here's the story...

I went to the hospital Wednesday morning at 6:00 am to be induced. After all the waiting, getting me in a delivery room, & questioning, it was about 7:30 when they started the pitocin. At that point I was only dilated to a 1. After about 3 hours of contractions, I got an epidural. By that time I was at a 3. In 1 1/2 hours I progressed to an 8. And 30 minutes after that was at a 10. The nurse had me do a practice push to see if I was going to be pushing for a little while or if we needed to call my Dr. right away to deliver the baby. After one push, she said, "Stop! I'll go call your Dr." The Dr. said he'd be there in 20 minutes, so we waited. When he got there, I started pushing. Two contractions and 5 pushes later, Emery was born!

Everything about my delivery was amazing! I was so surprised and happy with how fast and smooth everything went. I was comparing everything with Ty's delivery, which was 16 hours of labor and 1 hour of pushing! I'm thinking I'll induce every time.... who knows how many times that will be. I don't even want to think about it. It won't be for quite a while!!!

It took Ty a few days to adjust to having a baby in the home taking the attention of Mom & Dad away from him. He was super fussy and clingy, getting frustrated with every little thing. But he is doing much better. He loves little Emery and always wants to give kisses and watch her. He is going to be a sweet big brother.
YaYa has been a big help here! She has taken off the week to take care of Ty while I take care of Emery and get some rest. She has Ty's schedule full of fun stuff to do. He loves spending time with his YaYa.

just pictures

I'll get to the labor story another time. Now I have time just for pictures.

Emery Elizabeth Hobson

Born at 12:40 pm

7lbs 11oz

19 3/4 inches

More pictures to come...

Waiting...

Abby is in the hospital and just received an epidural. She is dilated to a 4, so it shouldn't be too much longer. We will keep you posted.

trucks

Last weekend we went to the Peterbilt Open House at the plant. We were able to walk through the plant, see a bunch of cool Peterbilt trucks, and enjoy yummy BBQ. It was lots of fun, and a perfect, free activity for a Saturday with all the family.

Ty was in heaven with all the trucks around him. He loves wheels. So he would walk up to every truck and just stand and touch the wheel. I think he'd be perfectly content if he could just stand at a wheel all day and touch it. Silly boy.

At the end of the day, there was a bike stunt show. There were 4 guys on bikes, and 1 on rollerblades. It was amazing! I was nervous at first, but once I saw how good they were, I relaxed a bit. It was a really exciting show. Ty was mesmerized by it all.

sidenote: ...Only 5 days left...

my latest projects

I am definitely in the "nesting" mode. I've been keeping myself busy with project after project, and still have about 5-10 more I'd like to do. I feel bad that most of the projects don't have a lot to do with the new baby, but with the house. I am wanting to make some baby leggings, bows, onesies, and curtains for the baby's room, but haven't gotten around to it yet. And I'm not sure what I'll get around to before the baby comes since there are only 9 more days til she will arrive! I am just wanting to relax as much as I can, but then my mind gets going on things I want to make and get done.

Anyway, here are some pics of what I've been up to.

I found this huge mirror at a garage sale for $10! It had a white frame, so I painted it black to go in our kitchen. It makes the room seem bigger and brighter! I love it!

Made this scarf, using the tutorial found here.

Made Ty's Halloween costume from the tutorial found here. She called it a Peter Pan costume, but I always think Robin Hood when I see it. I think he needs a green hat to make it Peter Pan.

A book wreath made from the tutorial found here.

Here is our baby girls' nursery. Don't mind the clutter on the dresser and floor. I'll get it cleaned up soon. But I made the bedding, which was a long process, but fun. I also made the clock above the dresser. That tutorial is found here. I didn't get a close up shot of the clock- sorry. And the paintings were a gift from Paxton's mom, which go perfectly in the room!!! I just love it! Thanks Ann!

And this is the final project that's been keeping me most busy! He is just a crazy boy. We wrapped him up in this blanket like a burrito. He thought it was hilarious, but quickly wriggled out of it.

And then finally, a 38 week belly shot. I have just 9 days left. I am being induced on the 20th, if all goes well. It has come up so quickly, that I am suddenly nervous and stressed that it's just around the corner. Yikes! We are excited to meet our little girl.

10/6/06

Today is our 4 year anniversary! It has been the best four years of my life, and I know it will only get better!

Paxton is a better husband and daddy than I could ever ask for. He got up this morning super early, so that he could make me breakfast, and make his own lunch, before he left for work at 6:45am. He is such a thoughtful, kind, and patient person.

He is a wonderful daddy to Ty and baby girl. Ty just adores him. Last night, Ty was following right behind him as Paxton was walking around, talking on the phone. Ty always want to be around his Daddy. I'm afraid our baby girl is going to be Daddy's girl too.

I love you Pax. Happy Anniversary!

36

I am 36 weeks along now with baby girl. It is getting so close!

The first picture was taken in the afternoon, and this 2nd picture was taken at night. I swear my belly grew in those hours. It looked and felt bigger!

While I am anxiously awaiting this baby's arrival, I am really enjoying the one-on-one time I have with Ty. He is at a really fun age, and is so sweet and silly and keeping me active!

Here are just a couple pictures from our family photo shoot with Heather. If you didn't check them out from my previous post, here is the link again to all of them. (A few people told me they didn't notice the link.)

Love his big toe!

pants on the ground

Ty is a crazy boy. He is always going going going.

"Hey Ty, your pants are falling down!"

It seems that Ty is soaking in everything we try to teach him. He knows where his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears are, and points to them on his face. We've been rubbing my belly and saying "baby", so now he thinks his tummy is called "baby" too. Uh-oh. Messed up on that one.

He loves to read books. He brings me books to read all the time. And when I close the book, he gets so mad and grabs it from me, then gives it back to start over. I've read him the same book 8 times in a row. He wanted more - I was done. Sorry Ty. His favorite books right now are My First Truck Board Book, The Monster at the End of This Book, another Truck book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Open the Barn Door.

Ty is obsessed with shoes. He always has to have his shoes on. Whenever his closet door is open, he'll pull out a shoe and chase me down asking me to put it on. And if he ever finds one of our shoes, he wants us to put them on.

bed head

YaYa got him these cool sunglasses at the beginning of summer, but he never wanted to wear them til now. He thinks it's so cool. It hurts his head though, so he doesn't wear them for too long.

He is still into trucks and tractors! His most frequent word he uses is "tractor." He calls all of his cars, trucks, and tractors "tractor."

He also loves being outside! We go on a walk every day, and play outside mostly every morning. He just walks up and down the sidewalks, onto our neighbors walk-ways, into the grass, and up and down our steps, pushing his tractor. Thankfully, the weather is getting cooler, as in mid 70s, so it's a bit more bearable for me to be out there being 8-almost 9 months prego! Although, the walking and bending and lifting is not getting any more bearable.

So about that- I have 27 days left! Yipeee! It couldn't come any faster. I've been having contractions for the last 4 weeks, and getting bigger and more uncomfortable. Contraction coming now....

I never had contractions this early or frequently with Ty, so it's making me hopeful that our little girl will come early! In fact, I never noticed any contractions until the night before Ty was born, so this is really early for me.

I need to take a belly shot I suppose. I haven't taken one in over a month, but I sure am getting large. And I'm thinking I might've started waddling a little bit. Maybe? I can't tell. Oh the measures we go through to get our little babes here. It's all worth it. Just wish it'd come quicker.

walkin shoes

Today it's really really rainy. And I had to go to the grocery store today, so when I dressed Ty for the day, I put on some warmer clothes. The rain did not make the weather much cooler, but just to keep him dry. It made me really excited for fall. I love the cooler weather, Halloween and pumpkins, Thanksgiving, and the colors of autumn. So much to look forward to... including our anniversary and a new baby girl!

Well, since Ty has learned to walk, he walks all over the place. YaYa took Ty and I to get him some new shoes! He got 2 really cool pairs, and loves to put them on. Thank You YaYa! He is still a little wobbly with the shoes on, compared to bare foot, since he can't use his big toe as a stabilizer. His BIG big-toe. Anyway, he loved the hoodie I put on him today. He didn't want to take off the hood. Then with his new shoes on, man he was having a blast! He kept looking at his shoes while he was walking.

What a stud.