Here are a few pictures!!!

Happy 1 Week Trey!!!

Trey is officially one week old today!!! I can't believe that a week has already passed....my how the time has flown! I feel like it was just yesterday that my little tooter was born at 4 AM. Ironically, I was up with him at 4 this AM, so it was perfect! My mom has been here this week, and it has been so nice to have her helping hands with Trey. I haven't gotten much sleep at all since he's been here, and it was so nice to be able to lay down and take a nap while Mom was here watching him. Now I am going to have to learn how to nap when he's napping. Right now, the thought of that sounds scary because I am afraid that I wouldn't hear him! So I think I will just rest while he's sleeping and then maybe take a nap when Brian gets home from work. I do have a lot of people here in town (family and friends alike) who I can call on if I need something, but I am an independent person who really likes to try and do things on my own first. We'll see how that goes though, because little babies can be a bit overwhelming as I'm finding out--especially when he doesn't like to sleep very well at nighttime, causing Mommy to be up all hours of the night. It was really nice having my mom here rocking Trey to sleep at all hours of the night when I couldn't hold my eyes open anymore, and now I will have to force those eyelids open! I'm sure all first time moms feel a little bit of panic when they are first left alone with their little ones, so I'm just getting used to that right now. I know that I will be fine, and that I will take care of Trey to the best of my ability, but its just a scary thought at the present moment! Gotta love those out of whack hormones that come with pregnancy and childbirth!! haha.

I am getting ready to put up some pictures on here so that everyone can see his beautiful handsome face!! Even though he's a week old, I feel like he's already getting so much personality!!

Trey is here!!

Trey finally made his grand entrance at 3:57 AM on Wednesday, January 20th!!! He weighed in at 6 lb 14 oz, and was 19 3/4 inches long!! I was in labor for 18 hours, but I wouldn't take it back!!! I will put up lots of pictures when I can get everything settled down at home! I just wanted to make sure that everyone knew he was here!! :)

Today is the day!!

I am up and getting ready to go to the hospital. I am pleasantly surprised that I slept well last night, but I think it's because I was so tired. After being up since 5 yesterday AM, and not going to bed until after midnight, my body was worn out, and I am thankful for that! I think my plan of staying up late to help me sleep longer worked well!! I am still feeling nervous about what today brings because of the unfamiliar territory, but I know that I will be fine. Brian and I are both super excited to meet our little guy, and I know that it will all be worth it in the end! Here's hoping for a safe and smooth delivery and a perfectly healthy little boy!!!

just one more day

So tomorrow is the big day. I feel like today is going to be the longest day ever. I can't sleep because my mind is going a million miles a minute with all kinds of thoughts. I'm nervous of course because it is unfamiliar territory, and I feel that my nerves are even worse since I know when we'll be going to the hospital, etc. In theory I know what to expect with the whole process, but I feel like until I am actually going through it, I don't really know what it will be like, and that scares me. I'm sure that Brian is getting a little nervous too. I feel like his nerves are a lot like mine, and are aimed more at after Trey is born when we come home. Will we know how to take care of him? Will we know what to do, etc. I know that we will be fine, but its just something I'm sure that most parents think about before their first child is born.

We are taking the computer with us to the hospital tomorrow, and I know that my parents are bringing theirs as well, so there will be plenty of updates. There will be lots of cameras there as well, so look for pictures to be posted after he's born!! Brian and I wish that all of our out of town family and friends could be here for Trey's arrival (especially all my siblings) but we understand that it can't happen that way!! So we will be looking forward to when our family and friends from out of town can come see him!! He'll be here before you know it, although this has been the longest couple of days of my life...I sleep less every night. Oh the joys of being a worrier! haha.

my last weekly checkup/unwanted stress right before Trey is born

So yesterday was my last weekly checkup before Trey arrives next week! The appointment went well. I measured right on track again, my blood pressure was good which was really surprising with the week that I have been having, and his heart beat was nice and strong--a little over 150 bpm! When she checked me, she said that I was 1 cm this time, so I did progress a 1/2 cm over the week. She was saying that I was about 50% effaced too, but that she doesn't think I will go on my own, so she thinks its a good thing that we went ahead and set up the induction. My OB doesn't let any of her patients go past 40 weeks because there is proof that even going a little bit over can cause distress to the baby, so I guess with the little progress that I have made, she feels that I wouldn't have gone on my own by the time I was 40 weeks (next Saturday). So we have our induction all set up, and ready to go. Brian and I have to be at the hospital on Tuesday (1/19) at 8 AM to get registered and settled in, and then they will start the induction process around 9ish. Then we will be waiting on our little guy to decide to come out!! We are really excited that he will be here in 4-5 days!! We thought the induction was going to be on Tuesday night, but were wrong. So if he comes on the 19th, then that's fine, but if he comes on the 20th, then that's even better!! hahaha.

Also, I know a lot of you are friends on facebook with me, and I wanted to make sure everyone knew what all was going on. There have been rumors circulating around the mall here like wild fire that my store was closing. We even had a store coming in telling my other managers that they were taking our space. After lots of stress, phone calls from other stores asking about it, phone calls and comments from customers coming in the store and asking, I found out yesterday from my DM that our corporate office made the decision to close my store. Terrible timing for me! Granted, I would have been just as upset if it happened well before now or after the baby was born, but being 5 days before Trey is born, was even worse. I still get to keep my full maternity leave and they are going to let me keep my health insurance the entire time of my leave as well, but essentially, I lost my job yesterday. I have never had to deal with that before, and it was really hard, and it certainly wasn't any easier being almost 10 months pregnant and hormonal. I know that everything will turn out fine, its just stress that I didn't want to have right now. I was planning on being off work for 3 months, and then going right back to work at GUESS, and now I will be off work for 3 months, and then be looking for a new job. There is a lot to think about with all of it, but right now, I'm just trying to not be stressed about anything and getting as much rest as I can before Trey gets here next week! Thanks for all the support I have already received from everyone! I have the best family and friends that anyone could ask for!

37 week appointment

So I had my weekly check up today and everything still looks great! I did find out today that my doctor is going to be out of town all next week and won't be back until the 19th, so I am really hoping and praying that Trey will stay put until she gets back!! I don't like the idea of having someone I have never met deliver our little guy, and I certainly don't like the idea of it were something to happen and I needed to have a c-section. So lets all just hope that he stays where he is!! They did talk to me about induction if Brian and I were interested in doing that. I have always known that Dr. Karon won't let you go past 40 weeks, so induction has always been a possibility. She said that I could be induced on the night of the 19th if I was interested, but if I wanted to see if I went on my own that I could. However, if I didn't have him by my due date, then I would have been induced on Monday the 25th. So I talked it over with Brian, and we have decided that we will go ahead and do the induction on the 19th as long as he doesn't come before then. It works out well schedule wise for us because I will have just started my maternity leave that week, and Brian will already be off work on Monday for MLK day since he works at the bank. Then if they induce me on Tuesday, he can just take the rest of the week off and not worry about having to use vacation days for part of one week and then on part of another week with his work load. Another cool thing is that Brian and I are hoping for him to be born on the 20th. Brian's dad (Todd Brian) was born on the 20th. Brian (Todd Brian II) was born on the 20th, so we think it would be neat for Trey (Todd Brian III) to be born on the 20th as well. And if it goes into the 21st, that won't bother us either because that is both my mom's and Brian's mom's birthday.

So make sure everyone is hoping that Trey will stay put until she gets back in town!

only a little bit longer!!

So we are about 2.5 weeks away from the big day!!! I have my next weekly appointment tomorrow, and I am anxious to see if there has been anymore progress or not! My appointment is first thing in the morning, and then Brian and I are meeting with a pediatrician! He is the dad of one of the kids that Brian coached on his baseball team, so it is nice knowing that it is someone we already know!!

I'm still working 40 hour weeks at work, and I am wearing down!!! I plan on working through next Friday, and then being off! My actual leave starts on MLK day, unless I were to have Trey before then. So that would give me a week off work prior to my due date to rest up and get everything finished up around the house! I am pretty exhausted all of the time, so I am ready for him to come, but at the same time, I want to have that week off work before he comes too! haha. Whatever happens will happen of course, I just want to make sure that he is perfectly healthy and ready to come out!!! Brian and I are both really anxious for him to get here so that we can see him and play with him!! Only time will tell I guess!! I plan on posting a photo of my belly tomorrow or this weekend sometime, so that there is a later picture of my belly than the one from 29 weeks!!!