OMG I am going to be 29

Well I am about to be 29 years old on the 20th and my son will be 2 months on the 29th! Here are his one month pics taken by my bf Holly Gray...

We have been doing really great and love our son! He has been amazing to watch... He makes the funniest faces when is awake and of course when he is asleep. Bedtime has been an adjustment he is doing really well with sleeping 4 - 5hours some nights. I now understand all moms who had babies before us when they told me oh you won't eat or shower after 2pm... It is true!

Mark is amazing and loves his son in fact it is a battle sometimes of who gets to hold him! hahahah I thought I would never see the day when a baby has Mark in the palm of his hands and has his finger wrapped around him!!

Hope everyone is staying cool in this wonderful Texas HEAT!!!

Love,

Stace and Clayton

May 29th changed our lives!!

I am sorry to be a month late on blogging so much has happened since my last entry! This is kinda funny considering I had talked to my cousin Alison the night before about labor/delivery and all the fun prego stuff!

On May 28th, I went in for my regular one week appt. little did I know what was about to happen. I did my normal weigh in, urine cup all the stuff that you do once a week at the DR. Well, I knew when she tested my urine that something was up bc the nurse took a little longer looking at the strip. She then checked my bp ( which I thought I was fine I wasn't swollen yet) well my bp was 133/93 NOT GOOD apparently! The nurse then said well you have a 2 plus protein in your urine and your bp is way high. You might be staying after she sees you. SAY WHAT! I turned to my momma and in tears.... She told me to relax and wait for official news from the Dr. Alexis. I waited for her to come in and she came in and checked to see if I was dilated which I was not. She told me since my BP was high and that my protein level was a 2 plus that I had........ Preclampsia (SP?) I was told that I would be checking into the hospital and that would be delivered sometime today hopefully. Again, I was in shock, nervous and started shaking..... Everything was happening so fast... She said that Clayton was fine it was my body that was preventing him to come out.

I checked into the hospital thankfully just down the hall and was checked into a very nice room! Well it was the pre labor/delivery room.. I was so nervous that I couldn't even call Mark my momma had to call. I then got ready into the lovely hospital gown and was settled into the bed. I was hooked up to an IV and then had blood drawn. Needless to say they checked on me constantly and was watching my bp and of course his heart rate.

I was induced and poticin was placed into my IV and the contractions started! Those are not fun they are like intense cramps. Dr. Alexis continued to check on me and I was still not dilated fully maybe like a two... This continued all day and into the night about 9pm 0r 10 I had an epidural and that was great love that drug! I went from a 2 to a 4 then Dr. Alexis broke my water that was uncomfortable by the way even though I really couldn't feel it. I was then at 7 and stayed there for a while. At 5:45 am on May 29th Dr. Alexis came in and said the or team on the way and that she is delivering by c-section his heart rate was going up and down way too much. My eyes started tearing up and in shock. At 6:12 am Clayton Landry was here and he is perfect and wonderful... He was 7 pounds 2 ounces and 20 inches long.

Now he is a month tomorrow and I can't believe how fast a month went even though it did not feel like it! He is holding his head up more and more and now is trying to turn over! He is our little wiggle worm! He is precious and we just love him! I will say this it was so hard that first 2 weeks and once we started getting a schedule down it was good to go!

Also, Mark has done a great job and a fanstatic dad!! He is amazing to watch with Clayton and he is just wonderful! He took care of everything while I was out of commission and couldn't really get around. I fall in love with him more and more every day!

I will get pics up as soon as I get them on CD....

I hope everyone is doing great! I know we are doing great!

Love,
Mark, Stace and Clayton

On His Time! And we are counting!

AS of last Thursday, I was pretty much still the same dilated at a fingertip! I mean seriously... However, my bp was 116/75 which was really good I think it was that way bc I was very excited to be there and hoping that I would be dilated a lot more and that she would just keep me! The good news is that I had lost a pound as well. Which I thought was funny I guess all that walking made me loose weight. Also, my group Strep B test was negative which is good.

I go again on 21st at 9:30 am hopefully there will be some progress if not I may have to convince her to induce me... I have enjoyed being pregnant until the last month or so! I am ready to have my bladder back and not go every 30 minutes. Also, I am ready to be able to fasten my jeans, shorts, pants.

We had a great memorial day weekend.. Got to spend lots of time with each other! We saw Dance Flick and Night at The Museum 2 at the movie tavern in Arlington.... It was a lot of fun. We are very anxious to see our little Clayton and hoping that he will decide to come out or else he gets evicted! ahahah LOL! I know Mark will be a wonderful dad! I can already tell when he talks about him....

That is all I know!

Stace

2 Weeks away......

Yesterday, we went to the Dr. and drum roll please!!!!!!

His estimated weight is 6 lbs 8 ounces and the sonogram showed everything looks great kidneys, heart, head size.... She said that he was already in the down position!!! I was very excited to hear that.... His heart rate was 145 Dr. Alexis said that was good! Mom says that I was 6 lbs 10 ounces when I was born....

Next was the Group Strep B exam hurt like heck!! I don't care what anyone says that hurt... Then she checked my cervix again not a good feeling plus I about jumped off the table! I am dilated at a fingertip.... I was sooo hoping to be more but he is not ready I guess to come out! And then they realized they hadn't checked my BP okay not good after doing those exams!! It was 145/88 the highest I have ever seen!!

I will see her again on the 21st I am hoping to have dilated a little more than a fingertip! We have a full weekend ahead with graduations Saturday and the parties, Sunday more parties and I am judging Wesleyan Cheer/dance tryouts.... We are going to be busy let's just hope my BP doesn't go up!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Stace

Sad news

I wasn't going to post this but I decided too..........



On April 30th at 7:36am I found our 3 year chocolate lab had passed away overnight... It was such a shock to find him. I went out to feed him and found him. He was not sick or poisoned. Like most dogs Bear would nibble on his food throughout the day and then at once eat the rest in a hurry. He had thrown up and choked on it.



Of course I had a dr appt. at 9:30am and Mark was already at the station..... Everything happens when Mark goes to the station.. Thanks to my mom who being a great mom took care of me took me to work and then to the Dr. where my bp was way high and was sent home to rest for the day.... Our next appt. is May 14th and I am excited we will have another sonogram, check his weight, check cervix and of course test for Strep Group B....

That is all the news I have for right now! I will update next week!!

Stace

4 D You be the judge of who he looks like!!

Hi my name is Swollen!

Well I am 33 weeks and have 7 more weeks and I am ready! I am swollen from my fingers to my toes (They look like mini sausages).... Now it comes and goes as long as my feet are propped and I am drinking water. I have had all my showers now and I am so excited we got a lot of the items that we needed!

I went to the DR. last Thursday and it went very well except she had a nurse there that I have never been around trying to scare me about my blood pressure which was normal 136/80. Dr. Alexis told me right after that everything looked great and I don't need to worry.... She said that he was an active boy! I told her of course he was especially that time of the morning... I asked her how much does she think he weighs.. She told me that this was her guess that is he 4 lbs! She said bc right now during this period of weeks he should be 3 and half to 4 lbs. She said that I was doing good weight wise and that I am all baby! My next appt. is scheduled for April 30th at which I will be 34 weeks along!

On Saturday, April 18 I walked for Team Caleigh in the March of Dimes walk in Ft. Worth. It was a lot of fun and I did pay for it in the end with the swelling.... We didn't realize that it was a 5k. It made me appreciate life more and more and thank God that we have had a good pregnancy thus far. I know there will be pics posted from the walk very soon....

I know I need to post pics of the somewhat nursery! The crib is put together and the room is painted hopefully my wonderful hubby will finish it for me! Hoping key word there!

Hope all is well!!

Stace