Hungry Barracuda

Carson went in for her 2 week weight check up today, and I'm happy to report that she's back up over her birth weight (and two days before she turns 2 weeks!!) She weighed in at a hefty 7lbs and 3.5 oz today!! Its a good thing too.. because last week they gave us her percentiles, and I gotta tell you.. she really is a peanut! She was only in the 16th percentile for her weight, and 36th percentile for her length..

She's doing great though.. Our newest challenge is keeping her awake during the day more, so she'll sleep at night better.. she's got a 2 hour wake up time in the middle of the night, and that's not going so well with Steve or I.

Steve had to go back to work today, and my Mom leaves to go back to NC tomorrow... Everyone has been so helpful.. My mother-in-law has been preparing meals for us each night, and has been doing the grocery shopping, and Mom has been helping me around the house, and well Steve has been super dad!! He's been on diaper duty, clothes changing duty, swaddling duty, and he's the burper extraordinaire! I can burp Carson for 10 minutes and get nothing.. hand him off to Steve, and within 10-15 seconds a good belch comes on out of Carson! I don't know how I'll be able to handle all the new workload by myself, but I'm sure I'll manage!

The recovery from the c-section has been harder than I thought.. I'm getting better day by day, and hopefully will be able to drive within a few days.. I have my new car, and I have only driven it twice!!!

We took Carson out to dinner on Saturday night to celebrate my birthday! She slept through the entire meal (and with a band playing too!), so we're hopeful that we won't be confined to the house forever! The weather is getting nicer, so hopefully I'll be able to get out with her and start dressing her up in all the adorable outfits that everyone has bought her!

Baby P = GIRL!

Introducing... Carson Elizabeth!

We've been busy lately...

just when I thought Baby P was never coming... SHE decided to pop out (literally) on Wednesday, May 9th! My water did literally POP at work... I was bending over in my chair to pick up something off the floor that I dropped, when my co-worker and I heard this loud POP... and then the fun began.. I went prego running down to the bathroom leaving a watery trail behind me... and then my co-workers drove me home... I believe I'm the first person at my work to go into labor at the office! We got to the hospital around 6:30 PM-ish, and all was well and on schedule until I got my epidural... A wonderful thing that epidural.. but apparently our baby girl didn't agree... She somehow managed to wrap the cord around her head, and her heartbeat started fluctuating anywhere from 170 down to 80....

The doctor decided that since I was only 4 centimeters dilated at the time, and was facing at least another 6-8 hours of labor that the baby would not fare well with that kind of stress for that amount of time, so we quickly decided to proceed with a c-section. At 11:46 PM, our Carson was born... 7 pounds 1.oz and BEAUTIFUL!! (I'm biased.. I know!)

We left the hospital on Sunday (Happy Mother's Day to Me!!) and now we're trying to adjust to having our new addition at home.. She is obviously adjusting to life on the outside as well. I fed her constantly last night, and Steve held her and changed her most of the night... I think she finally fell asleep on Steve's chest around 5:00 am this morning. I know all you veteran parents are all saying "been there-done that" for the first night.. but I gotta tell you.. I had NO idea it would be so hard in the beginning.. but so worth it. I'll update soon with new pictures. Be sure to check back for the next chapter in our lives!!

It's going to be a beautiful day.. IT IS

So, baby P was playing a trick on me yesterday.. He/She must have been jumping on my bladder, because I thought a small "trickle" of amniotic fluid was starting to leak... maybe that what I hoped it was, but alas... nothing more materialized, no contractions to speak of, and I'm still here with no baby in sight..

But TODAY is a going to be a great day! Steve and I picked up our new car last night! We upgraded his civic to a "family" car... A 2006 Toyota Highlander! and the best part is... I get to drive it!! He gets my accord, and I get a new ride! Driving to work was fun (that and the DECAF fun coffee drink that I treated myself to). My co-worker is bringing in her baby today, so that will be fun too! So even though my baby has no intention of EVER coming out (mind you... we're still a week 1/2 from my due date - I do realize this) The sun is shining, its going to reach about 80 degrees here, I'm going to have a great day!

Baby P's estimated size...

So... you may be asking... how big is the baby?? Well... they think its 7.4lbs right now. They could be off, but they felt like they got some good measurements so they feel confident that I'm a low risk for the baby's shoulders getting stuck.. so that's a good thing! We got to see the face on the ultrasound.. and that was very cool... It wasn't a 3D image, but we could see Baby P yawning and taking a gulp of fluid, and the funniest and cool thing was that we could see little strands of hair floating in the fluid!! This baby will most definitely have a full head of hair!

Now guys, don't get too grossed out, but when my doctor did her internal exam... she laughed and told me how Baby P was squirming away from her finger.... I know.. TMI but it was really kinda funny. Clearly Baby P is happy in the incubator, and is not ready to come out anytime soon.

So, this was a very QUICK week for once... I got in to work early and left early every day, and I was very busy putting out some little fires at work, so it made the week fly by! Thank GOD!!

38 weeks today! 2 to go... I'm hoping for sooner!! Stay tuned!