He's Here!

Caeden Brock
Arrived at 11:42 pm on Monday, April 25th, 2011
Weighing in at 8 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long

Caeden, Hubby G, and I are all doing well. I plan to write a longer post soon about how this whole wonderful day happened, but for now you just get the basics because we haven't even been discharged from the hospital yet and I'm typing this one-handed as Baby C snoozes in my arm and Hubby G takes a very well-deserving snooze himself!

Thank you for all of the love, support, and comments throughout our pregnancy journey- I <3 you all and I'm so excited to be starting out on this new parenthood journey!


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#1 Hubby In The World

**We'll get one important bit of news out of the way right away- our Peanut has not arrived yet. We are patiently waiting and we have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, so we'll see what they have to say!

I just need to share how my afternoon went yesterday because Hubby G is definitely deserving of some huge kudos.

I left work and met Hubby G and Colby at PetSmart where Colby was getting a haircut. He was in desperate need- the groomer said he had "grinch feet" because of all the crazy fur sticking out between his toes!

I met them just for a little bit and then headed over to my extra special treat of the day- an appointment for a manicure and pedicure! Hubby G surprised me last week by making the appointment for me :) I've never gotten a pedicure before, and I really enjoyed the whole, relaxing experience. It was so nice to take a couple hours to just sit back and get a little bit of pampering!

With my fancy pink toes and finger nails all done up, I headed home and guess what I found there? Hubby G had:

Done all the dishes
Vacuumed the whole house
Dusted
Done 2 loads of laundry
Cleaned out the garage

!!!!!!

What a guy! And after all of that we went out for dinner complete with a delicious dessert!

I'm so thankful for such a wonderful Hubby who takes such good care of his very pregnant wife!


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Apparently Things Are Happening

We had a doctor's appointment today and for the first 3/4 of it I thought my worst fears may be confirmed: I will NEVER have this baby.

The nurse asked me all the same questions she always asks me and as I mentioned earlier, I had all the same answers- I'm not feeling any different whatsoever, which leads me to believe that I am going to be pregnant FOREVER. The nurse seemed a bit surprised that I wasn't really having any change in symptoms at all- I think between her and the doctor they asked me at least 4 times if I was having 'practice contractions' and I kept telling them no- not as far as I know anyway.

They decided to do a cervical check since they haven't done that yet (definitely not something I'm complaining about) and as it turns out- things actually ARE happening! I won't be pregnant forever! I'd rather not get into the specifics because really, just mentioning that I had a cervical check is kind of pushing my modesty limits here, but there it is- things are happening. And apparently I'm weird because I don't feel any different. At least I'm still comfortable!

**On a totally random side note: I consider myself to be pretty modest and private regarding my personal life, but I've always fiercely believed that everyone is entitled to their own ways and I'm actually quite envious sometimes of people who are comfortable sharing more freely. It doesn't bother me whatsoever to read about the personal details (I'm thinking of pregnancy journeys especially) of someone else's life and I completely appreciate that they're able to put themselves and their stories out there like that- kudos to them! I'm just not there quite yet (I'm not sure if I ever will be), so I guess I just want to say thanks for reading even though I don't get down to the nitty gritty details all the time- I appreciate that you keep coming back to ready anyway!!


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The Waiting Game

Life still feels like it’s moving at a break-neck pace around here, but at the end of this week I think we’ll really start feeling like we’re just twirling our thumbs and waiting for our little Peanut to arrive!


As I mentioned before, I had a really big (like 2,000+ people in attendance) event for work that I was responsible for that happened last weekend and I really wanted to make it through that event before our little dude arrived. Well, now the event is done (and was a huge success!) and a crazy busy week of work is wrapping up so I am definitely feeling ready for our little guy to join us now! Somehow a ton of my monthly work commitments all fell to this current week, so even though I feel ready now, when this week wraps up I think I’ll feel even more ready.


And maybe impatient.


Now that all of these work commitments are wrapping up and our Peanut still isn’t here, it’s giving me time to actually stop and realize- we’re going to have a baby soon! Hubby G and I keep pretty busy schedules- especially lately- so it seems like all of those “other” things in life have kept our minds busy.


And it seems like we’ve done a really good job of getting everything ready for our baby’s arrival, so we don’t really have a bunch of last minute baby-related things we need to do.


We’re just waiting.


I almost feel like maybe I jinxed this whole pregnancy thing by wishing that I would make it through last weekend because of my work event. I keep thinking that I should start feeling different- I’m not sure how I should feel, just different. You know, like your body should start making you feel something different when you’re going to have a baby some time in the very near future shouldn’t it?? I don’t feel any different at all, which makes me think that maybe I’ll stay pregnant FOREVER. Maybe since I kept wishing that I would hold out until after my work event, now I’ll NEVER have this baby and my body is just going to spite me.


Ok. That’s highly unlikely, but it is the thought that’s been in my head lately.


So that’s the latest report. T-minus 8 days until our due date and zero labor action happening here. I’ll do my best to keep you updated as these last days before our due date dwindle down!



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Our Bags Are Packed...

And we're ready to go to the hospital!  

Well, I'm not REALLY ready to go into labor just yet, (my goal is to make it at least to April 11th!) but just in case our Peanut decides now is the time, we are ready!  BTW, my mom had me 2 weeks early and I was 8 lbs, so for me to go into labor a couple weeks early isn't out of the question...but I'm still rooting for at least April 11th!

In our suitcase....

For me:

• Pair of pajama pants
• A couple pairs of comfy pants
• A couple t-shirts
• Sweatshirt
• Nursing bras
• Underwear
• Robe
• Slippers
• Socks
• Hair ties
• Toothbrush
• Deodorant

For Hubby G:

• Pair of comfy pants
• Swim trunks
• An extra t-shirt
• Socks
• Underwear
• Toothbrush
• Deodorant

For the Peanut:

• 2 outfits in newborn size
• 2 outfits in 0-3 month size

Other stuff we've got packed in there:

• Video camera
• Gum
• Shampoo, conditioner, and soap
• Lotion
• Chapstick
• Baby book
• Boppy pillow
• Camera + charger

Stuff that we don't have packed but pray we remember to grab before leaving the house:

• Phones + chargers
• iPad + charger

There are probably a few other things that we've packed that I'm forgetting about, but that's a pretty good list of what we've got!