Back to Work!

So for the past 2 1/2 weeks i have been lucky to have Josh home from work. We were both able to take care of Jaxon and spend time together. It has been so nice! But today was Josh's first day back to work. :( I thought how am i going to be able to take care of Jaxon all by myself? Well I am happy to say today has been pretty good! I was even able to clean and take a shower. Woo hoo! We sure miss our daddy being home!

Welcome Jaxon Daniel Mortimer!

After all the anticipation, Jaxon was born on May 28th @ 12:03am. He was 7lbs. 14.6oz and 20 inches long. Heavenly Father has blessed us with the most beautiful and loving baby!

I knew he would be arriving soon when I started having contractions on Monday evening. By 10:30pm they were strong and were 4 minutes apart. So Josh and I decided to go to the hospital and see if it was time. The doctor told me I was only 1 cm dilated but that the baby had a dip in his heart rate so they wanted to keep me a few hours and monitor him. The few hours turned into the doctors inducing labor because I was over my due date. By 9:00 am they decided to break my water so they could put an internal monitor on the baby and one to monitor my contractions. Within minutes I was in active labor and I was ready for an epidural. I got the epidural @ 11:00 am and it was amazing. I didn’t feel any contractions after that. I was able to rest before the delivery. I was fully dilated 5 hours after I received my epidural. So I thought that I would have a baby by 6:00 pm. Well what I thought was way wrong! Jaxon would not drop into the birth canal and he was sunny side up. So I had to wait to see if he would drop. There was no progression, so by 7:30 I had to start pushing and they had to rotate him. And 4 ½ hours later Jaxon was born. It was not pleasant pushing for that long but what I got out of it made it all worth it!

Still No Baby!

So tomorrow is my due date and Jaxon still has not arrived. :( I had a doctors appointment today and still no progression. So I feel like it is never going to happen. I have another appointment on the 30th and if there is still no progression then they are going to induce me that day or on the 31st. A week is a long time especially when your baby can gain a whole pound. Not to excited about that! I guess I will just continue to enjoy my free time and get lots of sleep.

Happy Mother's Day!

Yay, For Mother's Day! So even though Jaxon has not arrived yet, Josh and I still celebrated. He will be here soon enough. Josh took me out on Friday night for dinner and a movie. We saw "Baby Mama" which was actually really funny! We had a great time and really enjoyed our time together. On Mother's Day we had dinner with family and everyone guessed when Jaxon is going to be born. I am guessing May 19th, just because it is before my due date and seems pretty reasonable. But with my luck he probably won't arrive until May 29th.


Also for Mother's Day Josh wrote me a very nice letter and he bought me a video camera! Woo hoo! I can't wait to put it to some use. Well after I figure out how to work it. So all in all I had a great first mother's day. I hope all you mother's had a wonderful day too!

Last Day of Work! :)

Yesterday was my last day of work at Red Robin. Yay! I am so happy but at the same time I don't know what I am going to do with all of this extra time? I mean there are only so many times I can clean the house. I still have alot more of Jaxon's room to finish so I guess I will be working on that. I will probably be doing alot of walking, hoping that it will help to get this baby out of me! Most of all I am going to enjoy this time off. I never had more than a week or 2 off of work, so I will relax and enjoy it before the baby comes. I just can't wait to meet him!

I also had a doctors appointment yesterday. It went really well. I heard the baby's heart beat and he is doing great! Then it came time to check me. I thought hopefully I am dialated a little but I was not. Bummer! I know I still have 4 weeks to go but it seems like he's never going to come. His head is down and in position, so that was some good news. I am just anticipating his arrival.

Baby Fest!

Last Saturday was my baby shower (Baby Fest). I had such a wonderful time with family and friends. Everything was great! My sister Megan and my Mom put it all together and I couldn't have asked for a better shower! Thank you to all that came. I hope you all had a wonderful time. Thank you to my sister Megan (my bestest friend in the whole world) for all your hard work and planning. I couldn't ask for a better friend or sister! Thank you Mom for all your hard work too! I love you guys! I feel a lot more prepared for little Jaxon to arrive.

We Love Baseball!

Wednesday Josh and I had the opportunity to go to a A's vs. Red Sox game in Oakland. We had so much fun! Baseball is our all time favorite sport. Josh loves the A's so he sported all of A's gear. I am a Yankee fan but I still had a good time at the game. Unfortunately for Josh, the Red Sox beat the A's 5-0. We still had a blast! Afterwards we went to the vacaville outlets and had dinner and did a little shopping. Well more like just browsing. We had a nice day together! We are trying to do things now because we know when Jaxon arrives it won't be as easy to just pick up and go. WE LOVE BASEBALL!!!