Thankful

I am thankful this Thanksgiving to the two most amazing boys in my life!! Kyle has been so helpful since Gus has arrived. He is an amazing husband and I am grateful he is in my life:)

The chunk

I had to capture his double chin he has been working on this past week. I love this pic because it shows his butt chin just like his dads:)

we are trying to adjust to our new life as parents. Gus has been so much fun this past week minus the no sleep hours of the night. For some reason he thinks it is perfectly normal to be wide awake from 12-1 and 3-4 in the morning, and that is not counting the hours I am awake feeding the little chunk. He had an appointment on Monday and he dropped to 6.7 four days later he got his foreskin removed and had gained 12 ounces. That is 4 ounces short of 1 pound in four days, he loves to eat!! Like his mom an dad:)

Gus' Firsts

After many try's Mommy finally captured a smile

Daddy changed his first poopy diaper. I think Kyle's face is priceless

I had my first bath, I was screaming until I got put on my belly and found my thumb.

Gus' Birth Day

The start of a long but most rewarding day

He came out sucking his thumb:)

It all started on Thursday November 11th at 5:40 am. I got a call from the labor and delivery unit (Kim Postma) saying it was time to have a baby. So we rushed to get ready and be there by 6:30 am. I got there got hooked up and that is when the fun began. They started the pitocin around 7:20 am and didn't stop the drip until 5:51 am the next day. Yep, thats 24 hours of contractions, 24 hours of labor, 24 hours of sitting at the hospital, and 24 hours of anticipation. We tried to get some rest that night, Kyle slept on the yucky hospital floor for awhile. I was going to try to go without the epidural, but had an open mind knowing labor is much harder when you are induced. It was around 12:30 or 1 in the afternoon that I decided the epidural was a much needed drug. I went to the hospital dilated to a two, and at the time I decided to get the epidural five or six hours later I was only a three. I knew I was in for a long labor and was starting to get nauseous because of the pain, so I said bring on the drugs. Little did I know that at 8:00 pm that night I would only be dilated to a four. My Dr. said that failure to progress or being stuck at a four for more than 2 hours would mean I would have to go cesarean. I really really didn't want that to happen. The next time the nursed checked me I think I was a five and things just started to get better after that. My poor mom came to the hospital around 11:30 am and stayed the whole time. My sisters came around 8:00 or 9:00 pm stayed for a while then we told them we would call when I got close. So around 1 or 2 am we called telling them I was finally at an 8 so to come on over. Little did they know it was going to take me four more hours to dilate two more centimeters!! I was reluctant to have the sis' come, but was glad after the whole ordeal it was nice having them there. At 5 am I started pushing and fifty one minutes later I delivered the cutest, most healthy baby boy ever!!

Gus our Man Child "100th Post"

Daddy and me

Going home outfit

Best Pic of his hair

Our little family

Birth Story to come, just a teaser of how cute our little Gus is.

My Birthright, My ManChild, My Son, My Gus

99 Post, 100 post will be after our Man Child arrives

In no particular order reasons for the name Augustus Kyle Ballard

1. Main character's name in favorite book/soon to be movie, "The River Why" by David James Duncan

2. Main character in another awesome book/movie, "Lonesome Dove", by Larry Mcmurtry

3. One of my favorite fishing authors name is A.K. Best, would have same initials.

4. When you miss a big fish, its usually referred to as Gus.

5. Augustus Dodge is a name of a 4th great grandpa of mine that was part of the Mormon Battalion and was one of the founders of Toquerville.

6. Found out the other night from my girl Shirles(Shirley Last), that the late Garth Last was referred to as "Gus" most of his life.

7. Manly name

8. You can't not like a kid named Gus

9. Not the best friend of Mark Antony or the guy killed by Brutus., he was weak:)

10. Did i mention it is manly.

11. Augustus is a Latin derived word with Augment, to make greater... manly

12. Not from the fat kid in Willy Wonka that drinks the chocolate river or the fat mouse off of Cinderella.

13, My grandma doesn't like Finn, she says I was watching to much Law & Order, lol

14. Its in the Bible baby, Remember who got Jesus to Bethlehem, BOOM

Other names considered: Finn Augustus Ballard and Duncan Kyle Ballard

This has been a topic of great debate between Kyle and me. From the list above you can see I rarely won the debate. I have been totally against the name since he said his first boy would be named this (about a year and a half ago). I like Gus, it is just that Augustus is a pretty distinct and unique name. After a discussion with Shirls the other night she said it is distinguished and she promises that this boy would turn out like all of her sons so I had to agree:)

Jazzy Jets

The hubby thought today would be a good day to post about the onesies I made for the babe. Kyle loves them! Also, we bought this funky cool antique chair at urban renewal last week for the babe's room. Now if he would just get here so I can stop trying to keep myself busy.

No Bueno

40 Week Stats
Total weight gained 26 pounds
Measuring at 37
Baby's heart rate 122
Dilated to a ONE. Someone just told us the little guy was obedient by waiting till November, but a one come on.
Plan of Action: HOPEfully will go into spontaneous labor this week. Non-stress test Monday. Another Dr.'s appointment Wednesday. Then will induce on 11/11/10. Lets just all pray our little hearts out it happens before then k.
Went on a nice long walk last night, I am going to wash all the outside windows today since I have already cleaned the whole entire house. I am thinking about putting up the Christmas lights too.

39 1/2 I think we have made it

39 1/2 Weeks Stats

I have almost made it. I can go anytime on Monday because it is the first of November, and you all know the story of how we are not such great planners with the supplemental insurance thing. Bring on Kip and Ali's wedding in Hawaii in February:)!!! The pregnancy has been really good other than the first 12 weeks of throwing up, and the occasional heart burn at night. It is crazy weird to think we will be parents in a week or two, hopefully a week. I told Kyle before church if he doesn't come this week we should just wait till next week and have him on 11/11/11, then during sacrament I realized that is in another year, so he can't wait that long.

Total Weight Gained: 25 pounds, it was 26 but I lost a pound last week. whoo whoo

Measuring at 36 weeks

Baby's heart rate 135 bpm
Haven't craved anything unusual just lots of crushed ice. Bags are packed, car seat is in place now we just play the waiting game.
Baby still moves a ton especially at night now, he gets the hiccups at least once or twice a day.

Plan of action: I have a Dr.'s appointment again on Wednesday (my due date is Tuesday) they will check me, send me to do a non-stress test, and if everything is still okay they will wait a week to start me.

My last two days of work were Thursday and Friday. It was very convenient because it happened to be two days 18 hours total of training on Breastfeeding. Needless to say I learned a lot which will help with my job and me personally. The trainer was a well known lactation consultant from Mississippi who had tons of info and stories for us!!

who are you?

Below Kody and Skeley. I got a pic of Kody and his wives off the internet so you could see the creepster for real. Around Kody's neck he has a pic of his now 4 wives and a name tag that say Hi my name is Kody Brown meet my 4 wives. He is super creepy, I would have gone as one of the wives, but had already put tons of time into making my shirt so I still went as preggers skeley.

Isn't she the cutest piggy bank ever?

Kyle and I attended a Halloween party last night in Cedar City with Donald Trump, his cute little piggy bank and his lady of money. There were tons of hommies we didn't know, but their costumes were super creative and I got a lot of good ideas for next year. Kyle went as Kody Brown (you know the creepy guy from sister wives) and I went as a pregnant skeleton.

Nursery

Lirpa got some cute photos of the finished nursery at the baby shower so I thought I would share. I just need to find a chair for one of the corners then it is completely complete!!

Baby Shower

PICTURE OVERLOAD!!

We had a really fun party on Saturday. Lots of food was eaten, lots of pictures were taken, lots of laughs were exchanged, and lots of gifts were given. Thank you to everyone that came, and thanks to my sistas and mammy for putting it on. Thanks lirpa for being the photographer and Slum dog for making the invite, water bottle wrapper, andcupcake topper thank yous! Oh and my wonderful hubby for finishing the slate wall in time for the shower:)