I decided to start this blog for friends and family who may not know how me and James met and also what we have been through this last year! James and I met in 2005 on a blind date. That story alone would take a lot of time to write, but obviously it went well and in March 2007 we got married! We have been out in Tooele now for about 2 and a half years and love it! We also adopted a dog names Senna ( after a famous formula one race car driver of course)! She has tons of personality and sometimes it overflows a bit too much, but we love her.
This past year we have been on a bit of an emotional roller coaster. After being told that we would not be able to have kids, we had started to look into adoption. It was so expensive we didn't know how we would ever be able to save enough money to be able to adopt. After lots of emotions and feeling down about it, we had a bit of a shock. I was getting really frustrated every month hoping, but also telling myself not to expect anything, I decided to take a little test. I couldn't believe what I was seeing! That little plus sign gave my heart a shock. I told myself not to overreact, so I took another test....and another one. Then I told James the news and he made me take a couple more. Neither of us could believe what we were seeing. In the end I think we went and bought another box of tests, the ones that are digital. All came back saying we were going to be parents!
After the initial shock had worn off, we went to the doctors and had all the tests to prove we were going to be parents, I started worrying about everything. I was so scared now that I was pregnant that I would lose the baby or something bad would happen. I caused myself two months of tension headaches! That was the worst part about being pregnant for me, the rest of it I LOVED! I was lucky though, I never had morning sickness or a lot of back pain. We found out we were having a baby boy, and we new what his name would be! Joseph was the chosen name, it is the name of James' brother and grandfather. We also found out at the doctors that baby Joseph may have a blockage in his kidneys. There was above normal fluid in the ultrasounds and while the doctor said it would probably be fine he wanted to keep checking on him with more ultrasounds down the road. All of the ultrasounds were the same. There was fluid in the kidneys, but not too bad and not enough for them to act on it. Then it became a waiting game.
As we got closer to the due date we began to notice from the ultrasounds that he was going to be a BIG boy and my body was not going to do well trying to get him out. About two weeks before the due date the doctor asked us to maybe think about a c-section. the doctor didn't want the baby to go over the due date because he wanted the kidneys to get looked at, but also that my body and baby's head weren't looking like a good match. After thinking things over we decided to go ahead with a c-section.
We arrived at the hospital on December 17 at 6:00a.m. I was so nervous for the I.V. because I had heard that was worse than the epidural! I had an amazing nurse and I didn't feel a thing. They hooked me and the baby up to all the machines and I found out that I had been having contractions. I thought it was just the baby trying to stretch! Then came the real fun part. They took me to the operating room to give me my epidural. The doctor who did it was being trained and I can tell you that I could tell he had never done an epidural before. I must say I was so happy to be the experiment. It was the worst pain I have ever had and because he was nervous, it lasted much longer than normal. When that was finally over the sensation of not being able to make your feet move made me laugh. I couldn't see anything, but James was so good about telling me what was happening. Finally, I heard one of the nurses say, "look at those chubby cheeks)! Then came the little cry of my Joseph and magically me and James were a mommy and daddy. Joseph came out at 9.4 Lbs. and 22 inches long. Beautiful and healthy with no problems at all. We left the hospital three days later and I felt pretty good! Tired and nervous about being a mom, but the surgery wasn't as bad as I thought.
Now my little boy is 5 weeks old and still has chubby cheeks! He is growing so fast and is already in 3-6 month clothes. He is started to coo at have little chats with his family and is smiling now, not just from gas! He has had a hard time with gas however and doesn't give us a lot of happy time. We get more of fussy time, but he pulls the funniest faces I can't help but love him. We got his kidneys checked out once after he was born and they were okay, we now have to wait until he is three months old and we will get another check up. So far all of his other tests have been perfect! I will try to keep updating the blog and hopefully get more pictures going soon! This will be the longest post, just trying to catch everyone up!
