Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wild Jungle Cats!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Why don't we get things started
Ladies and Gentlemen! May I introduce to you Geneva Ell Keating Walker, or just Eva if you prefer. She was born at 7:31am on Friday April 24th 2009. Coming in at a whopping 7lbs 7oz and 19 inches long, 10 fingers, 10 toes and no exceptions. She is simply the bees knees, and cute as a button to boot.
*Thanks to Sherry of Two Ton Boa for making her this totally rad tuxedo onesie!*
For those of you who'd like all the exciting details of how she came out...
I started to have mild contractions the morning of my due date (April 23rd). By dinner time they were getting a bit painful and coming in regular intervals. At around 11:30pm they were getting to be too much to bear so we called the midwife to ask if she thought it was "time". Luckily she agreed that this was probably it and told us to head down to the hospital and she would meet us there. After checking and rechecking that I had everything I needed with me, we left for Rochester at midnight. We got pulled over on the way for having a busted headlight and Nate got to say "Officer, my wife is in labor!" It was perfect, straight out of the movies.
We got to the hospital a little before 1am and they moved me right into a birthing room because at that point my contractions were only about 2 minutes apart and I was already 3cm dilated. From there everything moved VERY quickly, by 5:30am I was 10cm (the biggest possible) and Geneva's head was descending rapidly. And by 7:30 I wasn't pregnant anymore!! YAY!
It was definitely the most painful experience of my entire life, times one hundred. But I managed it all without any pain medication, only sweat, tears and Nate holding my hands. I luckily don't remember very much of it. The pain kind of eliminated all functioning in my brain for the last few hours of delivery. Apparently I was asked by a nurse at one point at the peak of my blood curdling screams if I would "like something to ease the pain" and I responded "FUCK THAT SHIT". Man, I wish I could remember saying that, and I wish I had seen the lady's face when I did.
We stayed at the hospital for another 36 hours after Geneva was born and we were sent home with two thumbs up and 5 star health rating for Mama and Baby.
Now comes the fun part!
*Thanks to Sherry of Two Ton Boa for making her this totally rad tuxedo onesie!*
For those of you who'd like all the exciting details of how she came out...
I started to have mild contractions the morning of my due date (April 23rd). By dinner time they were getting a bit painful and coming in regular intervals. At around 11:30pm they were getting to be too much to bear so we called the midwife to ask if she thought it was "time". Luckily she agreed that this was probably it and told us to head down to the hospital and she would meet us there. After checking and rechecking that I had everything I needed with me, we left for Rochester at midnight. We got pulled over on the way for having a busted headlight and Nate got to say "Officer, my wife is in labor!" It was perfect, straight out of the movies.
We got to the hospital a little before 1am and they moved me right into a birthing room because at that point my contractions were only about 2 minutes apart and I was already 3cm dilated. From there everything moved VERY quickly, by 5:30am I was 10cm (the biggest possible) and Geneva's head was descending rapidly. And by 7:30 I wasn't pregnant anymore!! YAY!
It was definitely the most painful experience of my entire life, times one hundred. But I managed it all without any pain medication, only sweat, tears and Nate holding my hands. I luckily don't remember very much of it. The pain kind of eliminated all functioning in my brain for the last few hours of delivery. Apparently I was asked by a nurse at one point at the peak of my blood curdling screams if I would "like something to ease the pain" and I responded "FUCK THAT SHIT". Man, I wish I could remember saying that, and I wish I had seen the lady's face when I did.
We stayed at the hospital for another 36 hours after Geneva was born and we were sent home with two thumbs up and 5 star health rating for Mama and Baby.
Now comes the fun part!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
New Additions
OK... not the addition everyone is waiting for, but super cute and exciting all the same.
Meet Osker and Brody.
They are 6 weeks old, brother and sister, and the most adorable creatures ever. When awake, they are so frisky it's impossible to get a picture of them sitting still, thus the best pics are of them sleeping. They particularly like to curl up with me for my afternoon naps. They have been with us for about 36 hours and already seem very at home.
Osker was apparently the runt of the litter and born a day later than all the others, he's got one squinty eye and a little white spot under his chin. Brody is a little bigger than Osker and totally beats him up and bosses him around.
It's a good thing it's been cold outside the past couple of days, we are so distracted by everything these two kitties do that we can't get anything else done.
Oh, and ps. One more week until baby, one more week until I will be surrounded by Cute on all sides.
Meet Osker and Brody.
They are 6 weeks old, brother and sister, and the most adorable creatures ever. When awake, they are so frisky it's impossible to get a picture of them sitting still, thus the best pics are of them sleeping. They particularly like to curl up with me for my afternoon naps. They have been with us for about 36 hours and already seem very at home.
Osker was apparently the runt of the litter and born a day later than all the others, he's got one squinty eye and a little white spot under his chin. Brody is a little bigger than Osker and totally beats him up and bosses him around.
It's a good thing it's been cold outside the past couple of days, we are so distracted by everything these two kitties do that we can't get anything else done.
Oh, and ps. One more week until baby, one more week until I will be surrounded by Cute on all sides.
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