Here he is!

Garrett vs Genevieve

I know these pictures probably aren't the best to be using to make a comparison with. I just wanted to show everyone how much they look alike. They could have passed for twins is all I'm saying!

Baby Pics

I can't believe he's finally here! He already shows signs of having blond hair... He looks a lot like Genevieve when she was born. I need to take some more pictures of him so you can see a comparison.

This picture was take in the hospital Friday 9/25 when my mom arrived from Texas! She stayed until Sunday but will be coming back in a few weeks.

Here Genevieve is making a silly face. I guess she really can't smile any harder! Genevieve loves her baby brother and she loves to help. She really likes to hold him and to give him a bottle. She's turning into a great "Big Sis"!

Here he is!

Hi there, well as most of you already know Garrett decided to make his appearance on my due date 9/24/09 and not one minute sooner. Wednesday started out weird to begin with. I can't explain it, I was just extra miserable that day and I didn't think I could take much more. Emotionally I was at the end of my rope. Mary watched Genevieve most of the morning while I worked on aschool project then the three of us went to Olive Garden than evening so I could ge some eggplant Parmesan (just smelling it put me into labor the first time). Later that evening I took a bath in hopes of relaxing a little. My water broke at 9:45pm as I was getting out of the bath tub. We arrived at the hospital around 10:30pm and got settled in for the night. I labored with moderate contractions throughout the night. At 6am I received an epidural and was started on Pitocin. With in 2 hours I was ready to push! The epidural was a little too strong so I had to come off of it a little before I could start pushing. Once I started feeling a little bit of pressure we began. I had to push a little bit longer than with Genevieve however it went relatively quick. He was born at 8:53am and weighed in at 8lbs 13 ounces, and was 22 inches long (1 pound heavier than Genevieve and and inch longer!).

Update #1

Welp, nothing as of yet. The doctor stripped my membranes this morning since I was 80% effaced but hadn't dilated any further. I'm still only 1cm. That doesn't surprise me to be honest. My water broke with Genevieve however I never actually dilated on my own. We checked into the hospital at 8pm Sunday night and they didn't start giving me pitocin until that next morning around 6:00 I think. I don't think I would have ever done it on my own.
I have a feeling that this birth will be similar. Stay tuned!!!

In the mean time I'll keep busy with class work and playing with my embroidery machine. This burp cloth turned out cute (It's for a friend). This is more applique than embroidery but the machine still made it ;)

Say Good Bye!!

Say good bye to the baby bump. It hasn't officially gone away yet but it will be gone any day I can assure you. "Good Riddens" is what I say! Pregnancy is a wonderful thing however I am totally over it at this point. I have another doctors appointment Tuesday and my official due date is Thursday the 24th. I'm sick and tired I tell ya, tired and sick of not being able to sit or lay comfortably unless it's in the bathtub. I'm tired of the surging nerve pain that pulsates through my lower back and buttocks with every step. I'm tired of swollen ankles (although that just started) I'm still tired of it. I'm tired of the weak little contractions I've been experiencing for the past 2 weeks, come on little boy.... give me something I can use here! And last but far from least, I'm tired of always having to bend over to pick stuff up! What ever I need is always on the floor, usually because I just fumbled it and DROPPED IT AGAIN, AHHHHHHH!

Hmmmm What will your birthday be? Any guesses?

Happy 3rd Birthday Genevieve!!

Friday was Genevieve's 3rd Birthday!! I can't believe how time has flown by. She celebrated with her class first. Matt took her McDonalds for lunch and cupcakes to share with all of the kids in her class and her teachers.

Later that night we gave her her birthday present, a BIG bike!!!

Saturday, she went to Ballet class and when she got home her friends were here and a moon jump!!! Everyone had lots of fun!!

Happy Birthday Sugar!!

Embroidery Machine

These are my first attempts to embroider on my new machine. This is the Addi font and I really like it! I was a little intimidated by it at first but I soon figured out what I was doing, well kind of ;)

Sorry, its been so long since I last blogged. I've been super busy with school and therefore haven't taken taken any pics or even spent much time with anybody so I have nothing to write about.

Genevieve's birthday is Friday and Garrett's will be here soon to so I should have plenty to blog about in about a week or so.

See ya soon!!