He has been more awake lately, so we are able to catch him with his eyes open.

So far he loves his swing!

Disregard me in this photo... Grace hung out with us Thursday, because they had a snow day!

I love this pic!

Justin took me out to dinner last night and my mom watched Cole! I was excited to fit in some of my old clothes again!!

week 1

He did not love his first bath experience. As you can tell...

Justin and Cole watching a Illinois basketball game. (Cole actually just slept through it)

My sweet baby boy!

Dec. 26

For the second night in a row, I didn't get any sleep because I had contractions. Just like the night before they got closer together and more intense. So once again I called the doctor and they had me go in at 4:30 am. They could not get to my cervix, because the head was so low to check me. They gave me a drug in my hand again to help with the pain. By about 10:30 or so the doctor came to see me. She was able to get to my cervix and I was only dialated to 1 and 100% effaced. She decided to strip my membranes to see if that would help. I went from a 1 to a 3 from her doing that, so they admitted me. I think Justin paniced a little bit realizing it was actually going to happen that day. My mom and sister had just stopped to see me, so he ran out to tell them. After they put me in my room, they hooked me up to an IV and the doctor broke my water. Not too much later I was getting an epidural. I was nervous about getting it, but it wasn't bad at all. After that the contractions weren't bad at all. The doctor came and checked me at 5:00 and I was completely dialated. So at about 5:15 I started pushing... the next 2 hours were not fun at all. I didn't think I was going to make it, but at 7:27 he was finally here!

Cole is here!!

My sweet baby boy, Cole Michael is here. He was born Dec. 26 at 7:27 pm. He weighed 9 lbs and is 21 inches long. He is precious!!! After less than a week it is hard to imagine life without him!! I will post more pics later!

Merry Christmas!!

I had contractions early this morning and went to the hospital, but they ended up slowing way down and I got sent home. So, no Christmas baby for us! I am glad I got to spend Christmas with my family, but am now ready to have this baby!!

Christmas break is here!!

I am very excited to be done with school for awhile!!! Thursday I had an interesting day. I had to run home real quick from work and ended up falling. I guess I just tripped over my own feet as I stepped up our one step into our house. It all happened so fast that it is hard to remember what I hit. I know that I fell on my side. I sat down for a little bit and then hurried back to school because I had kids coming to my room. Afterwards I was talking to a couple teachers and they said I needed to call the doctor. So after school I called the doctors office and they told me I had to come in to the OB department and get hooked up on monitors for 4 hours. Fortunately everything was fine! It was a long evening though! I started having contractions last night, but they went away after I layed down. I am starting to get more and more nervous as the day gets closer and closer... and excited too! I can't wait to see what my baby boy looks like!

Countdown

I am getting closer and closer to my due date. I would have to say this last month definitely isn't an easy one. The worst of it is my left hip. I can't even explain in words how much pain my hip causes me. It hurts when I stand, walk, lay down and just move a millimeter. It has brought me to tears on many occasions. I have tried everything I can think of to make it better, but nothing does. The doctors just say it is normal. I have made it through a week and a half of the pain so far, so I know I can make it... but its hard some days. Everyone at work comments on my limp as I walk down the hallway. I will be glad when Christmas break is here, because by the time I get home from work I am done for the rest of the night. I am fortunate that we had a snow day and a late start this week, so I could rest. Only 6 more days of work...