A week already?!

Well that was the fastest week i've ever experienced!
First, i'd just like to add or say that I had my baby boy on Tuesday and so so happy that he's here :)
Alright, onto the winner :)

I just used Random.org:

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7 

Timestamp: 2009-10-31 05:04:58 UTC

# 7 is

The Robinsons said...

This is the cutest pouch! I love the fabric you chose. I would love to win this!


Congrats! Email me: lyssabz05@gmail.com and give me your address :)

If I get to crafting again and make something extra, we can do this again :)










Luke's Story...

**Long Story for Memory Purposes**

Well I'm finally not pregnant and that in itself is a relief!
And we are all safe and healthy.

Lots to be thankful for over here.
Truly grateful for my family, watching Emma and Kate while we had our little boy. They're having tons of fun with Grandpa & Grandma T. and their Aunts, Uncles and cousins. They couldn't be in better hands!
Thankful for Joe in helping me through yesterday.
Thankful for fabulous nurses and doctors who have helped me as well.
Thankful for modern medicine!
And lastly, Thankful for Luke and the sweet little baby that he is already! I can't get enough of this guy. I am so humbled to be the privileged mother to take care of him on this earth. It can be an overwhelming task to be a mother. But the special moments that happen between me and my children are precious and unforgettable...and so worth it.

Yesterday, we got up and ready for the hospital. We arrived a little before 8 AM. We did the normal paperwork and got placed in our room. Our nurse, Lori, came in and asked some more questions. I got in my bare-backed gown and got ready for some fun. They inserted my IV....ahh!...those are the worse! She checked me and I was at a 3. So, I thought, we are on to a good start!

Immediately, they got Pitocin in it to get things going. I was expecting for them to then break my water but she didn't and couldn't. He, the baby, wasn't fully engaged down. His head was bouncing around when she would put her fingers up there. If she were to break my water, there was a chance that the umbilical cord could block the cervix and cause many complications. So she had to wait on breaking my water until he was fully engaged down into the cervix.

The contractions started coming and was ready for the epidural. Initially he was available but right after I asked for it, another case came up, with an emergency with another patient having twins, so I had to wait. I was fine with that. The contractions weren't that bad so I waited.

Things were just going really slow. It didn't help that they hadn't broken my water yet. That always does the trick with me but since they couldn't, I dilated very slowly...slower than I anticipated.

Finally around 11 am, I got the epidural. But there was one complication with it. The catheter in which they used for it wasn't inserted as far in as the anesthesiologist wanted but left it alone, telling me to just be careful so that it won't fall out. If it did or if I wanted to fix it, I would have to do the whole 'insert huge needle into my back" process again. So I made sure to not move at all.

So we just hung around some more. The nurse was waiting for my bottom half to get numb so she could insert the catheter and break my water. The baby was now engaged. So we were excited because we knew once she broke the water, things would go a lot faster.

So we waited for the epidural to kick it. I could immediately feel my legs become tingly and numb but then it wouldn't moved up to my stomach. This was like 1/2 hour after I got it and it definitely should have been all numb. So we thought he just didn't give me a big enough dose. So i pressed the dosage button to get a kick of drugs to get fully numb.

Initially it worked...

So we waited about another hour, waiting for that to kick in. It spread to where I finally couldn't feel the nurse insert my catheter, which was good because I needed to go really bad.
And then after that, she broke my water. Wahoo! This was about 12:30 or 1 when they broke my water. After that I was at a 6. So how we waited for me to dilate some more.

But as I got more dilated, the more the pain grew.

So the Anesthesiologist came in. He asked me what I felt and I told him at contractions, it was my lower stomach and lower back, really severe cramp-like pain.

So he gave me some a dose of something that would make me very numb.

So we waited for that to kick in....

Nothing.

And since they had broken my water, I was dilating faster. The pain got worse with every contraction...um this isn't suppose to happen with an epidural folks! I think it was the worse pain I had ever felt.

The Anesthesiologist was kind of a punk. He was about 30, seemed to have just finished medical school. And was treating me like I was one of those whiny patients. You know, the annoying ones. So when I would tell him I was still feeling severe pain, he just thought I was ridiculous because "he knew he had put so much medicine in me that I couldn't be in pain"...ugh, idiot.

So after barely getting through a contraction and bawling my eyes off from the pain, the nurse, who was sympathetic to what I was going through and understood that I wasn't full of crap, told me that something must be wrong with the epidural because I should be so so completely numb. So she called the half-"A" doctor and said, "You are replacing the epidural right now, come back in!"

So he did.

And when they lifted me up to redo the whole process, the Anesthesiologist says, "Oh...huh, yep it fell out."

AHHHHHH, you freaking idiot. Guaranteed it had been out for like 2 hours, which explains the growing pains...So I hadn't really been getting an epidural where it mattered the most. So the contractions I have been feeling this whole time have been with no help? Honestly, Doc, if you stick a catheter half way in someone's back, isn't that an indication that you should probably do it again?

UGH...Such a moron.

And the nurse had checked me before I got the replacement and found that I was dilated to an 8....geez louise. Those were some serious contractions I was experiencing! So he did it again and I INSTANTLY got completely numb.

See, that's how it was supposed to happen the first time!

And now that my body had a chance to finally relax, I got to a 10 in like 1/2 hour. And my OBGYN was hilarious because he kept calling through out the day, yelling at the Anesthesiologist to get me comfortable because he too knew that it shouldn't be taking this long!

Anyways, I get to a 10. I push twice and this huge baby comes out. The doctor's like, "whoa, this is much bigger than your other babies!"

Luke came out with the cord around his neck and one of his hands up by his face. He was blue so they grab him and start to revive him....

it took them about 5 minutes to get to him to finally breathe! Even the NICU team came running in before he did. Talk about scary. I was just laying there, thinking, Breathe!! Breathe!!!

Phew but he did. And I'm glad. They weigh him and he's only 8.5 lbs, which surprises the doctor because he looks bigger than that...But for being a week early, that's pretty big!

He is such a sweetie and has been a great baby so far. lol just sleeps all the time. I have to wake him up hardcore to feed him or else he'd just keep sleeping.

We are staying an extra night because he had swallowed alot of crap and it just keeps coming out so they just want to make sure everything is safe and good. I'm fine with that. I like being taken care of still. It'll be weird to be home.

I just can't believe he's finally here!

Good times at the hospital :)













Phew...He's finally here!

Last picture of being pregnant with Luke:



He's finally here!
Luke Daniel Zimmerman
8 lbs 5 oz
20 inches
Born 10/27/2009 @ 3:49 pm

Interesting story to tell but later. But here's a pic to tantalize your brains....

30days: Kick off

30 Days is doing a great giveaway on her new shop: Jamboree Designs. They are digital cards. I love her fresh designs! Come check them out!
30days: Kick off

Journal Entry #3: The Plan

So Tee minus 33 hours to go before #3 comes!
I'm nervous...really, truly nervous!
I'm excited to not be pregnant.
I'm impatient to see this little guy.

Here's the plan or here was the plan a day ago.

My parents drove down today from UT to visit, watch the girls while I went to the hospital and had the baby. Then they can come visit in the hospital and the girls can see their brother! My parents are to stay here until Wednesday morning, where they will drive back with the girls. They will stay in UT for about a week.

(Such a nice relief to know they will be taken care of and that I will be able to really recover and relax with just 1 kid for a week...but it will be so so weird!)

That was the plan until this morning. My sister-in-law had some extreme pain and some weird things going on with her body so she had to go to the ER this morning! So my parents had to delay their departure to watch their little baby until 11:30 am or so.

Come to find my SIL somehow was infected with Hepititus A...poor girl! So while she's in the hospital, my brother still has to work and go to school. So they need help with the baby. So my parents had to cut their visit and trip short. They left at 11:30 am this morning, came in town around 7 pm, did a very quick visit, and then turned back around with the girls to UT.

It was kind of a shock and took some time to sink in that my girls would not be around when their brother would come. This is definitely harder on me then them. They were so excited to drive back with Grandma and Grandpa and go to UT...which I am so glad that with the change of plans, they did awesome. It was just hard on me because, well, I am a planner! I like to keep to a set schedule or plan. It is much more comfortable that way, to know what to expect!

So as they left around 8:30 pm tonight, I was definitely sad. Tomorrow is going to weird without them here!
And Joe still has to go to school so I have a whole day without anyone....so so weird! Didn't think that would happen again.

But I have definite plans for myself tomorrow:
Sleep in.
Return library books and DVDs.
Pick up/clean house so I will return from the hospital to a clean house (nothing better!).
Finish up last minute things I want to do before baby #3 comes.
And probably take a few naps.

Again, it's just going to be weird but it will be nice to have a kid-free day.

But I already miss them...even though they'd be in bed right now...just knowing that they are in a car to UT kind of spoils it!

So I should get to bed so I don't exhaust myself. Looking forward to what tomorrow will bring ...
And especially what Tuesday brings!

Diaper Pouch / Holder / Clutch Giveaway :)

So i've been on the down low for a while. First I was sick with being pregnant. Then I moved across country. Then I settled down. Now I wait to have this baby come Tuesday! It's one thing after another. Scrapbooking has been put on the back-burner...I have no motivation for it whatsoever.


But I have gotten into sewing stuff for the baby.
And some friends and I have started another blog where we post up tutorials of things we make:


http://www.thecraftyclique.blogspot.com/


And I actually just posted up a tutorial on how to make a diaper pouch and also am Giving one away!! You have to come check it out!
Go HERE for details :)




Diaper Pouch / Holder / Clutch Giveaway :)


Hey I wanted to spread the word to all you hot mom's out there. I did a Diaper Pouch/Holder/Clutch tutorial over at The Crafty Clique. Plus, I am giving one away for free! Come check it out HERE and try to win this wonderful invention :)

Wooden Pumpkins & Pecan Wreath


I got the idea for the pumpkins form U create they were really easy to make and they turn out really cute. The wreath idea came to me when I was in Crate and Barrel they had some made out of berries. I had a ton of pecans left over from last season so I decided to use them. The green balls are called horse apples, I picked them when I was in Fort Worth. The real pumpkin came from Love Creek pumpkin patch and Bailey painted it :)
All I did was hot glue the pecans to a styrofoam wreath from the dollar store and put moss/grass in between. It was super fast to make.

For the pumpkins we cut some 2x4 and sanded the edges.



Then we painted them orange, we tried using crackle paint on top but it didn't work. Then we cut leaves out of felt and made stems out of wire. To top it off we added some raffia.



Holiday Hairclip Set Giveaway!


My friend, Celeste makes and sells adorable baby hair accessories!! And she's doing a fabulous giveaway!! You have to check out her blog for details!

Holiday Hairclip Set Giveaway!

Our own Celeste, who makes and sells adorable baby hair accessories, if having a giveaway on these babies! You have to go check out her blog for details!

October


So these are kind of fun. On Craigslist, I was lucky to find a local photographer that was looking to build her portfolio so she was doing free maternity photo sessions. So I jumped on it! Her name is Chelsy and her website is Cardin Creative. I thought she did an excellent job, and for free? You can't go wrong. Plus, she was over at my home yesterday taking a free newborn photo session of LUke and should be getting those within the week! Can't wait to see them :)
These were from her facebook account. And I was also able to pick 2 pics for a free 8x10 and 5x7 print. Not too shabby :)



Now onto another talented photographer. When I went to that craft fair back in October, I met Kelly Gettys. She is a up and coming photographer herself and asked if she could take pics of me and the family to build her portfolio. Her website is called Captured by Kelly. It's under construction right now. So if you live in LAs Vegas, check her out as well! They turned out so great and I love the family pics too. Thanks Kelly!

I really like this one minus my double chin...dun dun dun







These all turned out great. I was really happy that I found some great people who were so generous to my family and I. Thank you ladies!!

I have more pics of Luke coming soon. I know you are dying ;)





Fall pictures in Utah

Update on me:
Yesterday, I had my doctor's appointment. Still a "2" but we set an induction date for Oct. 27th at 8 AM... So he'll be here then or earlier, if he decides. But i'm not betting on it. My body doesn't go into labor on it's own. So I hope it all goes well.
Can I brag for a second?
Emma's total labor/delivery was 6 hours.
Kate's total labor/delivery was 3 1/2 hours.
Boy total labor/delivery? 1 hour? Awesome, i'll take it :)
No I can't assume anything! We'll just see how it goes. But it'd sure be nice, be home in time for lunch ;)
So with a week and half left of having a family of four, i've have become lazy and stay home all day playing with the girls. But I do venture out to the library weekly!

We have done some fun Halloween activities like coloring scary pictures, cutting them out and taping them on the door.
Yesterday, we make Halloween-shaped sugar cookies...with delicious frosting. You can't go wrong there.
And i'm avoiding the scale at all costs...
Oh and today we watched Nightmare Before Christmas. I take pride in hearing my girls sing, "THis is Halloween, THis is Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween, Halloween"

Ok so picture time:
Some of these pictures are really old. But I haven't felt the "load pictures on blogger" vibe until now so I gotta get them on now before the baby comes.
The first bit are from UT when I went up for a week for fun. Across and down the street for my house is a garden. Brother Peterson told family to do pick some Cantelope so my brother JC and I took the girls to the corn field. Kate wasn't liking the scarecrow.











Next, we went to Thanksgiving Point's Pumpkin Extravaganza. Here are the cousins Emma, Kate, Abby & Collin.




Now seriously, did they want to start a statewide meltdown of every little girl by having this attraction right next to the entrance?!
Because that's what happened when we attempted to take off anything princess with this girl...
Let's just say she had a breakdown for a good 45 minutes after we left that area.








THey had this really cool trampoline type thing that the kids (meaning Jenny & Aaron as well) played on for like 30 minutes.




Emma wanted to pull the kids, so nice...






And....Kate's done.




And there was a fun tractor ride that went in a small circle 2 times.





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