Mommy's lil gremlin...

So, Me and Amiah are just hanging out right now, chillin. I ordered a boppy pillow yesterday and it was delivered this morning. It said it was delivered by Speedee delivery and damn, they were speedy! I've never had next day shipping for less than 5 bucks.Here's a picture of the one I got. It's a pillow to make breastfeeding easier and you can also prop them up with it too if they just wanna hangout. Amiah has the hiccups right now, it's so adorable. She sounds like a cartoon character. The first picture is of her propped in the boppy, then there's a picture of the boppy and then her cute lil self in her crib...pretending to be sleeping...until I walk away. lol

Stupid dell

Ugh, so lastnight I posted my blog and had the pics from the pediatrician and everything. My computer worked fine. When I was done, I shut down and plugged it in to charge. The next morning when I went to turn it back on, the screen is completely black. I was previously having issues with it, where the screen would go black and I'd turn it off and then back on and it would be fine. I was always meaning to call the technical support but never did because it would start working again. Well, this time it didn't. I'm super upset because I had imported all of the hospital pictures of Amiah onto the computer the night before and now I can't get to any of them because I stupidly didn't put anything on my flash drive. I've tried hooking it up thru the hdmi to the tv to see if i can see the screen through the tv but since it's password protected I can't see when to put the password in and it won't work unless windows is fully loaded. I've tried waiting a couple minutes after it turns on and then putting the password in but it never works and by this time it's been turned off and back on so many times that I have no idea if its even starting correctly or if its trying to start up in safe mode or something. We called dell and since it's still under warranty they are sending us a box to ship it so that they can fix it. They said they'll fix it and return it to us but I'm not sure if any of my stuff will be on it. Hopefully it'll be just the monitor that needs to be fixed and they won't have to wipe it or anything. Keep your fingers crossed, I really really really don't want to lose all my pictures.

::tears::

1st trip the pediatrician...

So, we had our first check up at the pediatrician today. Before we picked this pediatrician we were all responsible and shit and went to meet him and stuff and I really liked him. He was very animated which I don't think Ramon liked but I can see it working really well with children. He was very informational as well. So that was on the 4th of February and then 8 days later I had my lil girl which was pretty cool cuz he saw how pregnant I was and then I have this 8 pounder for him to see. lol. So i was a dork and took pictures while at the office so I could put them in her cute giraffe baby book. The pic where shes all slumped sideways in the scale she pooped! I think the picture captures it well. lol

Finally...

So I finally have a quick minute to make a quick post. It's been very busy here in baby land. I never knew it would be this much work even though everyone has always said that. lol. My baby girl is awesome though. She's a very good baby. She very rarely gets fussy really and when she does its not that bad. She does eat quite a bit though. She eats every 2 hours at least and when she eats, she chows. Ramon and I have a lil nickname for her. Gremlin. There was a time at the hospital where i was feeding her and while she was eating she was like making these growling noises! lol. I laughed so hard my stomach hurt so bad because of the incision. I still crack up because she is a lil gremlin. When she's hungry she'll go after anything! It's pretty cute. Her eyes are more open now and she's looking around. I don't think she can really see much yet but it's still cute, before, she could barely hold her lil eyelids open. We finally got the baby room pretty much done. It took awhile but we're doing it. I've been over exerting myself though. I need to take it easy. I have a hard time just sitting and relaxing so I haven't been letting my wounds heal like they should. Ramon is making me sit and relax for the next couple days because he says I do too much, which is probably true. I just get bored! lol. Anyhow, lemme post some pics before she wakes up and wants boob again. lol.

So I finally did it!

So... I finally had her! It was the roughest thing I've ever had to do in my entire life. I was so scared when my water broke cuz I was always saying I was ready and everything and then once the water broke was like woah, maybe i'm not as ready as i thought. Once those contractions started it became scary because the pain was so intense. Once I finally got the epideral it felt alot better but when it was time to finally push they had to turn the epideral off which is absolutely retarded to me and the pain got so bad and her head wasn't coming through. My body was too small and her head too big that it just wasn't working. My temp rose to around 103 and the doctor said she recommends a c-section because everytime I pushed her head wasn't fitting through my bones it was just molding to that shape. ew huh? Anyways... I was so terrifed to get a c section but by that time the pain was just so intense I just needed the contractions to stop. The scariest part of the c section is that you're awake the entire time. I was so afraid that I was going to feel them cut me open. I didn't of course but I was spazzing out. I don't think I could have done it without ramon being by me. He helped alot because he was so calm. Once they had me cut open it was so weird because I could feel them pushing and tugging on my insides! My whole body was being pulled side to side so they could tug the baby outta there. Once they finally pulled her lil body out she cried right away. I'll never forget that sound. I instantly cried because I was so happy and it was the best sound in the world to me at that moment. It was the happiest moment i could ever ask for. Everyone is right about giving birth. Its really hard, the process is so brutally hard but it doesn't even matter once you hear that cry for the first time you know every pain tear and struggle was completely worth it. After they pulled her out they immediatly took her to clean her and test her and everything. I was getting aggravated because I didn't get to see her for awhile after they pulled her from me. I was so anxious to see what she looked like. ill hafta finish this post in a lil while. The hospital is making me lay down cuz i have high blood pressure. ill be on here later to finish my thoughts and post pics....

Ikea

So Ramon, Gary, and I went to Ikea today. I was on a mission for a dresser for Amiah. I was looking around town for one but a decent dresser was running around $200 dollars at the least. I've been to Ikea a couple times and they have really cute stuff for way cheap! I love that place. I just wish it was closer. We drove to Shaumberg and went anyways tho. I didn't go into labor either I was a bit paranoid tho I have to admit. Anyhow. We got a white dresser, a black coffee table, and a glass wall shelf for the bathroom ALL for $118.00! And it's all brand new. We just have to build it. Ramon says that it's a good reason for him to get to buy power tools. lol. We have never been much of a do it yourself type of couple but it does make things cheaper and we got it all home in the trunk. lol. Then we ate at this place that Ramon knew about. It was called Nick's. It's a really awesome pizza place. The only thing was that it had stuffed squirrelies in it!!!! It had an over abundance of taxidermy throughout the restaraunt but it was really cool looking. All wooden. I shoulda taken pictures of it. I didn't even think about it. The squirrelies were sad tho but I guess if squirrelies had to die I'd rather them get to live for eternity at a place that had really good pizza rather than be squished on the side of the road somewhere. lol. you have to look at the bright side of things. Once we put our furniture together I'll take pics of them and put them on here!

Me at the buffet. God I'm fat.

OMFG

I JUST DID MY FIRST LOAD OF LAUNDRY WITH MY NEW WASHER AND DRYER. GOD. LIFE IS GOOD. (You know you're getting old when you're this happy about large appliances)

Baby boy Brock

This lil boy's name is Brock. I guess he would be considered my nephew. It's ramon's brother's girlfriend Jen's baby boy. This picture was taken when the baby was only a couple hours old. AWE. I got to witness his very first poopie. You all are lucky I didn't get any pics of it. lol. j/k

I hope its my turn soon. The other Jen got induced 2 weeks early...

So I'm a lil behind...

So the below pictures are a lil bit behind. They're from December when I had my baby shower. Wow, looking at those pictures, my belly is so little! I felt all big but OOOH NOO. I'm big now. lol. Here's some more pics. There's one of the baby's room (it's not done) and a picture of the belly cast (that's not done either). Shh. I'm moving slowly but surely these days. hahhaa.

Lotsa Pictures from my shower!

Feeling super preggerz

Ok. So Ramon and I've made the decision for me to not work anymore. lol. I'm nervous that it seems way too early to stop working but it was getting really hard. My ankles are starting to swell on the daily basis even when I'm barely on them. i'm getting them "fake" contractions where my tummy gets all super rock hard, and i'm constantly tired but can NEVER sleep. I pee every 20 minutes. I tried working as long as I could but i'm getting to the point where i dread getting up and going to work. I'll be taking a leave of absence and then after the delivery i'll have an additional 6 week maternity leave. During the entire time i'm out i'll be collecting on my short term disability. i knew there was a good reason behind signing up for that several years ago. lol. plus i have my tax refund to work off of so we should be set. i'm getting a decent amount back. over 2 grand. next year i'll get alot more! :-) so i'm on my second day of not working and i'm already restless. lol. i've been working since i was 16 years old and have never had more than a week off of work at any given time. this will be the longest that i'll not work. i'll probably go crazy up until i have Amiah but then i should be nice and busy afterwards. haha. i'll be posting pictures on here soon of the baby room and of the belly cast. i haven't decorated the cast yet but will as soon as payday hits so i can by the paints and whatnot. i also bought a baby book awhile ago with a cute lil giraffe on it and i'm going to start filling it out. i want to buy a pink sharpy to use tho. maybe i'll do that today. so i can at least get out of the house once. me and ramon went to breakfast this morning. i was so tired. i had layed down and started to get to sleep around 1ish in the morning, woke up every hour and then got up at 6:30 to go to eat. and people are telling me to get as much sleep while i can! i cant even do that! lol. ahh well. im looking forward to when i can lay on my tummy and sleep. i hate only being able to sleep in certain positions.