Sunriver

We went to Sunriver the first weekend of October with Cole's family. Cole had to stay home to milk the cow. It was kind of scary traveling with two kids and I had to document the fact that they did sleep at the same time every night. We had fun and relaxed. It ended up being a nice trip.

Things I love right now...

*Snuggling my boys

*The smell of fall....and the colors of fall

*Soup and bread season!

*Maximum strength desitin

*our wonderful Pediatrician---I LOVE him!!!

*Nursing a baby who loves to nurse and who knows how to nurse!

*Season Premieres!

*3 hours of sleep between each night time feeding!

*the fact that I have officially lost every pound of baby fat and am 2 pounds lighter than I was when I got pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*My calling!

*My family!

more pictures

I couldn't resist adding more pictures.

Aunt Emily holding her precious nephew.
Aunt Amanda holding her new nephew!
The Grandma corner....I had wonderful support while in labor! My mom and Cole's mom were there...my mom only lasted till midnight....Cole's mom was there to witness the birth as well as the knots!

My dad and sister. Amanda was a trooper and stayed to meet her nephew.
Good thing Cole had company! He was a trooper from the moment I woke him at 4am on the 30th to tell him "this is it!" till the moment I delivered at 1:01am on the 31st! Emily also stayed to witness Joshua's birth...she thought it was "really cool!"!

Happy Birthday, Joshua!

Sorry it's taken me so long to post this! As you can imagine I've been busy with a baby! I am now 13 1/2 days postpartum and feel like I have regained some control in this crazy world of ours.Joshua was born August 31st, 2010 at 1:01am. I was in labor for 22 hours from start to finish! I labored at home with Cole and Cameron for 16 hours. By early evening I had had enough and was ready for an epidural! So we dropped Cameron off at the farm with Grandma and Papa and made our way to the hospital. When we checked in I was dilated to a 5 and contracting regularly every 3-4 minutes. I had my epidural by 8pm and enjoyed about two hours of "zero-pain". I was complete and ready to push at 12:30am. My wonderful doctor arrived at 12:55am and broke my water (yes, broke my water!!!) at 12:57am. I pushed a total of 6 times over 2 contractions and delivered Mr. Joshua 3 minutes after my water broke!

He was born healthy as could be! Nursed for the first two days of his life! and is still

nursing like a champ!

Obviously after giving birth I was a little distracted to I missed the big "Oh, MY, GOODNESS.... from my doctor after delivering the placenta. I later found out that Joshua is quite the miracle. He had two knots in his cord. My OB, his Pediatrician and all of our labor and

delivery/postpartum nurses had never seen such a thing. Dr. Carbonell has seen plenty of knots in the cord but never two knots. He went on to tell me that the cases he's heard of have delivered still-born babies!

Cameron has adjusted well, all things considered! He has a "hard day" every once in a while but voices his concerns or problems and we do our best to work through them! It's still crazy to me that I now have two children I'm responsible for. It's still weird to use "the kids" or "the boys" in a sentence!

Bitter-Sweet!

Today would be one of those bitter-sweet days....

I miss Grandma so much! I have been brought to tears (probably due to these dang pregnancy hormones) more than once today...as I have been reminded of her. Although I know she is happy and some where far more beautiful than here....I still miss her and I still wish I could talk to her and hug her and share my joy with her. As the end of my pregnancy approaches I wish I could share it with her.

On a happier note....We are scheduled to be induced next Tuesday the 31st of August. If for some reason Joshua decided to make his appearance before than...he will be welcomed with open arms...however, it's unlikely and I am thrilled to finally see the end!

Cole's Sister Mandi and her family will be on Friday Sept. 3rd to baptize their son on Saturday the 4th. I am a little disappointed that I will miss the festivities but thrilled that Cole won't be tied down to the hospital. I may venture out to the farm for dinner one night.

I am finishing up my to-do list and hoping I haven't missed anything. We are officially on baby count down....7 days and counting!!!!

Baby?

No, we haven't had the baby yet!

Amber

36 weeks and 3 days----

ONLY 3 Weeks and 3 days left!!!!

And boy am I ready! I not only feel huge in the belly....but I feel huge every where. This monster is measuring in at 40 weeks. My body is taking a beating daily....he may turn out to be a very sweet baby boy....but I am constantly asking him to STOP!!! It seems as if he wants to come out and beat on his big brother.

I have blood pressure issues when I'm pregnant! Like through the roof numbers....I've been able to have normal blood pressure for most of this pregnancy thanks to my meds. However, Monday....the numbers weren't so pretty. The good news is it doesn't seem to be affecting him, He is growing as he should and moving as he should. Me on the other hand....I am so swollen, I have very little feeling in my right hand...thanks to swelling and pregnancy carpel tunnel....I also lose feeling in my left hand at night. My ankles are well not there anymore...and I can't bend my toes!

The Good NEWS. I am dilated to 1 1/2...which means absolutely nothing other than that my body is showing signs of wanted to do this....I sat, dilated to 2 with Cameron for 4 weeks! However, My Doc is concerned about my BP and if I have not delivered by 39 weeks will induce...or of my BP is too high again will consider inducing. I don't want to hear the horror stories...I was induced with Cameron...Everything went as it should and I had a beautiful baby boy in may arms after 7 hours of labor. Although I hope for a nice easy delivery, I know that things can go wrong NO MATTER WHAT. Yes, there's a higher risk of C-Section with induction....but there's also a high risk of C-Section if my blood pressure is too high! All I care about at the end of the day is that my beautiful son is in my arms...healthy!

So in, hopefully, 2 1/2 weeks we should have our bundle of joy.....