He's Here!

Well, he finally arrived! The hospital called me at 5:15 pm on Thurs. the 17th to go ahead & come up. We arrived just before 6 & by 6:15 pm they had my pit drip started. My sister made her way up by 6:30 & we were off to a good start. I told my nurse that I wanted to try & wait until I reached a 5 before I got my epidural because it wore off with Samantha & I didn't want that experience again! Travis & I still didn't agree on a name for this baby so my sister went & found a baby book with 50,001 baby names! Travis finally conceeded & we decided we'd name him Caleb Travis Bown. Dr. Fowers broke my water at 8:40 pm & thanks to a dose of Fentonal at 10:15 I was able to make it to a 5 before I asked for my epidural at 10:50 pm! It took the dr. about 20 min. to give me my epidural & I have to say that this one was the most painful of the three. I could feel him doing everything! Thirty minutes after my epidural I was at an 8 so I was really glad I hadn't waited to get my epidural any longer or else I probably wouldn't have been able to get it!! I started to push about 1:15 am & he was born at 1:42 am on Friday July 18th. We weighed in at 8 lbs 1 oz & was 20 inches long. I thought for sure this baby was going to be the biggest of the three so I was very shocked to learn he was actually the smallest! When Travis was heading into the nursery with him the nurse told us that they had 17 babies in the nursery! Trav said the basinetts were lined up wall to wall. I guess there's something to be said for full moons!!

We came home on Saturday afternoon & he is doing well. He only lost 1 oz in the hospital so that tells you how much he likes to eat!

Nash & Samantha are thrilled their brother is here & Samantha has finally decided that it's ok he isn't a girl, she'll love him after all!

My sister & her daughter, Jade, came to visit today & helped give him his first bath. He loves to have his hair & his bum washed but did not like the rest of his bath!

GRRRRR

Well, I called the hospital back at 1. They said they'd call me when they had a spot. Well, I called back at 2:30. The head nurse told me then that they had someone in recovery that would be going upstairs soon & that she'd get me in then so to call her at about 3:45. Called back at 3:30 & the nurses & changed shifts. The nurse that answered the phone told me they'd call me when they had a spot for me. I tried to patiently explain I was first on the list at 6 this morning & that they keep telling me to call back in an hour & "we'll get you in then." So, that nurse went & got the head nurse. The new head nurse was SO rude. She basically told me, "You're not a priority b/c you aren't a medical necessity induction, you're an elective induction & I'll take you when I want to." So, as you can imagine, that made me really mad. I called my dr.'s office after that & talked to my dr.'s nurse. I told her that my dr. had told me last week that he wouldn't be available tonight b/c he had to go pick his daughter up so when I called the office earlier to find out who was on call I found out that the dr. on call all weekend is the dr. I've seen that I did not like & did not want her to deliver me. So, I asked her if my dr. isn't going to be available if I can have this other dr. in the office deliver me instead of the one I don't like. She talked to my dr. & called me back. She said that my dr. will be available all night but has a surgery in the morning & won't be available after that. So, I asked again, if I don't get into the hospital & deliver tonight if I can have this other dr. deliver me. That's when she told me, "Well, we'd have to ask him & he isn't in today, but he is in tomorrow so we could ask him then. But, you're going to get in tonight & have him tonight." That's when I bluntly told her, "Well, I'm not getting my hopes up anymore and I'm pretty pissed off at the hospital right now."
So, here it is 5 pm & I still haven't even been to the hospital today but I'm sure my blood pressure is really high after all the phone calls I've had! The nurse I talked to last said I could keep calling the hospital to check to see if they could take me but otherwise to wait for them to call me. I told her "yea right. You guys keep telling me you'll call me back today & you haven't called me one time!" So, I will keep calling the hospital back until they take me! I am not happy about the prospect of laboring all night long but I suppose if they can't take me until 10 pm that's when I'll go b/c if I wait until tomorrow I'll have to go through all this crap again!
Hopefully my next post will be of baby pictures! Hope you had a more productive day than I have!!

Waiting...

Well, I'm supposed to be started today. I called the hospital at 6 am this morning & was told they had 1 person in front of me that needed to be delivered before I could come in. I called back at 9:15 & was told they thought they could get me in within an hour but if I hadn't heard back from them by 11 to give them a call back. I called back at 11 & was told they'd gotten unexpectedly busy so to call them back at 1 if I hadn't heard from them by then! I'm really hoping we get to have this baby today!! My feet can't take the enormous amount of swelling anymore!! They feel like they're about to pop! I'll keep this post updated as I can! Keep your fingers crossed & think water breaking thoughts for me (then they'll have to take me!)!!

Waiting for Baby...

My Water BabiesI have decided my children should have been born as ducks or fish. They absolutely love the water & will spend every waking second in it that I allow them to. Nash has made amazing strides in the last week. Last summer he had a near drowning incident in my parent's pool. Since then he's been much more cautious around water. Until this week that is. Suddenly his fear of water is gone & he is cannon balling into the pool until I'm tired just from watching him! Yes, cannon balling - he climbs on the ladder, does his little routine, shouts "Cannon Ball", & jumps in!




















Baseball Travis loves baseball & has played it since he was a little kid. Saturday night while we were out at Trav's parent's house Nash discovered the little glove. Grandpa Scott & Dad played catch with Nash, teaching him how to throw the ball & catch it in the glove. Now I'll have to find the glove he got for his birthday & get it out so he can play catch at home with dad. I'm sure there are many baseball games to come in my future!!






















First Fish of the Season Travis went fishing with my dad Sunday night (the kids & I stayed at Grandma's & they went swimming) & came home with his first catch of the season. (A little late, I know, but it's a start.) It's a large mouth bass that measured 17 inches! Samantha was all excited to get in & see what it was all about - Nash on the other hand wasn't too sure he wanted to get very close to the fish at all!

Sam's growing up!

Tonight we went out to my parent's house to celebrate my mom's birthday. We had a hot dog roast & not long after Samantha sat down to eat she came over & started complaining that her tooth hurt. I, of course, being the fabulous mother that I am told her, "Your tooth is fine! Go eat!!" Well not too much later I was in the kitchen & Samantha was complaining again about her tooth hurting. So, I told her to come here & let me look. Well, wouldn't you know it! She has her first loose tooth!! She was a little freaked out at first b/c I made a big deal of it & said, "Hey! Lets go tell your dad!" I felt bad b/c she started crying after I said that! But, now that we've talked to her about it, she's a bit more excited (and anxious) about it. So, it's official. I feel old! My first baby is going to start kindergarten & has her first loose tooth & my second baby is starting preschool! Guess you might say I'm glad I get to start all over again!