First Born Share

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it for yourself!

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? very happy and excited
4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24
5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? took a pregnancy test
6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Brenda S. I actually called her to see if it could be accurate and we decided I should take another one. I went to Meijer to pick one up and while I was there, grabbed a few baby things to surprise Scott with for his bday that was coming up. Then I told Scott, he was really confused about the baby things til I showed him the positive test.
7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? No
8. WHAT WAS YOU DUE DATE?April 21, 2003
9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes, queasiness. Only threw up once or twice from brushing my teeth.
10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Ramen noodles with vinegar and then Chick-fil-A
11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? The peeing so often!! UGH! Of course, you have to know about me that I have a great tolerance for a full bladder. OH, and being clumsy and not able to say what I meant.....
12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Girl, very shocked when the doc said that. I was soooo sure I was having a boy!
13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I always wanted a little boy first because I loved having a big bro to look out for me. But I was really happy to have a healthy baby!!!!
14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 35
15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes, 3 or 4
16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew about them
17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Well, she wasn't coming out after 1 1/2 hours of pushing and I could tell the doc was getting nervous. So, he used the vacuum and found that she had been trying to come out on the side of her head. No wonder she wasn't coming out!!
18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Dupont Hospital
19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 7 hours, that is including the 2 hours of pushing.
20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Scott
21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Scott, Dr. Giant, his student doc, and the nurse
22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural
23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Heck yeah!!! After an hour of labor, I decided that it would only get worse so we went ahead and ordered the epidural. An hour later, again, I finally got it. Boy was it delightful!!!
24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? a shocking 8 lbs. 14.5 oz. Doc NEVER thought my baby would be that big. His guess was 7 lbs.
25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? April 18, 2003 at 2:50 pm, on Good Friday!
26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Aleah Marie, after 18 hours of no name. :)
27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? She is almost 6! I love her very much!

I've been tagged!!

My friend, Karla, who writes In the Grip of Grace blog, tagged me to do this post. The rules are to go to the place on your computer where you keep your pictures, choose the 4th folder, choose the 4th picture in that folder, explain the picture, then tag 4 other people to do the same.
Here goes...

This picture was taken the day my niece was born. Sophia Renee was born on April 11, 2008. It was a very special day. Kudos to my SIL who delivered naturally with no meds this time around. She and the epidural didn't do too well when she had her first child. Amazingly enough, Sophie (as she is called) and my second daughter will be 1 year apart, almost to the day. We'll wait and see.
I have my pics organized by the month they were taken, hence April is the folder....4th month of the year.

I now tag Becky H., Sheri F., Amy V. & Caleb A.
Can't wait to see your pics!!

5, 5 dollar foot-long.......

1. I'm thankful that Aleah and Bruce look forward to going to school. Although Aleah loved being home, she was glad that she got to go back to school on Monday.

2. I'm thankful that the "snow" day this week fell on a day that Scott and I were both off from work. It made for a nice family day.

3. I'm thankful that a friend was able to watch the kiddos for an hour while we toured a hospital. The two hospitals close to us have both remodeled their newborn baby area so we are checking them out to see which one we will go to.

4. I'm so thankful for a husband who wants to spend time with us. He always has something to do for work/church, but he is very considerate and wants to make sure he is spending time with his family. He never thinks it's enough, but I know that he is doing what he needs to do and I'm not feeling neglected and the kiddos get quality time with him even if the quantity isn't what he wants it to be. That is a great thing. Love you, Babe!!

5. I'm thankful for my job. Today, Aleah is sick. Usually on Fridays, Scott has the day off. Today is his first rotation for working on a Friday (Imagine that!!! People like to have Fridays off so they have to take turns.) I have things that HAVE to be done today. Usually, the VP can do it, but she has a big dinner tonight that she is finishing up things for. So, what is going to happen? I am able to go pick up some work and work from home. I can't believe that this is a possibility. I'm so thankful.

My New Year 6

1. I'm thankful for the time we spent with all the families over the Christmas week. We really enjoyed our time.

2. I'm thankful my kiddos weren't too sick. They both had fevers on Tuesday, but those were gone by the next day!!!

3. I'm thankful we had a wonderful time for supper at Mom & Dad's for New Year's Eve. Then a GREAT Komets hockey game with the last win of 2008. After the game, we headed back to Mom & Dad's for great snack and a lively game of Win, Lose, or Draw. We didn't even pause to watch the ball drop. I haven't missed that for about 10-12 years. Oh well. Aleah and Bruce even got to draw on the white board for us to guess. Aleah's was a bit easier to guess than Bruce's. We were back home and in bed by about 1:30.

4. I'm thankful for the kiddos to sleep in til about 8:30 on New Year's Day. Then it was off to the races.....not really. But it was off to our friend's house. We got there at 1pm, the gals put the supper in the crockpot, and then the gals went off to take back returns and shop. We had a wonderful time. The guys even had a great time catching up amidst the four kiddos who were ALL very tired. We got home to supper almost done, ate supper with them and then the guys headed down to the basement play with the new Wii that Santa brought to their downstairs Christmas tree. I never did get to see it or play, but I'm sure I'll get to eventually. It was a great day/night had by all.

5. I'm thankful for a friend who passed along a BUNCH of her boy clothes for Bruce. I now have 3 bags of clothes waiting for him to grow into. Thanks Friend!!

6. I'm thankful for the time Scott has had off in the past two weeks. We have really enjoyed our family time together. However, I'm really looking forward to the next few months. This is our agenda:
Take down Christmas stuff
Go through the kiddos stuff (toys)
Combine the kiddos to the same room
Pick out a new crib (since ours was recalled, just need to turn in our voucher)
Set up the Baby's room
Go through all the baby girl clothes to see what is needed
Pick out a girl's name
Not too shabby considering we have 3 1/2 months before she makes her arrival.