Update!

SO! Ive totally been out of the blog game for a few months so I want to give everyone a little update on us Whipples!

First off, lets just say she is an amazing little baby girl! She has seriously been so good for us ! She just turned 4 months old this past Sunday. I have no clue where this time has gone! She is now constantly smiling(the cutest smile you've ever seen!), shes always talking that cute little baby talk to us, and she sleeps in her crib like a big girl and also sleeps all night long! Shes actually been sleeping a full eight hours every night for about two months now. 

Addison has been the easiest baby for us. The only really bad night we have really ever had with her was the first night we brought her home. She just did not wanna sleep that night and she basically just cried all night. The rest of the time she would sleep and wake up to eat every two hours and then sleep until noon(which was awesome cause Niels and I slept till noon before she came... I know we were bums lol).

She is now starting to learn to grab her toys and blankets and put them in her mouth... she loves to do that, and its really quiet cute! She also shoves her fists as far as she can into her mouth lol! 

Niels and I are really doing so good, Addison has brought us so close together! He really is the perfect dad! He wakes up really early every morning when Addi wakes up to eat and he feeds her while i sleep soundly! Its great!

Also I got a new job working with Roni and Kelsie. I really love working with them, its so much fun! I am going to get my relstate license soon which I am pretty excited about. I wanted to do hair but that really isnt going anywhere at the moment and I can make alot more money with a relstate license anyways! Niels also got a new job, so I think we are starting off 2012 just right!

Welp, thats the update for now folks! Ill keep you posted :]

ALL about my birthing experience.

Two days before I had Addison, the doctor stripped my membranes to try to get things goin cause i was 2cm and 80% effaced for about 3 weeks.. He had also scheduled for me to get induced on the 22nd that Thursday just in case I hadnt gone into labor by then. After the doctor stripped my membranes, i had started feeling crampy almost instantly! 

Well, Wednesday night came along, of course I cant sleep cause I was supposed to be at the hospital at 4AM that Thursday morning.. But thats besides the point lol.. at about 10pm Wednesday night I was getting cramps, I couldnt tell what was a braxton hick or a contraction because they were so low in my stomach, and everyone told me contractions were felt through your entire stomach.. Well they kept getting stronger, and closer together.. I knew they HAD to be contractions! Finally 1130pm comes and I can no longer speak during the contractions they were hurting so bad. I didnt wanna just jump and run to the hospital though cause I just still wasnt sure if they were really contractions, so I call the hospital and they tell me to come in!

By time we get there and check in, they are 3 minutes apart and HOLY S*** they hurt! lol I get taken to this room where they monitor me before actually admitting me. I was only 3cm so the nurse tells me to walk for an hr then she will check me again, if nothing has changed I may have to go home. We walk, she checks, Im still only 3cm and at this point in LOTS of pain! I look at her and just cry and tell her cant send me home like this! (And I was being such a champ through these contractions up until this point!) She said well I really think this is the real deal, so walk a bit more and ill check in a few.. at this point i cant even walk lol!! Finally Im 4cm and I get admitted! 

I get my epidural THANK GOD! I tried to nap a bit.. Oh by the way I got to the hospital at about midnight or so and admitted at about 4am. 

At about 10am I was still at 5cm, so the nurse decides to give me pitocin and says she will check me in 2 hours. So at maybe 1130am Im starting to feel like Addison is coming.. first time i felt it i just blew it off, thinking it was maybe a contraction.. second time I'm like OH NO Niels, I think you need to call the nurse ASAP! I tell her i think i need to push, she checks me and says "OH MY GOODNESS! that happened alot faster than i thought, yes its time to push!" 

I felt like everyone in the room got chaotic at that point! lol My in-laws had JUST got there and so did my dad so they came in wished me luck and everyone was kicked out right when they got there lol! 

The doctor was busy with someone else at that moment and the nurse kept telling me, wait, wait to push, wait! Im thinking to myself, im not pushin, but shes coming!! The doctor came in after my second or third push. I think I pushed about 10 times or so.. maybe more I wasnt exactly counting lol. They were kinda telling me when to push and that sorta thing, but in that moment I just tuned everyone out and pushed when i felt like I needed to. 

Finally she came! 12:09 pm on the 22nd!

I pushed for about 30 minutes! It was kinda easy too now that I think about it :] It could have been way worse! 

Overall it was a great experience, only Niels was in the room and I had my best friend Jamie on skype with me (cause shes in Afganistan).. I dont think I would change one thing about her birthday! Except I wish my best friend was there in person :\ But Im really glad she saw everything on camera anyways! It was great! 


Here are some pictures from that day!

Afterwards.. we were pooped!

She's here!!

Addison Ryley Whipple <3

Our little bundle of joy!

09/22/2011

6lbs 4oz 19in

12:09pm

38 and STILL counting, grr!

LAMEEEEEEEEEEEE, still no baby! Went to the doctor yesterday, Im still 2cm and 80% effaced.. HOPEFULLY something will happen this week! The doctor said that if I do make it to next tuesday and Im still 2cm we can talk about inducing if im absolutely dying.. So that is something for me to think about IF i do make it to next week(fingers crossed it just happens!). Plus I know that with gestational diabetes they dont let you go over 40 weeks so I may have to anyways.. We will just see though. 

I would rather it happen naturally just for the experience but I truly am getting impatient lol. Also, Niels randomly had a fever of 102 last night, I have no idea where it came from cause he was fine all day and all night then suddenly was like a zombie. Today he hasnt had a fever though, just a little headache. Thank goodness cause I do not need him sick right now! 

SO! I have been stumbling lately! I am finding all kinds of tasty treats that I am dying to make but Im not going to till after I have Addison cause they will make my sugar levels out of control! But cheesecake brownies?! Ah! I cant wait to make those, and hopefully I dont screw them up! Annnnd, cinnamon roll pancakes for breakfast, and then for dinner, bacon mac N cheese!

Cant wait! Oh and also, i made a post last week about the snickerdoodle cupcakes, well my step mom tried them out and let me tell you, they were DELICIOUS! TRY EM! You'll thank me :] 

ANY DAY!

Well, I went to the doctor Tuesday, found out my cervix is VERY effaced and I am dilated 2cm!

This little girl is due ANY DAY NOW and since Monday I have been having signs that labor is starting.. especially these last two days!

I WANT HER OUTTTTTTTT! Im tired of being pregnant! lol and I just really wanna meet this princess and put her in all of her cute stuff that I cant stop staring at each and every day! 

Pray for an easy labor for me and a safe arrival for Addison :]

For Fun !

So I am going to share this with you all cause I know that some of you will appreciate this as much as I do..

When I am bored I use this website called stumbleupon, 

and you can choose a ton of things that you are interested in from books to photography to music and the list goes on! I usually pick out a long list of interests because you can find some really awesome/strange things! SO! You pick out your interests and start stumbling!

I have found some awesome recipes like french toast pancakes! I haven't made them yet but I WILL! I have also found things like this and this! Check those links out, I know you will love them!


Then I think you guys should start stumbling too! 

Baby Showers & Closer to Delivery!

I cant believe that its almost time for Addison to finally be here!! When I think about it, the time really has flown by! But, now that Im 9 months... I wouldnt mind if she just all the sudden came! I cant wait to meet her and to start feeling not pregnant! ANDD so I can maybe go on a "good job for carrying baby" shopping spree :] 

So right now I am 36 weeks and 4 days!

AKA HUGE! 

Got an ultra sound.. shes getting her head nicely snugged down LOW.. and she weighs about 5-5.5lbs. Im not sure if I want her to get much bigger than that! lol

Also, I had my baby showers! Yes, I had two. They were awesome! My house belongs to Addison now. I got just about EVERYTHING I could have possibly needed! Im a little bit jealous of my unborn child lol!! Her closet looks better than anyone elses I know :]


Here's some pics!

Niels says "this is for Addison and me."

 Girls gotta have a tutu!

Books!! 

Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Whipple!

Grandma & Grandpa Durnan got her this amazing crib that I just LOVE, and Grandma Whipple made her this super way cute bedding set :]

Oh, and we will be making a few statements! 

I took a little nap after the shower and when I woke up, Niels had EVERYTHING set up... Including her bathroom! He filled up her medicine cabinet, got her tub all together, set her towels up on the towel rack and also filled up a cute little basket full of her bath stuff and more towels. 
Ya think hes excited at all?? lol 


He will be such a good daddy! Addison already has him wrapped around her finger! I cant wait to see the two of them together :]


Thank you to everyone that came and helped us out! We really really appreciate it and couldnt have done this without the support of our family and friends! Just a couple more weeks and little missy will be here!