Visit From Cousins

Melissa, Richard and the kids came over to visit yesterday. They were so nice to bring us some food from Applebees. We are so grateful for it. So Hunter got to hang out with a couple of his cousins. Arwen and Jackson kept giving him kisses and wanting to hold him. They knew they had to wash their hands before touching him. Arwen touched the wall right after washing her hands and went back to wash them. We were all laughing because she thought she couldn't touch anything after washing her hands. Anyway here are some pictures of Hunter, Arwen and Jackson. Sorry that we didn't get any pictures of you Melissa and Richard. Arwen and Jackson were just so cute holding Hunter.

Hunter's First Week Home

This week has been filled with sleeping whenever possible, holding Hunter whenever he's awake, changing diapers, trying to adjust to a new life, enjoying my time off school, trying to recover from pushing this little guy out, watching aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas and grandpa interacting with Hunter, doing homework here and there, the list goes on and on. It has been an exciting week. Hunter is the sweetest little boy. He has not had any more times where he has struggled breathing, and we are very happy about that. He does have jaundice, and we are hoping that it goes away soon. It seems to be getting better. Here are some pictures of Hunter and his first week at home.

He's Here!

So Hunter is finally here. It was a long day, but it was definitely worth it! Jason and I went into the hospital Tuesday night at 8, so that I could get a low dose of pitocin to open me up since I wasn't even dialated. Then at about 8:00 on Wednesday morning my doctor came in, and found that I was dialated to a 1 and 1/2. She decided to start inducing me. So they began upping my dosage. They checked me again later and I was at a 3. So my doctor broke my water, and I was so excited because I knew that he would be joining us in 24 hours for sure. When they checked me a little later I hadn't dialated much, and Jason and I became worried that I would have to get a C-Section. I became discouraged because it felt like I had been going through the pain for nothing. I decided to get an epidural, and when they checked me again I was dialated to a 5 and my nurse helped me along to about a 7. It seemed to really speed up after that, and I started pushing at about 1:45 and Hunter was born about 45 minutes later at 2:30 am on October 29. He weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces, and was 21 inches long. It was such an awesome experience for me, and I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father for this beautiful little boy.

Hunter did have a little trouble breathing when he was first born. There was about 4 times where he was turning a bluish color because he wasn't breathing. It was so scary to see him having trouble, and they took him to the NICU for about 30 hours just to keep an eye on him. He is doing a lot better now, and he is so cute! We love him so much!

Feelings......

I have about three weeks until this little guy (hopefully it's a guy) is born. I just wanted to get on here and jot down a few emotions that I am going through at this point. After that I should follow my husband's advice and go to sleep because I have to wake up at 5:30 tomorrow.
-nervous
-excited
-anxious
-overwhelmed
-happy
-unprepared
-impatient
-worried
-blessed
-content
-peaceful
-grateful
-loved
-amazed
.....so I am feeling pretty much every emotion in the book. It's crazy because no matter how hard I try to focus on my studies, each day that the baby's due date comes closer, the harder it is to focus on school. I am constantly thinking about this baby inside me, and how is going to look. I am really excited to see his personality. In my opinion, that is what makes a kid cute or not. So, I'm daydreaming about him nonstop in class. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to keep up in school after he is born. I go to school with the greatest group of people, so I know they will help me anyway they can. Which brings me to the next point of this post. I just really want to say how grateful we are to everyone who has helped us get prepared for this little one. We have been so blessed by Heavenly Father through all of you! We have the basics and more, so thank you all! We love you guys and will be putting pictures up of our family's brand new edition within the month, so keep a look out. Also, if you guys could keep me in your prayers. I am hoping to return to school a week or two after having the baby. I am going to need a lot of prayers to not only help me physically, but also emotionally. It's going to be hard to leave him once he's born! Thanks and again we love you all!

Baby's room & bump....

So this is my baby bump at about 35 1/2 weeks.


We are slowly getting the baby's room ready. I found the missing "N" in Hunter's name and finished it. So I hung those on the wall over his crib. For awhile there I was afraid we wouldn't be able to find the "N", they were sold out at the first 4 Michael's we went too. But it turned out in the end, I guess I should have had faith:) Anyway here are some pictures from the baby's room.

One of my classmates gave us the crib and changing table. We are so grateful to her for both of them!!

Melissa made that blanket draped over the crib. It is so cute, and she's making Hunter's bedding too. I am so excited, not only does it save us money, but he gets bedding that no other baby has! Thank you Melissa!!

It might just be Blogger right now, but all my pictures are showing up on the page as writing. I'm just wondering if this is happening to anyone else.

Pictures of apartment.

I tried to post this a few days back, but the internet connection we have at our apartment basically sucks. So it wouldn't let me upload any pictures, and since I promised pictures on the next post I decided I couldn't break that promise. I'm at my mother-in-law's house and using her internet. Awe.....what a difference.

Here are some pictures of our apartment. We are loving it and feel blessed because of how little we pay for it.

Here's our bathroom.