MY LiTTLE MUNCHiE

SO ABiGAiL iS 3 WKS OLD NOW. SHE iS ALREADY HOLDiNG HER HEAD N CHEST UP WONDERFULLY. LAURA CALLS HER A DiNOSAUR! HAHA! WHEN SHE iS HAViNG TUMMY TiME SHE PiCKS HER HEAD N CHEST UP AND HER LEGS LiKE A SEAL! IT*S TOO DANG CUTE! ALSO, LAST NiGHT SHE SLEPT 5 HOURS! SO AWESOME! SHE HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL GiRL! IF SHE WAKES UP N STAYS UP, WE MAY GO HAVE ANOTHER PLAY DATE WiTH HUNTER AND TY! THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER! AH! I AM SO HAPPY TO BE A MOMMY!

MY DR APPT!

SO I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AS OF YESTERDAY,14 DAYS POST PARTUM, I HAVE LOST 16 LBS AND AM 1 LB LESS THAN MY PRE*PREGNANCY WEiGHT! SO EXCiTED! I GET TO GO BACK TO WORK iN 6 WEEKS! AND THE SAME WEEK iS THANKSGiViNG WHiCH MEANS ROAD TRiP TO CLAUDE! YAY! ABiGAiL iS DOiNG GREAT UP TO 3 OZ AT FEEDiNGS NOW AND JUST AS SWEET AS EVER! KATY WATCHED HER YESTERDAY AND THE BOYS PLAYED W HER! IT WAS PRECiOUS! HUNTER iS HER FUTURE BOYFRiEND HEHE!

FiRST DR ViSiT...

SO ABiGAiL HAD HER FiRST APPT YESTERDAY! i AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHE DiD PERFECTLY FiNE! SHE iS WEiGHiNG iN AT A WHOPPiNG 6.8 LBS AND MEASURES 20" LONG! SHE HAS GAiNED 1.6 LBS AND GROWN AN iNCH SiNCE WE LEFT THE HOSPiTAL! THAT iS AWESOME! SHE iS ALREADY GROWiNG SO FAST! THEY HAD TO TAKE BLOOD FROM HER FOOT TO DO SOME TESTiNG FOR DOWN SYNDROME REQUiRED BY THE STATE. SHE DiDN*T EVEN CRY! i THiNK DADDY iS GOiNG TO HAVE iT EASY WHEN HE TAKES HER FOR HER FiRST SHOTS! MOMMY CAN*T DO iT! HAHA! BUT ANY WAY, ABBY GOES BACK AT THE BEGiNNiNG OF NOVEMBER. WiLL KEEP YA*LL POSTED! =-) HAPPY MONDAY!!!

iT*S AMAZiNG!

ABiGAiL*S DUE DATE WAS TODAY. i AM SO GLAD SHE MADE iT HERE 9 DAYS BEFORE iT! SHE iS SUCH A BLESSiNG TO OUR LiVES. SHE iS JUST THE SWEETEST ANGEL EVER! SHE iS A VERY MELLOW BABY..STiLL! i CAN*T BELiEVE HOW BEAUTiFUL SHE iS. SHE HAS ALREADY CHANGED SO MUCH. SHE SMiLES ALL THE TiME AT EVERYONE. i LOVE iT! SHE*S SUCH A DOLL! DADDY BOUGHT HER BOOTS LAST WEEK. THEY ARE TOO PRECiOUS! THEY ARE BROWN W/ PiNK TOPS.. AND JOHN DEER EMBLEMS ON THEM! i LOVE EM! SHE*S SO DARN CUTE iN THEM! i LOVE PLAYiNG DRESS UP WiTH HER! i CAN*T WAiT UNTiL SHE iS OUT OF HER PREEMiE CLOTHES AND iNTO HER NB CLOTHES THAT ARE JUST THE CUTEST! HE HE HE DADDY ALSO BOUGHT HER JEANS AND A JEAN JACKET! i CAN*T WAiT TO PUT HER iN THOSE EiTHER! AGH! WE LOVE SHOPPiNG FOR HER! WE CAN*T GO ANY WHERE W/OUT GETTiNG HER SOMETHiNG. i*M PRETTY MUCH BANNED FROM BABY STORES RiGHT NOW.. i CAN*T STOP SPENDiNG HAHA!

3RD DAY AT HOME FOR MiSS ABBY..

WELL, MY BABY iS DEFiNiTELY A BLESSiNG! SHE iS JUST THE MOST SWEET NATURED LiTTLE GiRL EVER! SHE SPENT ALMOST THE WHOLE DAY AWAKE TODAY. JUST LOOKiNG AROUND AT THiNGS. i CLiPPED HER NAiLS SO SHE COULD HAVE HER HANDS. i DiDN*T WANT HER SCRATCHiNG HER PRETTY FACE ALL UP! SHE JUST LAiD iN HER PACK N PLAY AND STARED AT HER MiRROR THAT i PUT iN THERE. SHE MAKES THE CUTEST NOiSES EVER! NOW SHE*S BEEN ASLEEP SiNCE ABOUT 7. MY MOM FED HER AT 9:30, AND SHE WENT RiGHT BACK TO SLEEP. i THiNK iT*S B/C SHE WAS UP EVERY HOUR LAST NiGHT. i THiNK SHE KNEW HER DADDY WAS GOiNG TO BE GONE ALL DAY AND SHE WANTED TO SPEND TiME WiTH HiM HAHA! i ALSO GAVE iN AND PUT THE PACK N PLAY iN OUR ROOM FOR HER TO SLEEP iN. HER FiRST NiGHT HOME WE HAD HER iN HER OWN CRiB, AND i WAS iN AND OUT OF THERE ALL NiGHT B/C i WAS AFRAiD SOMN WAS WRONG W/ HER B/C SHE JUST SLEEPS SO PEACEFULLY. SO, NOW i CAN SLEEP BETTER JUST WAKiNG UP AND LOOKiNG OVER AT HER TO MAKE SURE SHE*S OK! (PiCTURES WiLL NOT UPLOAD WiLL ADD SOME LATER!)

ALL ABOUT ABiGAiL!

THiS WAS BEFORE BABY, RiGHT AFTER EPi
VERY PROUD DADDY
SHE HAS SUCH BiG EYES!!!

SO, iT TOOK ME A LiTTLE WHiLE TO FiNALLY SiT DOWN AND TELL THE iNCREDiBLE STORY OF ABBY*S JOURNEY iNTO THE WORLD. iT ALL STARTED THURSDAY OCOTBER 2,2008 AT ABOUT 2:12 PM. i STARTED HAViNG CONTRACTiONS ABOUT 5 MiN APART 30 SECONDS LONG. i TEXTED RiCK AND TOLD HiM WHAT WAS GOiNG ON, BUT i REALLY DiDN*T THiNK iT WAS LABOR THiS TiME. SO, i WANTED iT TO GO ON FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS BEFORE i CALLED THE DR. WELL, HE GOT HOME AROUND 4PM AND i HAD STARTED HAViNG CONTRACTiONS 3-4 MiN APART 30-50 SECONDS LONG. i HAD TO PEE EVERY TiME i HAD ONE, AND i FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE. SO, i DECiDED TO CALL THE DR. WE ENDED UP GOiNG STRAiGHT TO L&D ABOUT 5PM. WE LiTERALLY STOOD OUTSiDE OF THE L&D DOORS WAiTiNG TO GET iN FOR ALMOST 5 MiN. WHiCH iS AN ETERNiTY TO SOMEONE HAViNG CONTRACTiONS! WELL, THEY FiNALLY GET US iN, GiVE ME A NiCE HOSPiTAL ROBE, i GET iN THE BED SO THEY COULD HOOK ME UP TO THE FETAL MONiTOR AND CONTRACTiON THiNGY. WELL, SHE CHECKED ME AND i WAS 5 CM DiLATED AND 100% EFFACED. WE WALKED STRAiGHT DOWN TO ROOM 532. i WAS iN SOO MUCH PAiN. RiCK WAS DOiNG A WONDERFUL JOB. FEEDiNG ME iCE, LETTiNG ME SQUEEZE HiS HAND WHEN i WOULD HAVE A CONTRACTiON, AND JUST BEiNG SUPPORTiVE. WELL, THE ANETHESiOLOGiST HAD JUST GONE HOME. SO, i FiNALLY GOT MY EPI AT ABOUT 7:20. THAT WAS THE BEST THiNG i HAVE EVER HAD iN MY LiFE. PAiN WAS GONE iNSTANTLY! WELL, WE WERE WAiTiNG ON DR. BACOFEN TO GET THERE, THE NURSE HAD ME PUSH SO THAT SHE COULD SEE HOW i WAS PROGRESSiNG. THEY ENDED UP GiViNG ME OXYGEN B/C ABBY*S HEART RATE WOULD DROP B/C SHE WAS ALREADY ENGAGED iN MY PELViS. THE NURSE HAD ME PUSH ABOUT 8 TiMES THEN TOLD ME "STOP STOP STOP SHE*S COMiNG". SO i HAD TO SiT THERE AND WAiT FOR DR.BACOFEN FOR ABOUT 5 MiN. ALL OF US WERE CUTTiN JOKES, AND EVERYONE WAS LAUGHiNG. i STARTED TO LAUGH AND EVERYONE SCREAMED AT ME AND TOLD ME NOT TO LAUGH B/C i WOULD LiTERALLY LAUGH HER OUT! HAHA! SO DR. BACOFEN FiNALLY GOT READY, i PUSHED 2 MORE TiMES, AND SHE WAS HERE! RiCK WAS SOO CUTE! HE JUST KEPT SAYiNG "THAT*S MY BABY, THAT*S MY BABY. i*M A DADDY!" THE NURSES THOUGHT HE WAS JUST THE CUTEST HUSBAND AND DADDY EVER! WELL, SHE CAME OUT AND HAD A 9 9 APGAR. WHiCH iS AWESOME! SHE WAS 1 1/2 WEEKS EARLY! SHE WEiGHED 5.48 LBS 19" LONG AND iS JUST THE MOST BEAUTiFUL BABY EVER! SHE DiDN*T WHALE AND SCREAM SHE JUST KiNDA SQUEAKED AT EVERYONE. iT WAS DARLiNG! SHE HAS BEEN A VERY NON-FUSSY BABY. i WAS UP WALKiNG 20 MiN AFTER i HAD HER. i DiDN*T TEAR AND i DiDN*T GET SWOLLEN. SO, i WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY BABY GiRL. OF COURSE, RiCK HELPED, BUT i DiDN*T HAVE TO SiT BACK AND WATCH EVERYONE iNTERACT W/ MY DAUGHTER. SHE iS SO SLEEPY! HAHA SHE EATS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT i THOUGHT SHE WOULD, AND SHE iS DOiNG JUST GREAT! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME TO ViSiT US, AND EVERYONE WHO BROUGHT ABiGAiL GiFTS. WE REALLY APPRECiATE iT!!!!

3 CM 75%... STiLL NO BABY...

MAN! iF THE WAiTiNG GAME iS NOT THE WORST THiNG iN THE WORLD! MY DAD, THE SUPERSTiTOUS ONE, BOUGHT ALL OF HER FURNiTURE. RiCK PUT iT TOGETHER LAST NiGHT.. AND i ARRANGED EVERYTHiNG LAST NiGHT. WELL, WE GOT THiS ACUPRESSURE THiNG AND TRiED THAT LAST NiGHT. TODAY WE GO TO MY 4PM APPOiNTMENT, AND i ONLY DiLATED 1 CM SiNCE LAST WEEK! STiLL THE SAME EFFACEMENT!!! SHE SAiD MY CERViX iS VERY RiPE, MY BODY iS READY, BUT THE BABY JUST DOESN*T WANT TO COME OUT JUST YET! SO, SHE SWEPT MY MEMBRANES iN HOPES TO GET LABOR KiCK STARTED. WELL, AFTER THAT, RiCK TAKES ME OUT TO EAT AT CHiLi*S. WE ATE, AND THEN ON THE WAY HOME i START HAViNG HORRiBLE BREATHTAKiNG CONTRACTiONS LASTiNG 30-50 SECONDS 5 MiNUTES APART. THEN, WE GOT HOME, WALKED FOR AN HOUR UNTiL i FELT LiKE ABiGAiL WAS GOiNG TO FALL OUT, AND MY LOWER BACK WAS GOiNG TO FALL OFF. STiLL, NOTHiNG! i AM STiLL HAViNG CONTRACTiONS, SO i AM HOPiNG iT DiD KiCK START THE LABOR. i FiNALLY HAD A BLOODY SHOW. i HAVE BEEN LOSiNG MY PLUG SiNCE 35 WEEKS, BUT iT HAS BEEN REGENERATiNG AND FALLiNG OUT. SO, MAYBE THiS iS A GOOD SiGN THiS TiME! iF NOT, WE ARE DiSCUSSiNG iNDUCTiON NEXT WEEK. i WiLL LET EVERYONE KNOW AS SOON AS SOMN HAPPENS i PROMiSE! i HAVE MY CALL LiST ALREADY PACKED iN MY HOSPiTAL BAG, AND NiCOLE iS RESPONSiBLE TO CALL ALL OF YOU!!! =-) UGH i AM SOOO iMPATiENT NOW!!!! THEY SAY YOU GET THE "NESTiNG" iNSTiNCT, BUT i HAVE BEEN CLEANiNG B/C i AM A NEAT FREAK.. SO i FEEL LiKE DOiNG STUFF, BUT i GO AROUND THE HOUSE, AND CAN*T FiND ANYTHiNG TO DO! SO, i JUST DO SQUATS OR WALK AROUND THE HOUSE, OR PLAY MOBSTERS ON MYSPACE HAHAHA!!! AGGGGGH! WELL LOOKS LiKE i WiLL BE PREGO FOR THE FAiR THiS YEAR... iF SHE LETS ME MAKE iT TO THE ONE NiGHT i WANT TO GO WHiCH iS FRiDAY FOR GOOD OLE STONEY!!!! =-) i WOULD GLADLY MiSS iT THOUGH TO BRiNG HER iNTO THE WORLD!!!!