The day arrived...

On Wednesday, April 28 I woke up dark and early. Donny wasn't able to get off of work early so my mom was taking me to the hospital where I had an appointment with induction.
 I wasn't concerned that Donny wouldn't be there right away...when I was induced with Noah they started me on pitocin and didn't break my water until after 10. This time was different! The nurse mid-wife broke my water at 7:45! I knew things would start moving and wondered where Donny was at that point. As if on cue he walked into the room and my mom was able to leave for work.
I am not a big complainer unless I am really in pain. And by 9 am let me tell you, I WAS HURTING!!!! My contractions were anywhere from 1-5 minutes apart and lasted from 45-90 seconds in length. My nurse came in and I told her I was ready for my epidural. The thing with epidurals is that you have to have so much fluid in you first...I hadn't even had 1/4 of the fluid I needed. She turned the pump on speed racer drip and the pushed the fluids fast. It took for what seemed like an eternity (like 20 minutes in reality but I wasn't living in reality I was in PAIN!) but the fluids finally had gone where they needed to be. They started my next bag and called the anesthesiologist to come on down. It took him almost 45 more minutes to get to me. By that time I was ready to die. I was trying to be strong and not cry...breathing like I had been taught, trying to focus on a distraction or move my body into a position that made it more tolerable but nothing helped. My nurse was being followed by a student nurse and she was WONDERFUL. She really tried to be a help to me through that.
I had about 5 contractions in the time it took the doctor to insert my epidural...have you ever had a pain so horrible that you literally can't be still while a guy was standing behind you inserting a needle into your back? Oh I felt so bad for him. He was very patient with me. And he is my hero :)
From that point on I thought things would get better but Mr. Colby wouldn't be still and the monitor kept losing his heart rate and it kept dipping. So they moved me to my left side and put  me on oxygen to try to stabilize his heart rate. The kid would not stop moving! After about 30 minutes of that, I moved to my right side and we never had another problem.
Once I reached 10cm my nurse checked me out and asked me to push so she could see exactly where Colby was. I pushed once and she told me not to do that again! She and the student nurse prepped my room and got things ready for my doctor and then called her in. As she walked in, me all exposed and ready, she asked me how I was and I told her READY!! She looked at "me" and said "Yes you are. I see his curls" and friends, for the 3 pushes that I gave in about 3-5 minutes he was here. All 9lbs. 8oz. of him!

This probably bored you enough for today. Maybe tomorrow I will tell you more :)

Colby Ray

He's Here!

Colby Ray Wilson

April 28, 2010

1:40 pm

9 lbs 8 oz

20 1/2 in. long

Proud Big Brothers

Just one more day

All I have is one more day. One more day to get any cleaning done...this is a task I find very hard right now. It doesn't take much to make my sciattica go out of control and then I can't move. It doesn't take much for my feet to swell and then they hurt to just move my toes.


I have one more day to be the mom of 2 boys.

I have one more day and then everything changes...again!

Psalm 139:13 (New American Standard Bible)

    ¹³For You ^(A)formed my inward parts;
         You ^(B)wove me in my mother's womb.

What an amazing and special God.

I'd like to brag :)

My sister-in-law is a very talented person in the kitchen. She cooks and bakes like no one's business. Some of my favorite things she has done are the cakes for birthdays. I thought I would share some with you!

I know....you are thinking that you are just the luckiest people in the world right now! :)

 Tony Hawk Skateboard Cake....ON a skateboard :)

Phineas and Ferb...and of course Perry! You can't have a P & F cake without Perry!

 Handy Manny and his tools :) 

Halloween Birthday's are so fun :)

 

Baby shower cake. This looks just like the quilt for the crib! I mean EXACTLY like the quilt.

A BIG snake birthday party. This was a LONG cake! Very cool :)

See what I mean?  

TALENTED! 

Now aren't you glad I shared? 

Family

There's nothing like family. 

Whether good times or...not so good times...they are the ones who are always there. Even when they are mad, hurt, grieving, celebrating, far away or right around the corner, they are the ones you know you can count and depend on.

Perfect? Not at all. A family is made up of humans. The only human I know of who was perfect is sitting at the right hand of his Father on pins and needles to have the LARGEST family reunion ever imagined :)

My family is a legacy. The heritage of my family is rich and full of faith and love. The heritage of my family is strength and priorities.

One of the things I cherish the most is the importance of God in my family. And it goes beyond church. It's a lifestyle that was lived out and exemplified by my parents to show us that God does love and care for us. Things weren't always easy. Yes, we faced some hard times. Just because you love God and God loves you doesn't make things 100%  hunky dory :) But having that love of God in my life and lived out before me in real ways made the hard times that much less difficult.

I love my parents for making church a priority. I don't resent them for "making" me go to church. I love them for it.

I hope that one day my children will look at Donny and me and say the same things. That would be the ultimate legacy to leave behind.

Life.

I haven't posted in a few days. Not that things aren't happening...I just don't want to bore everyone with my woes of parenting! All parents have them. All parents loathe those times when their children test and push them beyond their limits. I have had a couple of days like that and Donny's not feeling well so in some ways I feel like I am kind of dealing with it alone. And it's okay. He's got to get some rest for work even though he is having these problems.
I have a ton of respect and admiration for those single parents who go through this every day. My thoughts and prayers are with you! You deserve an award!!!

All this and my boys are growing up. Ty will be 7 next week and I registered Noah for kindergarten today AND I am one week away from D-day...Delivery day! I think I am a bit stressed and hormonal.
Is that okay? Am I entitled? Don't answer that. It will probably make me cry!

Both boys have said funny and interesting things but, with all that's been going on I just can't remember them all! Maybe my brain will be functioning better tomorrow and I will be able to post something slightly more entertaining.

time flies...

Yesterday we celebrated my son's 7th birthday. He's really not 7 until the 26th but we may have a baby between now and then and planned early.

It amazes me how fast time goes by. It seems like just yesterday he was a baby...I am not overly sentimental...I guess it's the prego hormones! lol

Random thoughts

I was watching Noah ride his bike yesterday and thinking how cool it is that he can ride a two wheeler. It got me thinking about what led up to him wanting to learn.

You see, my boys like to tinker. Ty decided to take Noah's training wheels off of his bike last year so that he could teach him to ride a big boy bike. Noah was all for it.  The problem was that at first Noah wasn't ready. So since Ty took them off, he had to put them back on. It was a great learning experience.

But it was just a few weeks after this happened that Noah really wanted to try again. So Donny took them off and Noah learned.

Today, my wonderful husband put the baby's pack n play together. We really feel it won't be long and our remodeling projects haven't even been started. So we have to put this up in our current room so that Colby has somewhere to sleep when he comes home.
Noah really wanted to "help" today. He was really proud of the baby's bed and kept telling us where Colby will sleep and what part we will use to change his diapers. He helped me put the diapers and the wipes in the hanger that goes on the side.
Here is the finished product with the proud big (not the biggest, hee) brother.

Ah, one more little thing done. Isn't he cute?

And as for Ty. He told me that he wishes I could have the baby tomorrow. I told him that if that happens I may not be able to be at his party and asked him if that was okay with him. He told me yes and that they would bring me extra cake.  Isn't that sweet of him?

nothing...

yep, I'm still home. It's sort of bittersweet.

Chance made it through his surgery well! Praise God! Thanks for the prayers everyone! I am sure they are the reason why it has gone so well. I just ask, that you continue to pray for his strength and recovery. It was a  major major surgery.

I can feel it coming soon.

I am no doctor but I seriously feel like I could be at the hospital within the next 24 hours or so. I started to get worried that it would be tonight...worried because I would like to get a couple of things done that were planned for today but didn't get them done. That and Ty's birthday party is Saturday and so I just have a lot on my plate right now :) The baby would surely be welcomed! Don't think that I wouldn't be happy as pie to have him here and this pregnancy over but.......
Maybe tomorrow my post will be from the hospital. Maybe I will post to say there's no news.

Tomorrow is also my nephew Chance's BIG surgery. Found out today that it is going to be worse than originally expected. Please keep him in your prayers. My brother in his family live in Kansas and to my knowledge no family is able to make it out there to be with them. Please pray for Geof and Angie and Isaac as they wait during the surgery and deal with the recovery. Pray that God covers them in His peace and calm.

So I can't do it all.

When you are having a third child and you live in a house that only has 2 bedrooms you must build on or move. Our option is to add a room. We have the best of intentions and things planned and then bed rest came into play.
Donny had no choice but to take care of the house (as best he could), care for the boys, cook, laundry, shop...you know, the normal day to day things that have to happen in a household. Needless to say the addition preparation got put on hold.

Well, we are at a point now that we really can't wait any longer and I had a complete meltdown on Friday over it. My parents offered to keep the boys Friday night so that I could get things done on Saturday because I told them that I "know I can get things done if I don't  have the distraction of the boys to interrupt me."

Boy was I wrong! I did manage to get some clothes sorted through and into a tote. I did a couple loads of laundry and I was DONE! My back hurt and my feet were swollen and hurting...I was really disappointed in myself. You may think I am being too harsh but it's the truth. I really wanted to be able to get things done. Unfortunately, that just wasn't going to happen.

My mom offered to call some friends and come over to help me get things done and while I appreciate that offer, I know that I am way to obsessive compulsive/anal retentive to accept that...right or wrong, I am afraid I would become a horrible person to those trying to help because I wouldn't be able to just sit and let them. That and the area that needs to be cleaned is....well...ummmm.......yeah.....

I am also learning that it probably doesn't hurt for me to realize that I need to admit when I need help and to accept it. It was so nice that my parents took my children for 2  nights this weekend so that I could even try to get things done. 
But I can't do it all...so I did what I could. 

Sorry things weren't more interesting :)

I have never done this before

I'm not the type to do the "belly shots" during pregnancy. I don't have a single picture of my belly during either of my other two pregnancies...it's really just not me. I just don't need reminders of how ginormous I become. Stretch marks do a good job of that without the pictures.
However, I have many more friends and family out of town now than I did back then and they have requested to see...God only knows why...I don't get it :)

So, here's a pic of me just before I found out I was pregnant.

And here is one of me today...well, my belly anyway...

 Does this make my friends happy? It's one BIG belly :) that's for sure!

Time is drawing near

It's hard to think that is was back in late August/early September that I realized I was pregnant with our 3rd child. Even though we had somewhat decided that it wouldn't be so bad to have another, I was actually shocked and slightly unnerved by the realization. Even today it's very surreal to me. I know, I know....this was a choice but still!!! I honestly figured I wouldn't get pregnant. I can't totally explain why but I really seriously figured it just wasn't going to happen. And I was perfectly fine with that. But, God had other plans and that's totally cool with me as well.

So here I am, 36 1/2 weeks pregnant. Swollen, elevate blood pressure, tired...and so NOT ready!! I mean, sure, physically I am beyond ready :) Just give me 3 more days to get past the 36 week mark and this little man can come any time. But as far as this house goes....dude...what are we doing?

We were supposed to have some plumbing fixed...a furnace installed...a bedroom built...the boys moved into their new room and the nursery ready. But I had to go all risky and start having contractions at 30 weeks and put on bed rest! Crud. That left Donny trying to take care of the boys, clean the house (God bless him he did the best he could...I think), cook, laundry, start a new job...and still get the room done...Yeah well, whatever.

Now the day is set for April 28th. I will be induced if I don't go into labor before then. My honest opinion,  the induction won't be necessary. I think it will happen in the next week and a half honestly.

Still, no new bedroom. The boys are still in the room we will using for the nursery. There is lots to be done. But isn't that usually the way things go?

I feel the need to go do some cleaning....

Shhhhhhhhh.....do you hear that?

It's the sound of a long day coming to an end...

No more children fighting......


No more misbehaving children......


No stress.....


It's quiet and serene....

I think I like it :)



But then reality kicks in and I realize that they are just recharging for tomorrow.....

Doctors, kids and baseball.

Today was a doctor day. It seems that there were several people in my family who had doctor appointments! Found out my nephew has to have back surgery this fall (unless a time opens up before then).

Please say a little prayer for him if you think of him. He is the silly one in the middle :) His name is Chance. He is an awesome kid!!!

I went to the doctor today as well. Found out that I am dilated at 2cm, my blood pressure is slightly elevated again and like I figured, she didn't like my swelling. I told her I was going to go back to work tomorrow and she told me no. So, I will just stay home and keep my feet up as much as possible while I try to get things ready because she scheduled my induction for April 28th!!!! However, neither her nor I think I will last that long :) And I am okay with that.
When I told Ty that Colby may be born 2 days after his birthday he thought that was cool. We had talked about how it's possible for him to be born on his birthday (which none of us wanted) and he wasn't so hip on that. But a couple days later is cool he said. Noah told me that it was cool with him, too :) And then he told me that Colby can even come to his birthday party. That kids a mess!

It is definitely Spring!!! Baseball season officially started today and the Cardinal's brought it in style! Pujols, Rasmus and Molina were awesome! I love that Yadi wasn't even supposed to play and came through big time at the end with a GRAND SLAM!!!! I can't wait to go to a game this season :)

Happy Easter!!

It was egg hunting time this morning when I got home from the Sunrise Service. These two boys were beyond ready!

Remember last night I told about how PawPaw came over to build Easter Bunny nests....

This is Noah's. Ty built it because Noah wouldn't.

Nope. This was Mr. Crabby-pants. What a joy he is when he is woken up from a nap. He always does so much better when allowed to wake up on his own. But, that just wasn't an option yesterday.

 Ty and his nest. What a proud boy :)
The EB made it to their nests with his special eggs. The boys were thrilled to collect them from the nests.

These two just love this each year! What a great tradition for them to have with their Paw Paw :)

They hunted eggs at church.

I just love this picture of Ty. It cracks me up! Oh the joy of egg hunting! And the fun didn't end here!!!

It continued up at Aunt Nancy and Uncle Clyde's house where they hunted eggs with their cousin Landen. Before I get comments about Noah wearing the stocking hat remember that he had surgery just a week ago and had his ears drained. It was really windy and we don't need any infections!

After the egg hunt was over, Uncle Clyde took them for a ride.

Woah Uncle Clyde!! I think that turn was a bit fast! But the boys loved it! He took them for quite the ride. On the way home, Ty told me that they went to the woods and found a dead end. There was a lake. It was green and when he threw a rock into the lake, it swallowed it up! LOL!!!

How blessed are we to have family to spend the day with? Then, friends called me and asked to take the boys to see a movie :) We are doubly blessed I do believe.

As your Easter draws to a close, take the time to remember that the eggs and candy are a ton of fun but the real reason for this day is to celebrate that Jesus is risen! Death couldn't hold him! My Savior, OUR Savior Lives!

Happy Easter Eve

Today was a busy day! Not good for swollen feet but all worth it.
The day started with me making homemade donuts!

MMMM....thank Pioneer Woman for posting the fantastic recipe that I used. The boys and Donny each ate 3 or 4 for breakfast and then we had some for dessert :)

PawPaw (Donny's Dad) came over and built Easter Bunny nests with the boys...well that's the annual plan but Noah was uncooperative and refused to help build his. I will post pictures tomorrow after the EB has been by and left his eggs ;)

Mammy/Grammy (my Mom) made chicken and dumplings for dinner so we went over there and enjoyed some family time. The boys, Colby included, were given their Easter gifts and we dyed eggs.
Now, I don't readily admit this because it makes me feel like a horrible mother but, we have never dyed eggs with the boys...I know, I know...many of you are gasping at the Easter fun that I have withheld from my children but I will be honest, I just knew I wouldn't have had the patience. Being at my parents and doing it all as a big family was so much more fun and we decided that it is going to become a family Easter tradition. That makes me happy! I love family traditions. Makes great memories for kids. The boys did great and had a blast doing it.

On the way home Noah was looking out the window and said, "Mom, did you know Jesus put the stars out?" I said, "He did?" He told me "Look out your window at the sky. Do you see them? Jesus put the stars out tonight." :o) I love that!

I am going to church for the first time in over a month tomorrow morning for our Sunrise Service at 7 am...I am looking forward to being at church on Resurrection Sunday but I am not looking forward to the early morning! Seeing as it is now 11:06 pm I really think I should end this babble and head to bed.

I pray you and your family have a blessed Easter! Enjoy your time together and don't forget the reason for it all....HE IS RISEN!!!!

Today's focus....

I was hoping to have something fun and witty about my family to share but this day has been a disaster from the get go. Children who are behaving the worst I have seen in a long time, woke up with a headache, swelling is quite painful and I am a tad emotional (sure it's a combo of all of the above).
So instead, I'd like to take a minute to refocus on what today is. Today is Good Friday. Today is the day that Jesus was betrayed by a dear friend, rejected by those whom he loved and had said just a week before that they loved him, beaten, bruised, humiliated and ultimately murdered because he knew that one day I would need him and his forgiveness and grace and mercy just to make it through.
As a Christian, this weekend means even more to me than Christmas. It's the time that we remember the sacrifice both Father and Son made for every person throughout time. As a parent I can't imagine letting my son go through crucifixion. As a mom I can't imagine Mary's torment as she watched her son be brutally murdered.
BUT, today is not where this story ends. Oh no. This day was just the beginning. You see, after giving up his spirit, Jesus spent some time in Hell taking back the keys to sin and death! No more do these things have to have a hold on my life! After 3 days, Sunday came and all Hell trembled! CHRIST AROSE!
There are so many songs running through my mind right now....Sunday by Tree63, Can't Keep a Good Man Down by Newsong, Mary Did You Know by Mark Lowery, Jesus Messiah and Come Home Running by Chris Tomlin, We Are The Reason by Avalon....there are so many more.
So I can sit here and be all depressed that my children were acting like animals. I can sit here and get all bummed that I am swollen. I can allow myself to dwell in the pit of self pitty. Or I can choose to rejoice that my Heavenly Father loved me enough more than 2000 years ago to give his son as a ransom for my life. I am not worthy. I don't deserve such love. But I was given it anyway :) Hallelujah! Dying for me was the most he could do...Living for him is the least I can do.
It's so simple. Nothing could be easier. Jesus, I am a sinner and I need your help. I believe that you died on the cross and rose again. I confess that I messed up, there are commandments that I have broken. BUT thank you for your love and forgiveness. Come live in my heart and guide my steps. Help me to fully rely on you. I love you so much, Jesus. Amen.

Swelling: The saga continues

I decided that since I can barely reach my toes that I would treat myself to a pedicure this morning. Of course, they can't do the whole massage and stuff because I am pregnant but it was so nice to sit there while someone else soaked my feet and rubbed cuticle cream on my nails and then painted them. However, by the time I got home, my legs and feet look horrible....not because she did a poor job, no sir. But because they are SO swollen! Tree trunks and sausages. That's what my legs and toes look like.
Other than that I am feeling pretty good today! Colby is moving around a ton. He is a very active baby right now...I wonder how that will play out once he is here.....hmmm......
Ty and Noah spent the morning with Mawmaw and Pawpaw while I had my appointment. They rode their 4 wheelers (Power Wheels) around and Noah got in trouble for running around and caring the wood that Pawpaw was using to fix the porch. Remember, Noah had his tonsils and adenoids removed last week and isn't supposed to be doing things like that for 2 weeks.
Once I got them into the car Noah really wanted ice cream. I was already going the opposite direction of our favorite little ice cream shop because I needed to go by the bank. Oh this was tragic. The poor child I assume felt he was being deprived of the ice cream. I told him that I had to go by the bank to get some money so we could get ice cream and he was beyond consolable. Lord help this child and help me! From the back seat, among the soft wails, I hear "This is ridiculous Mom". I sat there a minute and said back to him "Yes, it is ridiculous the way you are acting." To which he replied "No mom, the bank is ridiculous." I think he is just upset that he can't have the suckers from the bank right now.