Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Because It’s Been A While

I did this back in March (before we announced I was pregnant) and Angela did it recently, and well, since it’s been a while since I blogged and some of my answers have probably changed… here’s for Angela :)

***********FOODOLOGY***************
What is your salad dressing of choice? French or Catalina

What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Sonny’s or Applebee’s

What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Cheese

What are your pizza toppings of choice? Cheese, cheese, and the occasional pepperoni

What do you like to put on your toast? Butter and grape jam

***********TECHNOLOGY***************
How many televisions are in your house? 3, the living room, bedroom, and office (the office one isn’t plugged in though, it’s being “stored”)

What color cell phone do you have? Blue (Surprised???)

***************BIOLOGY******************
Are you right-handed or left-handed? Right

Have you ever had anything removed from your body? Nope

What is the last heavy item you lifted? Collin in his car seat

Have you ever been knocked unconscious? No

************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************
If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? No

If you could change your name, what would you change it to? I’m partial to Erin now

Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? Not a chance!

************DUMBOLOGY******************
How many pairs of flip flops do you own? Too manay

Last time you had a run-in with the cops? A week ago when we got rear ended!

Last person you talked to? My mom

Last person you hugged? Collin

**************FAVORITOLOGY****************
Season? What’s that?

Holiday? New Year’s! 

Day of the week? Saturday

Month? December

***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************
Missing someone? Devin when he’s gone, and my dad

Mood? Pretty good

What are you listening to? The news

Watching? The news

Worry? That I’m not a good mom and that I’m going to totally screw up Collin

***************RANDOMOLOGY*****************
First place you went this morning? To feed Collin

What's the last movie you saw? In theaters? I don’t know, at home? Um, Little Giants?

Do you smile often? How can I not with my sweet little boy with me?

Sleeping Alone Tonight? Nope

***************OTHER-OLOGY*****************
1)Do you always answer your phone? Not with a 4 week old in the house

2) Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? I would say Bradley, but Angela said me, so now every time I’m up at 4 AM feeding Collin, I have the urge to send Angela a “justification” text :)

3) If you could change your eye color what would it be? Na, wouldn’t change it

4) What flavor do you add to your sonic drink? Watermelon Slush

5) Do you own a digital camera? a couple of them

6) Have you ever had a pet fish? Bradley did… does that mean I did?

7) Favorite Christmas song(s)? There are too many to name! I’m looking forward to hearing them FRIDAY!!!!

8) What's on your wish list for your birthday? Post-pregnancy-nursing-friendly clothes

9) Can you do push ups? Barely

10) Can you do a chin up? Not hardly

11) Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Can I be nervously excited?

12) Do you have any saved texts? yes

13) Ever been in a car wreck? unfortunately

14) Do you have an accent? I don’t think so, but apparently I sound like I’m from “up North” according to random strangers

15) What is the last song to make you cry? Just about everything makes me cry now, so there is no telling

16) Plans tonight? Watch the Biggest Loser with Devin and Collin

17) Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? High school was rough….

18) Name 3 things you bought yesterday. I went to lunch with Devin and he bought lunch so… shrimp, fries, and cheese grits :)

19) Have you ever been given roses? Of Course, Devin loves me and knows they are my favorite

20) Current worry? Didn’t I already say that I’m going to be a failure as a mom and really screw up Collin?

21) Current hate right now? The guy that rear ended us and people/strangers that think they are entitled to touch my baby

22) Met someone who changed your life? Devin and now Collin

23) How will you bring in the New Year? Angela and I were just discussing this the other day because it’s become tradition to go to Friendship Fountain and watch the fireworks with Dustin and Angela, however, two infants will most likely alter those plans this year. Sooo… we’ll see

24) What song represents you? The Happy Song?

25) Name three people who might complete this? It took Angela 8 months , and other than that, no one

26) Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? I used to think yes, but that could alter the space time continuum (I’ve been with Devin for a while now…) and I may not end up with my perfect little Collin! 

27) Have you ever dated someone longer than a year? Yup

28) Do you have any tattoos/piercings? I have two piercings in each ear, but I only use one 

29) Will you be in a relationship 4 months from now? I’m pretty sure

30) Does anyone love you? Yes…

31) Would you be a pirate? No, the pirate and vampire craze are two things I never understood

32) What songs do you sing in the shower? It depends on what is stuck in my head at the time

33) Ever had someone sing to you? yup

34) When did you last cry? somewhere around 9 AM yesterday when Collin hadn’t slept more than an hour and a half at a time, and fussed and cried for an hour

36) Do you like to cuddle? only with Devin and now Collin

37) Have you held hands with anyone today? I held Collins little hand while I nursed him earlier

38) Who was the last person you took a picture of? Collin, I generally take at least one a day of him

39) What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school? Whatever kids praise songs my mom let me listen to

40) Do you believe in staying close with your ex's/prospects? It depends on the circumstance, I wouldn’t have my best friend today if I didn’t

41) Are most of the friends in your life new or old? I have a few old friends, but most of them are new, as in within the last 2 years

42) Do you like pulpy orange juice? EW! I’m going to second Angela’s “I don’t like to chew my drinks”

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On a side note… we took Collin to church for the first time this week. Well, technically it was only Sunday school, but nonetheless. I couldn’t pass up posting these awesome pictures. I love the one of Devin and Collin, you can just see the love and awe in Devin’s eyes :)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

7lb 4oz Bundle of LOVE!

I’m not even sure where to start! The last week has been anything but dull. My new found job as a mommy is even more amazing than I ever could have imagined.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 2:02 AM 7lb 4 oz, 21 inches

Alright, so here’s the quick, rundown of how things went:

  • Tuesday 2:00 AM – started having contractions about 5 minutes apart
  • 6:00 AM – left for the hospital
  • 10:00 AM – left the hospital for home because things weren’t moving fast enough.
  • Devin worked from home, I spent the day in labor, in bed and walking the hallway
  • 9:30 PM – decided to take a warm bath, told Devin to try and sleep
  • 10:30 PM – got out of the bath, Devin really didn’t get to sleep. We were wondering how much longer we should wait before going back to the hospital because my contractions were about 3-4 minutes apart, and getting really painful
  • 10:45 PM – MY WATER BROKE! I told Devin “Um, we need to go NOW!”
  • From that point on the contractions were almost unbearable. We got to the hospital and they gave me an IV with antibiotics (for the Group B Strep) and said I had to have two bags of fluids before I could get an epidural.
  • I lost track of time once we got to the hospital, but I do know that I was in A LOT of pain, and the time, now, seems to have gone by fairly quickly.
  • By the time I had enough fluid to get the epidural, it was too late, somewhere around 1:45 AM Wednesday morning. Collin was on his way, fast. From the time I realized he was coming to the time he actually got here, it was only about 10 minutes, and my doctor hadn’t gotten to the hospital yet. So the nurses and hospital doctor were in the room.
  • Luckily my doctor did get there, just-in-time. Like, less than 5 minutes, in time.
  • 2:02 AM Wednesday Collin was born!

So after 24 hours of labor, natural labor, that I hadn’t planned on, Devin and I have an amazing little boy! Everyone tells you that you forget about all the pain when it’s all over and I never really understood. But the second Collin was placed on my chest, I really and truly did forget about all the pain. I honestly can’t believe that I had a natural childbirth. When I look at his sweet little face, none of it seems to matter.