The time has come....

So it's been a while since I blogged. It's been a little busy for us that started literally the next day after I blogged last. I went to the perinatologist appointment that I had on the 13th. They did an extensive ultrasound to make sure that the babywas healthy and that all of her organs and everything was there and formed correctly. That was pretty cool to see and a relief to see that she was all there limbs and all. Then the perinatologist came in and did another quick ultrasound. When he gotdone with that he gave me the options that were ahead of me. I had slim to no amniotic fluid left, and the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck with only a small pocket of amniotic fluid keeping it from being wrapped around her neck tight. He told me that there was no way that they would be able to do an ECV and he isn't willing to do the supplement amniotic fluid since I was full term and it would be better to just take the baby. He said that he could still try to do the ECV, but that there were more risks than anything with doing it. Sooo that wasn't an option. The next option was to just sit and wait to see if she still turns in the next two weeks on her own, but the likelihood of that happening was also not likely to happen plus that leaves the risk of the baby going into stress because the umbilical cord was around her neck and could tighten if the sac of fluid went away that was there. That made that not an option either. By this point I wasstarting to feel anxious and scared. I wanted my baby to be ok, and I was to the point that I didn't care how they made it happen I wanted it done. The last option was to doa c-section sooner rather than later. He wanted to send me over to labor and delivery to do another stress test to make sure that the baby was still doing ok and in the mean time he was going to contact my OB and tell him what was going on. So I headed over to L&D for the stress test. About 20 minutes into the test the nurse came in and told me that they were going to bedoing the c-section at 5 that evening. She kept coming in and out of the room checking the monitor. Then about 15 minutes later she came back and said that they moved the c-section up to 3:30. They wouldn't tell me why, but I had a feeling that there was a lot more worrying than was led on by my nurse. The best part was they wouldn't let me go home so that I could get everything packed. I had a lot of my bag packed, but I didn't have any of my toiletries. When I called Brock he was really surprised and left work as soon as he could. He hurried and went home and grabbed my bag, and didn't pack anything other than mytoothbrush. Yeah that was pretty interesting not having things.

3:30 rolled around and they wisked me and Brock

away to the operating room and started prepping me right away. The spinal that I had was really weird, and I've decided that I don't ever want to

be paralyzed because I couldn't move my feet or legs even when I was telling them to move. It was very frustrating. After the anesthesia kicked in they started cutting and about ten minutes later baby Addy was out and more beaut

iful than ever.

By 4 o'clock we were back in the room with my baby finally in my arms. I am so happy to finally have my baby in my arms. She is a wonderful joy and I love to already see her personality coming through. She is slowly getting better with nursing, and the sleeping through the night is coming now that I have figured out what has been giving her such bad gas bubbles. It's funny when she does have gas because she lets out the biggest grunt when she's trying to poop or toot. It makes us laugh pretty hard.

Her two week appointment:

At 13 Days old on January 26, 2011

Length: 191/2 Inches... 20th percentile

Weight: 6 lbs 6.5 oz... 5th percentile

Head circ: 34.5 cm... 15th percentile

She's itty bitty, and I love it. She is so fun, and so perfect. I'm so excited to me her mommy and to raise her. There is only fun from this point forward. :)

On a sad note though; the same day as Addyson's two week appointment I received the sad news that my childhood dog was dying and he was needing to be put down. I went over to see him and say goodbye. It was so sad for me to see my dog in the state that he was in. He could no longer use his back legs and would drag himself around. It was such a shock to all of us since he was just fine 4 days earlier. It was sad because other than him not being able to walk he was still the happy puppy that he has been for the past 17 years. It was such a sad day for me, but I know that my puppy is in such a better place and is a lot happier now.

I love you Jacob and I will miss you. You were such a wonderful dog and the best running and hiking companion. You were the happiest and friendliest dog. I loved how you would smile and prance around. You were a member of our family and I will always remember all of the great memories I have with you.

I also found out on the 25th that my good friend that I work with died the night before. She was an amazing woman that was changing her life doing everything right. She was beautiful and had the most amazing personality. She always made everyone smile and was always cheerful. I'm glad that she had the chance to meet our little girl because she was so excited to see her. She loved kids, and I wish she had a chance to be around for Addy to grow up. Nikki Jo you have made me a better person and I hope that one day I can make an impact in people's lives like you did. I love you and will miss you my friend.

Now here are some photos of my precious baby: