Its about time..

Here i am.. 3 months later.. FINALLY updating my blog! yay!

So, as most of you know.. the biggest news that i have to talk about is about Kelsey Jade Duffy being born. :)
By 39 weeks i was so ready to have her out that i was getting very impatient and begging for her to come out. At my 39 week appointment i was dilated to a 4 and he stripped my membranes. My dr told me that i should go into labor within a couple hours.. well, i started feeling contractions so we headed to the hospital.. but with my lucky, they sent us home that night.. I called my doctor the next day and told him that i had been bleeding all day and night so they told me to go back in. they hooked me up to some monitors to see if i was contracting. My doctor was out of the office that day so i saw a different doctor, he didnt like how high my blood pressure was so he stripped my membranes again and sent me over to labor and delivery :) that was around 2 oclock. They hooked me up to pitocin and got me rolling.
here we are waiting for her

 It seemed to go by really fast. I was so glad that they allowed Erica to be there with us. She was there the whole time except for when it was time to push. She was excited too :) Before i knew it i was in so much pain. There was no way that i could go all natural, so i got the epidural :) before i knew it.. it was 10:50pm and they told me to push.. she was out at 11:01 pm :)
She was perfect.
8lb 3 oz 21 inches.

I couldnt have asked for a better baby. She eats and sleeps so well. and is perfectly healthy. The only problem she had was a ruptured blood vessel in her right eye, but it fixed it self :)

Erica has been such a good big sister. She knew right away that she had to be gentle with the baby.
Ericas first time holding her baby sister.

Baby Kelsey sleeps so good. She had a little bit of Colic but im still not complaining. I couldnt have asked for a better baby.

She is now 7 weeks old :)

Time to catch up!

Its been a rough couple of months, and that is the excuse im going to give for not blogging! I am now almost 35 weeks and i am SO ready to have this baby. This summer heat is killing me. Im so uncomfortable. I have heartburn. Im up every hour during the night to go pee. I cant shave my legs without getting exhausted. And im going through all of this while setting up the nursery and getting ready for the baby, AND chasing after a 2 year old. Im am exhausted and i dont think im ever having anymore kids! Now, time for good news: Im down to weekly appointments! I had another ultrasound last week just to make sure my placenta has moved and baby was growing ok, and everything was perfect! baby even messures to my exact due date. Next week is my last week of work! :-) then ill be taking a couple months off. Im hoping to go back, but not to graveyards, or i hope to find a better job that will offer benefits. Speaking of benefits, now that i wont be working, i applied for baby your baby and medicaid. We got approved for baby your baby and were in the process of getting medicaid. So im crossing my fingers that everything will go smoothly and i dont have to stress about all those medical bills.
We had my baby shower last week so i was able to finish all the shopping i needed to get done to make sure were 100% ready for this baby. Ive washed all the clothes, put the crib together, hung up some decor. theres just a few things left and were ready! We cant wait to meet baby Kelsey. Erica is very excited. everytime she see's babies she yells "look at the baby! im gonna have a baby sister like that!"
Im terrified of how she will act when the baby actually comes though

Me and Zach have been great. He took my advice and picked up more hours in the week so he could take an extra day off during the week. So now he has Fridays AND Saturdays off. :)

Thats about all thats been going on in my life right now.. Just getting ready for a newborn :)

Until next time......

Well... its a.....

Its official.. Doctor is sure were having another girl. Yay! Even though we were both hoping for a boy this time, we are very excited. I guess we will just have to try again for a boy (but not for a lonnnnng time) We are still trying to come up with a name for this little stinker.. But there are a couple that we are leaning to.

I am now in my third trimester. It seems like the second went by SOO fast. Im sure the next couple of months will drag on. We picked horrible timing to get pregnant. im going to be huge in the 115 degree weather.. (thanks zach) I have been feeling pretty good. Ive gained a total of 6lbs so far which doesnt seem like alot.. but im sure the next 10 weeks i will gain a bunch. I took my gestational diabetes test last week and that came back negative.. so were good there :) This baby moves ALOT.. way more than Erica ever did. and this baby is very low. sometimes i feel like she is going to fall out of me if i dont hold my legs closed.

A Mothers Love

I just spent the last hour reading a blog about a child who had drowned in the bath tub. You might have heard the story. His name was Bronson. I highly suggest everyone to read this story through and appreciate what you have in life. HERE is his story.

I cried my eyes out reading the story and the whole time i was just thinking to myself "What if that was Erica?" Which made me cry even more. This little boy drowned in the bathtub, while his mom just ran out of the room for a minute (something i am guilty of). It really makes you think that ANYTHING could happen, at ANYTIME. Ever since Erica was born, i have always been terrified of something tragic happening to my little girl. My biggest fear lately, is her running out into the street and getting hit, and honestly, its something that i wake up in the middle of the night from dreaming about.
I have always hated how "over pretective" my mother was growing up. Now i understand, now that im a mother myself. She lost a child in a car accident, of course she was always worried something bad would happen to me. Now i get it. Now im the "over protective mother" who is terrified of her doing anything physical because im afraid she's going to fall and break something. Or hates when she eats candy or certain food because i dont want her to choke. Im still the mother that walks in when she's sleeping and make sure she's still breathing. Im scared to leave her overnight, and i always have my phone right next to me in case something happens, and when my phone actually rings im scared its bad news.
Im also the kind of mother who takes things for granted, until now. I am so blessed that Erica was born healthy, and hasnt had any major problems. I am so blessed that she wakes up in the morning with a smile on her face ready to terrorize my house every day. She is amazing in so many ways and i dont think Zach and I really understand how lucky we are. And i hope one day we will never have to be in a position where we would never see our baby girl again.
LIke Sara (the mother of Bronson) said :

"For now, please hug your babies a little tighter...

Give your children a little extra squeeze...

Be a little more patient and diligent

and a little less distracted by the things that will wait until later.

Embrace the things that matter most!

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Life is so fragile...

We are holding onto it for now."

 

 

 I love my little girl more than anything in this world. I would give my life for her. 

Week 24

I went to the doctor on Thursday. I gained 2lbs and my iron level went back up. I heard the baby's heartbeat and my doctor told me im measuring a week over, but he will see about changing my due date when i have my ultrasound next month. He sent me home with the glucose drink that i have to drink an hour before my next appointment to test for gestational diabetes. (kinda nervous about that) . We scheduled my ultrasound for May 7th. I cant wait!! im really hoping this baby will cooperate this time and let us see. I really need to get a move on buying stuff and setting up the room. Im starting to really want another girl more and more. We have been thinking about names but we havent really came to a decision yet. but there are a few that we like. Ive been feeling pretty good. I dont really have any complaints yet.. but im sure that will change once i start getting into my third trimester. This baby sure is an active little one. its always moving and loves to kick me right in the bladder. Zach finally felt a little kick the other night. I have a Posterior placenta so its harder for him to feel the baby move.

I hate the dentist!!

Ever since i was a little kid i have always hated the dentists. I didnt get braces until i was 19. and didnt get my wisdom teeth pulled until just last year. For the last few months i have had the worst toothache ever. and i just couldnt handle it anymore. i knew that i had to get in before it got worse. So i made an appointment for today and i went in. I ended up having 2 holes in 2 of my back teeth and decay was down really deep almost to the nerve. I got them cleaned, and got a filling on them. It was so painful. i was in tears! They were able to numb me, but it still felt like i could feel everything, so they numbed me again. But yet, it still hurt so bad. He told me that the fillings should work just fine but because the decay was so deep, it might be possible that i will have to get 2 root canals in those teeth. so im crossing my fingers that these work. He also said that i need to start flossing, (which is something i dont do ) He didnt give me any pain meds because i cant take them anyway. So i will be loading up with tylenol every 4 hours. And i hope ill be able to sleep tonight!

Easter 2010

This Easter we spent most of our time at my mother in laws house. On Friday we went and colored some eggs and then went to dinner at the Brick Oven. Then after Zach got off work on Sunday, we headed over there to have a BBQ and have Erica do a little Easter egg hunt. Zach's mom had Erica on Saturday so she took her to the park and they had a big Easter egg hunt for kids (pictures of that are on my facebook). It was a good Easter and Erica had a lot of fun. I forgot to take a picture of the basket i got her, but she got a new My little Pony toy, with some extras too it, some candy, coloring books, crayons, and a new outfit. Enjoy the pictures!