Quick thoughts from a tired Mommy

1. Wednesday we learned we have Thrush. Fun stuff. Mommy gets off easy with using a cream. Poor Lauren has to have this stuff called Nystatin (she hates it), FOUR times a day. Side effects are upset stomach diarrehea.... just what a new mommy wants her newborn to have. UGH... So we are pumping and bottle feeding until the pain goes away to nurse. IF it every does!!! And so begins the Mommy guilt of not nursing. But she is still getting breast milk and that it all that matters, right? I hate this guilt thing - my emotions are a wreck as it is....

2. On the way home from learning we have Thrush - we got hit by a minivan on the Interstate - going almost 60 miles an hour. God was watching over us because no one was hurt and my car was not even damaged. We were pretty shook up about it. Lauren slept through it all. Thankfully Trey was drivning. The only reason we avoided getting hit was due to the exit off the interstate that was available just as the van swerved into us. Crazy thing - the minivan never stopped - they just kept driving.

3. Trey goes back to work on Tuesday - it will be just me and Lauren for the first time. I hope I can do this by myself... I guess I really don't have a choice. If need be I will call my mom back up here for assistance. :)

4. I am loving that I can bend over now... well not too far because of the C-section incision, but the pain and soreness of that is fading. And I am shocked and amazed that I have already, in less than 2 weeks lost just over 25 pounds.

And Trey says that my snoring has stopped. It never bothered me... :) But I know he is glad.

I'll leave you with more pics - most are from the hospital - they are Trey, my mom and dad, sister and my grandma. Trey's parents are coming up tomorrow, so I'm sure I'll get some good pics of them and post next week.

Lauren Grace - the debut!!!

I'm sorry I have not posted any pictures until now... we have been really busy getting to know our new angel and working on getting some much needed rest whenever possible! I hope I can get this done before her next feeding!

Quick recap on the story of her arrival:

Monday, 8/20/07 I went to the hospital to visit my friend Robin who was in labor with her lilttle girl. I stayed until just before she was born and then went home to rest. I had a very rough night that night with irregular contractions until about 7:00 that morning. I went ahead and went to work because I thought they might be false labor contractions that I had had many times before... by about 9:30 I realized something was very different this time. I had planned on going back to the hospital at lunch to visit my friend and meet her daughter, but we left early and I called my Dr. on the way. By this time my contractions had become stronger and I had been having them every 5 minutes for about 2 hours. My Dr. called me back and said they would have to get a room ready at the hospital because they were currently full... yikes! But after waiting about 1 hour we got a room and waited to see the Dr. to find out if Lauren would be coming that day. I had called Trey and he was on the way. My good friend from work, Sherri, stayed with me until he came. So they all occured by about 11:30 or so... The Dr. came in and said this was the real deal and he promptly broke my water. Not painful, but then he discovered that Lauren was breech. Hmmm.... I thought - that is what I suspected the whole time!!! We could have avoided the next hour of intense labor pains had we known this sooner. Oh well - it was worth it to get her here. Things moved pretty quickly and Lauren was born at 3:13 pm on Tuesday 8/21/07.

We came home from the hospital on Friday, the 24th - her actual due date. Everything is going good - we eat, sleep, and cry a little.

She is beautiful and we are so much in love with her.

Here are some pics to prove it!

New Arrival

1Yesterday Tracy and I got to meet Lauren for the first time. She was born yesterday at 3:13pm. She weighed 7lbs 11 ozs and is 21 and 3/4 inches long. She has an incredible amount of hair on her head and so far everyone is well. We will post pictures as soon as possible.

GREAT news, but still no baby...

Okay... so the GREAT news is that we are secure for a daycare for Lauren! Yea! I ran ALL over town last week visiting places and getting information on daycares. Let me tell you.... there are some places that I would just not leave my child. It's crazy that these places are in business. However, I got a good recommendation on one place and I really liked it. God knew what he was doing because they had an opening for October, Praise the Lord! Mom was right... everything did work out for the best. This place is just minutes from the hospital (Heaven forbid something should happen) and also just minutes from her doctor's office. That will be great for when she has checkups or gets sick. And she's about 10 to 15 minutes away from me (depending on traffic). WHEW... it is such a relief to have that taken care of. I paid her deposit on Thursday, just after our doctor's appointment (which I will get to shortly).

Another piece of GREAT news is that I made an A in my last graduate class!!! YAY!!!!! I should say that I am quite proud to have made that A. It was a tough class and to have done it being 9 months pregnant was no easy task. At least it's over and I am officially dubbed an MBA graduate. No more school for me.... ever. That's it - I'm done. :)

Alrighty then - BABY UPDATE:
Went to the Dr. on last Thursday. Basically there was not much change... he said I was "between a 1 and a 2" for dilation. However, little Lauren has decided not to drop yet. I think she swinging from my ribs by her toes. I know she will come in due time, but I am getting tired of swelling and back pain. And frankly, I just don't sleep much at night from either one.
So... we go back to the Dr. on this Thursday (day before actual due date). And if there is not much change, or even if there is - he said he would schedule an induction for the next week. I just don't know how much more of this I can stand!
Maybe the full moon will put me into labor this weekend... we can only hope.

I'll try to do better and keep you posted.

Sheer joy - then immediate frustration

Sheer joy!!! I am officially finished with school!!!!! Thursday was my last day of class, with the final presentation ending at around 8:00 pm. I'm sure we did a great job on the presentation and hopefully we will get a good grade on the paper. It ended up being almost 200 pages. Not bad for 13 days of research and writing. I think that was the craziest thing I've ever done. (at least it was a group project!).
Anyway - so as soon as it is confirmed that I passed my class I will be an MBA graduate! I'm not sure when they will mail my diploma, but I am excited about getting it!

In other news... we are less than 2 weeks away from Lauren't arrival and I am getting more anxious by the day. I am SO tired of being tired... and also of being swollen from head to toe. It really is not helping that the weather has been seriously hot lately. Today, the actual temperature in Little Rock was 105. Now that is just not right.

All is well with baby - at our last appt. it was confirmed that she is still head down, but not dropped yet. I am actually dilated to a 1. I know that's not much, but I was excited... at least we know it's going in the right direction. My next appt. is this Thursday, so I'll be updating again after that.

Okay - and now for the "immediate frustration" portion of this post. Today I received a call from Trey with not so good news. Bad news in fact. The place that we had previously arranged to have Lauren stay for day care is not going to work out. Why? Apparently we are not far enough up on the list. This is AFTER we were told in FEBRUARY that there would be a spot for her. NICE. So now... less than 2 weeks to go and we are starting from scratch to find a suitable place for her to be in childcare. Say a prayer - I know these things happen for a reason, but I am somewhat stressed about this situation. Most places will not have openings for quite some time. We will probably need to have her enrolled somewhere in the October range....

Anyway - that's all for now. I'll be calling and visiting daycare's all over town tomorrow weighing our options.

I'm gonna let Trey play on the computer now... he videotaped me snoring last night to prove to me how loud it has become. I've recently been compared to a chainsaw... he's so sweet.