New bedroom

So after we had Colin we decided we needed a king size bed for when he likes to come cuddle with us.... Ok that is what I told Tony..The truth is I just wanted a bigger bed! So we went out and bought the bedroom set below and painted the bedroom the gray color in the picture to the left. (Not our bedroom) I have also bought two of these wall lamps. I love them and I am trying to decide if I should recover the shade.

I am now stuck on the hard part. The duvet cover. I am torn between white, or a blue or pink colored duvet. Decisions Decisions

Holy Crap I've been missing!

Here are some pictures of my baby boy!! I promise to start posting more! We are doing the master bedroom over so I will have lots of house pictures soon! The last 8 months have been crazy but I love every minute of it.

Colin's Birth Story

Thursday morning I went in to the hospital around 9:30 am. At 10am I received some cervidil and the doctors told me to come back at 7:30 pm and I was going to receive pitocin. So I went and got a couple magazines and walked around Boston for a little while because it was so nice out and then I just relaxed outside on a bench and read some magazines. At about 4pm me and Tony went out to grab some dinner and all through out dinner I was having the worst pains and I figured that the cervidil was starting to work and that I would get my pitocin soon. The pain started to become to painful and was becoming more frequently. So me and Tony headed over to the hospital and it was about a 5 minute walk and it felt like I had to stop every thirty seconds it hurt so bad.

We headed into labor and delivery floor and my doctor came in to do an exam and see if she was going to start the pitocin sooner than later. When she did the exam it turned out I was 4 cm's dilated and my contractions were two minutes apart. She asked if I wanted an epidural because the pain was getting pretty bad. I told her no that I wanted to wait it out. Well about an hour later I was begging for the epidural. Once I got the eipidural I felt great. By 11pm I was 10 cm's dialated and around 12 I felt like it was time to push. Each time I pushed I would hear the machines start beeping because Colin's heart rate was dropping to low. My doctor had me stop pushing and relax for a couple minutes, and then Colin's heart beat went back up. So we tried again and I pushed a little more and Colin's heart rate plummeted and even with me not pushing it was so low and then it was gone. The doctor put an internal heart rate monitor in me and we found his heart beat again but it was low. It turned out that the cord was around his neck loosely but when I pushed it tightened. So my doctor told me that they had to get him out soon and that I would need a C Section. I started crying because I was so nervous and this wasn't how I pictured things happening.

At 2am I got ready to head into the operating room. But at the last minute a girl was rushed in by ambulance and needed a c section asap. So my Doctor went and delivered her baby first. Around 4am it was my turn. They brought me into the operating room and started the c section. At first they told me that it would be pretty quick that they would have the baby out in no time. Well 30 minutes later they were still working on me. They had to put the table vertical for what felt like 10 minutes and I started getting sick. I heard Tony say that the baby was out and it felt like the longest time to hear him cry. Finally I heard a cry and the doctors saying that he needed to go to NICU. So I told Tony to follow the baby and not to leave his side.

About 2 hours later I was all stitched up and back in my recovery room, I was there for about 3 hours and then they brought Colin back to me. He ended up with fluid in his lungs but was doing good! Colin was born at 5:11am and weighed 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. He was the cutest thing I ever saw. Things went well for the next few days and I went home on Monday. On Wednesday I noticed that my incision was looking really swollen and big and it was bleeding a little. I made an appointment for Thursday and went into the Doctors. My Doctor told me I needed surgery immediately. I ended up with a hematoma and some internal bleeding. I stayed in the hospital for about 5 days. I was sent home with a drip line in to let the blood out of my incision and a picc line in my arm so I can give myself some medicine called Humate P which is a type of human plasma. I have been giving myself this medicine twice a day for about a week now. My incision is still really swollen and hurts and I am going back Wednesday to see what the Doctors think. I am praying I don't need surgery again and that the pain and swelling will go away soon!

Update

As of now, I am going in Thursday morning to start cervidil and then at 7:30pm I will start the Pitocin. Yay its almost time to meet my little guy, I am so excited. I am going to do some last minute stuff today but other than that every thing is done. Yay

One week left

Monday I will find out if I am being induced Thursday or Friday. I am so excited I can't wait to meet my lil guy!

More room pictures

The room is no where near finished. I still have a whole wall that has nothing and a book shelf I need to fill! Here are some starter pictures. I also have to back the shades. But it is a start!!

Bedding

I am trying to decide what I want to do for bedding. I made a dust ruffle from left over fabric that I used for the curtains. I have a couple different sheet colors and I can reverse the bumper. I made the dust ruffle in 3 separate pieces of fabric and then used Velcro to attach it to the crib.

Starting the Baby's room

I have started putting the baby's room together, I finally finished the rocker yesterday. Here is a picture I promise to update it with better pictures once I find my camera charger! I am looking for fabric for the dust ruffle and blanket and also art work for the walls.

Promotion

Udder Covers is having a promotion right now for nursing covers. They have a promotion up to $32 off. I bought a nursing cover and only had to pay shipping and handling. The promotion code is Family2010 and I am not sure how long it is running for. The picture below is a picture of the nursing cover that I bought.

Happy Mothers Day

To all the mothers and mothers to be!!

3D ultrasound

Saturday we had our 3D ultrasound appointment. Everything looked great. The lady said that my baby was on the bigger side. She said he was around 3.5 pounds already. Yikes haha. It was awesome we got to a bunch of pictures and a DVD. There were some really great shots on the DVD with his eyes open. I think its a great experience to do, and I was so happy to see my little man!

Baby Bump

How far along are you? I thought I was 28 weeks 3 days. My doctor told me this week I am measuring at 28 weeks 5 days.

How big is baby? the nest says 15 inches.
Maternity clothes? yes, I still have some stuff I can get away with.
Weight – Loss or Gain? gain- about 25-30 pounds.

Stretch marks? None
Sleep: Not good.

Best moment this week: Feeling so much more movement all the time.

Any Movement?: yes alot.

Food Cravings?: I am not sure this week it hasn't been bad.

Food Aversions?: Spaghetti sauce

Belly Button in or out? In

What do you miss: Sleeping on my stomach

What are you looking forward to: My 3d ultrasound 5/1

What was the BEST part of this week?

What was the WORST part of this week? Really bad pain in my groin area.

Weekly Wisdom: Get your sleep!
Milestones: 3rd Trimester!

Happy Easter

The baby will be getting this for next easter!

Double digits

Only 99 days till my due date. Time has FLOWN by for sure. I can't believe that in only one more week until we begin the third trimester! It's weird because I feel like July is so far away but when I remember that I only have 99 days I know it is not that far away. YAY double digits! Tomorrow I will be 26 weeks, Yikes.

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Attic Update

Here are some more pictures. The rugs will be installed April 11th and then we will be done and all I have to do is decorate! The yellow room is the smaller room and we are going to make that into an office. The larger room we have only painted, we painted it a tan color and right now it is storage but once the rugs get put it we are going to make it a spare room.

25 weeks. Where has the time gone

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 21 lbs Once it starts getting nicer I am going to start walking more with Murphy.
Size of baby: 2 pounds.
Maternity Clothes: Jeans. I got a couple tanks but I am mostly wearing larger sized shirts.
Stretch Marks: None but I have been keeping an eye out for them.
Sleep:Horrible: Still not sleeping great. My fingers get really swollen when I sleep and I wake up a lot to pee still.
Movement: The baby is moving so much now. He loves to kick while I am laying down trying to fall asleep.
Food Cravings: Watermelon Sherbet, seafood
Aversions: Spaghetti sauce.
Gender: Little boy
Belly Button In or Out: Belly button is still in.
What I Miss: Doing things without getting tired, and I miss sleeping on my stomach!What I am Looking Forward To: Reaching the 3rd tri.
Best Moment This Week: Getting the paint all picked out.

Tonight we are planning on getting some of the painting done. I ended up picking Annapolis Green by Benjamin Moore. I love it. I have slowly been pulling things together. I ordered paint from Serena and Lily for my accent colors. I haven't decided how I am going to use them yet but I love the color combination. We also bought a closet organizer that I am dying to put together so I can start hanging up clothes and putting toys away.

Paint for the nursery

I am stuck on colors. The picture on the left/top is Behr Country Mist. The picture on the bottom is Benjamin moore Annapolis Green. The paint on the left is still wet so I think that is why it looks so light, but it is a ice blue color. Also I am painting over blue paint anyways so it is not over a primer. Which blue do you like better?

The attic is getting there

We painted the stair way, primed the smaller room and put up doors on the small room and the larger room. The paint we used in the stair way is Behr Cottage White. For the small room we are using Behr Moon Dance, since it is a smaller room I wanted it to be bright, the color on the website makes it look more golden than the swatch does. We have still have to put rugs down hopefully that will be done this week.

RIP Papi Boy

On Friday my baby boy papi died. He was my first pet and was only 3 years old and he was definately a mamas boy. He died in an accident. Murph and I are devastated. Papi was not like any Chihuahua he was crazy, he liked to go on 2 mile runs with Murph and me. Loved people and other animals, hardly ever barked and just loved to kiss everyone. He loved playing fetch with sticks and socks. He was so good around children. It is going to take some time for me to get used to him not being here and I still cry alot when I look at pictures of him.