Time sure does fly

Hi everybody! So, as it turns out, I haven't had a lot of extra time on my hands to update my blog! And when I actually do get a free minute or two... I never feel like sitting in front of the computer. It's been so long since I've written... I don't even know where to start.

Our baby boy is 3 1/2 months old now! Can you believe it? He is so much fun right now... lots of smiles, laughing out loud, grabbing things, sucking on his little chubby fingers, holding his head up so well... he's becoming such a big boy. I can't even express in words how much I absolutely ADORE him. He's been sleeping through the night for some time now... and he's becoming such an easy kid. I think that might have something to do with Jude and I getting to know him too. We're working on nap times as I type actually. I've started letting him cry when I know he's just tired. I'm not saying it's easy... but my poor baby needs sleep... and he's in such a better mood when he sleeps! I cry with him sometimes too... but Jude assures me that we're doing the right thing :) It's probably the hardest thing for me right now. I'm trying to get some sort of routine for nap time... because I think that's why he sleeps so well at night... we have a routine.

We went camping two weeks ago, and Josh did so great. My back killed me from holding him most of the time... but Jude and I were both so pleased with how well he slept at night and how happy he was during the day.

Jude is such an amazing father. I love watching him interact with Josh, and to see Josh's face light up when daddy comes home... so cute! I love being a family together. I have to say, it's a lot of work, but so much fun at the same time. I'm actually looking forward to more kids! I really didn't think that would happen this soon!

Jude got a second job, and started two weeks ago. He's doing that so that I can stay home with Joshua. It's really hard on both of us, mostly him though, but it's not permanent. I just keep telling myself that. I'm so lucky to have a husband so willing and motivated to take care of his family... I love him so much and miss him terribly when he's gone.

The last three months have flown by, and I'm sure when Josh is five years old, I'm going to look back and wonder where all the time went. I try to cherish each moment, and each stage that we're in, because I know it's not going to last long at all. I already kind of miss the little, tiny baby stage... who would have thought? :) I really love being a mom, and I love our baby boy so much... I look at him now, and can't even believe he was inside of me... that HE was the one kicking me all the time, and that he is the heartbeat I saw at the very first ultrasound, when I was 7 weeks pregnant. Man, I get tears in my eyes just thinking about it. Who would have thought that being a mom involved all of this!? I don't want you to get the wrong idea... we have some rough days together... but that's part of it too I suppose. When you become a mom, you're all of a sudden part of this 'secret club'... that none of the other moms tell you about. And even IF other moms tried to fill you in on what to expect... you just couldn't understand, until it happens to you.

As I watch my sweet baby sleeping in my video monitor... My heart melts... and I realize I should probably get going so I can take a shower and eat something before he wakes up! :)

Love to you all!

I don't have enough time to update you with all the photos that I'd like to... so here's his smiling face! This was taken about a month or so ago... I'll really try to be more regular on the posting... :)

The wonderful world of being a mommy

You don't know how many times I've tried to sit down and write... and it just never happened! May 23rd seems like so long ago now, tomorrow our baby boy is three weeks old! I can't believe it! He already looks so big to me. I can honestly say I'm so happy we decided to schedule a c-section. After they delivered Joshua, the doctor told me she thought I made the right decision, because of the amount of fluid I had and how hard he was to get out... I probably would have had to have an emergency c-section anyway. The recovery was so much better than I expected, and I'm really happy with how everything worked out. Jude got video of Joshua being pulled out of me, and of his first cry that made me cry like a baby! Jude got to cut the umbilical chord, and went with Joshua to the recovery room. By the time I was all sewed up, I was only away from Jude and Joshua for about ten minutes, and then they wheeled me into the recovery room with my boys :) Joshua weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long. He was born at 10:03am. He took to breastfeeding within about 5 minutes... which seemed like forever to me... and he scored a 9 on the apgar (s?) test. Jude got very good at swaddling our baby boy. It was really cute... Jude asked about three different nurses to show him how. I couldn't eat anything for the first 24 hours... which STUNK... but by the time 7:30am rolled around, the cafeteria food tasted amazing! From the get go, the nurses were surprised at how well and fast i was recovering... and apparently i had the best incision on the floor. lucky me! We got to come home on memorial day... and at that point, Jude and I were both ready.

The first week... sleeping was more of an idea... which was/is the hardest part for me. I don't exactly know what i was expecting... but it is hard. I started taking some advice from a friend of mine about being 'babywise' and luckily, i usually only have to get up twice at night now! Thank the Lord! And I'm finding that I'm really enjoying this mommy thing when I get more sleep!

During the course of the last three weeks, I don't think I've cried more for no reason, I've been pooped and peed on, and felt completely vulnerable with this new love I have for my son. I don't know what I would do if anything happened to him, and that's putting it lightly. Jude put it this way, when he was talking to some expectant parents: you just have somebody else living with you, that you love, and you have to change their diapers.

I get so much joy out of seeing him smile, right before he drifts off to sleep, and seeing him make facial expressions JUST like Jude! I just love him so much. He's so much more alert now and awake more often than he used to be. And I just look at him and my heart melts. I think he's just the cutest!

Oh, and I forgot to mention, on his one week check-up, he gained all his birth weight back, plus 4 ounces! He's a growing boy!

Ok, that's all I have time for now... He's getting bored with his bouncer!

Talk more soon, I hope... and I have a ton of pictures I'm going to have to upload! Birth announcements are on my "to-do" list... :)

Sarah

Baby Joshua is here

Hi! I'm sorry I don't have time to write very much right now... as I'm needed by my little one. But I wanted to post some pictures for your enjoyment! Here is the first week with the newest member to the King Family!

Getting prepped for the c-section... and very, very nervous I might add.
Doesn't he look cute in scrubs!

While in the O.R...

In recovery... very proud mommy

Our baby boy... and in the homemade hat that the nurses gave us.
Our little family :)

Both my boys.... oh so cute.

It's like looking in a mirror...

After I was able to put some make-up on :)

I love this one...

Oh, I love this one so much...

This one too :)

Big yawn

Our first family outing... to the arboretum in Fullerton

If you can't read Joshua's onesie... it says: Handsome, just like daddy :)

And me, feeling a little bit more rested after being able to take a shower at home.

That's all for now... There will be tons more I'm sure. And I'll post our delivery story soon too I hope.

Love,

Sarah

May 23rd it is!

Well, this Friday is the big day! It's so surreal... I can't believe we're going to have a baby in two days! yikes! Based on my doctor appointments last week, my fluid levels have grown even more, and it has affected my blood pressure, so they had told me they really want to get me delivered this week. I was pushing for earlier in the week, but the doctor/hospital's schedule would only allow for Friday. Because of the baby's projected size, and my fluid levels, and the fact that I'm not dilated at all... they don't want me to go another week. Which, to be honest, I'm more than ok with. I think I'm pretty much done with this... although, now that it's set in stone, I think I might miss it a little bit. So, I'm very excited and nervous at the same time. I did nothing but dream about it last night, as I tossed and turned. I just have to keep reminding myself that people do this everyday, and everyday babies are born... I'm not the first one to go through a c-section! I just keep asking God to calm my heart, and help me rest in Him.

That being said, I'm SO unbelievably bummed that I'm going to have to miss my very good friend, Amber's wedding :( I was really hoping that I'd make it past it, or at least deliver early (like the doctor's had been hoping for) so that I could at least be at their wedding. It truly sucks to have no control over this particular situation. Sort of bitter sweet, because I'm SO excited to have a baby, our very first baby... but I'm bummed that I will miss Amber's very special day.

Last Saturday, I got up when Jude got up to go to work, so I could get my glucose test done ... it was really early! I had to fast for this test, so the doctor told me to go in the morning. I thought, getting there by 7am would be perfect... in and out... NOT so much. I got there, and the line was out the door. I waited an hour and a half just to have them call my name and get my paperwork! THEN, they drew blood and I had to drink that nasty solution stuff and wait ANOTHER hour for them to take more blood. talk about a nightmare. And the only reason I had to do this again was because they wanted to make sure that I wasn't diabetic... which would explain my high fluid levels. The doctor called me on Monday and said: we got your results from the glucose test, and everything's normal. GREAT, so I wasted my whole Saturday morning for no reason! I'm not bitter!

Just thought I'd rant and rave a little bit! :)

Anyway, I think that's all for now! Please keep us in your prayers this Friday, and in the weeks to come. So Crazy!! :)

Love,
Sarah

The Baby's Room :)

Well, here are pictures of my favorite room in the house! Like I said before, Jude surprised me, and painted the baby's room all by himself. I wasn't aloud in until he finished! I thought we were just doing a chair rail, but he went above and beyond (as usual), and did a white picket fence! He painted a beautiful tree, and clouds all throughout the room. It's simply adorable! I hope you can get a feel for how amazing it looks by the pictures I'm about to post! The only thing we're missing at this point is curtains... which my mom said she'd make for us. And once we get our crib, my mom made all the bedding for us, and I know it'll look adorable too! So here you go... in no particular order... our baby's room!

If you look closely, Jude put our initials in the tree :)

and in the clouds... :)

I think Bosco is a little jealous!

I love the tree!

This is what you see as you enter the room

There it is! I love to just sit in there, and look around! We're all ready for Baby Joshua!

Here I am at 36 weeks, and half of Kyla's head :)

Sick + Pregnant = grouchy!

Well, my second week of maternity leave, and I'm sick :( I'm hoping the worst is over, and I'm on to recovery... I really hope so anyway. And it is nice to not have to worry about work... as Jude said: let's look on the bright side! :)

Last week was so great, being off of work! I slept in, I nested, and just relaxed for the most part... it was wonderful! I've been going to the doctor three times a week now, and I had my first pelvic exam last week. The testing sessions are a breeze, baby Joshua is very healthy and active, and the placenta is doing it's job. I do have a ton of fluid however... I don't know what term they use to measure the fluid, but "normal" is 8-10, and I have around 30. yikes! haha! They have no idea why some women have excessive fluid... unless you have diabetes, which I do not. Anyway... I'm not dilated at all, and my cervix is closed. Today at the doctor, she said that next week, we'll talk about delivery, and get me delivered next week. So that's exciting! I'd prefer to schedule a c-section, especially since my cervix is completely closed still. So we'll see about that next week. The nurse during testing today really wanted a reason to get me delivered this week... which was kind of scary... but exciting at the same time. She said if the baby wasn't looking so healthy, we would have done it today!

The baby's room is completely finished, and I love it so much! Jude surprised me, and worked feverishly to get it done within a week. We took a ton of pictures of it... I should post some! Will and Jessica threw us a great "couples shower" last Saturday, thankfully, before I got sick. It was lots of fun, and I can't believe it's all over already! We got our travel system, and lots of other great gifts. THANK YOU to everybody who came, we had such a great time! And THANK YOU to Jessica and Will for being so kind to throw us a shower! I had my very first mother's day on Sunday as well... it was very nice. Jude bought me a bouquet of flowers, and got me the sweetest card! We took our first mother's day photo at UP too... so that will be fun to frame!

I'm feeling bigger by the minute! I look at pictures and think, holy cow! HA, literally! I think that God made pregnancy the perfect length... because I think I'm ready to be done with it. However, at my doctor appointment last week, I actually lost four pounds! I was excited about that! I forgot to ask her about my weight today. So, according to last week's doctor visit, I've gained a total of 25 pounds. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

Today I got kind of sad thinking about going back to work... I literally had to shake my head to make myself stop thinking about it. It's going to be very hard to leave my baby... (sigh).

Anyway, I better get going, I hear Bosco getting into something. Please pray that I get better soon!

Talk to you all soon!
Sarah

The Sooner the Better

So, you know how they say you get tired again in the third trimester.... wow, were they right! I'm not quite as tired as I was during the first trimester, but I have been taking a nap pretty much every day because I just can't keep my eyes open. My feet look like bread loaves, however I haven't been able to see them in weeks! ha! People still tell me that I am all belly, and they are SO nice! Sheree said I looked skinny last Sunday, and I wanted to squeeze her so tight.

I went to my first testing session yesterday, and they strapped me with fetal monitors and took my blood pressure. They just recorded his heart rate, and then made him move around to see what his heart rate did then. Everything looked great, and she was happy with how much he was moving around. Then today, Jude and I went in for another ultrasound, and our "little" baby is at 7 1/2 pounds right now (give or take a half a pound) and is in the 90th percentile for his size. I still have lots of fluid, and they just need to make sure that diabetes isn't the reason behind that... which, odds are, it's not because my glucose screening came back normal. So she said it's probably just normal for me to have lots of fluid and a big baby. She is going to tell Dr. Lawton to check for diabetes again, just to make sure, but that I shouldn't worry. I asked her about c-sections and inducing, and her thoughts are that we should just let the baby come when he's ready. Because he's so big, and i have lots of fluid, she's thinking he'll come before his due date anyway... (which is what I'm hoping for). So if i don't deliver in 4 weeks, I am scheduled to see that paranatalogist again, and if the baby is SUPER big by then, she said she will probably recommend a c-section. We got two more pictures of our baby boy... and he is just the cutest thing. This afternoon I've had some cramping, so I'm thinking maybe he's moving down?? Or it might just be in my head, since we've been watching our Lamaze video! ha! I'm going to do what I can to have this baby early... I really would rather NOT have a 10 pound baby, and that's where we're headed if I carry to full-term!

Only two more days of work, and BOY am I ready for maternity leave! This week feels like it's lasted a life time! Jude started painting the baby's room!! And I'm SO excited! We bought the paint on Monday, and he has since locked me out of that room. He said I can't see it until it's done... such a sweetie!

AND next Wednesday, some girlfriends and I are going to Burke Williams! Hooray!

Alright, well, I'm going to go walk around to see if this cramping will stop. I'll keep you posted!

I have to warn you... I probably won't blog as much when I'm on maternity leave, so I apologize ahead of time :)

Have a fabulous rest of the week!