- Knox turned one in December.
- Clayton and I turned 28 this year.
- I became a Rodan + Fields consultant in January.
- Jessica and I closed the Blithe Boutique storefront in April to be a trunk show/online business
Friday, July 26, 2013
Back to Blogging.
Wow. Knox was two and a half WEEKS old the last time I blogged! Goodness. I decided today that I feel like I have a lot to say, so it was probably time to start blogging again. :) Don't get too excited- I don't have anything life altering to say. I just need a place to spill all my random thoughts. Maybe if I can get them all out of my head before bedtime, I will be able to get to sleep before midnight! Here is a quick rundown of what has happened since my last post:
horror hilarious stories about raising a 19 month old monster!
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Introducing Knox!
I can't believe Knox is two and a half weeks old and I haven't posted a single blog about him! Sooo this one is going to be long!
After my last post, I went to the doctor and she decided she would let me go to 40 weeks but no further. Technically I turned 40 weeks on a Sunday, but she was going to be out of town. We decided on the following Tuesday, December 20th, as an induction date if I hadn't gone into labor on my own at that point. Well, of course I didn't! So Clayton and I headed to the hospital Tuesday evening. We got all settled into our room and waited for my doctor to decide what our plan of action was. I was STILL a 2 and 50% effaced (same as I had been since 35 weeks). They decided to do Cervidil that night, which takes 12 hours. I won't go into all the details about how that went...but let me just say, if you're going to be induced, try to avoid Cervidil if at all possible! It was not enjoyable. After that, they gave me an Ambien and I slept like a rock! At about 9 Wednesday morning they took the Cervidil out and I had progressed to a 2.5 and 70% effaced. Really? So they went ahead and started the pitocin and came in every 30 minutes to turn it up. I started having contractions pretty quick, but they were really mild. All of a sudden mid-morning they started getting a lot more intense really quickly. They finally gave me some pain medicine which totally knocked me out. Clayton said I would wake up and have a really intense contraction and immediately pass back out. I honestly hardly remember it. Sometime after lunch they checked me and I had FINALLY made enough progress to get my epidural. I don't know why anyone would ever choose to give birth without one. It is seriously the most amazing thing ever. Between that and the pain medicine, I spent most of the rest of the afternoon sleeping! About 3:30 I woke up and was feeling quite a bit of pressure so I had my mom call the nurse. She came in and told me I was ready to start pushing! They got everything all set up and just a little before 4 I started pushing. Knox's heart rate kept dropping, so my doctor really made me work hard to get him out quickly. I had in my head that I would be pushing for a loooong time because most people I know have had to...especially with their first. Well, at 4:20 he made his debut with a head full of hair! I don't know how people push for hours and hours. I was exhausted after 30 minutes! They took him over and cleaned him up and got his lungs cleaned out and I just remember Clayton saying "Do you hear him?! That's him crying!" I was so out of it that it took me a minute to really take it all in. Pretty quick after they came and laid him on my chest and it was the most amazing thing I have ever felt. I knew I would be completely overcome with love the second I saw him...but it was just indescribable. Never in my life had a felt anything like it! He immediately became the most important thing in our lives.
After everything was done, the nurse told me to spend about 30 minutes trying to nurse him before we let people start coming in to see him. After hearing everyone's horror stories about breastfeeding, I wasn't too optimistic but I knew I wanted to give it a shot. Well, this little man took to it like a champ and we haven't had a single problem since! After that his grandparents came to meet him and then his aunts and one of his uncles and all of his favorite people (okay, maybe my favorite people...but they will be his too I'm sure!).
After about two hours of visiting it was time for Daddy to take him to the nursery to be weighed and measured and cleaned up. The doctor (the one who wasn't sure I was going to be able to deliver this baby in the beginning) had estimated he would be about a seven pound baby. She even did an ultrasound the night we got to the hospital and she still thought he was probably right around seven pounds. WRONG! He was 8lbs 1oz and 20 inches long! Big baby boy! We all thought he was a little bigger than seven pounds, but none of us thought he was THAT much bigger!
He did great eating and sleeping the night we stayed in the hospital. The nurse would bring him to us when he would wake up but not once did he come in crying. He was always just wide awake and looking around! My doctor came first thing Wednesday morning and discharged me, but Knox had to stay a full 24 hours before he could be discharged. Thankfully the nursery nurse was a long time family friend who did her best to get us out of there as quickly as possible. A little before 5 she called the room and said if we'd come to the nursery we could get all of the paperwork done and head home! So by 5:30 we were on our way! I absolutely couldn't wait to get that sweet boy home and it was so surreal thinking that he was going home with us.
My mom stayed with us the first night and Clayton's parents brought dinner for both families. It was nice to have everyone out there to hangout for a little bit before we went to bed. My mom was absolutely our saving grace that night. Knox was a little fussy and she would just take him and rock him and walk around with him and let us sleep. I was afraid that was how the next few weeks would be but we have truly been blessed with an amazing baby! Since that night he has slept at LEAST 4 hours at a time at night and goes right back to sleep after he eats.
He had his first doctors appointment first thing Friday morning just to check on him and do his circumcision. His doctor is the doctor that basically raised my sisters and me. We grew up next door to his family and he has been our doctor our whole lives. It is so neat to see him now taking care of MY baby! He said Knox looked great and his circumcision went perfectly (he was almost back asleep by the time we got back in the room). He was down to 7lbs 14oz which wasn't bad at all.
That's about it for the first few days of life for Knox! Next up will be Christmas (if I can get around to it)! We are loving life with this precious boy and soaking up every second of him because he is already changing so much and so quickly!
After my last post, I went to the doctor and she decided she would let me go to 40 weeks but no further. Technically I turned 40 weeks on a Sunday, but she was going to be out of town. We decided on the following Tuesday, December 20th, as an induction date if I hadn't gone into labor on my own at that point. Well, of course I didn't! So Clayton and I headed to the hospital Tuesday evening. We got all settled into our room and waited for my doctor to decide what our plan of action was. I was STILL a 2 and 50% effaced (same as I had been since 35 weeks). They decided to do Cervidil that night, which takes 12 hours. I won't go into all the details about how that went...but let me just say, if you're going to be induced, try to avoid Cervidil if at all possible! It was not enjoyable. After that, they gave me an Ambien and I slept like a rock! At about 9 Wednesday morning they took the Cervidil out and I had progressed to a 2.5 and 70% effaced. Really? So they went ahead and started the pitocin and came in every 30 minutes to turn it up. I started having contractions pretty quick, but they were really mild. All of a sudden mid-morning they started getting a lot more intense really quickly. They finally gave me some pain medicine which totally knocked me out. Clayton said I would wake up and have a really intense contraction and immediately pass back out. I honestly hardly remember it. Sometime after lunch they checked me and I had FINALLY made enough progress to get my epidural. I don't know why anyone would ever choose to give birth without one. It is seriously the most amazing thing ever. Between that and the pain medicine, I spent most of the rest of the afternoon sleeping! About 3:30 I woke up and was feeling quite a bit of pressure so I had my mom call the nurse. She came in and told me I was ready to start pushing! They got everything all set up and just a little before 4 I started pushing. Knox's heart rate kept dropping, so my doctor really made me work hard to get him out quickly. I had in my head that I would be pushing for a loooong time because most people I know have had to...especially with their first. Well, at 4:20 he made his debut with a head full of hair! I don't know how people push for hours and hours. I was exhausted after 30 minutes! They took him over and cleaned him up and got his lungs cleaned out and I just remember Clayton saying "Do you hear him?! That's him crying!" I was so out of it that it took me a minute to really take it all in. Pretty quick after they came and laid him on my chest and it was the most amazing thing I have ever felt. I knew I would be completely overcome with love the second I saw him...but it was just indescribable. Never in my life had a felt anything like it! He immediately became the most important thing in our lives.
After everything was done, the nurse told me to spend about 30 minutes trying to nurse him before we let people start coming in to see him. After hearing everyone's horror stories about breastfeeding, I wasn't too optimistic but I knew I wanted to give it a shot. Well, this little man took to it like a champ and we haven't had a single problem since! After that his grandparents came to meet him and then his aunts and one of his uncles and all of his favorite people (okay, maybe my favorite people...but they will be his too I'm sure!).
After about two hours of visiting it was time for Daddy to take him to the nursery to be weighed and measured and cleaned up. The doctor (the one who wasn't sure I was going to be able to deliver this baby in the beginning) had estimated he would be about a seven pound baby. She even did an ultrasound the night we got to the hospital and she still thought he was probably right around seven pounds. WRONG! He was 8lbs 1oz and 20 inches long! Big baby boy! We all thought he was a little bigger than seven pounds, but none of us thought he was THAT much bigger!
He did great eating and sleeping the night we stayed in the hospital. The nurse would bring him to us when he would wake up but not once did he come in crying. He was always just wide awake and looking around! My doctor came first thing Wednesday morning and discharged me, but Knox had to stay a full 24 hours before he could be discharged. Thankfully the nursery nurse was a long time family friend who did her best to get us out of there as quickly as possible. A little before 5 she called the room and said if we'd come to the nursery we could get all of the paperwork done and head home! So by 5:30 we were on our way! I absolutely couldn't wait to get that sweet boy home and it was so surreal thinking that he was going home with us.
My mom stayed with us the first night and Clayton's parents brought dinner for both families. It was nice to have everyone out there to hangout for a little bit before we went to bed. My mom was absolutely our saving grace that night. Knox was a little fussy and she would just take him and rock him and walk around with him and let us sleep. I was afraid that was how the next few weeks would be but we have truly been blessed with an amazing baby! Since that night he has slept at LEAST 4 hours at a time at night and goes right back to sleep after he eats.
He had his first doctors appointment first thing Friday morning just to check on him and do his circumcision. His doctor is the doctor that basically raised my sisters and me. We grew up next door to his family and he has been our doctor our whole lives. It is so neat to see him now taking care of MY baby! He said Knox looked great and his circumcision went perfectly (he was almost back asleep by the time we got back in the room). He was down to 7lbs 14oz which wasn't bad at all.
That's about it for the first few days of life for Knox! Next up will be Christmas (if I can get around to it)! We are loving life with this precious boy and soaking up every second of him because he is already changing so much and so quickly!
Monday, December 12, 2011
39 Weeks! Come on Knox!
Praying for good news at the doctor today! I feel like I've been such a wimp the past few days. It's like all of a sudden I just can't take it. And I am so tired of everyone telling me to sleep now...I can't sleep people! I haven't slept in weeks! At least when the baby is here I will have a REASON to be up all night! I really shouldn't be complaining. I have had the best pregnancy and I really have loved being pregnant, but I am so ready to meet our little man. And I am just miserable. I woke up this morning and my arms/hands and legs/feet were all asleep and tingly, I had a horrible headache, and I felt like I had been hit by a truck. So I'm hoping that I go to the doctor today and she says "It's a good day/week to have a baby!" If she tells me to come back in a week I might cry. Anyway, I have on the same top today that I had on at 35 weeks, so I decided to compare the two...and I'm thinking he still looks lower at 35 weeks. When I looked in the mirror yesterday, it looked like he had dropped a little more but then this morning it was like I had imagined it. I think he hears that we are going to the doctor and makes his way back up so he doesn't have to come out! Either way, I am obviously not feeling/looking quite as chipper as I did at 35 weeks! Hopefully the next news I have will be that we are having a baby!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
38 (and a half) Weeks!
It is so hard to believe that my due date is NEXT weekend! I was telling Clayton last night that it seems like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant and was completely freaking out.
I am still having some weird issues with my blood pressure. My doctor is a little concerned, but she's being very cautious. She told me Monday that if I had been a little more dilated and effaced she would have just gone ahead and sent me to the hospital to be induced. She is really trying to hold off on inducing until Knox is a little closer to ready to come on his own. As thankful as I am for that, I am also very ready to have him! My blood pressure just seems to be slowly rising every time it is checked. I had to go back Tuesday morning for a shot and she checked it again and it was higher than it was Monday. I don't have any other symptoms of pre-ecclampsia, so she sent me for some lab work and I had to do a 24 hour urine collection (which I will spare you all the lovely details of). My lab work came back fine, so we are just waiting for the other results. She should get them today or tomorrow and she said that if there is anything even slightly off we will go ahead and induce. If not, we will re-evaluate Monday. Sooo we will see! I'm hoping he decides to come on his own this weekend. My doctor is on call and everything!
I went out with the amazing Stephanie Davis and took some maternity pictures the other day. She is so amazingly talented! Here are a few of them...
The one of his shoes on the tractor is one of my favorites! We had talked about using boots to put on the tractor, but I decided that his converse represented the combination of Clayton and I very well. (: We had so much fun!
My life has FINALLY calmed down this week. Last week was almost the death of me. I don't think there was a single night that I got home before 10pm. I stayed home the last two days and tried to get some rest. Clayton even took me out to dinner last night because he was so proud of me for not doing anything yesterday! (:
I can't believe Christmas is in a few short weeks! I'm so excited to have Knox here! Here is my 38 week (and a half) picture!
I am still having some weird issues with my blood pressure. My doctor is a little concerned, but she's being very cautious. She told me Monday that if I had been a little more dilated and effaced she would have just gone ahead and sent me to the hospital to be induced. She is really trying to hold off on inducing until Knox is a little closer to ready to come on his own. As thankful as I am for that, I am also very ready to have him! My blood pressure just seems to be slowly rising every time it is checked. I had to go back Tuesday morning for a shot and she checked it again and it was higher than it was Monday. I don't have any other symptoms of pre-ecclampsia, so she sent me for some lab work and I had to do a 24 hour urine collection (which I will spare you all the lovely details of). My lab work came back fine, so we are just waiting for the other results. She should get them today or tomorrow and she said that if there is anything even slightly off we will go ahead and induce. If not, we will re-evaluate Monday. Sooo we will see! I'm hoping he decides to come on his own this weekend. My doctor is on call and everything!
I went out with the amazing Stephanie Davis and took some maternity pictures the other day. She is so amazingly talented! Here are a few of them...
The one of his shoes on the tractor is one of my favorites! We had talked about using boots to put on the tractor, but I decided that his converse represented the combination of Clayton and I very well. (: We had so much fun!
My life has FINALLY calmed down this week. Last week was almost the death of me. I don't think there was a single night that I got home before 10pm. I stayed home the last two days and tried to get some rest. Clayton even took me out to dinner last night because he was so proud of me for not doing anything yesterday! (:
I can't believe Christmas is in a few short weeks! I'm so excited to have Knox here! Here is my 38 week (and a half) picture!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Nursery!
Here it is! It is finally (mostly) done! Or at least as done as it is going to be before he gets here! Sorry the pictures aren't very good. I took them with my phone because I didn't feel like searching for a camera. (:
All of his furniture were pieces that we refinished, and the same seamstress recovered the glider cushions!
His bumper and quilt were handmade by an amazing seamstress. Her work is impeccable and her prices are amazing. If you need anything handmade, let me know and I will get you her info! His bedding is just sort of thrown in there right now so I could take the picture because his sheet is in the wash!
I don't know why this picture is so bright and neon looking. I'm too lazy to get up and take another one though! My sweet husband made the shelves out of an old door and I refinished his dresser. The changing pad cover was made by the same great seamstress and his sweet Aunt Macy did his initials on the top shelf. The Noah's Ark (I know you can't really see it) was brought back from Africa by his Aunt Tori!
Clayton and I made the piece on the wall out of an old window frame. The "K" painted on there doesn't show up very well in pictures...but it's there! We are going to put 2 of his newborn pictures in the other 2 squares.
The sign in the shelf is from his Great Grammy and all of the little things were Clayton's and mine when we were babies. He has a huge basket full of books, so let's hope he likes reading as much as I do! The precious stool on the floor is from Mimi (another of his great grandmothers)! This child is so blessed to have 4 great grandmothers and 3 great grandfathers in his life! Oh, and the super handsome fedora is from Gigi (my mom)!
All of his furniture were pieces that we refinished, and the same seamstress recovered the glider cushions!
Monday, November 28, 2011
37 Weeks!
Oh my goodness I am so ready to have this baby! I am really starting to get uncomfortable. I have a doctors appointment this afternoon, so pray for more progress! (: Here is a comparison of the last 3 weeks. He still looks lower at 35 weeks than he does today! Come on Knox! Let's get this show on the road!
And here is just 37 weeks, just for fun! Everytime I look at these pictures I check out my butt. I've never had a butt before! And I very much enjoy the fact that my boobs look really small since my stomach is so huge. That has also never happened! Am I making you uncomfortable yet? I know you all just checked out my butt AND my boobs.
Happy Monday! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
36(ish) weeks!
Not too much to share with you this week, which I guess is why I was a slacker at the beginning of the week and didn't post anything! I'm still feeling great and just waiting around for Knox to make his debut. I go back to the doctor Monday, so I'm hoping to have made at least a little more progress.
I had my last baby shower last weekend and it was SO much fun! My precious friends put a lot of effort into making it so very "me." Everything had mustaches and bowties on it...absolutely adorable! I did actually remember to take my camera, and then someone was taking a picture for me and said "you know this doesn't have a memory card in it, right?" Ugh. Of course it didn't! I am ready to have my brain back! So as soon as someone shares some pictures with me, I will share them with you! We got pretty much everything else we needed for our little man and we made a trip to target Saturday night to get the very last of it! I think we are all set!
I got his bedding over the weekend too and I am so in love! It is perfect! I am waiting on the glider cushions to be recovered and the changing pad cover and then everything will be complete and I will share his nursery with you! I absolutely love it!
We went to the Agape Feast at church last night. I should have taken a picture of my two (yes, TWO) plates full of foood. It was like a pregnant woman's heaven. Amazing. I can't wait for tomorrow and do it all over again! I have always loved Thanksgiving, but it holds a special place in myheart stomach this year!
Then we have Black Friday at the store! It's also our first birthday weekend! I cannot believe we have been open a year. Sure doesn't seem like it's been that long! Jessica and I have learned so much over the past year and look forward to using that knowledge to make the coming year even better! I've been trying to get all of my ducks in a row and make sure I don't leave anything unfinished. My biggest fear is that I'm going to work myself into labor this weekend! That would be totally fine, I just want to make sure I have everything done before that happens! It's going to be a crazy weekend, but I wouldn't have it any other way!
I guess that's about it! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Here is a comparison between 35 weeks and 36 weeks 3 days (today). I wanted to see if he had dropped. Oddly, he looks lower last week than this week!
I had my last baby shower last weekend and it was SO much fun! My precious friends put a lot of effort into making it so very "me." Everything had mustaches and bowties on it...absolutely adorable! I did actually remember to take my camera, and then someone was taking a picture for me and said "you know this doesn't have a memory card in it, right?" Ugh. Of course it didn't! I am ready to have my brain back! So as soon as someone shares some pictures with me, I will share them with you! We got pretty much everything else we needed for our little man and we made a trip to target Saturday night to get the very last of it! I think we are all set!
I got his bedding over the weekend too and I am so in love! It is perfect! I am waiting on the glider cushions to be recovered and the changing pad cover and then everything will be complete and I will share his nursery with you! I absolutely love it!
We went to the Agape Feast at church last night. I should have taken a picture of my two (yes, TWO) plates full of foood. It was like a pregnant woman's heaven. Amazing. I can't wait for tomorrow and do it all over again! I have always loved Thanksgiving, but it holds a special place in my
Then we have Black Friday at the store! It's also our first birthday weekend! I cannot believe we have been open a year. Sure doesn't seem like it's been that long! Jessica and I have learned so much over the past year and look forward to using that knowledge to make the coming year even better! I've been trying to get all of my ducks in a row and make sure I don't leave anything unfinished. My biggest fear is that I'm going to work myself into labor this weekend! That would be totally fine, I just want to make sure I have everything done before that happens! It's going to be a crazy weekend, but I wouldn't have it any other way!
I guess that's about it! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! Here is a comparison between 35 weeks and 36 weeks 3 days (today). I wanted to see if he had dropped. Oddly, he looks lower last week than this week!
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