3 weeks old

Talmage is 3 weeks old today. I can't believe it! Time is already going by so fast. He is such a fun little boy with a million different expressions. Here a just a couple photos I took of him today.

Recent Pics

Here are some recent pics over the week. The 4th picture down is a pic of him getting his hearing test done at the hospital on Saturday. He looked too cute not to take a picture. Also last week we bought a Boppy pillow and he loves to take little naps and just lay on the pillow. He's so cute!

1 week old!

Today Talmage is one week old! I can't believe it! It's gone by so fast but at the same time it seems like we've had him forever! He is so much fun! Last night he slept for 6 hours! I am so proud of him. He's such a good baby!

Happy Birthday Talmage!

Sorry for the late post. We haven't been able to get to the internet.

Talmage Jacob Lewis was born on Saturday, August 30, 2008 weighing in at 7 lbs 13 oz and measuring 20.5 inches. He was born at 2:33 pm. I had a great fast labor (once I got the epidural of course). He is so perfect and we love him so much.

OB Visit

I am officially 3 cm dilated and 70% effaced! The doctor said he has dropped (which explains the enormous pressure I feel!) and my water bag is really low. And I could go into labor at any moment! I am so ready! I can hardly walk and am really uncomfortable so this is GREAT news! Who knows...maybe my next post will be of Talmage! Wish us luck!

Nesting

I found this cartoon on the internet and thought it was hilarious. I can totally relate!!

We are finally moved in! It feels so nice to be on our own again. It's been crazy trying to unpack and find all of the baby stuff. Last night I had contractions all night long..ugh. So this morning I decided that I can't wait any longer to pack our hospital bag and get Talmage's things in order. I had a sudden burst of energy and I unpacked the whole house, went to Wal-Mart and Target, did all the laundry, cleaned the floors and counters and now I am about to teach piano lessons. Crazy day! I haven't felt well but I knew that he's coming soon so I had to get things in order! I've been having contractions but nothing too intense which is another reason why I've been so busy. It gets me so excited! I can't wait to meet Talmage. I just want to have him now. I guess we'll see how the contractions play out. Hopefully we'll get to meet our boy soon!

Updates!

Well, I've had 2 doctor's appointments since the last post. Everything is going well with me and Talmage. No more fevers and just the Braxton Hicks contractions. At my appointment 1 1/2 weeks ago, they said I was dilated to a 2 now!! My last appointment a few days ago, they didn't check me so who knows...maybe I could be more than a 2 at my next appointment. I'm still pretty thick. I'm only 50% efffaced. Also, I've passed my mucus plug (I know gross). So hopefully labor will be coming soon!

Tomorrow we are moving into our own place! It's been a month since we've been alone. I'm so excited! And I'm so glad Talmage is waiting for us to move in and prepare his nest! Well hopefully he waits just one more day. I think it'd be cool to have him on September 1, Labor Day. Plus, Jacob will already be off of work. It'd be perfect. But Talmage doesn't have a calendar in there so I doubt he'll come when we want him too.

That's pretty much the updates. I'll be 38 weeks tomorrow and I'll post a belly picture soon!!! I'm getting huge! Not very many shirts fit now and I'm getting the "you look like you're about to pop" comments wherever I go. So today I'm doing last minute preparations for our move. I'll let you know how everything goes!

Hospital Visit #2

Well here we go again! On Tuesday morning I went into the hospital for contractions...again. They were coming every 2 minutes. Luckily though, they only dilated me a 1/2 centimeter. So I'm now 1 1/2 cm and 75% effaced. As a result, they weren't really worried about the contractions or stopping them like last time.

About 30 minutes after I got there, I spiked a low fever of 100. About 30-40 minutes later, it had increased to 102 which was bad news. Talmage's heartrate increased also. He was stressed out and couldn't release the heat he felt. His heartrate was in the 220's for awhile which was really scary!! I felt so bad. I just wanted my fever to go away and Talmage to cool down.

As a result, they started an IV, checked me in, got me a room and gave me some antibiotics. Throughout my stay, I'd break a fever and then get it back again over and over. They talked about possibly inducing me if the fever came back because it was too much stress on Talmage to have his heartrate keep going up. Luckily, the second dose of antibiotics worked and my fever stayed away. So I was finally released from the hospital Thursday night. Those were 3 long days! The doctor and nurses still aren't sure what was wrong with me...possibly a virus. But at least it is gone now and hopefully for good!

Baby Talmage and I are doing good now. No fevers! Yay! Now I'm 36 weeks and can't wait for the day that we get to meet our little boy. I'm sure he wants to finally check out of "Mommy Hotel".

Baby Shower (35 weeks)

Yesterday was Talmage's baby shower. It was a lot of fun and he got so many cute things! I am so excited to meet him. I just want to drive to the hospital right now and get him out. Only 5 weeks left! Hopefully I can make it! Well here are some pics from the shower.

We've Moved!

Monday we officially moved out of our house. We are still living with my parents until the end of August when our new place will be ready for us! I'm excited to get into a nice, new place that'll be safe for baby Talmage. Just hopefully he'll come after we've moved. This past week has been crazy and definately tiring!!

I kind of put my bedrest on hold. Oops! But now I'm back on bedrest. And I've been having a fever the last two days. So we're hoping that the contractions won't come back with the fever. I just feel bad for Talmage. He gets stressed when I get a fever and his heart rate goes up.

Crazy week!

Well this week has been crazy! I thought I should tell everyone just to update.

On Wednesday, I started contracting at 11:00 am and didn't stop. It just got worse and worse throughout the day. It got so painful that I could hardly breathe. I stayed on the couch all day. Finally my mom told me I needed to go to the hospital. So I waited for Jacob to come home from work at 6:00pm. Then I started to feel much better...I DID NOT want to go the hospital. Anyways, we ended up going to my parents house to eat dinner since I didn't feel good enough to cook.

Then the contractions came worse and in my back. It was the worse pain I have ever felt in my life! So we headed off to the emergency room where they took me up to the maternity floor to look at me. Little did I know...I was contracting every 2 minutes!!! Crazy! And then they checked me and I was already dilated to a 1 and 50% effaced. So I had to spend the night and didn't get home until 10:00pm Thursday night.

They were giving me IVs, drawing my blood a million times and giving me shots of tribulene to stop the contractions. They put a monitor on me to monitor the contractions and one to monitor the baby's heartbeat. For awhile, his heartbeat was in the 180's! Scary! So anyway, I'm now on bedrest and can't drive, cook, clean or go to the store. I also am sick with the flu at the same time. It stinks. So we just moved in with my parents for now until I get off bedrest or have the baby.

I'm still having contractions every day so it is not fun! they are definately painful! I just hope they don't get too bad because I do not want to go back! And I'm going to the doctor at least once a week now. I just hope I can hold him in for at least a few more weeks!!

32 weeks 3 days BELLY PHOTO!

After many requests, I finally took a belly picture! I've been swelling a lot!! My arms face, legs, feet...everything! But I broke down and took a picture anyway! I just don't feel as "pretty" when I'm huge!


Well today was my OBGYN appointment and my glucose test. I was supposed to take the test at 28 weeks but it didn't work out. So here's a picture of an empty orange glucose drink. Yummy! It tasted ok but made me feel sick all day! Talmage sure liked it though! He kept moving around and it took them awhile to find his heartbeat.