John B. Yeon State Park
September 2009
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
New Pics!
Sunday Evening Nap...
Yup, I'm that cute :)
Love them hoodies!
Looking into the light!
So hungry
Monday, May 24, 2010
Seriously...almost 8 weeks!
Wow!
That also means it's time for me to head back to work. Thanks to my MIL I've been able to take an extra two weeks off and thanks to Joe's uncles I've been able to tack an extra week off of what I already planned on taking. I have to say, I'm still not ready to go back. The only thing that is going to get me through the end of the school year is that there isn't much left! Only 2 1/2 weeks when I get back. I so wish I could just take of the rest of the time but financially we are just unable to do it. The other hard thing is the students I work with. They are so mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting. I've never heard of another site like our school/facility. So it's hard to explain exactly how exhausting the job is. I've applied to a few other jobs in "regular" schools for SPED positions but nothing has panned out yet. I'm going to keep applying and keep my fingers crossed that something will pop up.Okay on to good things! Our little girl is getting so big! I like to call it "The big head baby syndrome". I swear if you look at babies, sometimes it seems as if there heads are SOOO much larger than the rest of their bodies. Calais is falling into that same category. Don't get me wrong, it's not completely out of proportion, but her head has definitely gotten larger over the last two weeks!
I've been so lucky that I have been able to stay home with her for this long. I've been able to get her up every morning and say goodnight to her every night. I love that she seems to be recognizing me now and will look in my direction if I talk.We are so lucky that she is pretty even tempered child. She really doesn't cry much and stays happy most of the time! (Which means when she does cry, I still get scared that I don't know what I'm doing!)
Here are a few pictures to get you through til the next post!
She slept with her hand in this position for over 15 minutes!
Hanging out before Mom went to a job interview (in which she didn't get!)
Asleep on Dad in front of Latourell Falls
That also means it's time for me to head back to work. Thanks to my MIL I've been able to take an extra two weeks off and thanks to Joe's uncles I've been able to tack an extra week off of what I already planned on taking. I have to say, I'm still not ready to go back. The only thing that is going to get me through the end of the school year is that there isn't much left! Only 2 1/2 weeks when I get back. I so wish I could just take of the rest of the time but financially we are just unable to do it. The other hard thing is the students I work with. They are so mentally, physically and emotionally exhausting. I've never heard of another site like our school/facility. So it's hard to explain exactly how exhausting the job is. I've applied to a few other jobs in "regular" schools for SPED positions but nothing has panned out yet. I'm going to keep applying and keep my fingers crossed that something will pop up.Okay on to good things! Our little girl is getting so big! I like to call it "The big head baby syndrome". I swear if you look at babies, sometimes it seems as if there heads are SOOO much larger than the rest of their bodies. Calais is falling into that same category. Don't get me wrong, it's not completely out of proportion, but her head has definitely gotten larger over the last two weeks!
I've been so lucky that I have been able to stay home with her for this long. I've been able to get her up every morning and say goodnight to her every night. I love that she seems to be recognizing me now and will look in my direction if I talk.We are so lucky that she is pretty even tempered child. She really doesn't cry much and stays happy most of the time! (Which means when she does cry, I still get scared that I don't know what I'm doing!)
Here are a few pictures to get you through til the next post!
She slept with her hand in this position for over 15 minutes!
Hanging out before Mom went to a job interview (in which she didn't get!)
Asleep on Dad in front of Latourell FallsWednesday, May 19, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
So I've decided that on Wednesday's I'm going to start posting a picture that inspires me, reminds me of something, or just leaves me with a peaceful feeling...
I may blog upon the picture, telling you what I feel, but for today, it's just a picture!
Downtown Savannah, GA
July 2005
Downtown Savannah, GA
July 2005
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Playing around w/ layouts
I know I should be posting on baby updates and what not, but right now I've been playing around with the layout of the blog and picking something new. I think that is one thing that blog writers must love about keeping a blog, you can change it around when you get sick of it!
So forgive me for not posting too much on baby girl, I promise I will get better at it. I think I will start putting posting days on my calendar so I update at least 1 x a week!!!
So for now enjoy coming back and seeing if I've changed anything...imagine it's a Where's Waldo type of thing :)
So forgive me for not posting too much on baby girl, I promise I will get better at it. I think I will start putting posting days on my calendar so I update at least 1 x a week!!!
So for now enjoy coming back and seeing if I've changed anything...imagine it's a Where's Waldo type of thing :)
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Introducing Calais Adeline Shrum
Wow, it has been way too long!
Guess that is what having a baby does to you :)
Let me fill you in on the last four weeks! My official due date was March 27. But we all know that due dates are rarely completely accurate and less than 3% actually deliver on that date. Our date came and passed. Then another, and another....
I had my 40 week appointment on March 30th. Doc said everything looked good. He did a little sweeping of the membranes to get things moving. We also had a non stress test to make sure baby was good! This is where the put two different monitors on your belly. One of the baby's heart-rate and one for the contractions. It was pretty cool to watch the monitor to see when I was having a contraction (little did I know what a REAL contraction is!)
Joe's Birthday: March 31st. We were curious if our little angel would arrive on Dad's birthday! Around 4 A.M. I woke up with some bad cramps. I decided to take a bath and see if they subsided. I proceeded to clock my cramps and realized they were coming about every 4 1/2 minutes. Since I've never been pregnant/gave birth before I wasn't really sure what was happening! Around 7 I woke Joe up and mentioned I was having cramps. We decided to wait a bit longer and see what happened. I finally went downstairs and Joe started documenting how long the "cramps" were lasting. We finally decided to call the hospital and ask what we should do. After talking with them we decided to get some breakfast then head into the hospital! I was worried I wouldn't be able to eat so off to Daily Bread we went! Can't say I'll ever eat a meal while have contractions again, it was interesting!!!
Around 10:30 we headed to the hospital! We checked in and they put us in an interim room so that I could get checked and then checked in to a delivery room. They checked me out, only 2 cm dialated, so we had to hang out in that room for a bit! Finally around 1:00 we were moved to the delivery room. These rooms were nice and big!!! Got the IV's in and the heart rate monitor and the contraction monitor on. Again it was pretty cool watching the contractions (besides them hurting!) I needed to get to a 4 cm before I could get an epidural! Let's just say I was so ready!!!
Finally I was a 4 and got the epidural! However, they forgot to roll me on my side and about 5 minutes later I thought I was going to pass out! I told Joe to call the nurse. They came in and my blood pressure was about 80/50 (very low!) The nurses got me situated and now we were in for the long haul!
By this time it is about 5 P.M. Thankfully we had a tv with cable and were able to watch the Blazer game in which we KILLED!!!
Around 11:45 P.M. our nurse came back in to check how far along I was and thankfully I was already at 8 1/2!! She said it was time to push! I was thinking to myself, can I push and get her out in 15 minutes? That way she could share her daddy's birthday! I remembered what the first nurse said, the pushing is about a 2-3 hour session. She I wasn't very optomistic! I remembered at one point that the doc said I see her head and there is a lot of hair! He asked if Joe wanted to touch her head, and of course he said no, being the squeamish one! I jumped at the chance and reached down! Crazy!!!
Thankfully I only had to push for 30 minutes and out popped Calais Adeline Shrum weighing 7 pounds 5 oz at 12:15 A.M. April 1, 2010
Welcome Calais Adeline Shrum
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
2 1/2 weeks to go!
Sorry it has been almost a month since my last post.
So we are almost there :) Down to Dr. appt's once a week now. We had our 37 week appt. yesterday. Our fluid level has been looking better (Dr. was worried a few appt's ago that my levels were too low) Unfortunately I now am measuring at 32 (You normally measure whatever week you are at...so I should be measuring at 37) Last week I measured at 36. I've obviously dropped, but Dr. was worried something else was wrong.
So today we had our Ultrasound. It was pretty sweet. Especially since our last one was at 20 weeks. We were able to actually see her face and it was AMAZING. The nurse also showed us that our baby girl has TONS of HAIR :) You could even see it waving in the fluid :)
She took all over our measurments, head circumference, legs, thighs, heart, kidneys etc. After plugging in all the numbers our girl currently weighs 6 pounds 15 oz and is in the 51 percentile! So we are looking good. I would say that we will have a 7 pound baby!
So we are almost there :) Down to Dr. appt's once a week now. We had our 37 week appt. yesterday. Our fluid level has been looking better (Dr. was worried a few appt's ago that my levels were too low) Unfortunately I now am measuring at 32 (You normally measure whatever week you are at...so I should be measuring at 37) Last week I measured at 36. I've obviously dropped, but Dr. was worried something else was wrong.
So today we had our Ultrasound. It was pretty sweet. Especially since our last one was at 20 weeks. We were able to actually see her face and it was AMAZING. The nurse also showed us that our baby girl has TONS of HAIR :) You could even see it waving in the fluid :)
She took all over our measurments, head circumference, legs, thighs, heart, kidneys etc. After plugging in all the numbers our girl currently weighs 6 pounds 15 oz and is in the 51 percentile! So we are looking good. I would say that we will have a 7 pound baby!