Chase Robert Anderson arrived at 4:08 p.m. on Wednesday October 23rd. He is a big guy! 9 pounds 11 ounces and 22 1/4 inches long.
Everyone is doing great and we get to go home today! More details on his arrival will come soon :-)
Friday, October 25, 2013
Chase Robert
Chase Robert Anderson arrived at 4:08 p.m. on Wednesday October 23rd. He is a big guy! 9 pounds 11 ounces and 22 1/4 inches long.
Everyone is doing great and we get to go home today! More details on his arrival will come soon :-)
Friday, October 18, 2013
This Week's Excitement
Since I have been off this week, I have been spending lots of quality time with Addy and Blake. Even though I am anxious for the baby to come, I must say I have really enjoyed having some time with just the 2 of them before the baby comes.
Of course I have time with them on the weekends, since Saturday Aaron is still working. But it is different, since I am not trying to get house chores done and such with the limited time before the weekend ends or the nights when we have to do baths quickly or something --- it has made it that much more enjoyable!
We had some crazy things come up these past few months, one that made us have to leave our daycare sooner than expected which has added stress and made me just want to hold my babies close --- so it is feels so good to just be home with them for a bit. Even if it means I used a week of vacation that could've been during used as part of my leave :) Can't put a price on precious time with your little ones...
Here's a bunch of pics from our week!
Of course I have time with them on the weekends, since Saturday Aaron is still working. But it is different, since I am not trying to get house chores done and such with the limited time before the weekend ends or the nights when we have to do baths quickly or something --- it has made it that much more enjoyable!
We had some crazy things come up these past few months, one that made us have to leave our daycare sooner than expected which has added stress and made me just want to hold my babies close --- so it is feels so good to just be home with them for a bit. Even if it means I used a week of vacation that could've been during used as part of my leave :) Can't put a price on precious time with your little ones...
Here's a bunch of pics from our week!
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| We played at the mall.... |
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| We had lunch there also and then picked out some winter hats for the upcoming season! |
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| Since I didn't feel like heading home that day, we stopped at my parents house, and my sister's kiddos were there. So, we made Halloween brownies with them (this is Drew with Blake and Addy) |
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| The next day we went for a walk...and it was cold enough to put our new hats and mittens to use. Thank goodness we had purchased those! |
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| On our way home we went to the park by our house :) |
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| I took a picture of our house (I'm not sure if I ever shared a pic from the outside of our house, so figured I'd share, LOL!) |
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| Addy got an American Girl catalogue in the mail ----- THANKS to whatever list we got on for that! She's looked through it by herself and made me do it with her a zillion times and wants THREE dolls :) He He! |
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| We cuddled on the couch together and took silly pics of ourselves! Oh yeah, this day we also colored for almost the entire morning! |
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| Today we headed back to the Pumpkin Patch/Orchard that we had gone too earlier this year |
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| We did it with both of my sisters and their kids, and my mom too :) |
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| Blake loves his grandma Bonnie! She was the only one able to pull him :) (TOTALLY fine by me!) |
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| After the orchard we had pizzas at our house and then baked Halloween sugar cookies! Here's the kiddos eating some of the goods! |
It has been a great week at home. I've never actually had a vacation where I am just hanging out, so I am treasuring this time in that way. But, I am ready for this baby. Full moon tomorrow night, slight storm in the area tonight/tomorrow ----- SOMETHING has to be in my favor soon!
I do have some contractions, ones at night that wake me up, but still not often enough to get me excited. I soooo hope tonight is the night...or tomorrow!
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| My sis took a pic of the baby and me at the orchard. How Tall This Fall??!!! --- OVERDUE! |
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
40 + .... AGAIN!
Well --- once again I am overdue! I guess I figured it would happen, given my track record but I REALLY hoped I wouldn't be this time around. I still am hoping to go in on my own sometime this week (tomorrow would be great!). Totally out of my control so I will just hold tight!
I had an appointment yesterday and it was somewhat dissapointing. I am only a little more than 1 cm. dilated. GRR! Mayo has always had a 10 day rule for being induced, but for Addy my doc scheduled the induction for 7 days, and I was to be induced for Blake on my 8th day over (but went in on my own the night before).
My doc was going to schedule an induction for next Monday (8 days over), because we had discussed how I was hoping to avoid 10/22 which is next Tuesday since that is Blake's birthday...
However, when she called to get that on the books, the person taking the call wouldn't do it. Apparently there is a new STATE law that won't let them schedule until 10 days over unless medically necessary, so I had to get on the books for 10/23. Boo to that. I just hope/pray that I go in on my own before!
In the meantime, I am done with work until the baby comes. It was a hard decision since I was due on a Sunday. I was due during the week with the other 2 so I worked through that Friday...but I really didn't want to be at work an entire other week, and it is easier to just be done with coverage and such with my job than to not know each day if I will be back or not.
So, I am home, spending some time with this crazy kid!
And this sweet girl that can't wait to be a big sister again!
Today the kids did go to daycare --- but they are done now until the baby comes. I might send them the week after the baby comes (depending on when that is and how things are going) on Addy's school days to keep some consistency -- but it would only be for the one week.
While they were gone today I hand-mopped my floors, dusted the house (including the panel doors and base boards), cleaned our shower, and made a meal that I can freeze for later. I officially don't know what else I could create on my to-do list! I guess I have to figure out how to just relax...
But I have to admit I'm not very good at "just" relaxing! Ask Aaron --- drives him crazy! I hope that relaxing will help things along, since apparently keeping busy doesn't do me any good :)
Until next time...
...which I hope is an introduction to our 3rd little one!
I had an appointment yesterday and it was somewhat dissapointing. I am only a little more than 1 cm. dilated. GRR! Mayo has always had a 10 day rule for being induced, but for Addy my doc scheduled the induction for 7 days, and I was to be induced for Blake on my 8th day over (but went in on my own the night before).
My doc was going to schedule an induction for next Monday (8 days over), because we had discussed how I was hoping to avoid 10/22 which is next Tuesday since that is Blake's birthday...
However, when she called to get that on the books, the person taking the call wouldn't do it. Apparently there is a new STATE law that won't let them schedule until 10 days over unless medically necessary, so I had to get on the books for 10/23. Boo to that. I just hope/pray that I go in on my own before!
In the meantime, I am done with work until the baby comes. It was a hard decision since I was due on a Sunday. I was due during the week with the other 2 so I worked through that Friday...but I really didn't want to be at work an entire other week, and it is easier to just be done with coverage and such with my job than to not know each day if I will be back or not.
So, I am home, spending some time with this crazy kid!
And this sweet girl that can't wait to be a big sister again!
Today the kids did go to daycare --- but they are done now until the baby comes. I might send them the week after the baby comes (depending on when that is and how things are going) on Addy's school days to keep some consistency -- but it would only be for the one week.
While they were gone today I hand-mopped my floors, dusted the house (including the panel doors and base boards), cleaned our shower, and made a meal that I can freeze for later. I officially don't know what else I could create on my to-do list! I guess I have to figure out how to just relax...
But I have to admit I'm not very good at "just" relaxing! Ask Aaron --- drives him crazy! I hope that relaxing will help things along, since apparently keeping busy doesn't do me any good :)
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| Me and my 3 babes...hopefully soon #3 will be on the outside with these 2 crazies! 40 weeks, 2 days pregnant for this mama! |
...which I hope is an introduction to our 3rd little one!
Monday, October 7, 2013
The Shelf
I have gotten comments on how low I have been carrying for most of my pregnancy. And, as the month of my due date has come, I get a lot of people telling me how much I have "dropped"! It cracks me up though, because it seems to be the same people that tell me I've dropped, and I wonder how much more I can "drop" in their eyes!
While I may be carrying low and perhaps I have dropped...I'm more convinced that it is due to carrying my little man around vs. the way my body is naturally carrying my baby around. Blake has a nice little shelf that he has gotten to sit on for the last few months.
Hopefully he is helping out the progress of getting that baby low and ready to be born...I guess we will see in the next week or so if I actually go before my due date for the first time! :)
39 weeks and counting...and now I OFFICIALLY have my pre-baby To Do list complete. Aaron will read this and think "yeah right, and then I come home tonight and she'll be cleaning or whatever and have another list of things to do on the counter"...which, he is probably right, LOL!
However, all the things that I had on my original list to do before the baby comes (such as wash the neutral baby clothes, get diapers, pack for the hospital stay, set out shirts for Blake and Addy's hospital visit, pedicure, etc...) --- well those have been checked off the list. I'm sure I'll make lists until I don't have the chance to make them anymore...it's in my nature.
......Maybe I should put "carry Blake around" on the list...so that he can help speed up the process as he puts more pressure on my "shelf"!.....
While I may be carrying low and perhaps I have dropped...I'm more convinced that it is due to carrying my little man around vs. the way my body is naturally carrying my baby around. Blake has a nice little shelf that he has gotten to sit on for the last few months.
Hopefully he is helping out the progress of getting that baby low and ready to be born...I guess we will see in the next week or so if I actually go before my due date for the first time! :)
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| Pictures are blurry because Blaker was moving and wiggling, but you get the idea :) |
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| My sweet boy...oh how much I love those big hugs he gives me!!! |
However, all the things that I had on my original list to do before the baby comes (such as wash the neutral baby clothes, get diapers, pack for the hospital stay, set out shirts for Blake and Addy's hospital visit, pedicure, etc...) --- well those have been checked off the list. I'm sure I'll make lists until I don't have the chance to make them anymore...it's in my nature.
......Maybe I should put "carry Blake around" on the list...so that he can help speed up the process as he puts more pressure on my "shelf"!.....
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