Welcome Baby Myanna!

Myanna Glynn made her appearance at 6:59 AM on 2/2/09 weighing 5 lbs. 15 oz. My water broke at 1PM on Superbowl Sunday, 5 weeks early. We headed over to the hospital where things were slow to progress. At 12:30 AM the medically induced contractions began with a vengeance. I began asking for my epidural shortly after 1:30 AM and at first the nurse said the doctor wanted me to be further along (I was only dilated to a 2-3), so I asked for a different doctor. :) I don't know what the nurse said to her, but at 2:00 AM I got my epidural. I slept for the next 5 hours, feeling no pain and completely numb from the waist down. Just before the 7AM shift change my nurse came in to see how I was doing. At first she wasn't going to check my dilation, but she changed her mind because when she readjusted the heart rate monitor Myanna was really low. When the nurse pulled back the sheet she saw that Myanna was crowning and told me to push the call button - I hadn't felt a thing! When I turned to push the button Myanna basically fell out onto the bed into the nurses ungloved hands. The room quickly filled up with nurses and my doctor. It was quit a shock for everyone. Myanna is in the nursery right now so that they can monitor her temperature and blood sugar levels, but they think she'll only be there for about an hour. I just got to see her on my way up to my recovery room and she looks really good. She's a little tiny, but her pediatrician says she's healthy. No need to buy preemie diapers or clothes. :) So now I am in my room just waiting for my baby.

Please praise God for a healthy baby and mom. Also, I'm a little nervous about the whole breast-feeding thing so please pray that I won't get streesed out over it.

We are at Banner Thunderbird in room 242. I would love healthy visitors (no kiddos) but please call first in case something comes up.

At the Hospital

Yep, my water broke @ 1:30 so we packed really quickly and headed over to the hospital. I still haven't had any contractions so the doctor just gave me something to get me going. I'm 35 weeks, but she should be fine. Please pray!

A Little Treat after a Tiring Day

I'm not exactly sure why I'm sooooooooooo tired tonight, must just be the pregnancy. The boys let me sleep in until about 8 which was wonderful. Then Daddy took us to Super Target. The boys were about a 7/8 on the bad behavior scale - throwing binkies and sippy cups and Johnny pulling Jacob's leg over his head. John made a comment along the lines of "I now see how hard it is to take them shopping", which was nice to hear. I did get about an 1 1/2 nap this afternoon, but ever since I woke up I've been pretty much couch bound. So after I got Jacob to bed I decided to get out by myself for a treat. I stopped at Walgreen's for my favorite ice cream, Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk, and proceeded to eat the whole thing in the parking lot. That's allowed since I'm now 8 months pregnant, right?

My New Baby

Since 3 car seats would not fit in the back of either my Civic or John's truck we decided months ago that we would need to get a mini van. I was very excited about a new car, especially after this past summer. If you have ever had a Civic they are great on gas mileage, but the AC is awful! We spent Tuesday at the Honda and Toyota dealerships deciding between the Odyssey and the Sienna. I really thought that I'd want the Sienna more, since it has that nifty front and center middle seat in the 2nd row, but I was wrong. I like all of the different ways we can rearrange the seats in the Odyssey for when the kids start growing out of their car seats. I feel dorky saying this but, I love my new mini van! The boys are getting a kick out of it too. In fact, if I wasn't soooooooo pregnant I would love to road trip it up to Vegas to see my sister. Now I just have to keep it clean. :)

OB Appointment

At my OB appointment yesterday my blood pressure was starting to go up a little - 128/80. They had me lay on my side and when they rechecked it went down to 110/70. I'm a little concerned because with Johnny my blood pressure started going up around week 35 and I had to be induced at 38 weeks. Other than that everything is normal. I'm still not dilating, but my nurse wants me to stay on restricted activity. I go in next Tuesday to have my blood pressure checked again.

After my appointment my mom and I took the boys to a park by her house. There was a lake across the street so we went to feed the ducks. This was the first time for the boys and they thought it was the neatest thing ever. :)

I think Jacob has now entered the "Terrible Twos". He started having full on tantrums yesterday and hitting Johnny. It's time to break out the tougher discipline.

Busy Day!

We had a doctor's appointment, went out to lunch, and Jacob got his first hair cut all today.

At the doctor Jacob had his 18 month well check up (yes I'm late he's 20 months old). He is very healthy. He weighs 27 lbs. and is 33 1/2 inches tall which are both in the 50-75 percentile. Then he has a big ole head - 19.5 inches which is in the 75-90 percentile. :) The poor little guy had to get 5 shots, including his flu shot. I have to take him back in a month for a second flu shot. I guess I never got around to getting his shot last year so this is his first. Then not to be left out Johnny got the flu mist. I didn't think they'd be able to get him to sniff it, but they did. Johnny will have his 3 year well check next month.

Then Myanna was craving Pei Wei so we went out to lunch. I don't like to take the boys out to lunch by myself, but I love food and when I get a craving not much stands in my way. They were really well behaved and the staff there were very helpful. We ate chicken lettuce wraps, kids chow mein, and honey seared chicken. I just have to remember to ask them to add veggies next time. I guess since most kids don't like veggies that's why it was just chicken and noodles. Then as we were leaving I had hardly gotten to drink my coke (yes I went all out today) so I told Jacob to wait a second. The busboy heard me and got a to-go cup and filled it up for me. That totally made my day! :)

Then on to Snip'N'Snap for Jacob's first hair cut. I wanted to wait until after our Christmas pictures to cut off his baby hair. We got them done last Monday so it was time. He sat very still and didn't cry once. Johnny had fun playing with the toys.










Now they are napping and Mommy is resting. :)

We're Back!

We drove back into Surprise today about 4:00 after spending the last week with my sister and her family in Vegas. We had a wonderful time and Mama is exhausted! I'm off to the spa for the day tomorrow with a friend who is getting married this weekend. So I will post more about our trip either tomorrow or Friday. :)