The past year or so...

Well, today is Feb. the 21st...and it seems as though the past year has flown by. SOOOO much has happened and it seems unreal that it has all been smushed into one year. For my own records I want to write down my memories from the year, so if it gets long winded sorry:)
It seems hard to remember the beginning do I will start my way from now and work backwards...
Declan Warner Summerhays joined our family November 16th at 12:16, weighing in at albs 15oz....He made me wait a whole week after my due date. I was going to be induced at 9am on then 16th, but my contractions started at 5am on t he 15th. We went on to the hospital at around 8am only to be sent home and told to come back tomorrow!! Are you crazy I was a week overdue and not very happy about this news. So we drove home. When we got home I wanted to curl up in a ball and not move because of the pain and my anger, but Doug convinced me to go relax and take a shower. So I did, Soon after my shower my water broke so we got right back into the car and drove back to the hospital. They of course admitted me and this time is was abut 2pm. At 5 they came in a and gave me my epidural, and although I was happy to have the pain of the contractions gone, I did not like the feeling of the epidural....It made me feel spacey and very light headed. I hated the feeling that I could not move my legs. about an hour later, I felt horribly nauseous and throw up all over my self. Luckily the nurse was there to help and they turned down the amount of medicine that the epidural gave me and soon after I felt better.
My dad was there, sister and mother in law was there and my cousin was there and of course Doug was there. I enjoyed their company and humor as they helped pass the time. I developed a high fever at around 9 pm and they nurses kept giving medicine to help it, but nothing seemed to help. The fever got higher and i began shivering and shaking and felt pretty horrible. I had no idea how I would have the strength to push this baby out, so I asked Doug and my dad for a blessing. It helped some but I still felt horrible. At 1030 the midwife came in and told me that I was a 9 1/2 cm and that when ever I felt the urge to push that I needed to tell the nurse....So We waited and waited, But I felt nothing....the nurse kept asking me if i felt anything but I felt nothings. At around 1145 she decided to check and see how things were going. And to her surprise Declan was right there and ready to come..
She quickly called the doctor, and I was ready to have him. My dad was in the waiting room and my mother in law had stepped
out to go to the bathroom. By the time she came back, I pushed 3 times and out he came!! It was sooo crazy and I felt so blessed at how easy it was.
It took a few mins for him to really cry but once he did and was all cleaned and measured everyone got to hold him and that was such a cool moment. My favorite was seeing Doug hold him for the first time, About 45 mins mins later I held him for the first time and was still in shock at what had just happened.
I did feel sad that my mother missed this experience but I know she was there in spirit and would of been so happy to witness it. I was very blessed to have such a great support team there and it would not of been the same if they were not all there!

New Computer

Well, I am back and hopefully now on a more regular basis. Doug and I just of a new iMac and I LOVE it, so now that we actually have a reliable computer I can actually blog now. I need to be better at it, especially for my own use. I figure if I blog on a semi regular basis I can print out the blog and use it as a family journal.

Baby update

I am 28 weeks today and so far it has seemed to go by fast, but I know I still have a while to go. My last doctor's apt went well, Declan is 2 pounds and in the 70% percent tile. My doctor says if he stays this way he will be about 7 1/2 pounds when he's born, if I go to forty weeks.
I have been able to exercise some lately which feels so nice! My back has been hurting so badly lately and working out has seemed to relieve some of that pain. I had to take the glucose test last appt and luckily very this looked good. I did find our that I am Anemic, which would explain my extreme lack of energy lately and my light headedness. But once I get my iron build back up and I know I will feel much better.
I have been having a blast getting clothes and baby things. I have been obessed with garage sales lately and have had so much fun finding him really cute clothes for 25 cents a piece. Can't beat that price, and I have gotten some other great baby items. I enjoy the thrill of the hunt and finding him some great clothes.
Summer time I have been dying in the heat, but my air conditioning works well and I am grateful for that!

Nesting

Well, I am in full swing "nesting" phase. I was going crazy with all the things that I felt needed to be done, so I got a huge poster board and made list of all the items I wanted to get done. Well, I had a sudden and long winded burst of energy and got more that half of it done in a week.
I cleaned out the baby's room so it is no longer the storage room.
Organized and labeled all of our food storage.
Cleaned and organized the whole kitchen.
Put all of our Dvd's in Cd cases and made room for all our family journals.
Cleaned out our entertainment center.
Started the Declan's baby blanket(and it is turning out really cute)
Picked out paint for his room, the kitchen, living room and our bedroom.

It feels so good to have those things done and now I can focus on the fun stuff, like painting and decorating! I am getting very excited for his little man and have had a blast clothes shopping for him:) I still need to find my camera:( and then I can post pictures!!

Baby

Well, last time I made a post like this it may of been way to early but not this time. I am almost 16 weeks pregnant so it's completly safe to post now. I am due November 7. And I am excited about that due date! The baby will be here for the holiday's, so that should be fun. Doug is convinced it's a boy and even talks to it like he's a boy. Won't he be suprised if we are having a girl. We find out what we are having in two and a half weeks. I am amazed how fast the time has gone, and not being nearly as sick as last time has helped. I am beginning to feel better and I very grateful for starting to get my energy back. Because there is a lot to do to get our little place ready for a baby. Some people call what I am going through " nesting" , I just call it trying to get organized. I have done some big projects already but I can't find my camera right now so as soon as I do I will post about it.
Anyways, I will post all the baby updates on here, especially once we know what we are having!

New Year!

So Doug and I were very excited for the new year. I think I was most excited, maybe I felt that it was a good way to put the past in the past and have a fresh start. We have set many goals for the year... Yes, in the past we have made goals and the next day not even remember what they were. But not this year, it year is our year! I made a huge chart and posted our goals on a huge poster in our bedroom. So far we have been working on them and it has been a good start.
My first personal goal is to finish a triathlon! I am very excited about it. My sister and Doug's sister and brother are doing a half marathon tomorrow and I wish I could of been there with them. I was unable to due to my surgery(after my miss carriage) and had a four week recovery time which left me not very much time to train. Not to mention since I was so sick with my pregnancy I lost a good amount of weight, so my doctor that I needed to gain some weight. Anyways, my triathlon is in March. I am doing it with some friends. It involves running 3 miles, biking 9 hours and and swimming a few laps. Should be fun!
My other personal goal is to clean, clean, clean.... And boy have I. Our guest bedroom was pilled with storage boxes and camping stuff. Two and a half years of marriage random stuff. So I was so tired of literally climbing over things to get other things. So I spend about five days and cleaned out the whole room! It is so nice. I have a place to sew and do crafts, and move around. Yippeeeeee!
My other goals I am still working on, I will keep you updated:)

Thanksgiving

Well, I must admit this is a post I did not want to make nor did I think I was going to have to make. At my nine week check up my doctor could not find a heart beat, but this can often happen early in pregnacy so he did some blood tests and another ultrasound and confirmed it was a miss carriage. This came as such a complete shock because I was so sick and my symptoms never tappered off at all, so I was so horribly sick when I should of been feeling better. My doctor said it was a missed miss carriage and my body never registered that it was a miss carriage. Since the miss carriage happened a while earlier we sheduled a surgery to get everything cleaned out so I could feel better and move on. I must say it had been a crazy eleven weeks full of sickness and emotion, but I feel that I got pregnant for a reason and it is all in the lords hands and I need to have faith to better understand it.
I am very grateful for my wonderful husband who took care of me every day and shows me his strength and faith everyday. I am grateful for my loving family for their love and support. And for my friends who helped take care of me, brought me dinner and cleaned my house, when I was stuck in bed. Although the thought of getting pregnant again makes me excited it also makes me feel nervous. There is always that fear that it will happen again and I am not looking forward to getting so sick again. My my body needs some time to recover and I am going to put my trust in the lord.