A Baby Story

As some of you know, I had scheduled to be induced on the 24th because it was my dad's birthday, and it also gave me an excuse to have him a little early (2 days before his due date). I was pretty sure he wasn't going to come any earlier than that, so I was totally planning on being induced.
The 23rd arrived and Bryan had the day off, so we spent most of the day out getting things done, we went to Kmart to look at some things and we were there for about an hour just walking. It was pretty painful to walk so much, but since I knew it was my last day with my big belly I just decided to tough it out. After that we went to Idaho Falls to change the oil in the car, so we had to wait for an hour at Wal mart. I ended up walking a bunch more there too, but I was already pretty worn out.
We did a lot of other things during that day and ended up getting home late. I still had to finish packing my hospital bag, and I wanted to get my nails done. By then I started to have some pretty painful contractions and quite often. I showered, ate, and got ready for bed. I told Bryan I would just go to sleep and if they got bad enough then we would head to the hospital.
I ended up sleeping until about 4:30 (the usual time I would get up to go to the bathroom). However, as soon as I woke up, I got a really strong contraction and couldn't even move. I got a couple more before I was able to get up (I was sleeping on the floor on our air mattress). I got up, went to the bathroom and tried to go back to sleep. Didn't happen! My contractions kept coming and coming and stronger. So I got up and started to get ready. I was scheduled to be at the hospital by 7:30 so I didn't want to wake Bryan up until about 6 which is what we had set our alarm clock to. I ended up waking him up a little before that because I was in serious pain. I just told him to hurry and shower because I was going to call the hospital and see if we could go earlier than scheduled. I talked to the nurse and she said I should probably hurry and go.
The funny thing is that we got there 1/2 hour before the time I was supposed to arrive and we still had to register (last time we registered before). The lady could tell I was in a lot of pain, but still it took FOREVER. She told the nurse to come and get me and they never showed (they probably thought I wasn't in real labor and were just waiting for me to get upstairs. ) This was the longest hour of my life, and they even asked me how I waited that long to go to hospital (well, I've never started labor on my own before so how was I supposed to know?!). As soon as I got there though, I asked for the epidural. The pain was about as bad as I knew I could and wanted to handle and I knew it would still take them a while to give me the epidural. When I got all set in bed, they checked me and I was at 3.5 dilated and 80% effaced. I got the epidural after 8 and oh how I had looked forward to that moment! It was great but not as good as the last time...I think I was in pain for a lot longer so I was too tense and never took my so hoped for nap. I did get some good rest though. By 10 I was dilated to almost 6, by 11 I was at 8 and by 12 I was ready. The nurse told me to start pushing and she would only call the Dr went the baby got to the canal. I pushed for about 1/2 hour and he started to crown. She made me stop pushing until the Dr arrived. That made me mad because I could feel the pressure and I could tell he was almost out. It seemed like the Dr took forever, but once he got there I pushed twice and he came out! Wow...I was so amazed at how easy it was compared to my experience with Tiff. Yes, now I believe that the second time is easier!
They gave him to me right away and I got to hold him the whole time! It was a TOTALLY different experience (I don't know how many times I've said this, but it's true!), because we didn't have any complications, everything was more peaceful and I got to enjoy every minute of it. Also, it was my second time, so I wasn't so freaked out with the fact that I had a tiny baby in my arms. They finally took him to weigh and measure and when they told me he was 8 lbs 9 oz I couldn't believe it! How in the world did I deliver such a big baby? Well, by getting a bunch of stitches, that's how! But it still wasn't nearly as bad. Everyone left the room and Bryan and I got to hang out with our little boy for quite a while...it was such a neat experience. Finally the nurse came in to help me up and give him a bath. We then went into the mom and baby unit where I would stay for a couple of days. After we were settled, I called my mom so her and Tiffany could come over.
Tiffany has loved Adam from the beginning. She is always worried and hates seeing him cry so she will hold his hand and do whatever she can to comfort him. She is also obsessed with his hands, and he doesn't like that so much.
What amazes me the most about this whole experience is that it's been one week since I had him and I feel as good as I did 2 months after I had Tiffany. HUGE difference, right?! I've been pretty much doing everything, even driving. The only thing is the lack of sleep, but today was the first time I took a nap. I have so much going on that I never stop, but when I do I'm worn out.
Adam eats and sleeps really well, he is such a good baby. Everything has been a lot easier than I thought it would be. I still don't have enough hours in the day to keep up, but maybe that will come with time.
Tiffany is adapting well. My mom finds tons of different activities to keep her entertained, and the weather is finally good enough for her to go play outside. The only problem has been her lack of appetite. She wont eat anything but cheerios and some fruit. She refuses everything and won't try anything new. I don't what to do anymore. She's never been like this, but there has been so much change in her life that I can understand.

Well, I wrote way too much, and if you made it all the way through, now you can enjoy some pictures!

Things FINALLY slowed down!

Wow...all I have to say is that I didn't think this time would come. These past couple of months have been so crazy with our move back to Idaho that it seemed like it wouldn't have an end in sight. I got really freaked out for a while, thinking we wouldn't get this house in order in time for me to have the baby, but WE DID IT! Well, mostly my mom...she's been AMAZING and there was no way we could've done it without her. I didn't move 1 box...just helped organize things when we got here.
After we got the house unpacked, we worked on the baby's room. Let's just say I didn't rest until I got the hospital bag packed. Now we have everything ready. I bought all the little things he would need coming home from the hospital, organized his clothes and I even washed and cleaned the baby's toys (which he won't need for a while).
But now I'm SO ready to have this baby! I do have to say that moving got my mind out of the pregnancy, which made it go by SO much faster than Tiffany's. Something good had to come out of all this craziness, right?!

We went from having boxes EVERYWHERE...

To BARELY fitting everything in the truck...
To getting settled and having some time to relax.
And my belly kept growing and growing...
In the mean time, Tiffany has learned a few new skills that we are very impressed with. My mom got her a hula hoop and she has a Xuxa DVD that teaches how to use it, so in one night she learned how to use it and she is really good at it! She keeps asking for us to play that song over and over again, but that shows us she is very persistent!

I gave her her first puzzle for Easter and she has been on and off playing with it. Lately she became obsessed with it, so my mom got her a different one that was a little bit more challenging. This Toy Story puzzle got her very frustrated at first because she couldn't do it as well as the other one, but with A LOT of practice, she got the hang of it and now she won't even play with the other one anymore. She will do this one 20 x in a row and she is very fast now. It really amazes us her patience to just sit there and figure it out, but we love it because it keeps her quiet for a while!
There has been so much change in her life lately that she won't do or eat anything she used to. It has been really hard to feed her, because she won't try new things and won't eat anything that she always ate. So we are even having to give her PediaSure to make up for it. We are also having to find new things to keep her entertained. I took a long time to let her play in the sink with the dishes, because I knew once I taught her how, she would be obsessed with it. She could play in the sink all day long if we let her.

Life is good though! This week I'm trying to spend as much time with her as I can because who knows how it will be after the baby is born! I scheduled to be induced this Friday (June 24th). It is my dad's b-day and from the beginning of my pregnancy he's been saying that it was going to be a boy and he would be born on his b-day. I always knew I wouldn't let this pregnancy go over 40 weeks again, and I actually could get induced any day this week, but I knew it would mean a lot to him to wait until the 24th. And it's working out great, because I had time to do everything I needed to before he came and I still have a few days to just relax and prepare myself mentally! I'm SO excited to know that in a few days I'm gonna get to hold my baby.

Update...

YAY, my computer is working again! It's been a while again, so I'm going to do a quick update! Last month my friends Patty and Aline threw me a baby shower, and it was SO much fun! It ended up being at the perfect time, since now I don't have a car to drive around anymore and we are pretty busy with moving and all. I had so many friends coming! Even my mom was able to go.


The food was delicious and I loved the decoration. I helped by doing that banner in the mirror with my Silhouette and it turned out way cute.
These are all the girls that came. Talk about a party!
Now that Bryan is working in Rexburg already, we got stuck with our Intrepid, which works great for driving around town and sometimes to Park City, but we don't dare take it much farther. It was my mom's birthday on the 11th, so we decided to go watch Rio in 3D. It was such a good movie.

Cold Stone is right next to the movie theater, so we made a stop there for some ice cream.

We got home late, but we still had time to finish the cake and sing happy birthday before Tiffany went to bed.

We are now in the joyful process of packing. We leave on the 30th and will be able to move into our new house June 1st. That will give me at least a couple of weeks before the baby can decide to come...and I'm really hoping he will decide to come sooner rather than later! For those that have been asking me, we decided on his name at last: Adam Cristophe Holjeson. We can't wait to see him, but we still have a lot to get done and a lot of things will have to wait, so my nesting instinct is driving me crazy because I can't do much about it. In fact, I'm doing to exact opposite...

Easter

Easter was so much fun this year. I had lots of different things planned out for it, including going to Rexburg, but then I hurt my toe and everything changed. I didn't even get to do my easter shopping until the day before, when wal mart was almost emptied out from candy. So I got home Saturday night after a LONG day and started to put everything together. After Tiffany went to bed, we started to put the eggs all over the house.
The next morning she woke up and started seeing eggs all around and just went crazy. We left her bucket by her door, and she quickly grabed and started gathering all the eggs. It was so cute. She didn't even notice her basket sitting on her table until she was almost done finding the eggs.

But as soon as she paid attention to her basket, the first thing she saw was the little Jesse and Buz from Toy Story. She had me opened it right away and didn't part with them for the rest of the day. She ate all the candy we would let her, but Jesse and Buz were always with her.

We couldn't even get her to take a decent picture.

I wanted to wait until we were all ready for Church, but that day Bryan was going to leave for Rexburg, so we just got it all done in the morning. The Brazillian bunny was THE BEST! He brought us a bag full of goodies and our easter eggs.

In the end though, it turned out Bryan couldn't leave us just yet, so he left at 4 am the next day to make it to work in time. Now we start the living apart stage again until we can get moved up there. It's so hard...and even harder because I'm so far along in my pregnancy and seem to always get hurt or sick. I can't wait for this next month or so to be over!

Vovos

With all the sickness that has been going around here, one of the only things I have been able to do is use the computer, and still I haven't updated my blog in a very long time.
My parents arrived the first week of April, and it has been so much fun. Tiffany loves her grandparents SO MUCH! She goes crazy whenever they are around. We enjoyed having them with us for a week, then we went up to Rexburg and they stayed there. We had plans to have them come back but my dad had some emergencies at work and had the leave the second week he was here. Needless to say it was hard. It was very unexpected and we just weren't ready to say goodbye. Hopefully he will come back on August, so he can play more soccer with Tiffany with the ball he got her. But we have to enjoy whenever we do get to have them around, and Tiffany sure did enjoy every minute!