Random phone photo dump

Here are a few pictures from the last couple days... Happy Tuesday!

Breaking the rules!!

So if you know me then you know for the most part I am a rule follower!! I hate confrontation so I do my best to keep my toe on the line and only stray when completely needed! Well ladies and gents I have gone above and beyond on this one and I feel that I have all but broken the Golden rule ... I am letting my baby sleep on her tummy. You see we have spent several nights dealing with a super gassy, super grumpy, in major pain baby. So I took the advice of my mom and flipped her. It had made ALL the difference in the world!! She has gone from sleeping only 45 min at a time and waking up screaming to sleeping almost 6 hours in such peace. Mommy has gone from loosing her mind and dying from lack of sleep to setting her alarm every hour (to make sure Babydog is breathing). And by golly everyone is doing so much better! I have for decided for a little while (until Babydog gets better control of her head) to have her sleep in her pack n play right next to our bed, but my goal is to get her back into her bed as soon as I am comfortable with the idea of her sleeping on her tummy so far away from us ( you know the whole 10 yards her room is away from ours). Here are a few pictures I snapped the other day.



So peaceful!





This is my view from the bed so I can see her and make sure she does not face plant it in the night!



Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hope you have a great Valentine's Day from my love bug and me!!

The story of Babydog…

Sorry this has taken me so long but I have been a little busy!! I want to share the story of how Babydog arrived for all of you and for myself so I don’t forget!
Sunday January 22
Sunday started out pretty normal- The Hubby and I had some friends in town so we were meeting them for a late breakfast before they left town. After breakfast we headed to our local grocery store to buy that weeks lunches and dinners, plus a few extras that mommy was craving aka Jello pudding!  We grabbed a fryer chicken to make chicken and dumplings for dinner and headed home.  This put us at about 3:00.  I started to feel kinda yucky- my back hurt, my belly hurt and I was super tired.  Most of this was not new I had been having these symptoms off and on for the last several days.  My body was super tired out! In fact I talked to my mom and told her I was done- I had made it this far with only a little complaining and now I was done!
The Hubby and I ate dinner and I decided  to go to bed early as I said before I was TIRED and my body was tired.  I got in the bed about 9:30, The Hubby had some work to finish up so he was staying up late.  Just before The Hubby got in the bed I felt a weird kick kinda thing- it was not a feeling I had felt in my tummy before, it happened twice in a row- this was about 10:40.  The Hubby made it to the bed about 5 minutes later and sure enough as soon as he got in the bed I was jumping out and running to the bathroom.  He called to me to see if everything was OK and I exclaimed in a kind of panic I think my water just broke…
Well lets just say everything is kinda a blur but I know we grabbed the few things on my list that needed to go in my bag for the hospital (phone charger, make-up, things like that) and The Hubby grabbed his stuff and the car seat and headed to the hospital.  Now it is 11:30 and we are at 37 weeks not expecting to have a baby for at least another week or so. 
We get checked in at this point I have not had any “real” contractions and by real I mean any that hurt.  But wow did they start as soon as we got settled.  The nurse explained that I could get my epidural as soon as my IV bag drained, by this time the contractions were coming strong and had moved into my back- I kept looking at that bag and it seemed like nothing was draining I was willing that fluid to drain because I was READY for the meds!! I expressed this to the nurse and she explained she could turn the flow up faster and call the anesthesiologist and get this party rolling.  In the mean time the nurse has called the doctor on call for my Obgyn and she says to let my contractions progress and see what happens. 
January 23, 2012
By this time it is about 2:00am and I have called my family and few friends to let them know that baby is on the way- The Hubby and I try to get some sleep knowing that the next few hours are going to be the last we spend alone.  About 5:30 the on call Doctor came in to check on me I was 100% and 9cm dilated- she told me my doctor would be in around 6:30-7 we were going to have a baby today! I was excited and scared all at the same time. Right on time my Doctor, Dr. I came in and said we looked great and were almost ready to start pushing she needed to check on a few other patients and then she would be back.  In the mean time the labor and delivery nurse came in and set the room up-  Dr. I came back and declared it was time- so at 7:20am on January 23 I started pushing and by 8:03 we had a beautiful baby girl in our arms. She weighed 7lb and 10oz and was 19 inches long and so beautiful- daddy got to cut the cord and I watched and waited for my turn to hold the beautiful girl!

Hilldog family January 23, 2012

I will post about the next few days later- they are kind of a blur of family, friends, nurses and doctors coming in and out!

Babydog is here!

This is a quick post I will do a longer one to tell all about her birth later! Babygirl got here on Monday at 8:03am weighing 7 pounds and 10 oz and has stolen the hubby's and my heart!
Here are a few pictures until I do the full post.

Preggo update 37 weeks!!

How far along: 37 weeks {a few days early}

Size of Baby: Babydog is the size of a watermelon . According to our sonogram 2 weeks ago baby was 5 .5 pounds and if he/she continues to grow at this rate baby will be 7.5 to 8 pounds when he/she arrives.

Sleep: is getting harder and more uncomfortable. Plus I am keeping the Hubby awake too so we are both suffering!

Gender: We are not going to find out- we want to be surprised when baby gets here!

Maternity Clothes: yes-all the time now along with my support socks and beautiful support belt!

Movement: Yes all the time- baby has moved into the head down position already and has his/her butt up against my ribs and when it moves man is it is starting to hurt! He/she is kicking almost all the time.

Aversions: nothing really at this point I am just not in the mood for some things when they are suggested to me.

Labor Signs: Yep along with the Braxton Hicks- I am having small contractions that according to my doctor have me dilated to 3cm and 70% effaced. So we are playing a waiting game at this point!

What I Miss: nothing really- sleep would be nice!

What I'm Looking Forward To: seeing this beautiful baby and finding out what we are having!
Weekly Wisdom: be ready for whatever comes our way!

Best Moment This Week: Seeing the Hubby realize that we are having a baby in a matter of a few weeks.

30ish days...

Well since babydog could make an appearance in the next 30ish days I decided to see what people are thinking- is he/she going to be a strong, take after his daddy, boy or a sweet, yet strong, wrap her daddy around her finger girl? I added a poll at the top of the page so take a minute and let me know what you are thinking!!

Hope you all have a great start to the week!