Best Father's Day Gift

What is the best Father's Day gift a wife could give to her husband? How about making him a dad!? Ryan and I joked about the baby coming on Father's day and he actually made it by 45 minutes!


I started having contractions around 4 am Sunday morning. They kept coming and got worse. As much as they hurt I was hoping this was the real thing! We headed for the hospital around 2:30. By that time my contractions were almost unbearable. The nurse checked me and I was well on my way into labor {4 cm and 90%}. After I got my epidural life was wonderful. {I told the anesthesiologist he was a saint and my new best friend!!} I was finally ready to push about 9:30 pm. My doctor showed up just in time to catch him and out he came at 11:16.


Three days before I had him.

Check out that cone head!

Ryan was a little worried when he first came out. He thought he looked like an alien. I thought he looked perfect!

First family picture

Wait!! Which one of us is the patient?!

Tori is in love. She can't get enough of her cousin!

He's Here

Mason Ryan Fox
6.19.11
7 lbs, 11 oz & 20 inches of perfection.

{Details coming soon.}

Punched in the Face

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face" -Mike Tyson

So, I didn't really get punched in the face, but I definitely didn't plan for this!

Last Tuesday I went in for my weekly check-up. My regular doctor was out of town so I was seeing someone I had never see before. When my blood pressure was taken it was high and there was protein in my urine. The doctor came in and said {in a voice that had no kindness in it} that I had to go to the lab for tests immediately and if they came back negative I had to be induced that night, and I was going on bed rest!!! At this point I was crying! {1. I am pregnant and therefore carry a special card to cry whenever I want and 2. That was a lot of scary information to hear at one time and I was worried.} The doctor just looked at me and said, " Well, why are you crying?!" As if there should be no reason to be crying over this news.

All the labs were closed so I was sent to the hospital for the lab work. Which meant putting on a gown, and getting wrist bands put in and getting hooked up with the baby heart rate monitor {good practice for the real thing!}. Two hours later after getting blood drawn, and giving a urine sample, and monitoring my blood pressure, the nurse tells me I am just fine, BUT I still have to stay on bed rest just in case my blood pressure goes up again until I see my doctor again on Friday. Really!?!? There are two days of school left, the very last two days of school!!!

I am a "cross my T's and dot my I's" kind of gal so the thought of having to call in sick for the last two days was a little frustrating. I DID NOT prepare for this! {In my past three years of teaching I have NEVER called in sick...EVER} I wasn't worried about my health or the baby's health. Oh no, I was worried about who was going to take my classes the next day and put in all of the students' exam grades and final grades, and when I was going to get back to my classroom to finish packing up my room for the summer. I seriously considered just going to work anyway and forgetting about the bed rest. But, I didn't. I listened to the doctor's orders and stayed home all day Tuesday and all day Wednesday.

I saw MY doctor again Friday morning and was perfectly healthy. The most frustrating part is the nurse at the hospital said if I had seen my doctor in the first place he probably wouldn't have put me on bed rest as he is a lot more laid back than Dr. No Sympathy!

So, Mike Tyson, you are right...I had a plan, but then got punched in the face!! One of the first things I need to start realizing is my life isn't going to go according to plan, especially now that I have a kid on the way. And I better get used to calling in sick if I do decide to go back to work next year.

On a side note, school is officially out for the summer which means no more pencils, no more books, and no more student's dirty looks!!

Let the dog-days of summer begin...at least until the baby comes :)

I'm Ready! Are You?

37 weeks

Your crib is set up, the sheets and bedding are on. Your clothes are washed and organized. We have diapers and wipes and lotion and baby wash.The car seat is in the car and the hospital bag is packed. All we need now is you!!

Ryan turns the BIG 3-0

Ryan turned 30 years young on June 3. We threw a party for his birthday on Saturday. It would have been fun if it were a surprise but I am not sure I could have pulled it off. It was a lot of fun! We had a few friends and family over for a b-b-que and played Rock Band.

I ordered this cake at Costco. They seriously have the best deals for cakes. They are super good, super cute and totally inexpensive. They had an option on the order form for a golf theme. Those of you who know Ryan know that is totally appropriate for him :)Of course my dang belly gets in the way of everything, and as I was cutting the cake it rubbed right up against the side of it!! The picture doesn't make it look as bad as it was :)

Holly and Ryan have the same birthday so we surprised Holly with a cake and candles to blow out as well.

We got just a small round one for Holly and after it was loaded with the burning candles I thought it was going to go up in flames (not because there were so many candles, but because the cake was so small :)

Spencer and Heidi

Aaron

Ryan's sister, Monica, and her fiance came down from Utah for the party. Ryan didn't know they were coming. He was a little sad known of his family could make it, so it was a fun surprise when they showed up!

Our friends the Russells brought their Rock Band set which made for a really fun night!

After everyone left we were cleaning up and Ryan found this not-so-little guy crawling on the patio. I think it is a black widow. Between this and the cockroach that crawled across our carpet during the party we decided it is definitely time for a bug guy! (I am a little embarrassed to admit we haven't gotten one yet!)
(Jen, I thought of you when I took this picture)

Overall it was a really fun night! The only mishap...Ryan spent all day (literally, from the time he woke up until the party started) getting the yard and various other things ready. He has been wanting a ping-pong table since we moved into the house and decided this was as good a time as any to get one. So, he gets the table and starts setting it up about 3 pm. The party wasn't going to start until 6 so he figured he would have plenty of time. Two hours later the table wasn't even close to be done. He looked so defeated. I told him it was his party so he could cry if he wanted to :). Ok, so he didn't cry, but he really was like a little kid whose bubble just burst. He really wanted that table set-up for everyone. We will just have to have another party after it's done.

I had several people ask me if I threw him the party to put me into labor. I was hoping it would! Nothing going on yet. I have an appointment tomorrow. On Wednesday I will be 38 weeks.