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Chris is FOUR months old now! I guess I am making it a ritual to make posts each month to let everyone know how old he is. Kinda interesting.

So anyway… About his progress!

He is laughing more than ever! Just the smallest things will make him start laughing and squealing even. He is trying to talk, which is so adorable it makes me smile every time!!
He is wearing 6-9mo. clothes right now, but he is almost too big to wear them!! Chris and I were at my aunt’s house last week and I had to go back over there today and my aunt was amazed at how much he had grown in just one week. He is like a giant compared to Avery now.
He has a bouncy thing that hangs from the door jam, and he gets to play in it at his grandmothers house… Let me tell you, it is one of his favorite things! He will just start bouncing, and walking and kicking ha ha.
This little boy of mine is just… I love him more than I thought would be possible. No matter how I am feeling, he can make me smile. I feel so blessed that Jehovah would allow me to have a child. Sometimes I really don’t think I deserve him, but I’m glad he’s in my life either way. I really don’t know what it would be like now, without him. Just being away from him for the day when I work, makes me sad! Am I cheesy or what? he he I’m happy to be a mommy!

Well anyway, I am sorry for getting mushy on you people. Chris is asleep, and I should be following his example! But you know, I haven’t had the chance to type anything on here in a while, so I figured that losing a few minutes of sleep was okay.

In case you all forgot I have a photo gallery, there ARE pictures up of Chris. Just go to yourbooger.com/foto

Talk to you in a month if not sooner! We’ll see, he he.

~ME

Hello family and a few friends! As of this coming weekend, on derby day, Chris will be three months old!

Isn’t that kind of interesting that he was born the day after super bowl and three months old on derby day? I guess its not THAT interesting… Oh well he he.

He is getting so big. Growing up so fast you know. He can hold his head up fine now, still a little wobbly but doing good, and he loves playing with his “jungle gym”. Some days he can stand with us barely holding him and other days hes just too weak, but hey, he is only 3 months old. He will be standing, crawling and walking in his own due time!
So far it looks like end of September to late October that we will be going to Arizona to see some of the family, which is pretty exciting. We just got a zoo membership and they are “friends” with the Zoo in Phoenix, so I am hoping to take Chris to the zoo there when we go. It should be fun
Speaking of the Zoo!!! We have gone two times already and still have yet to get through the whole of it. The first time we went was on a Saturday, so there were alot of people there and it took us 2 hours just to get through only 2 small exibits, so….Yeah, I don’t think we will be doing the zoo on a weekend any time soon haha. We went again the second time on monday and it was a lot nicer. Barely anyone was there. Only prob was the people that WERE there had very rude children that basically would push you out of the way if you were looking at the animal they wanted to see. I really hope we can teach Chris to be better than that, for real.
And as you may or may not know… Monday was Robert and I’s 2 year wedding anniversary!! Can barely believe it ha ha. For our “celebration” we first went to the zoo with Chris and then dropped him at the grandparents place. We then went to a very lovely dinner at “The Cheesecake Factory”. It was very delicious! Plenty of leftovers ha ha.

Okay, well I have to finish getting ready for the meeting tonight, because we have the C.O. this week!! YAY! I can’t wait! Alrighty, you guys have a lovely evening, and enjoy this weather, eh?!

~Me

Sorry it has taken me so long to check in with you guys!!!

Chris was born on Feb 2, 2009, at 7:52 p.m. He is SO adorable! Of course, every parent says that about their child lol, but I really do believe he is adorable. If you know me even a little bit, you know that I think most babies are ugly haha, so for ME to think he is cute is a big deal!! Even before he was born, you may have heard me say at least once, “I hope he is cute, because that would be bad for him to not be cute and me to know it… ” haha, Aren’t I a meanie? Well, He really is cute, so THERE!!
So we went in that Sunday night to the hospital at midnight and they gave me some stuff to help get me ready for labor. And Monday morning around 5 or so, they started the Pitocin to get the contractions going (That was a load of fun ha ha). I got a few hours without any pain medicine, but around 2 or 3 cm I just couldn’t take it any longer. They brought in the guy to give me the epidural, and about thirty minutes later I had absolutely no feeling in my stomach or legs.
You know, I have to really say that the epidural being put in my back was NOT as painful as everyone kept telling me. I leaned forward, hugged a pillow, and when he stuck me, it felt like a tiny prick in my back. Then it was over. So, like I said, it wasn’t bad, like at all.
So anyway, Chris weighed 9 pounds when he was born. Can you believe he weighed so much, with how small my belly looked? Well, I think it looked small anyway, compared to most pregnant women.

Alright, well he is doing really great, and I don’t think I’m doing too shabby myself as a new mom and all. Barb and Bo said they are amazed when they see me with him, they say you’d think I’d been changing diapers and taking care of a little one all my life haha. I think that’s stretching it a bit, but I thought it was really nice of them to say.

Well, Just one more thing to say before I go….

YourBooger.com will no longer my web address as of…. well a couple days from now. I think I’m going back to my old bahjons.com address. Maybe I can get it to be “yourbooger.bahjons.com” or something like that haha.

Right, well I’m tired of typing!

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Friday, I had another appointment. Still no dilation, and no more softening. They did yet another ultrasound, and the baby’s est weight is 8lb 6oz. Since the baby is so huge, he will have to be induced, since I’m obviously not going to pop very quickly. It has been scheduled at the hospital for me to come in, so I’ll be doing that pretty soon. whoopy. I’ve really been freaking out, because I have to stay there overnight after the inducement and I’ve never stayed at a hospital. In fact, the only time I “remember” being at the hospital is when I busted my head open on that Moving truck a few years ago… And it was very traumatic for me. Oh well, let’s hope that this experience at the hospital goes better.

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In case you hadn’t noticed, the weather out is pretty darn terrible today. And in case you haven’t heard the forecast-tomorrow is supposed to be worse! at least an inch of ice, and up to six inches of snow on top of the ice! I’m not so great of a “winter driver” so, I’m the type of person that wants/NEEDS to stay out of that kinda mess!

The point of the weather update?
My doctor appointment was scheduled for tomorrow! And as I mentioned above… Driving in ice/snow? I THINK NOT! (You can tell I wouldn’t be able to live in a state like Michigan, huh? haha)
So anyways, Rob told me that the roads weren’t THAT bad today, so I decided to take a chance that the weather ppl would actually be right for once, and I called and switched my doctor appointment to today. (Turns out Rob was right in saying the roads weren’t that bad today. Hikes Ln was thoroughly salted and I made it to and from my appointment just fine!)
It seems lately, that my doctor visits are getting longer and Longer each time I go. Kinda retarded, but whatever. So I get there today, and get called back within three minutes of being there. Wait in the room for the doctor for only five minutes or so, where Dr Evans lets me know that I’ve still not dilated the slightest bit, but there is ONE thing that is new! My cervix is getting “softer”! Finally, at least one thing is moving along!!! YES! If it is softening, then it is thinning out as well, which normally (from the articles I have read) means dilation and delivery is just around the corner! Well, since I am indeed past my due date, they take me into another room and hook me up to machine that monitors the babies heart rate (to make sure he is not stressed out in his cozy little area), and they leave me there for twenty to thirty minutes (weee!) Little Gherken starts moving all over the place after a few minutes, so the monitor isn’t picking up the heart rate very well… So what do they do? After my sitting there so long on this machine, they come back and say “The doctor wants you to have an ultra sound done (in a very snotty tone by the way!),” so Naturally, I’m like… um, why? haha “(still in a snotty tone) Well, she wants to make sure the baby has enough fluid in there” so I ask, well what if he doesn’t have enough? “well thats the doctors call, now isn’t it?”
So, worried to death that the fluid may be low, and not knowing what in the world that could mean… I go and wait in another waiting area for a few minutes, and have yet another ultrasound done, and remember, I just had one done LAST WEEK! I’m still just hoping that insurance covers that, because I don’t know how expensive it is-oh and they want me to get another one done this friday as well (UGH!!!) Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind having an ultrasound done, because it lets me feel better and lets me see that the baby is in there and whatnot (i know, it sounds silly haha).

Well, it turns out that the amniotic fluid was just fine, in fact he has PLENTY of it in there haha.
So everything with baby is doing well!! Dr. Evans told me that they will normally only wait a week after due date to induce, so I’m hoping I go into labor before that… She also said, if I had been a little bit dilated, she could go ahead and induce now, but it wouldn’t be good to do that until I’m at least a cm dilated. *sigh* I’m not looking forward to having a pit drip, but still… It would be better to get the pain over with.

OH-

I decided to take a chance, because I’m so sick and freaking tired of waiting (I have never been very patient ppl!! this nine month thing did a number on me, so waiting LONGER is just horrid!!), and well… I took some of the castor oil. I don’t know if its SUPPOSED to work very fast, but I’ve been having contractions for the past two hours or so… So hopefully that means its working!!
I’ll keep you updated!!

If you don’t read from me on here by Friday night, that may mean I’ve gone into labor, haha. Later!!!

Okay, it is OFFICIAL. The baby is past the estimated due date. Doctor appt on wed, so we’ll see what they say… *sigh*

The “Estimated Date of Delivery” is in two days. Let the count down begin!

Oh wait, it began a long while ago didn’t it?

Well, Let the countdown begin… AGAIN!

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I had another ultrasound today! I didn’t know I was going to be having it done until i got there, which was kinda neat, but not because nobody was there with me at my appt, so I had no one to share the experience with. But I will tell you this, my little boy is so adorable. From the ultrasound picture I can tell that he has Robbie’s nose, and mom says he has my “pout” ha ha. I’m so very excited to meet our little boy for the first time! EDD is five days away, and if he doesn’t come by then, they are going to induce so…. Not too much longer guys!!!
Right as she was about to start the ultrasound, I felt a little kick real low on my belly, and I thought, “oh he must have elbowed me!” Oh, how wrong I was! She puts the little paddle thing over my belly and starts moving around, and what do we see on the screen? Chris had his foot all the way up in his face and he was trying to bite at it! he-he. Such a silly site, I can’t get it out of my head! *sigh* I’m very excited to get to see Chris. Most of this time, it hasn’t been that I’ve wanted him out so that I could hold and feed him, but mainly (I know, I’m a terrible mom lol) because I just wanted to feel normal again, not have this huge belly sticking out and all that jazz, but now, I just want to see him, hold him, and be a mommy to this cute little munchkin. I’m excited, and I can’t wait to be miserable (ha ha ha)

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By the way, click here to see the pic of Gherken!
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Okay, so I told you that I was going to the doctor- So now to report on what I was told!!
I was told that what i was experiencing was “False labor”. the baby is dropping steadily, but still no dilation,but I’m okay with that! I’m just happy that he is moving down!
One bad thing- I have been really sick all day, still having “false” contractions, and at this moment, I feel like vomiting lol. AWESOME STUFF!

Okay, so that is al I have to report for now.

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