Photo Shoot

I was so excited for our first family photo shoot. It was very much something that occupied my mind alot during my pregnancy. Paul's dad did us the honor of taking these pictures for us we thank him so much and will cherish them always. Their is alot but i think you will enjoy, I must say I have a beautiful family! I love my boys!

Liam is a growing boy

Yesterday me and Paul took Liam to his first doctors apointment. The pediatrician said Liam is a very healthy boy! He is already just about back to his birth weight. I have been having so much fun with him. He has alot of the same habits as his dad. He loves to sleep and he is deff a side sleeper. No matter what position i put him in he alsways ends up on his side. Him and daddy have had quite a few naps together course he has napped with me too. Only issues we are having is he is not a very good breast feeding eater. He takes it fine from the bottle though, it is just alot of work for this mommy. Surprisingly my lack of sleep has not caught up with me yet and i am so greatful for that. I just love taking care of this little guy even at 2am.

Liam is here!

So i thought i would go ahead and tell my story of the birth of me and Paul's first child, our little boy William James Dunn. William or to me Liam was due to be born september 8. On September 7 i was scheduled to see my doctor, doctor Falk for my 40 week appointment. I went in and was 2 cm dialated and 50% effaced, doctor Falk went ahead and stripped my membranes and said if Liam does not come by friday we will go ahead and schedule you for an induction. So me and Paul left expecting to be getting a call later that week to find out the time we would be induced. Well i dropped Paul off at work and I headed over to one of my good friends houses. By 12 that afternoon i began to notice that the braxton hicks contractionsi had been having were becoming to be more frequent just uncomfortable did not think anything of it. I decided though that i would go ahead and head home to take a nap. Over the course of the next four hours during my time of trying to sleep the contractions were getting a little bit of an edge nothing to painful but not just tightening anymore. At four I started to time them and realized they were five min apart but still nothing to painful, but I text Paul and told him when he got home we would need to time my contractions. Paul got home and they were still 4 to 5 min apart. We went for a walk and they began to be more painful. I had already called some of my family at this point thinking ok this could really be it. We got back home and i got into the bath because this whole time i was fealing all of the contractions really strong in my lower back and it was really starting to hurt. When I got out of the bath I knew this was real. I began to cry because the contractions hurt my back so much. We timed them again and they were no more than 2 to 3 min apart. I waited so long because the hospital is 30 min from us and I did not want them to have a chance to send us back home. We got in the car and headed to Gateway. We got there about 10pm and had to wait 10 min in the hall to get registered and that sucked so bad i just leaned against the wall breathing through the pain best i could. I got into triage and got hooked up to the monitor, indeed my contractions were two min apart and i was close to 4 cm. But come to find out i was having coupleting contractions which meant i would get two contractions back to back then get a 2 min break then start again and it was all back labor which pretty much feels like your spine is getting broken in two. So for an hour i sat in this little room with nothing to help the pain no heat or anything every position was horrible all i can say is i have a wonderful husband who stood by my side the whole time. At just after 11 they checked me again i had dialated about another half cm but the way she was saying things i was so afraid they were going to send me home and tell me to come back when i was like a 5. But they called the doctor and came back in inserted my iv and started the epidural right there in triage thank goodness. Getting through the epidural was the last really hard thing i had to endure. Sitting through the contractions on top of eachother was so hard but the nurse and Paul were so helpful. Once the epidural kicked in things went so smooth. I progressed wonderful through the night and was 10 cm by 5am. My L and D nurse was also able to get Liam to turn the right way for delivery, stupid back labor. At 0535 on September 8 i pushed for 10 min and Liam was out! The doctor said she was jealous for how smooth everything went for me. Liam is just perfect and we love him so much. We really feel pretty spoiled so far course i have gotten hardly any sleep just being a paranoid first time mom but its ok i am not feeling to exausted yet. Paul has been by my side this whole time and I am so greatful to have such a wonderful husband and father to my son!

August baby shower

I am a little late putting up pictures from my shower that was back in August but i thought i would go ahead and get them up here. My mother in law, aunt and two sister in laws put the shower together and it turned out lovely. I got alot of great gifts and got to see so many people i love.

The update

So I am realizing I have not posted for a while. Life is pretty busy right now for both me and Paul. We are counting down the days to when our little boy arrives. Just over 20 days now and we cannot wait. Paul has been working 6 day work weeks and then gets home and has been paiting our down stairs. I have been keeping busy with work and getting things ready for the baby cleaning and washing wise. The heat is just about killing me and I am so glad that soon I will be shrinking back to my normal size just in time for the fall. I cannot wait for the fall it is my favorite season of the year and i cannot wait to start using my jogging stroller with Liam. I must say it is quite frusterating people have been telling me lately that they can tell I am about to have the baby like how they notice I am eating so much and it is showing in my face, ya okay like I wanna hear stuff like that. What ever happened to people just saying "oh you look great and how exciting that you are gonna have him soon", I mean come on people. My shower is this Saturday and I am very excited to see lots of friends and family. Well I am about an hour away from starting my 37th week and so ready for these last weeks!

Things i have so far

So this is for those that have babies. I just wanted to write down the things I have for Liam so far and am hoping it looks pretty good for me being 32 weeks pregnant. So here it goes it will probably be long. I am sitting in his room as I write this to help.
-Crib
-Crib matress
-Crib Bedding (two fitted sheets, Top quilt, Bumper, skirt, two water proof crib matress pads.)
-Cradle
-Cradle bedding (two fitted sheets, Bumper)
-Many blankets both kinda thick and lots that are thinner
-Baby crib sound toy maker
-A baby picture book thanks to my sister
-Baby monitor two receiver
-Dresser
-night light
-side table
-one picture frame
-baby car mirror
-baby bouncy seat with vibration
-baby swing
-baby jumper
-ground mat with a few grab on toys (probably 6 to 7 toys in count)
-Boppy pillow (two covers)
-lots of 0-3 clothes, lots of 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months and pretty much up till 3T thanks to my sister and my friend. Probably could use some church clothes for him.
-Curtains
-valance
-glider in his room rocking chair down stairs
-paint on walls
-two storage bins in closet
-200 size 1 diapers
-about 190 size 2 diapers
-quite a bit of wipes
-two wipes travel cases
-head support for car seat and stroller
-positioner for bed
-jogging stroller
-lots of burp rags
-mittens for no scratches
-many baby hats
-lots of socks
-lots of shoes, could still use some church shoes but not till like 6 months
-about 4 bottles (3 six ounce ones and 1 eight ounce one, vent air brand)
-bottle brush cleaner and nipple brush cleaner
-larger box of breast pads
-lots of bibs
-jogging stroller plastic cover for running in the rain
-diaper holder container
-diaper bag
-two gates down stairs for both Liam and our dog
-baby bath
-large container of baby soap and large container of lotion
-one pack of like 9 wash clothes
-one pack of three hooded towels but my mom also gave me a larger hooded towel that could be used maybe a litte later down the road
-front soft carrier like the kangaroo sling
-bumbo seat
I think that is it so far
My big items i still totally need but am waiting for are my travel system, high chair or booster seat, diaper pail, pack n play and my breast pump. Let me know if you guys can think of other stuff.

Third Trimester

Finally the third trimester has begun, 28 weeks down, only twelve weeks to go. Me and Paul have been getting things together in Liam's room. It is still far from finished and when it is i will take pictures. I opened a package of his diapers today and started to get really excited. My belly sure is growing these days and starting to get in the way and making me feel like a balloon. Oh this summer sure is gonna be fun. I have one of my best friends showers coming up and one for myself as well. The wonderful nurses i work with are throwing me one for work.

Beginning The Summer

Yay for school being out for those who were in school. The hospital is starting to slow down with sick kids and I know it will only become less busy as more people start heading to their vacation destinations. Wow, what I would do for a vacation right now, but me and Paul have way too much to get ready for this summer.

Our Little boy is doing just great. I had a check up just this past wednesday and his heart beat is nice and strong and I am feeling him move every day. My belly sure has popped and I just realized today how hard it is to clean a bath tub with a pregnant belly. I guess Paul will be taking over that chore. I am now 25 weeks, so I've got 15 more to go. The scary thing is these last 15 weeks are going to be with temps 100 plus! Yeah, this is what I have been gearing up for so I know I can do it. Maybe with some complaints along the way but hey what can you expect I hate Arizona summer weather even when I am not pregnant. This memorial day my in laws will be coming over and helping Paul paint the babies room! Very exciting.

This summer for Paul he is finishing up his training at his job and come July he will be let loose to go on his own at the shop. I know he will do just great and can't wait for him to get there.

I had Paul take a 24 week shot of me last Friday just so I can be documenting the pregnancy. That is what the picture is on top.

Update

Today was a great day! First off it was my wonderful husband's 27th birthday. We stared the celebration last night with a dinner to Cheesecake Factory. Paul totally stuffed himself and I am proud to say I was able to eat and not get sick! We then went looking around the mall and just had a great night together. Today I woke up early and made Paul breakfast in bed, which he commented, "the bacon tastes great." We then just had a lazy morning together until it was time to get ready to go to our much anticipated ultrasound. We got alot of great photos and are glad to hear the baby is doing just great and everything looks normal. Baby is weighing out at 11 ounces right now. And biggest news of all we found out we are going to have a son! So we will be having a William, "Liam", James Dunn. We are both very excited and cannot wait for September. We also bought the first things for our little man. Just some onesies to get it out of my system. Also I thought it was about time to take a shot of my growing belly. It's hard loosing your figure, but will be well worth it.