oh HEYYYY August

Well friends its August.. can you believe it. It still amazes me how time flies so quickly. Sorry for the quietness on the blog lately. We've finally found a routine for baby M and I couldn't be more happier.
We've also had a very sick puppy. :( So we've been trying to get him better. 
So I thought I'd share some pictures from the last few months!
June:  Father's Day - This was the husbbsters first fathers day and he loved every minute of it!!

Baby M also celebrated being 1 month old by screaming through most of his pictures. cool. Least hes cute!

July:

4th of July - Baby M's first holiday/vacation/cabin trip

And now we are well into August and preparing for our BIG move soon!! I shared on THIS post about building a new home and its almost ready! I'll be sharing more about it soon, but here is the pretty outside and don't be frightened the garage still needs to be painted!!

 

Baby M's Birthing Story

I'm a little late in sharing this with you, but I'm going with it anyway. Well let me start by saying this is not a pretty or sweet birthing story, in fact its quite the opposite. Its actually funny when you realize this little guy made quite the entrance into this world.
The hubs and I decided long before the birth that we would attempt to deliver baby M without pain meds, so we took a 12 week Bradly Method birthing class. And in that class they taught us everything we needed to prepare ourselves for a birth without pain meds, HOWEVER they did not prepare me for what happens when complications arise, but in their defense how could they.
On Wednesday, May 7th (3 days past my due date), I finally started having contractions. And they were decent at first. I was like oh I can totally handle this. Then around midnight we headed to the hospital, and the contractions were more intense. I'm not sure if you are aware but when you go into a hospital in labor, they make you go through the ER and then after you make sure to preregister they still make you re-register while you're having contractions. In fact I was in the middle of a contraction while the lady was trying to confirm my address. I mean really... don't they think that can wait? I'm not going anywhere until the baby comes out for goodness sake. There is PLENTY of time to confirm my address. I was not willing to have that baby in the ER. :)
Well we were well into 12 hours at the hospital when they told me I either needed to get pitocin to speed up the process or I needed to go home. 12 hours down, there was NO way this pregnant women was going to go through ALL of that AGAIN much less waddle herself home. So I folded and took the Pitocin and with the Pitocin came the FIRST epidural. Pitocin intensives your contractions, so there was no way this little lady was going without it, especially after feeling the first contractions with the Pitocin.
Baby M decided he didn't really like the Pitocin and every time they tried to increase it, he would pinch his cord and then his heart rate would drop. Already a stubborn child. ;) Since they couldn't increase my Pitocin, my contractions could not get closer together, so when it was finally time for me to push, my contractions were still 5-6 mins apart. Needless to say the pushing did not push baby M forward enough. I also started having back labor and intense contractions again. They gave me a SECOND epidural because my first one had worn off.
They then discovered that baby M was stuck under my pelvis bone and he was facing the wrong way (which explains the back labor) and his head had started to swell. After 24 hours in ACTIVE labor and 2 and half hours of pushing, I was exhausted and in more pain then I could have ever imagined. They weren't sure how much longer it would be or if I could get baby M out by natural delivery since he was stuck. So we opted for a C-Section for everyone's safety and sanity.
The C-Section lasted for what felt like 5 mins, but I was unable to hold baby M right away, and I didn't realize it at the moment, but baby was not crying. He had miconium stuck in his throat and they had to get it out. It took them almost 10 full mins to get it unstuck and before he started breathing on his own. It was a scary few minutes but glad he was okay.
FINALLY, after 3 years of trying to have a baby, 24 hours in labor, 2 and half days in the hospital, and major surgery, Baby M was placed in my arms and my whole world changed.
He was perfect and beautiful in every way.
So please meet our precious miracle baby  

 

   

Nursery To Do List

Every week we get closer and closer to meeting Baby M, and every week I'm still completely unprepared! Well a few weekends ago we were able to get his nursery cleared out and somewhat painted. We originally had it as a guest room, so we had some serious cleaning to do. So I thought I'd share my inspiration for his nursery and TO DO list with you, then track our progress through the blog.

Here is my Pinterest inspiration for the nursery:

To Do List:

• Clean out room
• Paint nursery
• Purchase a Crib
• Purchase a glider / redo rocking chair (need pillows)
• Purchase a dresser
• Hang shelves for reading area - something similar to this:

 

• Organize closet
• Make a sign with his name on it for above the crib - something similar to this:

 

• Buy curtains
• Buy storage
• Paint babies bathroom
• Organize & purchase bathroom storage
• Hang decor 
• DIY Growth Board - something similar to this:

 

I feel a little exhausted just typing out that list... and the sad part is I think I'm forgetting a number of things.

Okay Moms out there, do you ever feel completely prepared before the arrival of the your baby? Or that you have enough time to get everything done?

 

Guns or Glitter {Gender Reveal Party}

After weeks of not posting this, I am finally sitting down to share our gender reveal party. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I became obsessed with finding out the gender of our baby surrounded by friends and family. Since this has been such a long journey for us, we decided to celebrate every moment we could. And we have. :) 

Everything we did to prepare, was at a very low cost, but we tried to make it fun! Everything was made including the cupcakes and if it wasn't I purchased it at the dollar store.  YAY!

I'm not the best photographer, so please excuse the not-so-straight pictures. Lets get this rolling....

 

 Guns

 

Glitter

 

 The Big Reveal

My sister-in-law filled the box with black balloons, one pink, and one blue balloon. However we didn't know this, and the first balloon that popped out was the pink one. So we got really excited, then they all slowly released and we realized we still had no idea what the gender was. She did let my husband in on a little secret, we needed to pop all the balloons. We popped all the balloons and silver confetti came flying out, and after the last balloon, we still had no idea. The hubs and I realized there was one balloon left at the bottom that didn't fly out. After popping it, blue confetti flew out and Baby M's name was all over the ground. My sister-in-law had found confetti that spelled his first name & middle name!!

 

 

Hope you enjoyed this and are all having a fabulous week!

We are PREGNANT!

Hey friends!! I am SO sorry I've been a little MIA for a few weeks. The hubs and I are happy to announce that we are expecting!! Baby M will arrive in May 2014. Almost 5 years of marriage and 3 years of patiently waiting and praying for this little baby. It has been a long journey for us and I am so excited to share it all with you!!


Here is a little peak of they way we announced it to our friends and family and some outtakes ;)

 

Actual Announcement

 

OUTTAKES:

The buddster isn't the most cooperative! lol But I will be sharing our journey with you in a few post this month. And now that the nausea has gone away, I PROMISE I'm back officially! 

 

Thank you all for being so patient! :)