Shopping with my Boys

3 reasons why I love going to Target with Pooky: (and Gummy Bear, but he is still easy)

1.) The fact that he decides, as we are at the absolute furthest possible spot in the store, that he has to go the the bathroom. Now.

2.) As we are walking past the underwear section, he reaches out and grabs a huge padded polka-dot bra and announces that "This is just like yours, Mommy!" (and for the record, no, I do not own a giant, padded polka-dot bra).

3.) As we are looking for shoes, he passes gas rather loudly, laughs hysterically, and announces very loudly, "I tooted!". Then, when I ask him to say 'excuse me', he laughs again, and shouts, "Excuse me, I tooted!".

Excellent. Maybe next time I will go shopping by myself!

3 Weeks Old

My Sleepy Wrap!

A few weeks back, I purchased a Sleepy Wrap from my bloggy friend Amber at Heavenly Hold. I am LOVING it. I have never used any sort of wrap or sling before and was pretty clueless when I first started looking - but she was awesome and gave me a couple of recommendations. Thank you Amber! I have used the wrap a lot - it is great when our little gummy bear gets fussy - usually he settles down within a minute or two after I put him in. I have also been wearing him while shopping - very nice because 1.) I don't have to haul his car seat around and 2.) It keeps nosy shoppers away from my tiny baby - you know, the ones who walk past you in the store and stop and oogle over your tiny newborn. I don't always mind, because he is stinkin cute and all, but it is a germy world and the middle of cold and flu season - stay away from my baby! :)

Anyways, I just wanted to show off my cool wrap. He is sleeping in the wrap, so you can't really see him. It kinda feels like I am pregnant again. :) We are all still doing great, not much extra time right now. Baby Gummy is 3 weeks old already... need to post some new pictures!

And check out Heavenly Hold - these wraps are definitely worth it!!!

Catching up a bit...

Well, the holidays are over, we have had a great couple of weeks - enjoying our new little guy and having fun with friends and family. We had a nice Christmas. The kids were spoiled rotten. We spent the morning at home. Ray's mom and sister were here, which was great. In the afternoon, we headed over to my parents' house for dinner. Baby Gummy is still a great baby - sleeping and eating well, rarely fussy - so far, so good.
Emmy goes back to school on Monday, which even though she is a big help, I think she is ready to go back. Ray's mom is staying with us for a couple more weeks, and I am still doing daycare for now - giving it time to see if I can handle all of these kids.
That's it for now - my parents and family friends are headed over this afternoon, and Ray is cooking up a large chunk of meat for dinner... but we are all here, doing well, happy to be a family of 5. :)

Introducing.... My Gummy Bear

So, our little gummy bear is finally here! I wanted to post this last week, but it has been a bit busy. Gummy arrived on December 18, just after midnight. He weighed 8 lbs, 13 oz, and was 19 3/4 inches long. And he is so cute!













I was scheduled to be induced on the 18th. I did not really want to be induced, but I also did not want to take the chance of being in the hospital on Christmas day. And since my due date was the 2oth, my OB said it would be a great idea to just induce on Friday. Anyways, I had one last OB appointment on Thursday morning, the 17th. I was already at 4 cm dilated, 100 % effaced, so I was definitely ready. As a last ditch effort to avoid the induction, I asked her to strip my membranes again (maybe I am crazy. It hurts. And it didn't work the week before). However, this time it worked! My contractions started around 3:30 that afternoon, just after I got home from picking up Emmy at school. The got regular pretty quickly, and by 6:00, the contractions were getting much more intense, and about 5 minutes apart. I took a shower, got our things together, and we left for the hospital, arriving there around 8:00 pm. I was 5-6 cm by that point.

I got my epidural shortly after I arrived, which was wonderful. My OB broke my water and gave me just a bit of pitocin, and a couple of hours later, with about 3 pushes, our Gummy Bear was born, at 12:23 am on the 18th. He is healthy, sweet, a good sleeper and eater.

We got home Sunday morning, the 20th. He has jaundice pretty bad, so we have been to the pediatrician already a couple of times to be rechecked, but hopefully he should start looking "less yellow" over the next couple of days. We had a nice Christmas yesterday (which I will write about later) and right now we are just adjusting to having a new little one in the house!

Happy 10 Years, my Love!

December 18, 1999

Still Pregnant...

Well, I am 39 weeks, 3 days, and still pregnant and miserable. I have one last check at my OB tomorrow morning, then I am scheduled to be induced on Friday - so at this point, it is looking like that is how it is going to go. I may be absent for a bit (although I think I still have one scheduled post coming up), so Merry Christmas everyone! I will try to at least post a quick birth announcement next week! :)

Baby Update

So, Gummy Bear has not arrived yet. 2 weeks ago when I started feeling miserable, I was sure he would be here by now - I was having random contractions, cramping, etc - but yet I am still pregnant. I am really not complaining too much, because I have felt pretty good this week. At my OB appointment this morning, I was 3 cm dilated, 80 % effaced. She stripped my membranes, said my water was bulging, and asked me if I wanted to be induced on Monday. I had a momentary freak out, because I was NOT expecting that, despite the fact that I am SO ready for him to arrive.

I decided to give it one more week, hoping to go into labor on my own. If not, I will be induced next Friday, 2 days before my official due date. Which is perfect, because I know for sure that I will be home for Christmas, which was one of my biggest worries. Also, next Friday is Ray and my 10 year wedding anniversary.. so it is a special day anyway. Why not have a baby? lol.

That is the update - he could still be here anytime, but next Friday at the latest. :)

Yep, it is still funny this year....

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Happy 30th Birthday to my Love....

Today is my hubby's 30th birthday... we had a nice night, dinner out by ourselves, and then we went shopping for a bit (we are crazy party animals like that). This past Saturday, I did successfully throw a great surprise party for him - lots of people, good food, and he was truly surprised! It was awesome. :)
Corny, but true - my husband is my very best friend, and I am so blessed to have him in my life. I love you, Ray! Hope you had a wonderful birthday!