Happy Birthday!! belated...

January 27 marked the 7 year anniversary of me becoming a mommy. Oh yeah and it was my son's 7th birthday. Is that a coincidence that they are the same day?? :) This is my oldest sweet baby. It was emotional for me on his birthday. I always think of him as my little baby. Which he will always be, but now he is a big baby! He is about 4 1/2 feet tall and weighs 56 pounds. He wears a size 3 in his shoes and 8/10 in his clothes. So yea he is a big baby :)

 

 



January 26 2007 I was induced for my first baby to be born. It was a mix of emotions for us. We were very excited and nervous at the same time. I was induced at 5 pm with him on a Friday night. My amniotic fluid was very low, and it was a necessity for him to be born. I was very upset about it. I wasn't ready and this wasn't part of my birth plan were the thoughts I kept thinking. Of course him being delivered safe and healthy was the most important thing so of course we said let's do this. I had made it to 6 pm Saturday January 27 and was miserable. The contractions were reading off the chart, and I had no epidural. I was in misery. I had gone 24 hours with an induction and was so ready for him to be born. The doctor checked me, and I was at 3cm. I was crushed. I screamed and cried and said get him out of me know. I lost it. I said give me a C-section (of course I didn't want one, but I was miserable). I finally said give me an epidural. I know realize I would have been fine without it and really did not need one. I could have made it without one. After delivering without an epidural and being induced I know I could have made it. That was the point where I was going to start advancing quickly, but being a first time mom I did not know this. I had never planned to get an epidural. I wanted it all natural. So to be induced and now get an epidural I was so unhappy, but I kept thinking as long as he is safe that is all that matters. I will say after I got the epidural I was like a different person. There was a big whirlpool tub in the bathroom which I couldn't use obviously because my whole body was numb. So my husband decided to take advantage of this awesome tub. I was finally calm and playing cards with my mom. It was almost 8pm. He went in the bathroom, turned off the lights in there and got in a nice warm Jacuzzi tub. Then there was suddenly a knock on the door. My mom was telling him ok it is time to push now. Wow what a wasted bath right? So I pushed for a short time for a first time mom. He entered the world at 8:49 pm. So after almost 28 hours of labor my baby was finally here. I couldn't wait to hold him. The nurses seemed very concerned as they were pumping lot of liquid out of his lungs. They wrapped him up quickly and let me hold him for about 5 sec and then rushed him out of the room. My heart sank. Where did my baby go? Why is he not in my arms? He was in respiratory distress. It was awful. They got him stabilized, and Daddy got to go in there to help give him his first bath. After several hours I finally got my baby back in my arms. He was so sweet and tiny. It was finally real I was a mommy. It was amazing.

He had a dramatic entrance into the world, and has not stopped since then. I am so lucky to be his mommy. He is so amazing. He is so smart and strong. He is in the first grade, and gets straight A's and reads on a fourth grade level. He is just so amazing. My little 7 pound 8 ounce baby is growing into such an amazing little boy. So happy birthday to my sweet little man!!

He had a ninja turtle party yesterday. It was so awesome to celebrate with his friends and our amazing family. He had a wonderful time. Which as a mommy is all I really want for my baby. I can't wait to celebrate so many more wonderful birthdays for my big boy!!

Belated Anniversary

On October 16 my hubby and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary. I can't believe it has already been 9 years. I feel like we were just married. We have had a great 9 years together. We have been by each others sides through all of our ups and downs. Life is great when your best friend is walking beside you through everything. We went out to dinner that night just the two of us, which if you know us is huge. We hardly ever get to go out just us. We also went to a friends wedding on Saturday afternoon without the kiddies. So after the wedding we went and grabbed a quick dinner together and did some window shopping. This past weekend was also his first days off in 34 days so we all thoroughly enjoyed having Daddy home. I love my sweet, caring, loving, hard working man. Here are a few photos from our wedding and also from when we went to the wedding this past weekend.

This picture is probably about 12 years old. Oh we were so young :)

Belated birthday

I feel so bad that I am writing this post so late. My sweet baby turned 5 on the 15. We had a great lego birthday celebration for him. He had a wonderful time, and so did all of his guests. I even made a homemade lego piñata for him. He is the sweetest, most unique little man I know. He knows what he wants and will not change his mind for anything, which can sometimes be frustrating :). He loves his brother and sister more than anything in the whole world. He will be the first person to tell you that you look beautiful, or you are cool etc... He loves giving people compliments and he genuinely means it. I can't believe my little baby boy is 5 now. Here are a few photos from his special day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motivation Monday

Yesterday was my birthday. I spent a wonderful weekend with my awesome family. Which was exactly what I wanted. I tried to find pictures of my 30th birthday to look at, and I could only find about 2 of them. I guess I was not really into taking any pictures then. I remember having a great time at my 30th birthday with my wonderful family. They are always so great to me. This year was even better than last year. I really was not that upset about turning 31, okay maybe a little. I can tell you I was happier at my 31st than I was at my 30th. So I am looking forward to my 32nd being better than my 31st. This gives me some motivation to keep going and make this year better than last year. So here are a few pictures from my fabulous birthday weekend with my family.

Throwback Thursday

I am going to an orchard tomorrow with a pumpkin patch with the kids. We are so excited about going. The last time I went there I was 8 months pregnant with my son which was 5 years ago. I was looking back at the pictures. I am very excited to go with them and get some new pictures with all the babies. So here are some photos of our last trip.

Back to Basics

I have not really been blogging that much the past few days because we were on vacation. I was focusing on spending time with my family. We had a great time. It is important to take time for family. That is the most important thing. I did not eat bad during vacation. I had some meals that were not in my normal eating routine, it's vacation you need to enjoy right :), and I will say that I did not drink as much water the past few days as I should have. I did workout some. I ran, swam a lot, walked and did a few other things. So I did not go crazy, but I did enjoy my vacation. Today I can tell that I did not eat my normal foods the whole time. My body feels achy and my stomach hurts a lot. It goes to show that when you purge your body of all that crap you feel so much better. So since vacation is over it is time to get back to basics. I love the way I feel when I am working out, and even more so when I am eating right. So I am excited to get back to my normal routine again.

Throwback Thursday

Yes I know it is Friday and not Thursday. I am writing this as I am currently staring out at the ocean. I am thinking about our family vacation last year. I had an amazing time then, but I was definitely not happy with myself. Looking back on my pictures I think about the fun times we had, but I felt awful about being out there with the way I looked. Now this year I am not yet where I want to be, but I am a heck of a lot closer than last year. I can't wait for our pictures next year because I know I will be much further along. Here are some of y photos from last year. Like I said we had an amazing time then, I just was not happy with myself.