My Birth Day and the days before going home

The night of June 26, 2012 my Mom and Dad went to dinner at O'Charley's for Mom's last dinner for who knew how long. Then around 8pm they checked into the hospital so Mom could be induced. They were ready for us!! They had everything laid out ready for my arrival :)

Then they hooked the both of us up to
the monitor that checks my heart rate and
Mom's contractions. My heart rate is in red.
Mom was having a small contraction at the
time so my heart rate was higher.

 

After check-in they started hooking Mom
up to everything. Since Mom has never been
in the hospital before this is her very first IV.
She said it barely hurt :)

This is Mom after she got all
 hooked up to everything.
She looks excited I am coming!

This is our nurse who checked us in and hooked
Mom up to everything. She was so sweet and
informative!

Mom at 6:47 am June 27, 2012
Good Morning!!
This was taken right before they started
the Pitocin to make me come on already!

This picture was taken right before the doc
came in and told Mom don't sneeze or cough
because I was almost here.
This is our nurse Maggie from Scotland!
She was the best nurse and was with us from
7 a.m. Her shift was over at 7pm so I had to hurry
and get here so I could meet her.

I AM HERE!!!!
My name is Ella Marie Reynolds
Mom didn't have to push long :) Only 12 minutes!!
I got here at 6:57 p.m.
Just in time to meet Nurse Maggie :)

That's me weighing in at a whopping 7lbs 1.6 oz haha!
I was 18.5 inches long too!
I wasn't happy about the goop they put  my eyes though :(

Ahhhh!! They finally gave me to Mom so we could snuggle!
I was hungry too. I ate for 45 minutes!!

Mom looking tired from sitting in the same room for so long, but
you can tell how much she loves me!!

Awwwww! We are such a cute family!

And these are all of my crazy family that came to see me on my Birth Day! I am so blessed!! Can't believe I am loved so much:)

Mimi

Oh Mimi don't cry PePaw won't drop me!

G-Ma Jean held me extra long since
PopPop was sick and couldn't hold me :(
He didn't want me getting sick too!
He took lots of pictures though :)

This is my Great Granddaddy and
Grammy!

Everyone is so overcome with emotions :)

Aunt JuJu and Uncle Adam

Aunt JuJu say Cheese

My favorite cousins!!
Connor and Abbi
We were just missing Allie

Princess Katie... I mean Aunt Katie

Uncle Nick
He sang me a beautiful song on
my Birth Day!

Uncle Phillip
I think he is amazed by me!!

Aunt Amanda

Pa Amburn

Ma Amburn

 AJ I am screaming at you so
you can get ready for my friend
in January

 Julie I don't want to scare you
so I will save my screaming for AJ

Aunt Jenny

Uncle Phil got me again and
Aunt Amanda I think was
pinching my cheeks:)

Aunt Katie you are squeezing
too hard!! Just kidding:)

Mimi got some squeezing in too
before leaving for the night.

All bathed up and ready to sleep for the night!
Well for short periods throughout the night hehe!
Isn't my very first bow so tiny and cute:)
Mom says the bows at home are the size of my head!!

Ahhhh back in Poppa's arms for a snuggle!
Good football hold you got on me Poppa!
Look how small I am in his arms.
Definitely a Daddy's girl :)

 

Good morning!!!
Already dressed up and ready for my
visitors today!!
I kept Mom and Dad up quite a bit last night ;)

Mom was already playing dress up!

Aunt Katie got me my first crown
I think I look like a chicken ;)

This headband is the size of
my head

Here are my visitors I had throughout the day!

Wow! I thought I was loved yesterday.

 Jamie was the first one!
She came on a break from work.
How sweet! She said she was
going to spoil me! Let's face it who
won't spoil me.;)

Linda told me I was an
angel! Oh, just wait
until I am older! ;)

Cousin Ashton did her nails
all fancy to come see me :)

Cousin Luke used his Batman
voice to say "Give me that baby"
It worked!

I like your 3D glasses Travis

Nick singing more songs
to me!

Mimi is sooo excited I am here!

Aunt Jenny is back!
She didn't bring Allie again :(

The Griffins

Great Aunt Ellen is here all
of the way from NC

Everyone wore pink for me!
Even Great Granddaddy :)

Cousin Lily brought me a little
pink lamb.

Cousin Ryan was so gentle! What a good
cousin.

Cousin Connor came back with
Aunt Jenny! He has been practicing
the baby hold on Allie. He is good at it!!

Julie came back too!

This is Dr. Carter. She helped deliver me!

Time to get out of this hospital and go home!!!! 

Mom getting me dressed to go home

I am soooo excited I can't contain my screams!!

Riding in the car relaxes me.
Whoa! Look at the size of that flower Mom has got on my head!!
She said it was a small one too, Yikes!

Finally Home!!
Get me out of this car seat!!

Week 39

How far along: 39 weeks 5 days

Estimated size of baby: Still a Watermelon (19-22 in, 7+ lbs.) I feel like she has grown a bunch in the last few days!

Total weight gain: +32

Maternity clothes? Whatever is comfortable.

Stretch marks? When she dropped I earned a few stretch marks on my lower belly. They aren't too bad so I think they will fade somewhat.

Sleep: Sleeping better now that I have been given an antibiotic to kick the sinus infection. I can sort of breath again.

Miss Anything? Being able to walk around and it not hurt. Haha. She is sitting so low it is pushing on my bladder every time I take a step. It makes me waddle. (Quack, Quack!!)

Movement: I just don't know how she moves in there as much as she does. I didn't think there was anymore room left, but she finds room by pushing everything else around. It really hurts sometimes.

Food cravings: Not really any cravings, but I have wanted home cooking. I just can't eat out anymore.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Have you started to show? Yes, but I really really feel bigger than my belly cast looks. I think of myself as larger than I really am I guess. I was surprised.

Labor Signs: Like last week we had another get your hopes up moment. I had contractions every 3-4 mins apart for hours and I thought that my water was leaking. Turns out it was just a bladder infection causing the contractions and it was not my water leaking. Luckily the antibiotic for my sinus infection was the same one I needed to take for the bladder infection. No wonder I have been feeling so bad and tired lately. My body has been fighting multiple infections on top of building a little human. :(

Belly Button in or out? Still in. 

Wedding rings on or off? Off :(

Mood: Just ready!!

Best moment this week: Having the antibiotics kick in. I have started to feel a little better and have an ounce more energy :)

Weekly Wisdom: Same as last week: Don't get your hopes up, she will come into this world when she is ready to come. She is already ruling our lives like a little princess and she isn't even here yet!!

Looking forward to: Our doctor's appt Monday. We are supposed to discuss being induced so we can finally get her here! Hopefully we will have her here within the week. I am also looking forward to finally giving her a name once we see her!

1st Father's Day

For Father's Day I gave Stephen a card, a children's book titled "I love you Daddy" and a belly casting kit. It has nothing to do with father's day but I did get him an Atlanta Braves tee and a new ipod cord also. :)
For weeks we had been talking about how Stephen really wanted to make a belly cast, but I find them a bit weird. I just couldn't figure out who would make one or why. I mean what do people do with them after they make them. I looked at pictures of some finished casts and how they were decorated. I guess some of them were kind of cute.  I still don't know what you do with them. A pinata maybe ;) Hmmm...anyway I finally broke down and bought the kit. We made the cast and here are our results. We still haven't settled on how to decorate it, but we will keep you posted.

Week 38

How far along: 38 weeks 5 days

Estimated size of baby: Still a Watermelon (19-22 in, 7+ lbs.) 

Total weight gain: +30

Maternity clothes? Whatever is comfortable.

Stretch marks? A huge fan of belly butter

Sleep: If it weren't for the sinus infection, I would be sleeping pretty good this week.

Miss Anything? Wearing jeans. For some reason I have wanted to wear jeans this week. I am not about to buy a pair of maternity jeans at this point.

Movement: She sits still most of the day and moves a lot in the evening and late at night. Uh oh!!

Food cravings: Watermelon

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Have you started to show? Welllll...I may have a little bit of a baby bump hehe.

Labor Signs: Monday night around 11:30 I started having contractions. Around 1:30 they were 3-4 minutes apart for over an hour, so I called the doctor. They had us come in to the hospital around 4 am. After being monitored for a little over an hour I was sent home. The contractions were not strong enough to make me dilate. :( So no baby yet!! I continued to have contractions for over 24 hours, but they became irregular and then quit.

Belly Button in or out? Still in. My hernia pokes out a little more now. It hurts so bad sometimes with all of this stretching my belly is doing.

Wedding rings on or off? Off :(

Mood: A little ticked we don't have her here yet. I am so anxious to hold her.

Best moment this week: Spending the weekend on the boat. It was nice to relax and soak up a few rays.

Weekly Wisdom: Don't get your hopes up, she will come into this world when she is ready to come. She is already ruling our lives like a little princess and she isn't even here yet!!

Looking forward to: Her arrival! 1 weeks left! Come on little bunny get here already!!

Week 37

How far along: 37 weeks 5 days

Estimated size of baby: Still a Watermelon (19-22 in, 6.5+ lbs.)  There is no way she is smaller than 7 lbs right now!

 

Total weight gain: my scale still says +31, but at the doc this week they said I had lost .6 lbs. This is normal the last month according to them.

Maternity clothes? Wearing dresses and yoga pants/shorts

Stretch marks? Still just the ones I see in the right light. I use a lot of belly butter still :)

Sleep: Not good at all. I am exhausted! I have to pee all of the time. :(

Miss Anything? Nothing really.

Movement: She moves a lot, but there are times where she doesn't move at all. She is sleeping and gearing up for Delivery day! My whole belly moves when she does.

Food cravings: nothing this week.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing this week

Have you started to show? I may explode any day now.

Labor Signs: Really intense braxton hicks contractions. I was timing them the other day because they got so bad. I also felt so achy last night that I felt like I had the flu. Google said was a sign labor was coming soon!!

Belly Button in or out? Still in.

Wedding rings on or off? Off :(

Mood: Anxious and restless. Time to get her here!!

Best moment this week: Spending time with family!! :) We got to see my nieces and nephew, Uncle Phillip and Aunt Amanda, and little bunny's great grandparents.

Weekly Wisdom: When you are anxious about something coming it seems to take forever to get here. I am so ready for her to get here that these last few weeks have been so long.

Looking forward to: Her arrival! 2 weeks left! I am starting to think she will be as stubborn as I was and come after her due date. Shew not sure I can make it that long!