Life with Aubrey update!

Aubrey will already be 2 weeks tomorrow! I can't believe it!  She still pretty much sleeps all day long, and sometimes likes to keep Mommy up all night long!  I actually don't mind getting up with her because I feel so close to her at nights when it is just us. A great time to bond without any interruptions, all though a couple nights here and there would be nice of some good solid sleep, but my time will come, and it is so worth it.

So Aubrey's first week was a little bit hard, she had Jaundice so we had to rent what is called a Wallaby Photo-therapy system, in other words a light that she had to be on at all times except feedings.  This was super hard for me because of coarse with a new baby all I wanted to do was to hold her and snuggle her and love her, but she was trapped in her crib under a light, I did end up putting my rocker next to the crib and just holding her with the light still on because I missed her so much, but it was still a pain, but I kept telling myself that it could have been worse, she could have been stuck in the hospital so I really am thanking the Lord that we had it the way we did, but anyways she was on it until last Thursday (her week old birthday) and after that I felt like I finally gave birth and had my baby girl! I never wanted to put her down! I still don't :) but I still have to tend to my little man! :)

this was the light, it wrapped around her body and we had to keep her in nothing but a diaper.  there was a big long cord you can see it going off to the right that hooked up to this huge machine that was set up by the crib...I am so GLAD she is off of it! Now she is in perfect condition and we go see the Dr again tomorrow for her 2 week check up.  I can't wait to see how big my peanut is! :)

So since we have been home it has been a little hard on my health as well...my blood pressure has been high since I gave birth and since I had preclamsia with Tyler they really wanted to keep an eye on me.  I had a visiting nurse come twice and I have already been back to the Doctor for a blood pressure check up.  I feel like I live in Dr offices!  My last pressure check was 144 over 90...normal is 120 over 80 so I am still high but they think it will go down on its own they say just to rest (better said than done with a newborn) and drink lots of water, they also prescribed me some more pain medicine because the blood pressure being high has caused a head ache that has not gone away for a couple weeks and no other pain medicines help it. I also had a few other problems when I got home as well, one of them was my swelling...I was never even that swollen when I was pregnant but after, I was so swollen it scared me that I called the Dr about that too! I keep telling myself that at least it is the last time going through this process lol Now my swelling has gone down, and my head ache is getting better so I think in just another week I will feel good as new! Here is a picture of my disgusting feet.

My Dad said I look like Princess Fiona, LOL if only I was green. That doesn't even look like my legs! I am glad they went down and now I have ankles again!  I have already lost 25 lbs, but I do still have a bit to lose.  I started Weight Watchers on Monday. I have been successful with this diet in the past, so hopefully now with this new points system it will be easier, I love the fact that all fruits are 0 pts! If I am ever hungry I will just eat an apple because they always fill me up, and I can't wait until I can start exercising again! I have a few work our Dvds that I will do until Aubrey is older and then I am thinking I will want to join a gym with a daycare, but we will see about that.

Anyways, enough about me, Chad is still off work and Tyler is really getting used to him being home and able to play with him all day long, I am a little worried about when Chad goes back how it is going to affect him, but we will get through it.  He really is a good little boy.  He loves Aubrey so much, and really loves helping.  He helps me pat her back when we are burping her, he grabs things for me if I ask him to when I am feeding her and he gives her lots of hugs an kisses...for the most part it has been going great. There have been a couple days where he didn't take a nap and is a little crabby at night and when there are two crying/whining babies it can be a bit stressful but nothing I can't handle. I defiantly love my two babies so much I can't even describe it. I was worried when I was pregnant that I was going to favor one or the other, but it is defiantly not like that at all. My little man still has my whole heart, he now just has to share it with a little girl, (good thing he is such a good share-er lol).  Well that is it for now! Until next time! <3

Baby Aubrey...our birth story

Miss Aubrey Theresa Lightner

Birthday: February 10th, 2011 @ 8:09 pm

Weight : 8 lbs 13 oz

Height: 20 1/2 inches

After 9 long months, she is finally here! After talking to my Doctor last Tuesday we decided to induce labor on my due date because of my history of high blood pressure and my heart condition we did not want to risk going over and having my blood pressure sky rocket again like it did with Tyler, so we set the date for 7:00 am on February 10th. The night before my emotions were running wild, I was excited, nervous, scared, sad and happy all at the same time.  Excited, because well we were going to have a baby the next day, nervous and scared because of the labor, and sad because I had to leave Tyler. I hardly slept, I was tossing and turning all night we had everything ready, my sister spent the night because she was didn't want to be late. That was one good thing about being induced because I knew exactly when I was going to have to leave and it wasn't a surprise like if I were to go into labor naturally.  Anyways we went to bed around midnight and set our alarm for 5:45 am so I could get up, eat breakfast, take a shower, flat iron my hair, do my make-up ect... but we ended up setting the alarm wrong and I woke up at 6:45 to my phone ringing. It was my mom telling me she will be at the hospital around 8.  I am so glad she called otherwise who knows when we would have woke up because like I said earlier I didn't get the greatest sleep and I felt like when my mom called is just when I fell asleep, I have never gotten ready so fast! I took a 60 second shower and we ran out the door and we were only a couple minutes late.  

Anyways, they started the Pitocin Induction at about 8:00 am after they got everything set up and I answered all the routine questions.  When she hooked me up she said I was already having contractions but I defiantly could not feel them yet.  A couple hours went by and the Dr. came in to check me and broke my water, when I was in labor with Tyler I already had my epidural when they broke my water so I didn't really feel that much when it happened but this time it was so nasty, I felt it gush like in all the movies! I hated it! Then my contractions got a little stronger but still not bad and I even was considering not having and epidural, but then another hour went by and the pain was so bad I could not take it so I called the nurse and we got the epidural guy to come... Last time I had one the guy went super duper fast and I was able to sit on the side of the bed and hug Chad for support. This time they would not let me hug Chad because I guess too many Dads go down at this point, Chad is pretty good at seeing nasty stuff so we weren't worried but it was hospital rules now. So I sat there and hugged the nurse instead. This guy was super super slow. I could feel all the pressure when it was going in and he decided to do it twice because he did not like where he put it the first time.  Ugh! That was prolly the worst part of my whole labor. But so worth it for the pain. After that I just relaxed and talked to visitors who came to see me.  It was a long day.  When I finally was dilated to 10 it was about 7:00 at night, but I decided to wait to push for a while because I was nervous and they said that its better to let my contractions do most of the work anyways, boy were they right. I started pushing at 8:00 and she was born at 8:09 pm.  It only took 3 pushes to get her out. Now how is that for easy!  It was such a different experience than my last labor and I am so thankful that I didn't have any problems like I did with Tyler.

This is me right before they put the IV in to induce me...My belly looks HUGE but there are the monitors on it too so it made it look even bigger ;)

getting cleaned up

we love our little lady <3

I love this little girl, she looks so much like her big brother its so crazy!

Here is Tyler meeting her, he loved her and wanted to hold her right away. He kept grabbing her hands and rubbing her head, it was really a precious moment. (don't mind my fat belly. ew)

this is my absolute favorite picture!

our first picture as a complete family <3 I love them so much words cannot even describe it.

OK so Aubrey is a week old today and I will write another blog soon of how she is doing but right now I gotta run! have a great day and thank you for reading my blog!

Birthdays!

Happy 27th Birthday to my amazing Husband!!!

February is such a crazy month for birthdays, right off the top of my head I cant think of 4 people I know with this birth month, and now my baby girl will make it at 5 people in February.  Anyways, Chad's birthday was on the 6th, this past Sunday.  I wanted to make it as special for him as he made my birthday, and since he already knew what I was getting him (he picked it out) I was trying to think of other ways to make it special.  Tyler and I made him a card (home made cards are the best!) and I also bought him one from me that I thought was funny, so when he woke up Tyler and I surprised him with a birthday balloon and some of his favorite candies (sour patch kids, one of my favorites too and thankfully he shared with me lol) Then I had Tyler give him the cards, and I also surprised him with a Dairy Queen ice cream cake.  I know how much Chad loves his sweets and he was VERY happy with the cake.  So that was the morning, he already had his big present from us which was a gas leaf blower that he has been wanting for a while now, but just didn't want to spend that much money on it, so I did some heads of hair and saved up enough money for it :) What can I say, I try to be a good wife sometimes :)

So then during the day we took Tyler to Monkey Joe's (we like to do fun things for Tyler on our birthdays we went to the zoo on mine lol) and we had so much fun there, Tyler LOVES it there now and always asks to go lol.  Then we came home for nap time and relaxed for a while and we went our to eat at Azteca and then did a little shopping at Target. We didn't even watch the super bowl lol!  I think he had a good birthday. At least I hope he did!  It wasn't anything crazy but there's not A LOT you can do when you are almost 40 weeks pregnant!

40 weeks!!!! I made it!

Ok so Aubrey's birthday is officially going to be Thursday the 10th!!! Unless she decides to come early or I have and extremely long labor.  I am so happy and excited to hold her!  I can't believe that I only have 2 more days of being pregnant...EVER!!!!  They decided to induce me on my due date since I went 5 days over with Tyler and when I went into labor my blood pressure was MAJORLY high...stroke territory, so they don't want to risk that happening again.  Please everyone say a quick prayer for me and wish me luck on my labor and delivery...I will post pictures of my angel soon!

39 weeks...Operation get Aubrey out

Today I am 39 weeks pregnant.  I can't believe that the time is almost here and I actually could be holding my little baby girl within the week!  I have been feeling good for the most part other than the constant heartburn and the feeling of my tummy skin ripping.(that sounds really bad and trust me, it is) If i make it to 40 weeks I will take a final picture and post it on here.  I can't believe that my body allows me to stretch this much for a baby! It really is a miracle that women can do this!

So since my last Doctor appointment did not sound too promising that she will be out soon enough for my liking (1 cm dilated and cervix is still thick)  I have started the Operation get Aubrey out plan. This is what it entails...and if anyone has any more suggestions send them my way (other than the Castor oil because I will NOT drink that)

1.  Spicy foods, even tho they give me massive heart burn I am going to try it.

2.  Squats. One of my fellow Mommy friends said that this helped her water break

3.   Sex...(sorry to those of you who are squeamish when it comes to this subject) 

4.  Walks...If the temps ever get a little bit higher I am going to take Tyler for a few walks outside, I am sure he will enjoy the fresh air after being cooped up in the house for a couple days.

5.  Exercise ball. My sister-in-law told me this helps you dilate faster because of gravity and it forces you to sit up straight.

So there are a few things that I will be doing all week.  Last week I was in this nervous rut that the thought of labor scared me to even think about, but NOW I am at the point where I am just over being pregnant and I want my baby here in my arms!  The sleepless nights will not be because my hips are aching and my belly won't allow me to move easily, but it will be because I am feeding and changing a beautiful baby.  I am so excited! Not to mention my hubby starts his month long vacation on Monday so I really hope she comes soon!  Maybe I will be watching the Super Bowel in the hospital this year (if I am lucky!). Not to mention Sunday is Daddies birthday so that would be a great present for him too!  Tyler was almost a week late so please everyone wish me luck that my plan works! I can't even imagine being pregnant for another week and a half or more at this point!