Home Sweet Home

We are all finally home after three long days in the hospital. I'm sure Summer will be blogging about her adventure so I will just note that everyone is healthy and doing well. Here's a few pics to get started.

Aidan and Mommy

Best Nap Ever

Our Little Man

How Fast They Do Grow

Aidan J Dance

Born October 21, 2008 @ 6:17 p.m.
6 lbs 3 oz
19 inches

Summer and Aidan are doing very well. Stay tuned for pics and updates!

STILL Pregnant...

Yes, it's true. I still have not had this baby. Once off bed rest he and my uterus have decided they are oh-so-comfy just as they are. I went to see Dr. Leavitt again today. He did not check me... I couldn't handle possibly being told that I had gone from a 2 to a 1 to completely closed up! So he measured my humongous belly and Aidan is measuring right at 36, which is good since I'm 36 weeks. He said I am right on track to have a 7 1/2 to 8 lb. baby!!! Holy crap. Um, let me just remind you that my biggest child weighed only 6 lbs. 8 oz. I'm freaking out. Justin and I both weighed 8lbs. 4 oz. I'm doomed!

I told Dr. Leavitt that I had been looking online at ways to induce labor.. I can't be sure, but I thought I saw him roll his eyes at me. ;) I told him my plans of drinking nothing but pineapple juice and spending lots of "quality time" with Justin. He just smiled and told me to go right ahead... I have a feeling he thinks it won't work... He asked if I was going to try Castor oil. Uh, I really am not of fan of possibly pooping my pants! I guess there are SOME things worse than being pregnant!!! :)

Speed Bump

I thought I'd take a minute to throw some well wishes out to my buddy and work partner Marcus. Early yesterday morning we were involved in a pursuit with a vehicle through Blackfoot that had alledgedly been involved in a hit and run accident.

After several minutes of pursuing the vehicle it came to a stop. Marcus went to the driver's side door and I went to the passenger side door in an effort to apprehend the driver. As Marcus (gently and ever so carefully ;)) pulled the driver out of the car it began to roll backwards. As it rolled backwards the driver's door knocked Marcus off balance and the car rolled over his legs coming to a stop on top of his knee as the suspect car had backed into Marcus' patrol car not allowing it to completely roll over his leg, therefore pinning Marcus under the car.

I later asked Marcus why he didn't just lift the car off of his leg....I mean it was just a Ford Taurus, not like it was an INL site bus or anything. Anyways....from my point of view I had no idea that the car had rolled over Marcus. All I knew was that for some reason the suspect was laying in the middle of the road all alone. So as part of my civic duty I ran over and placed her, (yes her) in handcuffs. As I was checking her for weapons I looked back towards the car to see where everyone was and I saw Marcus rolling around on the ground holding his leg. Fortunately another officer had jumped in the car and drove it off of Marcus' leg.

As it would turn out Marcus wasn't seriously hurt, he's obviously pretty sore and the suspect was apprehended before anyone else was injured but if you get a chance jump over to Marcus' family blog (see link) and wish him a speedy recovery. And please never ever drink and drive, after all it is #3 on my list of "How to get your trash kicked by the police"

From the Mouths of Babes

Griffin on the Presidential debate last night- "Ugh mom, the brown guy and the white guy are fighting again. They both wanna be the president. I think they really like each other but they can't agree on anything... you know, like you and dad."

Are you freakin' kidding me?!

I would love to know how it is medically possible to go from being dilated to a 2 to becoming un-dilated to a 1! Please, someone tell me how it is that happens!!! Needless to say, I am not super happy after my appointment today... the highlight of the day is that I am now officially off bed rest! Watch out world, I'm back and I'm fatter than ever!!! :)
I am still having contractions like a crazy person, so hopefully they will DO SOMETHING and by next week Justin will be blogging that we have a bouncing baby boy!
Thanks for all your help and prayers the last couple of weeks! I couldn't have made it this far without it!

Update...

I got to break out of jail for a bit today to venture up to see the doctor. Good news! I am still only dilated to a 2, but I am now 80% effaced. Crappy news... I am still on bed rest. UGH! I have another appointment Monday and I will be at 35 weeks then, so we will see what this little guy is doing... stay tuned!

The B word

It's been quite a fun week. On Monday I went to see Dr. Leavitt for a normal 2 week check up. I had been having contractions all day, so he checked me and he said that baby's head was WAY down there (which would explain why it's so hard for me to walk/sit/stand lately), but I was not dilated. Good.
I started having very intense contractions on Tuesday morning about every 2-5 minutes. Not good. Justin had worked all night and when I called him at 10 am to tell him we had a problem I think he was going on about 2 1/2 hours of sleep. We got our bag packed and headed up to EIRMC.
I got all hooked up to the monitors and was answering all the fun labor questions and telling the nurse my symptoms. She looked at the monitor after about 10 min and matter of factly told me that I was NOT in labor and that if my uterus had indeed ruptured that I would be double over in pain and vomiting. I wanted to vomit on her shoes. Then she left and I was super mad at her and I cried.
Dr. Leavitt ordered an ultra sound to check my uterus and all was well. There is plenty of fluid around the baby and my uterus is stunning. :) Aidan was handling all the excitement like a champ, he was yawning during the ultra sound. Funny boy already.
So I got back to my room and Dr. Leavitt checked me and lo and behold I was dilated to a 2 and 70% effaced. Holy crap! Stupid nurse, take that! I was in active labor. Dr. Leavitt decided to give me magnesium to stop the labor. For those of you that don't know what this is, it is horrible!!! I was on it with Lexi too, so as soon as he said that, here came the tears again. We spent the night tossing and turning, with the nurse coming in every hour to take my vitals... ugh. I was still having contractions that were super strong, but they had slowed to about every 10 minutes.
He came back in the morning and turned of the horrible meds and checked me again. Still a 2. Sweet. If I stayed stable all day I could go home around 5. Justin and I were out of there by 5:15. The one condition he gave me before letting me go was.... the B word. BED REST!
So, now I am on my 4th day of bed rest, and the kids have been out of school and home for 4 days and I'm SO over this!!! I am still having contractions, and I go see him again on Tuesday, at which point I'm sure he will check me... hopefully I will still be at a 2, but the last time I saw him he said he would be surprised if we made it another week.
Justin and I will keep you posted!