Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pregnancy. Show all posts
Baby Shower
We have quite a few pregnant people in our ward at church right now. I think there was sixth (one had her baby). Three of us were due pretty close to the same time and are all having our fifth babies so friends threw us a baby shower. It was so nice of them!
Aren't these the cutest cookies? Tishela makes the prettiest cookies, they always look flawless.
We played some fun games. My favorite one was with the baby pictures. The moms-to-be each sent in a baby picture of themselves, one of their previous babies, and their spouses. Then the host added in some extras to make it harder and everyone had to guess which picture belonged to which person. Can you guess mine? I'll post the answer at the end of this.
We played another game where I had to guess the baby food flavors without looking. I think I got about half right... maybe a little less than that. It was tough.
I took a picture of my stash after the shower Since we all already have four kids we asked for freezer meals or diapers instead of gifts. I am so excited to have all those diapers! Plus our freezer is stuffed full of meals, it is going to be great not to have to come up with dinner for a little while after the baby is born. The baby also got a couple outfits, burp clothes, and a blanket. I wish I took a better picture of it, but we even got a custom painting! I love it and can't wait to put it up!
I am so grateful to the friends that threw the shower for me and for everyone who came. I have so much support in my life I feel truly blessed.
Baby picture answers:
1-Me 7-Tucker 11-Bob
Gender Reveal
We found out a few weeks ago that we were having a girl. I was almost 17 weeks at my doctors appointment and he did an ultrasound on the spot to check for me. It was great. I was so excited. I would have been ok about having a boy but I really wanted a girl. I think it mattered to me this time more than with all my other pregnancies.
I wanted to tell the kids in a fun way so I made cupcakes and filled them with pink frosting.
We've already been shopping for girl clothes. I love all the cute little baby stuff.
Baby Bump Cake Tutorial
We had a baby shower for a friend a few weeks ago. Actually the baby was just born this week and he looks super cute in pictures (I haven't seen him in person yet). Anyway, for the shower I made this baby bump, or pregnant belly, cake.
Materials Needed:
two cake Mixes
One 9 inch pan
one 8 inch pan
two large muffin pans or ramekin dishes
frosting
fondant
Next you just trim around the edges and decorate how you like.
5) I added sleeves by cutting the fondant into this weird shape then folding them in half. I filled the sleeve with plastic wrap so it didn't compress. I also added little fondant balls around the edges.
Leon's Birth Story
It started on Tuesday the 19th I went in for my weekly doctor's appointment at 9:30 in the morning. I'm actually not surprised that Leon was born that day. I even booked the appointment in the morning so I wouldn't be in labor all night. I also had bob stay home from work instead of getting a sitter, just in case. All four of my kids were born right after my doctor's appointments so I was hoping that would be the case this time as well. When I went in for my appointment I told the doctor I wanted to have the baby today and when he checked me he thought I was ready. He also felt my stomach and guessed the baby would be 8lbs but no bigger. I had been having small contractions that morning but starting just after 10 things started getting stronger and more regular.
I went home and told Bob to get things ready. While he packed I tried to go on a walk to make sure the contractions didn't stop. I didn't get very far when they started getting really strong. It was crazy how fast they became painful. I called my mom and a sitter and we were on the way to the hospital around 11.
Once we got there I couldn't get the epidural soon enough. I had never had it hurt so badly before. From about 11:30 to 12:30 I thought I wasn't going to make it. Luckily the anesthesiologist pushed back the noon c-section so he could give me the epidural. I got that at about 12:30 and was instantly feeling much much better. Besides feeling itchy and shaky I didn't feel a thing until much after Leon was born.
At about 4:20 my doctor came and got me ready to push. I have never had a doctor come before the pushing started. Things were very calm and quiet. It was almost strange. I gave it one big hard, long push and his head was out. Then the doctor told me to stop and had to clean out his nose and unwrap the cord. Then one more push and he was out.
At 4:32 and 9 pounds 6 ounces Leon Chase was born, I don't think it could have gone any smoother.
Ok, so he wasn't born on the first day of spring (Tucker was born on the first day of Summer and Penelope the first day of Fall), but he was pretty close. And this way we have one child born during each season of the year.
I went home and told Bob to get things ready. While he packed I tried to go on a walk to make sure the contractions didn't stop. I didn't get very far when they started getting really strong. It was crazy how fast they became painful. I called my mom and a sitter and we were on the way to the hospital around 11.
Once we got there I couldn't get the epidural soon enough. I had never had it hurt so badly before. From about 11:30 to 12:30 I thought I wasn't going to make it. Luckily the anesthesiologist pushed back the noon c-section so he could give me the epidural. I got that at about 12:30 and was instantly feeling much much better. Besides feeling itchy and shaky I didn't feel a thing until much after Leon was born.
At about 4:20 my doctor came and got me ready to push. I have never had a doctor come before the pushing started. Things were very calm and quiet. It was almost strange. I gave it one big hard, long push and his head was out. Then the doctor told me to stop and had to clean out his nose and unwrap the cord. Then one more push and he was out.
At 4:32 and 9 pounds 6 ounces Leon Chase was born, I don't think it could have gone any smoother.
I love the big windows in the hospital. I actually requested room 14 because it is bigger than the rest.
My mom was nice enough to watch the older three kids and she brought them to the hospital to visit me and Leon before taking them back to her house. Everyone was excited but Scarlett was very possessive of "her Baby." She didn't want to stop holding him and cried when we made her.
Ok, so he wasn't born on the first day of spring (Tucker was born on the first day of Summer and Penelope the first day of Fall), but he was pretty close. And this way we have one child born during each season of the year.
It's a Boy!
Leon Woestman was born 3-19-13 at 4:32pm. At 9 lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long he definitely is our biggest baby! And he surprised us all with brown hair!
Hospital Visit!
For those of you who have been following you might have noticed that I have been sick a lot. It seems like I have been sick more times during this pregnancy than the rest of my life. First I had morning sickness that was worse than anything I ever dealt with, then I got some sort of virus and started having tons of anxiety issues from there. I got the never ending cough and a separate cold. I blame some of these on Tucker because he is exposed to so many more people at school and this is our first year dealing with that. Anyway, yesterday I was hospitalized for the second time during the pregancy, but this time for some sort of stomach bug.
Bob had it on Monday and it was pretty bad. I tried so hard not to get it. He stayed in the bedroom the entire time and sanitized the house a ton, not to mention endless hand washing. I even slept on the couch I really didn't want to get what he had. Unfortunately I woke up at about 3am Wednesday morning throwing up. I had it bad and the doctor wanted me to go to the hospital to get an iv because I wasn't able to keep any liquids down. So Bob took off work and I spent the day in the hospital. Good news is that Thursday morning I was already feeling much better. And Bob took off again, making it the fourth day in a row, so I can still rest. I bet people at his work think I had the baby. On a side note, congrats to my brother and sister-in-law who were in the hospital (different hospital) the same time as me but actually did have their baby!
Hopefully next week I can have a much more pleasant hospital visit and have my baby. And by more pleasant I mean I am not throwing up everywhere and almost passing out. I know having a baby going to be hard! I'm shooting for Wednesday, the first day of Spring.
Birth Announcements
Ok, so with the baby coming soon (hopefully) I am thinking about sending out birth announcements. I didn't send out any with the other kids but I think they are fun and really cute so this time I am going for it.
I came across this website called Tiny Prints and it was pretty addictive. I actually spent a couple hours going through their hundreds of announcement ideas and picking out my favorites. I even uploaded old pictures I took so I could get a feel for what it would look like. What do you think?
I came across this website called Tiny Prints and it was pretty addictive. I actually spent a couple hours going through their hundreds of announcement ideas and picking out my favorites. I even uploaded old pictures I took so I could get a feel for what it would look like. What do you think?
Don't mind the wrong info, I just filled it out for Scarlett off the top of my head and didn't really change it when I put other kids into the cards.
They have lots of boy and girl options but I couldn't help but lean toward the girl announcements.
They have all kinds of announcements and invitations on their website. I really like this baby shower invitation.
Ok, so which did you like? One picture so you can see the baby close up, or multiple picture options. There are so many choices it is going to be really hard for me to pick one.