More on Kade

*** Warning this is a long one, I wont be offended if you don't read it all. :)
We have been so so blessed with this little boy! People have been asking about labor so I will tell a little about it. We had more complications that I thought we would have but it was not nearly as traumatic as I thought it would be. I had myself pretty freak out by the time we showed up at the hospital Tuesday morning! Ok so they started me at 8 a.m. with pitocen and other things that I don't really know what they are :) I totally hated getting the IV and I tell you that part is FAR worse than the epidural! They broke my water at about 12:30 and that got things moving along quickly! I started feeling a lot of contractions and pretty close together. So we did that for about an hour before I got the epidural and that thing is from HEAVEN!!! It doesn't hurt at all its seriously the easiest part! I had myself way too freaked out! So we sat around and played games for a while. Funny little side note, I was really paranoid about my epidural falling out and I kept telling them that. After I while I could feel my left leg so they told me to lay on my side and keep pushing the button. Well it didn't get better and I started to feel contractions. So the epidural dude came in and just put more medicine in the tube. About 15 minutes later I looked at Alex and said something is not right. I could kick both my legs in the air. So the nurse looked at my epidural and lo and behold it had fallen out! SO I wasn't totally crazy!! This was just has I was totally effaced and dilated! Well they put it back in before I had to start pushing. So we started pushing about a quarter to one in the morning. Pushed for an hour, then called the doctor, pushed for about an hour with him. Then he said this guy isn't going anywhere lets let the contractions work for a little bit then push some more and if he doesn't come out we might have to do a C-section. Yeah, I started bawling! I was just frustrated because I had been working so hard. Sorry this is getting WAY too long! Anyways, tried with the forceps and he just didn't come out so we did end up with a C-section but it went great! Kade came healthy and happy. We have been so blessed! I keep expecting something to go wrong but Kade has been wonderful! I am recovering SO well. I have been up and walking around today and yesterday and I really feel awesome! Thanks everything for being so supportive! Sorry that was forever long! Here are a few more pictures. I know I look totally glamorous!


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So after these silly little shots go to Toni Carrolls blog (click on her name) and see the pictures she took of Kade. This girl is incredible gifted!! Also she did have a good looking baby to work with :) But she is mostly just amazing!!! Enjoy the pictures she took.

Here he is!

This isn't much but its a preview of the beautiful little boy! I had no idea I would be able to love him this much! He is so perfect!I just can't stop staring at him. He is a great sleeper (thus far), great eater and he is really just perfect! He was born April 1st, I guess I got jinxed for saying I didn't want an April fools baby ha! Labor was about 20 hours but then we ended up with a C-section which really wasn't bad at all. I had complications but labor was still not as bad as I thought it would be. It was really an amazing experience! Anyways, he was born at 4:09 Tuesday morning weighing 8 pounds and 11 ounces and 21 inches long. Big boy huh! He has lots of perfect dark hair and he looks soo much like his Daddy! We will get more pictures up as soon as we can!

Ok Kade, We're READY!!!!!!

All thanks to my fabulous mother! She is so awesome! She came over and helped me organize the baby room and put the house together to make it feel more like an actual home. Up until this point all we really do here is eat and sleep so its just like a hotel or something. But now we are going to be spending a lot more time here so she helped to make it look a lot nicer. Also, she is amazing and sewed the curtains, bumper pad and crib skirt. I think they turned out soo cute! She is still working on the changing pad. But wow she is amazing!! Also, my very crafty sister in law Tiffany made the cute letters and picture frame. Her husband cut them and she decorated them. They are one amazing duo! Anyways, enjoy the pictures. And thanks to my mom, Tiff and Bryan! Only 2 more days!!!!!! Wooo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your opinion please!

Ok so I am probably wrong in this so that is why I am asking for everyone's opinion. My sweet husband is so helpful and helps with the dishes. But there is one particular thing about doing the dishes that we disagree on. We both believe in soaking dishes. Alex believes that since soaking things in hot water is more effective the most effective way possible to soak a dish is to fill it with soap and water and then put it on the burner, hence keeping the water hot (I guess). I think that all that does is cook the food on the bottom to the dish even more and then the water just boils on top of it. Maybe I am not thinking correctly and boiling to soak really does work. What do you guys think?

Sorry....

Sorry to ruin the poll but it looks like we will be having Kade on the 31st!! We went to the doctor today and he said he will induce me on the 31st so..... unless he comes sooner than that (right) or takes a whole day and comes on the 1st of April it looks like we will have a March baby! So those of you who haven't voted yet you can guess on everything else but the due date :) Also, on the way home from the doctor we stopped by the grocery store and Alex was announcing to total strangers that he was going to be a Dad. The conversation went something like this....
Alex: What are you doing on March 31st?
Stranger: um...... I don't know (awkward face)
Alex: Well I'm having a baby!! Yay!! Woo Hoo!! That's right! Me, a daddy!!!

He went on yelling this throughout the whole store!!

About the poll, Alex said that his mom will so generously award the winner one thousand dollars! Thanks mom!!

Its time for the poll!!!

So we have about three weeks left!!! Leave a comment with your guesses.
When will he be born?
How much will he weigh?
How long will he be?
Hair? Color?
Lets even throw in a time maybe???
And anything else you can think of!
Good luck! Here are some random pictures of the two of us. My we look young don't we!!!!! These were from before we were married.

26 days... No, I'm not couting!

So I was having one of those crazy pregnant lady emotional days. Silly as it is it all started with Alex telling me I wasn't invited to his Chiropractor appointment. Which I know is dumb but I really wanted to be with him and I was sad that he said I wasn't invited. I even tried telling him that he wasn't invited to my doctors appointment but he said it was half his baby so I couldn't do that. I started bawling hysterically (I have been doing this a lot lately). Its actually pretty ridiculous when I get like that because I can't stop crying! And I have this awesome thing about me where if I cry for 30 seconds my face gets all red and blotchy its really nasty looking! And my eyes are so puffy I can hardly see through them the next day. Its really awesome! So anyways, pretty much the whole day I was crying about silly and stupid things that really meant nothing. Oh, by the way Alex did invite me to his appointment and was very apologetic about it. He was also laughing his head off because its just ridiculous when I act like that. So the day went on and we went to the doctor. Stepping on the scale while pregnant always makes ones day better! :) Then the doctor tells us that this little dude inside of me is 7 1/2 pounds. In case you missed the title I still have 26 days!! That is one huge baby! When I was there 2 weeks ago he was 6, and babies usually gain 1/2 pound a week and Kade gained 1 1/2 pounds in two weeks. I know that the doctor can only guess and that everything will go how its supposed to be and I will be ok. I really do know that and I am not THAT freaked out about the big thing. Yes I do think that is huge but I know it will be ok. I don't know why but I think I was secretly hoping that that doctor would change my due date a little bit or something. I know I am nuts! But I left feeling disappointed and so upset because that was how my day was going. I came home and just sat in bed crying because I am that awesome. At some point I fell asleep and I remember Alex sneaking out of the room. I asked him where he was going and he said nowhere. I woke up a bit later and he was still gone and I remember thinking "That meanie! He said he was going no where but then why isn't he here?!?!" Ha! Well a little later I woke again to my cute husband walking in the room with flowers and my favorite candy! He is so sweet! He said he didn't know what to do to make me feel better but he wanted to do something. He is so cute! He has been so awesome to me this whole pregnancy. He listens to me complain and does whatever I want him to and gets me anything I want. I really have been spoiled! So.. the point of this post is not to make you feel sorry for me but to tell you that ALEX IS THE BEST!!!!
OK I will stop talking now, and to make this post a little more enjoyable I have posted some pictures that some friends in our ward took of us. A lot of you have probably already seen them on facebook but now they are here too!! Enjoy!!
** Sorry that was so incredible long!

These first two are from Erin Langford. http://www.erinlangford.com

And the rest are from Toni. www.photosbytonic.com

Yeah I know he is a stud!!