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Alright, here are some more pictures of our little guy. He is doing really well and we are enjoying our newest addition to our family. It looks like he has a hernia at his umbillical cord that the dr.s will be keeping an eye on. Otherwise all is good and healthy. Due to a death in the family while I was in the hospital Grandma left late last night, heading back to Minneapolis to attend the funeral but Grandpa will be driving her back on Monday so he will get to meet his newest grand son also.

Introducing Benjamin Thomas Roberts!

Well our little Benjamin is here! He arrived at 8:02 January 15th, 2007. It took 12 hours of labor (only an hour and a half of painful stuff before the epidural) Otherwise it went great. I only pushed for 20 minutes in comparison to the 3 hours with Ashley so that was a huge improvement. He is doing really well now that we are home. Feeding well, sleeping well, I think that is about all a new mom can hope for! My only issue is engorgement, ahhh that part is no fun! We took him to the Dr. today for his check 1st check and he is already gaining weight since leaving the hospital. His bilirubin level was slightly elevated so they had to do a heal prick to double check, it was 14 which for his age they said was normal. They are going to check it again at his 2 week appointment. Ashley is adjusting well to having a new baby brother in the house. She had a rough day yesterday with lack of sleep and a messed up routine but is doing much better today and is enjoying "helping" with Ben. I will update with more pictures as time allows......Thanks for all the well wishes!

Happy Birthday Ashley!

Happy Birthday Ashley!

As you can see we had a good day with treats and a fun new toy!

We got to have pizza for dinner (Ashley's favorite), cupcakes, and a cool new ball pit.

We all celebrated by donning our Dora the Explorer birthday hats and noise makers and had a fun time throwing balls around the living room. Now we just have to find a place to put the big ball pit, hmmmm, maybe I should have thought of that before.

Non Stress Test Update

I went in for the non stress test this morning and everything was looking good. I am still 3 cm dilated & 70% effaced. They are still concerned with the heart decelerations that he had while I was in the hospital so they are doing another non stress test on Monday. They are also supposed to be calling me back later today with an induction appt for next week if I have not gone in on my own. So I will keep everyone updated on what is going on.

Oh, and I will post some pictures of Ashley's 2nd birthday tomorrow on the big day. We are just doing a little thing at home with some cake and ice cream. But I will take some pictures to share with everyone.

False Alarm

Well I started having contractions Sunday night and by Monday noonish, when Mike came home for lunch, they were relatively strong and I was feeling more pressure. We called the Dr. and they said to come in. So we dropped Ashley off a S's house and headed for the hospital. When we got there my contractions were about 4-5 minutes apart and pretty consistent. They started getting stronger and moving closer together about 2-3 minutes between and I made some cervical change so they said I was a keeper. Mike left around 8 pm to let the dogs out and to try to get some rest. Of course then the contractions started to fizzle. Darn it. They all but disappeared. My cervix hit 3 and quit dilating so they gave me some sleeping medicine and told me I would either wake up in "real labor" or not and they would send me home. Well I am sure you can guess what happened. NOTHING! After all that nothing. I am still having contractions but they aren't strong enough to do much at this point so we are just taking it easy at home. I am going in on Thursday for a non-stress test for the baby to see how he is handling things if labor hasn't happened sooner.

OB update

I had my first weekly OB appointment today. 1 cm dilated 40% effaced. The DR said she highly doubts I will make it to my due date of late January!!! Whoohoo for that one! I am hoping for anytime now that I will be 37 weeks on Saturday. I was spilling a trace of protein in my pee when they checked which is new but not abnormal for this stage in pregnancy. I have been having some headaches but with my blood pressure continuing to stay low (96/62) they are not very concerned. She said he feels to be of average size and thinks that I could handle a 9 lb baby (so not true!!!!) Otherwise I am doing well. We got the kid's room painted this weekend, big relief, so now I just have to finish getting all the decorations together. I think it will be pretty cute once it's done. But well just have to wait and see.

It's Christmas! or it was....

Well we had a good Christmas here in the Roberts house. Ashley was finally a willing and eager participant in the gifts and really seemed to enjoy herself. I got all sorts of things to pamper myself with. With me being 8 months pregnant, Mike had the right idea. He got me a shiatzu (sp) chair massager, electric manicure/pedicure set, parafin wax dip thingy, and massaging slippers. Oh how fun. I have been able to take advantage of my free time to treat myself to a relaxing, calming moment before the baby comes.

Mike got his lime green Ipod, that he has been talking about so he is pretty happy also.

I had loads of contractions last night and was thinking that it could have been "time" but they fizzled out over night so we are in the clear for a little longer. Needless to say, I spent some time getting a bag packed for Ashley and "Ben" and making a list of what I need for myself. I am hoping to get to it so I am not rushing around at the last moment to get everything packed. Oh well, I guess that is life. At least the house is set up and ready for the addition.

My finals are done!

Whoohooo! I just finished my finals for this quarter! I have a few more homework assignments that are due this week but all the big stuff is done and over with. Thank goodness! I am in dire need of a break! Oh well, I think I did alright but we'll see once grades are posted.
Yippppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

All boxed up and ready to ship to Grandma's house

Well here is my little munchkin who got stuck in the empty diaper box. I just had to grab a shot of it to send to grandma.

Well I just finished writing my paper for my class and just about pee'd my pants when I looked and saw that with my appendixes, title, and reference pages it is 27 pages long. Yikes, now on to proof reading so I can turn it in on Sunday. Finally!!!!

Christmas Time

I love this season. My birthday is in 11 days,my classes are over 2 days later, and then christmas, new years, Ashley's birthday and then I am due wit our little boy. Yippee I can't wait. I love looking outside and seeing the christmas lights and the snow blowing past the window. I just wish it wasn't so darn cold out there. I bought the coolest things today. I saw them on QVC (yes I know I am only 24, I'm too young to watch QVC but I love it!) anyway they are these cool rubber stretchy things with spikes on them that you stretch over your shoes (any shoes, dress, sneakers, boots) so that I don't slip and fall. I think they are pretty neat. Anyway I found them at Home of Economy today and picked myself up a pair. So far they are pretty neat.

Well here it is. Mike finished my entertainment center and I love it! It is 6 ft long and is really pretty. The picture doesn't do it justice. And of course my little girl, I love her hair in pig tails but boy is it a challenge to get it done.

Breech....

Sorry I had to post it. On my last trip home I played a funny joke on my mom and walked by and attached a maxi pad to her back. Worse yet I let her walk around with it there for quite a while so yes I deserved this one. Here ya go mom!

Well we had a dr. apointment about a week ago and our little guy is breech. No worries yet (although most babies are already head down by this point). I am going in again on the 20th for my next appointment so we'll see which position the little squirt is in. My sisiter in-law had her baby early this morning, a little girl 8.5lbs! Congrats Jenny and Chris!

Getting Big!

Alright, well I know it is a little late to put pictures of us carving pumpkins but heck I was busy and didn't get around to it until now.....I've also included a picture of me (although, I really didn't want to) so that mom and other friends could see the belly. It is really starting to pop out there. I am now 28 weeks along and they just moved me to 2 week appointments. My mom just bought a plane ticket to come over in January so hopefully we see some baby action while she is here. I would love to have her there for support. But that would have to make the little guy come a little early seeing as I am not due officially until the 27th but she is leaving on the 26th. Let's hope for the best!!!!

Halloween Fun

We took Ashley trick or treating at the Clinic and she had a blast. She even walked right up to the big guy in a scary costume and took the piece of candy out of his big nasty claw-like hands without flinching. We were so shocked. She wasn't scared of the costumes at all. She did try to "help herself" to some of the candy buckets so mom and dad had to keep an eye out.

Our trip to the pumpkin patch

We took Ashley to the Nelson's Pumpkin patch for her first trip to get pumpkins. We had such fun going through the corn maze and playing basketball with pumpkins. Ashley loved the chance to sit on the monster pumpkin.

We got a new car!

Well we finally did it. Now that we are expecting a little one in January we finally decided it might be a good idea to upgrade to a bigger vehicle. We finally decided on the Toyota Rav4 and really like it. The dealer made us a decent deal, got us a good interest rate and sent us away with happy faces. We were contemplating between a mini van and a suv and decided that the mini van we were eyeing was stretching our budget a little too thin so we opted for the suv. I think we are pretty happy, now I just have to get used to driving an automatic again....

Alright Ellen, Here is your picture. Ours is white but otherwise looks the same. It's a 2007 and drives so nice. I was nervous to take it out on highway 2 (cause I'm a nut) but I did it tonight and oh my it drives so nice. It's the base model with a few additions such as 17 inch alloy wheels, roof rack. But it has all the safety features that Toyota is known for like traction control, ABS, and LSD (no not the drug:)) Plus side, curtain, and front airbags. We were sick of feeling like we were driving in a tin can in both of our compact cars. It feels weird to sit so much higher, I feel like I am on top of the world....Yes I know I am a nut.

My finals are done!

Well I finally finished my finals. What a relief that was. I felt so much better today after having gotten all that out of the way! Now I have to go and register for some more...

Here is Ashley's newest feat! Eating cereal all by herself. Well honestly she has been eating cereal for a while but she just figured out what mommy was doing when she tilted the bowl to get the last of the milk. Oh and now she is tall enough that she can grab a box of cereal (that mommy left on the counter) and take it down. A whole new era of baby proofing is coming....

Copy Cat

Here is my little munchkin trying to copy mommy getting ready for work. What a silly girl. She was walking around putting my hat on and getting in her new little tikes car. Oh and the deodorant, it's funny how much they pick up on at this age. It was absolutely hillarious. She is finally gaining weight after her brush with the ickies. It took weeks for the test results to come back only to find out they were all clear so it must have been a bacterial infection in her digestive tract like they were thinking. Oh well, she is back on reg. milk and getting to eat fruit and veggies. What a happy camper.

Here are the ultrasound pictures from the 18th. He (I think we are going to name him Benjamin Thomas) is weighing in at about 1.3lbs. A little large for his time in utero but we will see.

Well its a BOY!!!!!!!!!!

We had our ultrasound this morning and it's a BOY! We are super excited! Mike will be detailing my car because he lost the bet we made last night so I am getting a clean car out of the deal. I will post the Ultrasound pictures as soon as I get them scanned in. "He" is measuring a week larger than we thought so my due date is between 20 Jan and 27 Jan. The ultrasound tech and the dr. disagreed.....Oh well, at least I have that range to plan on.
Whoohooo now I've got to get looking for clothes and more BOY stuff.....this should be fun.