So I must admit I have been spoiled these last few days. I had my birthday today, and Mother's Day yesterday. Sunshine asked me today at dinner if it was going to be my birthday every Monday, and I just said that would sure be nice!
Most Sundays, Thunder is gone the whole day. But yesterday, we all slept in, we ate breakfast together, and then Thunder casually mentioned that he had canceled all meetings for the morning. What a nice surprise.
The kids helped Daddy pick out what every preggo lady needs- some fat clothes. I've never had a baby in the spring/summer, so all my post-baby stuff is for the winter.
And a small addition to my
Valentine's gift.... Thunder totally surprised me with the wedding band to match my ring. Love it!
After breakfast yesterday, Thunder had me sit down in our big cushy chair... and gave me a Chinese foot massage! Yes, in a home depot bucket :-) He rubbed and soaked and pressed and poked and scrubbed and lotioned up my feet for nearly an hour. Wow, that was the highlight of my day. I darn near fell asleep. After church, Thunder grilled some delicious steaks and took care of everything after dinner. What a fulfilling day.
And then this morning, it started again! We were all awake early enough before school that we did presents then. I was excited to open up a blender! Ours broke a while ago, and I have missed making smoothies. I also got some more clothes and a ring sling for the baby (who should be here any day now!!).
As a present to me, Cloudburst got up, got dressed and checked in her backpack for homework, all without me bugging her. And I got so many hugs from Sunshine and Tornado.
We enjoyed another of Thunder's divine grill offerings... BBQ chicken. He does such a good job. It's what I wanted more than anything else. He also made potatoes, rolls and cut up strawberries. The poor guy was worn out by the time bedtime rolled around tonight! I got many phone calls and messages online... it's so nice to be remembered!
Don't you just love this time of year?
And oh yes... a funny story. We were eating Friday night and Thunder happened to look in Cloudburst's mouth, and notice that a tooth was missing! The poor girl lost her 2nd tooth and didn't even know it. She was a bit distraught that the tooth fairy might miss her pillow that night, so she wrote this note, complete with an explanatory drawing. And even though the tooth fairy was very tired that night, Cloudburst received her bounty :-)
The Doctor broke my water (I was 4 cm dilated) around 8:30 and the pitocin was started. By 9 AM the contractions were 2-5 minutes apart and starting to hurt a lot. I asked for an epidural.... but the anesthesiologist was busy with a C-section, and then another patient had asked for an epidural ahead of me, meaning it would probably be an hour before I could get mine. The nurse turned down the pitocin drip... but by then my body was in full labor. I ain't gonna lie... it was horrible. I could barely breathe, started crying and was shaking from the pain. I have never felt pain like that before and wasn't prepared to handle it. Thunder tried many things to help, but man, that hurt bad. He kept telling me to just get mad at the pain, and actually got me to laugh a few times, don't ask me how. Props to the ladies who do natural births out there!!
Around 10 AM, the angel, er, anesthesiologist came in and I got the blessed relief of modern medicine. Ahhhhhh, that's some good stuff. I was dilated to 6-7 cm at that point, and a little over an hour later I was ready to push. I couldn't feel too much at that point, but with 3 pushes he was born! He was born at 11:20 AM and is 8 lbs. 3 oz. and 20.5 inches tall. What a cutie! He looks so much like his older brothers, and his hair even has a slight reddish tint to it.
He's so cute and mellow! He had apgar scores of 9 and 9, and he's a good eater.
At one point the baby was a little fussy... at least until Thunder started to hold him and talk to him. The baby definitely recognizes his daddy's voice and calmed right down. They hung out for a long time and the baby just looked up adoringly at daddy's face and listed to his voice. Too bad I couldn't reach the camera.
Yeah, he definitely has dad's long feet.
Now, Grandma, why are you steeling my chocolate covered almonds? You think I didn't see you?
The other kids have all been running fevers earlier this week, so we had them wear masks and not hold the baby. They were good sports. Speaking of the baby... we're still searching for a good blog name, so we'll keep ya posted. We're all doing well!
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