Meet Jasmyne

Hi guys, I’m Jasmyne and I blog over at A Fisher’s Wife about all things wifey and mommy in nature…the wonderfully good and the horribly bad! I’m so happy Jade has let me take over for the day, we were pregnant at the same time, shared our experiences and now here we watching our two little men grow up “together” virtually…it’s been TONS of fun.

Since becoming a mommy my heart has experienced a love I could only dream of, I never imagined I could love someone as much as I love my son, I really couldn't imagine life without him. To be honest, the first few months I was so involved with Izzy (my son) I forgot about my husband completely, forgot to do the little things, so I wanted to share with you guys on little things to do during and after baby.

1. "I Love You"

Amazing how when you get so busy you can go ALL day without even saying it, which I found myself doing, for weeks end, the lack of sleep was hard for me, I couldn't think straight and my days seemed to run over. Once I realized what I wasn't doing, I told my husband ALL the time how much I loved him that he began to worry, better too much than none at all.

2. Date Night

This is good after you have healed completely and don't look like death...all you mommies know exactly what I am talking about. When family offered to watch Izzy at first we would decline in fear that no one would watch him like we could, I mean we are his parents. As time went on we realized we needed time to ourselves whether it was going grocery shopping, yes this is considered a date for us, going out to eat, going shopping...you have to make time for one another at ALL times.

3. Laugh

Laughing got us through the hardest of times, times where Izzy would cry for hours on end and those times where we had to make critical decisions for our family. Laughter is always good no matter what the circumstance but after having a baby and especially after having your first, find ways to laugh with your spouse, it alleviates so much stress and will bring the two of you closer together.

4. Talk

It seems like a simple one, but when I say "talk" I mean really talk, especially for us moms...I found myself slipping away and coming detached from the world a bit and forgot that I had my best friend right beside me the entire time. I did not suffer from Postpartum Depression and I attribute a lot of that to talking with my husband about any and everything! Talking not only kept us connected but also allowed us to go down memory lane and remember little things like how we first started dating, our wedding day or the day we found out we we pregnant.

5. Be Romantic

I think this says it all, it's not only important for the husband to be romantic but also the wife. Little things like candlelight dinner at home, just because kisses/hugs, flowers, chocolates and intimate time keeps the relationship fresh and reminds you both why you got married in the first place!

Thanks for reading guys, until next time! Have a wonderful day!

Birth Story-Part 3 (the final chapter)

This was around 11 am, and they came in to check me shortly and told me I was at around 7 1/2 or 8 and that since I had now gotten the epidural it more then likely would slow down my labor and they would give me some pitocin if that did happen...seemed okay.  Right after this my mom showed up and we had a little pow wow in my room while the husband slept :l

must have been tired from all that child birthing he was doing.  right?  welllllllll they came back to check me a little while later and told us that I hadn't been progressing at all, and by now my contractions had all but STOPPED, so they said they were going to break my water and see if my labor would start on its own again...so they did and I didn't feel anything AT ALL.  They then told us they would come back again and check to see how I was progressing in a couple of hours.  For the time being we watched regular TV tried to take some naps and just hung out.  THEY finally came back and said that now my contractions had pretty much stopped completely so they were going to go ahead and start me on some pitocin...which I was fine by because I wanted to meet my little baby already :)

andddddddd all the time at the hospital the MOST annoying part was this!

this stupid finger thing was sooooo annoying I swear I hated having it on and it was so uncomfortable!

I don't even know why but it was probably the MOST uncomfortable thing that I had to have on the entire time I was in the hospital...

they kept coming to check me every couple of hours and telling me my progress, and then FINALLY the pitocin was working and I could see my contractions on the screen now!  It was pretty cool to think that your body was working but you couldn't feel any of the pain :)  sooooooo finally at 5 o'clock the dr came in to check me and said "okay, you're at ten, it's time to start pushing!  BUT know that since it is your first baby and you have an epidural it could take like 3 hours." WHAT?!!?  3 hours!?!!  OMG I knew there was NO way that I could push a baby out for 3 hours!  AND I wanted to see the presidential debate so I told baby Carter, okay it's finally time for us to meet you and I know you want to watch the debates so we have 1 hour!  :)  AND at first it was so weird because I couldnt feel ANYTHING, my bad my epidural had run out right before I had hit ten so I pressed the button AND I was EXTRA numb, it was so annoying because now I couldn't feel ANYTHING, eventually the epidural wore off enough so that I could feel a little bit of my contractions and was finally able to make some traction...a couple of really good pushes and baby Carter's head was out!  :)  the nurse said his head is out, and I looked at the husband and said "Really?" his face alone told me yes!  His eyes were huge and he couldn't believe it.  Finally @ 5:48 on October 22nd baby Carter was born into this world :) and he was gorgeous!

I don't know if I had mentioned this here on the blog or not, but when I was pregnant with Carter I had decided that I wanted JUST the two of us in the room when Carter was born, I figured it would be nice to spend some time just the three of us together before everyone else got to meet him, selfish?  maybe, but it was the BEST decision I EVER made!!  Once Carter was out they placed him on my chest and even thinking about that exact moment makes my heart skip a beat, I looked up at the husband and looked at my baby and couldn't believe that we had just gotten a miracle placed in our arms, someone that was ours!  :D  We looked at our baby in almost disbelief and the husband took lots of pictures :)

he was so cute! :)  I even told him over and over again, I can't believe how cute you are!  :)  I am glad that I decided to just have the 2 of us in the room and that is exactly how I want all of our kids to be born, it was like we got to take him our child being born into the world together and it was amazing :)  (is it bad that I am literally tearing up thinking about that moment?)  and P.S. EVERYONE'S right, once that baby is placed in your arms you can't even believe you have so much love for something so tiny even now 3 months later I still can't believe that I have so much love for a human so tiny but it's possible and if you're pregnant or get pregnant you will see, and if your'e a mom already you already know exactly what i'm talking about :)

EVERYONE came in to meet the little guy and the next day we went home, and it was such a great birth story, really I'm hoping and praying the rest of my kids are born this easy :)

A Birth Story-Part 2

They told us that they were really crowded sooooo although I was having contractions pretty often they asked me to wait while they got a room ready to check and see how far along I was. I think the ladies in L&D thought I was going to get sent home, because I wasn't acting like I was in major pain, and I mean I was in pain BUT from what other ladies have told me it usually is EXCRUCIATING pain that you can not even walk...I was able to walk into labor & delivery AND when just had to stop when I got contractions...so when we walked up I could tell the nurse probably thought I was going to get sent home, because LOTS of times they said in our l&d classes "a nurse can tell if you're going to be admitted into L&D by how you walk in, if you are walking and talking fine, you probably aren't going to get admitted" BUT I knew that I was having contractions even if they weren't what everyone told me they would be.  I felt like since I wasn't what most girls are, they were taking extra long to check me, because they were just so ehhh she's not gonna get admitted she's probably a 2.  I was soooo nervous while I waited for them to check me...I just kept thinking that 1.  I wouldn't be far along and would get sent home (even though I didn't FEEL like I wasn't dilating) and 2.  That I would be too far along AND that I would not be able to get an epidural that seriously was my BIGGEST fear probably for a while...I was soooo scared!

Sooooo after what felt like FOREVER even though I'm positive it was probably only like 15 minutes they finally came in to check me and they said I was a 6-7!  I was so excited!  That meant I would NOT have to go home!  YAY!!  the midwife confirmed that I would be admitted and that we would have a baby that day!  Since it was 6 am now!  We immediately called my mom and text other people letting them know a baby would be born that day, or at least we had hoped we would have a baby that day :)

Soooo we stood in the in-between room for a little while probably about an hour and I kept thinking OH my god what if I'm one of those ladies that dilates SUPER fast and it goes fast, my contractions were coming every minute to minute in a half now, and were hurting way more!  They finally put me in a room a little while later, and then checked me again I was definite 7 now and on my way to 8.  I couldn't believe it!  In this little bit of time, my grandma had showed up and she was super excited to meet her 13th grand child!  :D  I immediately asked for an epidural, and they came in a little while later maybe 20 minutes and told the husband and my grandma that they needed to leave while the epidural was being put in.  the anesthesiologist finally came in and the husband and my grandma left, I was super nervous for this part, I was nervous to move and not be tense when I had a contraction.  I remember feeling so nervous, they lifted the bed (did you know those bed go as high as the sky?)  it lifted ridiculously HIGH!  so then i started freaking out thinking omg what if I pass out and fall off?!?!  -.-

BUT before I knew it, it was ALL over!  YEP I felt one little cold pinch and then nothing!  done!  I know I couldn't believe it either!  from then on it was smooth sailing well at least I felt like it, I was so much more comfortable then I had been only a few minutes before, AND the part I was MOST scared about was OVER!  YAY!  SO, after they finished the husband and my gma came back in and we were just hanging out.

A Birth Story-Part 1

So, I LOVE reading all about other peoples birth stories AND I want to remember EVERYTHING about the day that Carter was born so here it is people...pretty sure it's going to be pretty long, so skip ahead as you wish :)

My due date was October 21st so when I woke up on Sunday and didn't feel NOT one contraction I starting thinking about how that day was MORE then likely NOT going to be the day that baby Carter would make his grand appearance!

AND then I went on Twitter and I saw all of the Kardashians posting that the 21st was Kim K's Bday!

I KNEW for sure he would NOT come that day now....he's like his dad and I knew he didn't wanna share his bday with Kim K!  BUT I was still a tiny bit hopeful!  THAT maybe he'd change his mind!  OR I was going to do things to try to push him a tiny bit!

I really did EVERY single one of these things and NO baby Carter did NOT want to come out!!  I remember as we were doing all these things trying to get him to make his appearance already the husband and I kept saying that it would be funny if he did come and then EVERYONE would say see the "whatever they told me to try" worked!  So the husband gave me reese's peanut butter cups and said "if you go into labor tonight, we're gonna tell everyone it's because you ate reese's peanut butter cups!  OH!  AND chicken wings cause you ate those tonight too!"  We could NOT stop laughing we watched a movie and THEN we kept hearing an alarm going off...it was like 10pm on a sunday and we kept hearing this stupid car alarm going off FOREVER!  Finally the husband went to go check who it was and it was a girl PASSED out in her car (I guess her bf/husband was trying to wake her up by pressing the panic button CLEARLY it was NOT working!) BUT me and the husband could NOT stop laughing we kept running from the living room to our bedroom (where there is a window that looks down into the parking lot) and laughing at the girl passed out in her car!  She was arguing with her boyfriend and it was so funny!  We were rolling (Okay, I'm sure this was a LOT more funny in person BUT this may or may not have been ONE of the reasons I went into labor) after running back and forth for 45 minutes to an hour the girl finally went to bed while yelling at whoever was taking her to bed and we had a good laugh and then watched the end of the movie!  The clock turned passed midnight and I had finally accepted that Baby Carter would NOT be one of the 5% that was born ON his due date!  Me and the husband were getting ready to go to bed and I changed the calendar in our living room to October 22nd and we headed to bed.

While I was laying there trying to get comfortable as MUCH as you can while 40 weeks and ONE day pregnant, I realized that I was getting cramps!  I had to spend a day at labor & delivery earlier in the week and they were tracking my contractions and they finally told me that what I had been feeling the last couple of weeks things that felt just like menstrual cramps were contractions and I now knew what to look for.  SO when I started getting cramps I was thinking oh cool at least a couple of contractions maybe he'll come in the next few days!  I DID NOT want to be pregnant ALL the way until my next appt which wasn't until THURSDAY!  I laid there watching TV and realized that my "cramps" were coming often even if they didn't hurt....so I busted out my HANDY pregnancy app and started timing my "cramps" (at the time I THOUGHT they MIGHT be contractions but couldn't be POSITIVE!

I started tracking

They were every 4 minutes or SO but they didn't hurt...I mean they were just like regular cramps they didn't feel like everyone told me they would feel (worse pain in the world) sooooo I just kept timing...UNTIL it had been 1 hour!  and I realized that I MIGHT be in labor :-O  soooooo after about an hour and a 1/2 of timing them coming every 3-4 minutes I decided I should probably call L&D and see what they said....I called and they told me that unless I was in a LOT of pain or they got super close together I could stay at home...so I did...and I was watching TV still timing...they got closer and closer together but still weren't hurting like I thought they should.  BUT once they were coming EVERY 2 minutes I decided that we were going to have to go to the hospital so I took a shower and started getting ready to go to the hospital...once I got out of the shower I realized that they were now every minute and a half apart!!  I immediately woke up the husband and tried to get him to hurry because NOW I was nervous that Carter would want to hurry up and come out and I wouldn't get to the hospital in time for an epidural (my biggest fear about having a baby was thinking I might have to do it with NO drugs) :l  I know I'm terrible BUT whateva, I heard what that pain feels like and I feel NO need to feel it if I don't have to!

We got ready and NOW it was exciting!  We all piled into the car, the husband and I plus the puppies, since we had already talked to my mom and told her that IF we had to go to the hospital in the middle of the night that she would come to the hospital to pick up the puppies from us and they would stay with her and my dad while we stood in the hospital! sooooo while we were on our way to the hospital I called my mom to meet us there and we were on our way....those 20 minutes felt like FOREVER because I had no idea how far along I was and I did NOT want to give birth in a car!  We FINALLY got there and my contractions were a steady minute and a 1/2 apart and lasting 50 seconds to a minute and 30!  It was a crazy feeling...when you are having a contraction it hurts...and then once it's over it's like you were never in pain at all...it kept making me laugh when the contraction would go away because I would immediately not be in pain anymore...we got to the hospital and my mom was there waiting for us...we handed her the dogs and we told her we would let her know what they told us once we were checked and stuff.  we got to L&D and were told that LOTS of ladies were having there baby that day!  We figured that NO babies wanted to be born on Kim K's bday AND all the babies wanted to be born on the last day that they could be before becoming scorpios :)  (my entire pregnancy my whole family just kept saying...I hope he's born on his due date so that he could be a libra...we don't want another scorpio (considering both my mom and gma are libras) P.S. last day of libra is October 22nd :)

To be Continued.....can't wait for you guys to hear alllllllllll about the actual delivery part (that was my FAVORITE part) and still makes me tear up thinking about it!  :)

Happy 2 months Carter!!!

Wow!!! I CAN'T believe this little dude is ALREADY 2 months old (okay, I'm a little behind & he's 2 months & 2 weeks old) BUT time is literally FLYING by!!!

Here's a run down of things we did this month!

Weight: I'm POSITIVE he's 12 lbs now!! When we went to the hospital he was 11 lbs 9 oz soooo I'm sure he's bigger then 12 lbs now BUT we have his 2 month appt finally next Tuesday so we'll know for sure then!

Height: all of his pants are getting so short on his I'm POSITIVE he's 2 feet tall by now :) we shall see next week!

Clothing size: he definitely DOES NOT fit in ANY newborn clothes AT ALL :( AND even now some of his 0-3 are getting too small RIP woody pajamas we loved you while we could wear you :l

Diaper size: at his 2nd month birthday he was still wearing size 1 BUT as of today he is NO longer fitting in size 1 :( we had three blowouts today PRETTY sure it had something to do with the fact that I have 30 size 1 diapers that I did NOT want to waste :( and was FORCING his little butt to fit in them! :( anyone know where I can send diapers to babies that need them?

Feeding: he's a little fatty at night he's good but during the day he eats every 2-3 hours AND if he takes any nap at all when he wakes up he's immediately hungry EVEN if he just ate an hour 1/2 ago -.- better during the day then @ night though

Sleep: he's been doing soooo good @ night! Thank god!! He sleeps about 4-5 hours then he's up between 4-5 to eat goes back to sleep until 7-8 and them goes back to sleep until 10 (we are night owls in this house can you tell?)

Milestones: he is a smiley baby now! He smiles all the time & "talks" all the time!! He's able to track people & objects so good now! Oh & he plays play station! ;)

Adventures: wellll @ 6 weeks I told you we went to Disneyland and then we went AGAIN @ 7 weeks!! We also had thanksgiving in the month AND we did LOTS of shopping! OHHHH and we visited my job! :)

Thanksgiving 2012

First Trip to Disneyland

Sleeping with his best friend :)

Stretchingggggg

loveddddd this shirt and so sad he only got to wear it once :l

"Can you guys believe I'm already 2 months old?"

2013

Wow can we just say how FAST 2012 went by??  I know I'm a WHOLE day late, BUT whateva...(I still HAVE NO idea how all these bloggy new moms do it, when Carter is sleeping I'd much rather be sleeping too, what does 6 hours of straight sleep look like again?)

BUT

Happy New Year Friends :)

I for one am SUPER excited for this year, I am POSITIVE that it's going to be amazing I mean, 13 is my FAVORITE number!  :D

AND Baby Carter is going to learn SO much this year, eeek I CAN NOT wait!! :D

However, before we continue on into 2013, I just want to go back and reminisce about what an AMAZING year that 2012 has been to us :)

January

I wrote this post reminding myself to be grateful, AND I remember thinking MOSTLY about being sad that I hadn't gotten pregnant yet, and if my calculations are correct I got pregnant VERY shortly after writing that post :)

February 

we found out we were pregnant with Baby Carter :)

March

I wrote this post, about being in LOVE with the number 13, because on the 13th of March my grandpa's bday and that was the FIRST time that I had heard Baby Carter's heartbeat after thinking for weeks that I was having a miscarriage...such a wonderful day :D  I remember calling the husband crying so excited that everything had looked AMAZING on the ultrasound.

April

we told everyone about Baby Carter and it was the MOST amazing time EVER!

May

Marlee Muffin had puppies AND we found out Baby Carter was a HE!

June

I introduced you to the chipmunks :) and we got ready to move.

July

we MOVED, AND we went on Vacation actually, ONLY vacation we went on all year...this MUST change in 2013!

August

I realized Carter was going to be LUCKY #13!  AND we recovered from the vacation, the move and got ready for our Baby Shower in September.

September

we had our FIRST baby shower, and I reminded myself what an AMAZING husband I have :)

October

it was a BIG month!  We went to a concert, we went to the pumpkin patch, baby Carter was BORN!!!  and he celebrated his FIRST holiday! :D  P.S. YES I'm still working on his birth story ALMOST 3 months later :l

November

we celebrated our FIRST thanksgiving (which I NEVER blogged about :() and Carter turned 1 month old!!

December

we went on our first trip to disneyland, and then our second, 1st Christmas WHICH I will blog about, and got ready for the new year :D

We can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for us :)  so much is going to happen and so many fun things already in planning :D

so

Welcome 2013! :)

The Scariest Day of My Life-Thus Far

FYI this is a pretty long story, so if you get bored I completely understand that you skip ahead!


When I started this blog I thought it would be cool to just write about random things that were going on in my life, I mean when I was young I LOVED writing in a journal but stopped because I felt like it was dumb and I didn't ever want anyone to read through my thoughts, so once I started this blog I would write about what was going on, UNTIL I found out I was pregnant and then I REALLY REALLY wanted to write down everything that I was feeling so that I could remember exactly how I felt when things happened, or I was able to look back at exact details of events!  Sooooo I like lots of bloggers that I read thought it only appropriate to not only read about the good things that happen in my life BUT also the terrible.  BECAUSE those things are the ones that are easily forgotten (and for good reason, I mean who wants to remember the bad things?)

Soooo before I start, when I had Carter Kaiser told me that I had 30 days to add him to my companies insurance, so I got home from the hospital and I had a letter from my job telling me that it was OPEN ENROLLMENT time so I figured that I could add him through open enrollment as long as I did it within the 30 days, SO I immediately added him, and that was that.  WELL a couple of weeks later Kaiser called me and told me that I had NOT scheduled his 2 month check up, and I told them I know I would like to schedule it, so they tried but said Carter was NOT covered under my insurance....hmmm weird right?  I mean I ADDED him!  I was SUPER confused so I went through all of the paperwork that my company had sent me about maternity leave, I mean did I miss something?  Well as I was going through it I found a paper that said "if you are on leave for maternity please call blah blah blah within 30 days to add child" okay cool, first thing in the morning I called the lady NO ANSWER left a message, no call back so I called her back later that day NO ANSWER okay cool maybe she'll call me tomorrow well she did the next morning and I explained to her that I had ADDED him and wasn't sure why he didn't have insurance, it was 8:30 or so am you would have thought this lady was up all night with a newborn because literally she was one of the biggest bitches EVER!  (so frustrating dealing with people ESPECIALLY that work in HR that are ridiculously RUDE!!) she told me that my baby was now 6 weeks old so it was too bad I had added him through open enrollment and COULD NOT add him until the beginning of the year.  I explained to her that I was confused because I thought I HAD added him, her response?  WELL IT WAS IN YOUR PAPERWORK SEVERAL TIMES (it was in there ONCE) that I had to CALL her within 30 days (can I tell you again how ridiculous this lady was?)  I informed her that it was only in there once and I had missed it since I thought I could add him through open enrollment and that he would be added immediately.  She said NO too bad I couldn't add him THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD OR WOULD DO and I would have to wait until the new year for him to be added!  I immediately hung up on that EVIL lady and called my mom to explain to her what had happened she told me that, that was CRAZY because how could they tell me he couldn't be added just because I didn't add him within that small time frame BUT since it was only 3 weeks away until the new year that it would be okay....bad idea.

Soooo fast forward to December 18th (my parents 30th wedding anniversary, Happy Anniversary Guys!!)  it was a normal day, my grandma and I had spent the day shopping and it was a good day!  WELL Me & Carter got home around 5ish and we walked into our kitchen COMPLETELY covered in water, I mean the WHOLE entire floor!  I called maintenance and they immediately came over here, well it was time for Carter to eat so I took him to the room to feed him and put him down for a nap while maintenance cleaned up the mess, apparently the line was clogged beneath us and the people above us ran their dish washer or washer machine or something with LOTS of water (it smelled like pine-sol, could have smelled worse) and all that water had come into our apartment!  It was crazy so me and Carter were in my room we took a little nap and then I woke up while he continued to sleep and I decided it was time to put away some of the CRAZY pile of laundry that we had.  The husband came home and his brother & girlfriend came by I continued putting clothes away and me and his girlfriend were talking about idk probably kim k being pregnant (psychics I know) when all of a sudden Carter woke up SCREAMING he has always done this, usually when he's naping randomly he'll just start crying in his sleep BUT this time he did it once like normal and then all of a sudden screamed LOUDER so loud that it scared me, it seemed like someone pinched him or something.  So I picked him up and when I did he immediately turned BLUE!!  YES BLUE!!  I of course started freaking out and I HATE even thinking about it because it was so scary!  I started patting him in his back and blowing in his face saying Carter breathe, Leslie also said Carter breathe and I KNOW that it couldn't have been MORE then 10 AT THE MOST 15 seconds I don't even think that long of me freaking out and trying to get him to breathe when ALL of a sudden all of his color was back!  I couldn't believe, how fast he had turned blue was exactly  how fast his color came back.  It was so scary.  and he was acting like everything was completely FINE.  I couldn't believe it, and I was still in shock.  He was hungry so I fed him, burped him and watched him carefully and nothing seemed completely fine, I didn't know what to do.  So I called Kaiser to ask them if I should take him in?  After speaking with the Nurse she told me that I should in fact take him in and when I told her he wasn't covered under my insurance she transfered me to the insurance people who informed me that IF I DID take him into Kaiser because he wasn't covered under my insurance anymore whatever it cost for him to be there would be completely OUT OF POCKET (can I just tell you again WHAT A BITCH THAT LADY was for not adding him?) I immediately called my mom and by now I was KINDA okay A LOT freaking out (I think I was in shock at first and didn't know how to feel) she of course didn't answer so I called my dad, who told me that I NEEDED to take him in NOW, but my Mom told us NOT to take him to Kaiser since Kaiser is private I needed to take him into a regular emergency room.  (BY NOW I WAS COMPLETELY FREAKED OUT) we loaded him into the car and can I just tell you that he was cooing and hanging out the whole time I really think that the way he was acting was making me feel like he didn't need to go to the hospital because he was so calm and so happy.

Well we got to the hospital and they IMMEDIATELY took us in, YES I was in tears now, freaking out that something might be wrong with my brand new baby actually just writing this story is making my heart ache.  They asked us a MILLION questions and told us that he needed LOTS of tests to see what happened.  and then it started they had us there from around 8:30-11:30 doing test after test (if I had thought it would be hard to watch him get his two month shots those are going to be a CAKE walk after what they did to him) they poked him what seemed like with every single thing they could they took blood, added an IV line, gave him a catheter to get a pee sample, took an x-ray, stuck things in his nose, throat, butt, everywhere it still makes me so sad thinking that my poor baby had to go through all of that at such as such a tiny little baby :(  the doctor finally came in to tell us that they received ALL of his test results and EVERYTHING came back normal he was fine, BUT they wanted him to stay overnight to MAKE sure that it wasn't something that they had missed.  So we did, at 8 weeks old my baby had his first overnight hospital stay and it was rough.  I don't think I slept really at all, and it was freezing and the whole night he had an IV line in and ugh it was the WORST night of my entire life!  BUT the next morning the doctor came in and said that EVERYTHING was fine, his vitals were perfect the entire night and that some babies sometimes just forget to breathe if they're upset or frustrated and that since he woke up crying he might have just forgotten to take a breathe and that it was normal in infants but they had to be sure that it was nothing, better to be safe then sorry.  did I also tell you that the entire time we were in the hospital Carter was AMAZING he was cooing and smiling at all the nurses can we say flirt already?  and they all kept telling us how cute he was.  AND while we were there Santa Claus came to visit and brought him the cutest bear.

he loved looking at the machines lights

The Husband had a friend that he went to high school with that worked at that hospital so he had come in to see Carter and he told me that his son would do the same thing all the time, and that he did in fact see that happen all the time, but that his stats did look really good and that the doctor had told him too that MOST babies only do it once and realize not to ever do it again, whereas his kid decided to do it until he was 2!  (please pray baby Carter doesn't EVER scare us like that again).

We were finally released and were so happy to be home.  But while we were leaving I couldn't help but think of all of the kids that were in the hospital and were not so lucky to go home that day and the ones that weren't so lucky to find out that there wasn't anything wrong with them.  It hurt my heart knowing that another mom has to be as scared as I was for ONE night for much much longer.  :(  Really makes you realize that health is the MOST important thing of all because without health we really have nothing, and I'm so grateful that Baby Carter got a clean bill of health.  AND as of today he has insurance again.  thank you god.

P.S. anyone that says Universal Healthcare has NEVER lived without healthcare, and DEFINITELY hasn't lived without healthcare with a baby because we got an ESTIMATE of our ER visit (not including the hospital stay) and it was $1,300 and I'll tell you AGAIN what a BITCH that lady was for NOT adding Carter to my health insurance!  Constantly praying for my families health, AND that Obama Care gets passed sooner then later!

Carter & his Best Friend :)

It's Okay-LAST ONE OF 2012!!

Helloooo omg! Have I been MIA or what?!? If you would like to see more or get daily pics of Mr Carter Jax then add me on IG! I post lots of pics! (Can't help it!)

Okay...soooo my New Years resolution is to keep up with blogging AND the husband bought me a BRAND NEW iMac sooooo maybe I can get baby carter to sit at the computer with me sometimes to type up a blog post? Maybe?? Wishful thinking I know! BUT a girl can dream right?

Soooo now onto its okay...

....that I bought my baby lots of books for Christmas (he WILL learn to love to read)

....that I was so sick on Christmas Eve that I thought about staying home and avoiding people (I didn't end up doing it but I was NOT feeling it) thank goodness I felt 100xs better the next day!

....I was super duper excite for my new computer from the husband! He's AMAZING!!! Now I just can't wait for it to get here!!! P.S. does anyone know when it will ship? The website just keeps saying January.

....that I haven't had a desktop computer in my life since I left my parents house after high school and I'm excited to have a stationary computer zone!

....that Mr Carter is kinda fussy most days but I couldn't love him more!

....I refuse to take down my Christmas tree until AFTER the new year! It just doesn't make sense to me to take it down before!

....that I have some stuff to return to the stores but ugh I don't feel like it

....that I got 4 1/2 hours of uninterrupted sleep the other night and I woke up worried because I couldn't believe I'd slept so long but yep Mr Carter was sleeping away :)

....that Mr Carter reminds me of an old man that falls asleep for short periods of times it makes me laugh so much

....that the day after Christmas always makes me kinda sad :l

....my house is NEVER clean because as soon as Carter falls asleep 101 things run through my head that must be done and I end up doing about 1 of them! :/ I WILL get the hang of this I promise Husband

....it's cold and I like it

....I'm excited for 2013! I felt like I was pregnant the entire year of 2012 so I'm excited to spend a year not pregnant and soaking up ALL that mr carter has to offer! I swear he's so cute! :)

Sinceeee I haven't been on here much

MERRY CHRISTMAS blogger friends!!! AND if I forget to write again...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)

My New Years resolution starts soon! :)

Disneyland :)

While I was still pregnant our old neighbors/friends/new neighbors invited us to eat @ Club 33 in Disneyland...if you don't know what that is its a kinda exclusive kinda undercover restaurant in Disneyland that you MUST have a membership to in order to eat there! Soooo of course when they invited us we jumped @ it because I mean being the Disney lovers that we are of course we wanted to go! Welllll they got the reservations for December 1st and we were excited! Only thing I wasn't excited for was leaving baby carter (yes, I have become obsessed with my baby & NO I do not want to leave him With anyone!) soooo thank god our friends said he was welcome to join us and we were ready for baby Carter to spend his first day @ Disneyland :)

We had reservations for noon so we of course were running late & around just in time we didn't even have to take the baby in with us to eat because lucky for us the husbands brother (Carter's soon to be god father) and his wonderful girlfriend also came with us so they stood in the park with baby carter while he slept & the husband myself & our friends went to eat! Let me say club 33 is AMAZING the steak was delicious and it was pretty cool being somewhere where not a Lot of people are allowed! And it was cool looking out from the balcony! We ate a delicious lunch and spent the rest of the day walking around looking @ the cute Christmas decorations that Disney has to offer! AND it was Carter's 1st time soooo of course we HAD to get his 1st time pin, his Mickey ears and take a family pic! It was so much fun! We actually didn't mind having a brand new baby with us at all!

AND I'm so surprised I didn't know this already BUT Disneyland has a nursery where you can change the baby (on a nice soft changing pad, not in a cold bathroom), nurse a baby, feed a baby in a high chair, they sell baby food, bottled and lots of other stuff you need for a baby it is so cool! And I really can't believe in ALL of the times I've been to Disneyland I had NO idea this place existed! :)

We DID end up going back to Disneyland the following Sunday to see the husbands sister perform in a concert it's called candlelight and its BEAUTIFUL if you're at Disney during Christmas I definitely recommend it!

p.s. the Baby Bjourn is amazing! I love how easy it is to travel with him and you still have free hands! Loooove it!

And now lots of pics :)

Happy 6 Weeks Baby Carter :)

Baby Carter Weights:  I weighed him last week and he was already 10.2 lbs :-O he's growing so fast!!  BUT I'm pretty sure that this week he's almost if not 11 lbs by now!

Height: we measured him last night and he was 22 ALMOST 23 inches!

Clothing size: he is wearing newborn sized onesies still BUT all of his newborn outfits are way too small :(

Diaper size:  We switched over to ones and the other day I found a couple of newborn diapers to put him in and they were SO small there was NO way they would fit him!  It was hilarious!  So he's OFFICIALLY in size 1 diapers now!

Feeding:  he's in a growth spurt right now and eating ALMOST every two hours (terrible for me at night) but he's a growing guy!

Sleep:  his sleep is still all messed up BUT he's sleeping for longer periods of times thank god!  I think he's going through a growth spurt this week, so we're hoping next week is going to be a little better.

Milestones:  he is OFFICIALLY smiling and I swear I could be dead tired and he'll smile at me and it makes my heart melt :)  I LOVE IT!!!

Adventures:  We definitely went on an adventure this week!!!
CARTER WENT TO DISNEYLAND
(separate post coming soon)

Mommy and Daddy could not get through this week without:  LOTS and LOTS of diapers, we found out that we could return ALL of our pampers and put the money on a gift card at Target!  YAY because we can get huggies for wayyyy cheap using amazon mom!  LOVE!  Hellooooo 230 diapers for $29!  Oh and we could DEFINITELY not do without our giraffe he LOVES LOVES LOVES IT!