out of the room. I wasn't staying on back for no reason so I kept sitting up. When they finally checked I was 8cm. They were a little surprised to they quickly decided to call Dr. Green and start to prep everything they needed. They popped my water and I quickly went to 10 centimeters. By this time my mom was done getting her hair cut, had to look good for photos ;) and Kris's mom was done garage saleing for the day. They waited outside the door and could hear everything. My mom kept having to go for little walks because she couldn't bear to hear by cries.

It was time to push! My favorite part....NOT!!! I hated pushing, it was awful. I remember I kept yelling I can't do it, but they made me! It was awful. I tried to get some drugs but it was to late, they gave me the mask to try some nitrous but it just made me gag. I tried again but I just couldn't inhale it. Darn! It didn't take long for me to push her out.

She was born at 11:19 am. I have to admit that I refused to push out the placenta. Nobody told me when I was pregnant that you had to do that and I wasn't having any of it! My mom and Kris's mom were allowed to come right in after the placenta and blood was all cleaned up (my mom has a weak stomach) and we all got to cuddle her and hug and cry. It was one of the most amazing moments of my life. She was gorgeous. All of our family arrived shortly after and everyone got a cuddle and got to see our princess. We had to stay one night at the hospital and then we went home. Our family was complete.

Wow

So the other day (I think yesterday) when Brandon woke up from his nap I went into his room, changed him and put him down and proceeded to pull out his crib to find his bottle. I couldn't see it back there so I asked him wheres your babba? He walked over to his big bed, got down on his tummy, reached under and pulled out his bubba! He took a big gulp and handed it to me with a big grin on his face! Then today when I asked him where his babba was he walked out of his room and said, my babba! Wow! I can't believe hes starting to say more words already. Kristina took forever to say words. Hes also found that he loves his toy cell phone. He talks on it and chews it all the time. Whenever I am on the phone he puts his hand to his ear too and starts talking. Its too cute! Hes almost one!

New Pictures

Well the whole one nap a day thing didn't last to long. Hes back to two naps now, which is ok I guess. Brandon still loves his smoothie though. Here are some new pics for you.

Naps

So Brandon seems to be down to one nap a day, yaaaaa. I am loving the one nap a day. He is napping for like 3 hours or so, so I can get lots of stuff done. Its not like before, when he went down and I shower, tidy the house and hes up again. I am happy. Hes also getting tired earlier at night and going to bed now most nights at 6:30 to 6:45. I was worried at first that he would start to get up earlier too but so far so good, hes still getting up at like 7. Kristina gets Mommy and Daddy alone time now after he goes to bed, she is happy too. We put his new squeaky shoes on again tonight and he likes them! Yaaaaa. We also let him walk down to Nana and Papas tonight and he was soooo proud of himself. He kept smiling and giggling. Too cute. His infection seems to be almost totally gone. Yaaa. I guess he really does have sensitive skin though because hes in disposies right now and he pooped at Nana and Papas and so we came home and changed him and his little bum was already red so I guess that's just how he is and we just need to be careful.

Rash Rash go away!!!!

Well Brandon's rash has gotten MUCH worse. Its gone on his bum but it moved up to his boy parts. All around the tip is all swollen and blistered. Thankfully its not hurting him too much. We went to the doctor this morning and he was prescribed antibiotics and polysporin. It should clear up in the next 24-48 hours. And even my doctor who is in like his 50's said it wouldn't be from cloth diapers, so we are excited to keep on using them when hes done with the polysporin. I also picked up some raw silk liners which keep babies bums drier and they are antibacterial. They are great for sensitive bums! Birthday gift idea. More of those from Little Me, and we can always use more diapers! Any who we also decided today that he really needed to get some shoes. Hes walking so well that he just needs them. So off I go to my drawer of goodies and out popped the cutest shoes. Mini Pas, they squeak when babe walks. So cute. Brandon of course is scared of them, he screams as soon as they go on which is weird because hes used to wearing Robeez everyday, these are leather too, a bit more sturdy than Robeez but still soft. He will get over that eventually. Kristina has been home the last two days with a fever, low grade, but enough that I can't send her to school. Not much else new with her :)

11 Months

Wow, I fell like I say this all of the time, but time if flying by. Brandon is sort of talking, saying all done, sort of, saying Mama, Dada, Nana, and stuff. Walking super good, almost running, he really wants to keep up with that sissy of his. I finally got my camera working good so I have some more pics.

I am on a winning streak!!!

Well so far with entering mommy blog contests I have won a Smart Mom teething set (Necklace, bracelet, and key chain), a box of Ferraro Roche chocolates, and now a $20 container of baby but balm! Check them out with the buttons on the right side of my blog!