Nighty Night

Casen loves his bath time, he loves the warm water and loves to lick on the wet wash cloth.... he hates the cold after we get out but loves the warm towel afterward. The weather has changed and feels wonderful outside but Case is a little edgy toward it and we always keep it cool in the house, so we decided to put a warm onesie on him after his bathtime and he LOVED it. he thought he was a big boy in his new big boy outfit...he looked liked a little jail bird though but he was still adorable.... he is already outgrowing newborns... we weighed him today and he was right at nine pounds.

We love to visit

A few weeks after baby Case was born, my parents, Case, and I made a trip down to Henderson. We stopped by to visit my grandma but Case and I stayed in the car. He is to young right now to be exposed to some of the germs in the nursing home and even though my grandma isn't at her best right now, I would still love and hope for her to meet Case soon. Then we made a trip to meet Bill and Betty, good family friends, I would call them one set of my grandparents :) They enjoyed meeting little man and we enjoyed catching up with them. We love you guys....

more pics...

visit to Nanny's

most of you know my nanny or have at least heard of her. she was my babysitter when i was growing up... pretty much everyday my parents would drop me off on their way to work and i would spend the day with her.. from 6 weeks old until i was about 10 years old i would go their everyday. i remember breakfast that consisted of biscuits and syrup and butter from pappy and then nanny would make me mac and cheese and a soda pop when i would get off the bus from school. in 2001 my pappy passed away and unfortunately fell out of touch with my nanny. well today Case and I decided it would be nice to make a trip out to see her.. she loved it and we enjoyed it just as much. we promised to make it a frequent trip and she said good because she couldnt wait to hold on to my little casen joe again....i was glad to see her..

the pictures....

ok i have been a huge slacker i know so here's a summarized post of most recent happenings and then i will continue to update continuously so everyone can see...

On Saturday August: 22nd i began having major pains in my stomach. The pain came and went continuously throughout the day. I called Brandon home from his manly project at mikeys house and told him we had to go to the hospital now! the contractions were around 4 minutes apart and heavy. We came, we saw, we left. At only two centimeters dialted, I was not moving at a fast enough rate to keep me there. I was irate, in pain, and knew it would only be hours before I was back. They gave me some pain medicine but at eleven o'clock that night i was in too much pain for any drugs. I spent hours in the bath tub crying until at 7:30 that morning i woke brandon up to take me back. I was supposed to be induced on the following day so i was hoping they would just go ahead and spare me 24 hours. After i got settled in to my room, the nurse came in and notified me I was 5 centimeters dialated and ready for my epidural whenever i was.. before the contractions started i was determined to have a natural labor.hahahahaha i praise the people who have a natural birth!!!!! Anway at 10:30 i had the epidural....at 6:48, after two hours of pushing, My beautiful baby boy entered this world....7 pounds 4 ounces 21 inches long.
the outfit warn was what brandon wore coming home from the hospital when he was young....


Here are a few shower pics of my wonderful shower....thank you everyone for all the wonderful gifts.....im a little late on my Thank You's but expect one soon :) look how long its taken me to update this thing....

ALONG time ago well back in july, brandon and i got a house :) we still love it..heres a pic


The crib...once we get the curtains hung, his bedroom will be ready and ill post pics..

He's as stubborn as his daddy!!!!

So much has happened in the past two weeks!

Last week's check up went the exact same as the previos.. still 70 percent 1/2 centimeter dialated. On Sunday night Brandon and I made the quick trip to his parents house and returned home to start clearing out Case's room for furniture due on Monday. I started have contractions during this time and they were very consistent, happening every six minutes. I was in no rush to go to the hospital so Brandon and I counted contractions for four straight hours happening every six minutes. Finally at 11:00 they started in at around 4 minute intervals, so we headed to the hospital. They kept me on monitors until 3Oclock that morning and even though my contractions had become more painful, happening between 2 and 3 minutes, THEY SENT ME HOME....i was furious. What other signs do you need???? Well I had not dialated any AT ALL. So we went home where I still continued to have contractions until 10:00 oClock the next morning. I have lost my "plug" and went back for another check up to make sure everything was ok. I am now at a whopping 1 and half centimeters still nothing else has changed. They stripped my membranes yesterday which is kind of like a procedure to "soften" the spot to set contractions consistently and have more of a chance for my water to break. So that's been 16 hours ago and no signs yet other than painful cramps every 20 minutes!!!

Brandon and my mother both say I have no control because everytime I see know progress, I just cry. My father says he hopes I hurry because he is in pain for me. Brandons mom says all signs point to Thursday: full moon, and my doctor is on call, and something else. But I doubt it..
Oh the biggest info is that the doc says Case is so big she thinks we need to induce so on Monday the 24th if Case has not arrived too bad we are taking him out to meet his family... I will be admitted on Monday around 4:30pm and will go from there :) But pray he comes earlier, I know in my heart he is ready he is just being stubborn like everyone else in his family!

Weekly Update: 8/7/09 awaiting Case's arrival...

I had my weekly doctor appointment on Wednesday of this week. I was 70% effaced (sp.) and 1/2 centimeter dialted. My belly is dropping and I sware I pee an average of 20 times a day. The back pain has not subsided nor has the swelling. Even my doctor suggested support hose during my busy days at work because my blood pressure had increase from the swelling. I doubt I do because I already gripe too much from the heat. My term starts tomorrow so I am free to have Case from now until 3 weeks from tomorrow. I am betting on August 15, 2009. OThers have taken bets too.. one girl bet today and I am praying not quite yet, while Brandon's aunt says she thinks I still have three weeks. I am praying that doesnt happen either I am extremely miserable and ready for little booger to be out!!!!!!!!!

My shower this weekend went well. A lot of people came and I thank everyone for coming. I got so many gifts and lots of useful things. As for my mama who couldnt make it, she is doing better now. Still coughing some, but doesnt seem to be running fever. She is planning to come help me this weekend put all Case's goodies away so she can see everything.

I have already washed all his blankets, towels, ect and put them away. The swing is put up and sits next to our couch in the living room. The pack n play is ready, all the bottles are washed. Our house is becoming BABY ready and it is getting a little crazy. :) ANd our baby furniture should be in my next weekend. I hope!!!! Kara was going to come take our maternity pictures but I keep having to reschedule. I am hoping I can get her to come this weekend unless something else comes up (SORRY KARA .) I have all the pictures to put uo, i will try to get them up soon!