Ta Da!

Finally. I know, I know.

Here are some photos of my amazingly perfect daughter:

Hi guys!

Jane Nicole Wilson

born December 19 at 9:03am

7 pounds 4 ounces

18 inches long

(you can't imagine how time consuming it is to stare at her beautiful face all day long - I have no idea where the time goes!!)

So here's the whole story from December 19th:

1:45 am - woke up and rushed into the bathroom (skip this part if it grosses you out) to find that my pants were SOAKED. I'm not talking sat-in-a-puddle wet, but more like jumped-in-the-pool soaked. Um, I guess my water broke. I sat there for 15 minutes to figure out how to stop the flow. Everytime I stood there was more and more dripping! I went from - "yey, my baby is coming early" to "oh my god, this baby is coming today"! I took a shower, put a newborn sized diaper in my pants, and paid the bills.

3:00 am - no contractions yet, so I called the doctor. The one on call told me to wait to go to the hospital until contractions were regular. So, Blaine & I went back to bed (well, I just read and started to time the (very mild) contractions that started around 4:15 am.

6:00 am - My contractions had been regular, although still very mild, so I sent an email to some family and friends to let them know we'd be headed to the hospital. Called the doctor at 6:20 to let him know we'd be there around 7:30. Then, we took this last picture of me pregnant:

Me, preggo, at 6:38 am Dec 19th

8:00 am - my Dr. shows up & verifies through ultrasound what the nurse suspected when she first checked me: the baby is breach (butt down - like the letter "V"). He keeps talking about all the options, but how the safest option is to do a ceserean, but I am just tearing up and trying to focus on what he is saying. The whole time he is talking he is patting my knee and people are moving around quickly. He tries to comfort me by saying that they are just available and the surgery room is ready, so we can just go in there now - but it is not an emergency. Meanwhile, someone is shaving my downtown, someone else is hooking up the IV, someone is strapping on some leg compression boots, and still someone else is asking me to sign all these papers, and I am leaking tears the whole time. It sure seems to be moving quickly.

9:03 am - Jane is pulled out! I hear the Dr. say "well, she's definitely a girl!" followed by some wailing. I am so drugged up that I just cry and wait, cry and wait for someone to show me my little girl. Blaine is so enthralled with watching the surgery that I have to insist that he go to the baby. Here is the very first picture of our girl:

Jane's first photo

10:00 am - I get to hold my little girl for the first time in the recovery room. Warning: the next photo kinda shows my whoo-haas. Blaine almost refused to take the picture, but I insisted on having a picture of the first time I held my baby. I still couldn't feel anyting from the chest down - I'm talking not being able to wiggle my toes - weird! Anyhow, you can tell that I'm all drugged up still, but the wide eyes are for the miracle baby that I am holding.

11:00 am - wheeled into the hospital room, where Alice and Howard were waiting for us. Here is our first ever family picture:

The next few days were totally a blur of gracious visitors, trying to get out of bed, feeding a baby every 2-ish hours, being woken up by the nurses constantly, staring at my beautiful girl, staring at Blaine staring at our beautiful girl, and nearly passing out in the hospital shower.

Thank you to everyone for visiting and loving our baby. We can't get enough of her!

You know you are getting old when...

Week 35

November 29, 2007

So, I innocently ask the Dr. at Wednesday's appointment, "how big is this baby?" He replies with the following non-answer: "If I were a betting man, I'd say you'll have this baby one week after your due date." What the..??!!

I was so000 sure that this kid was coming out ASAP, I mean, there is simply no more room in there, right? Most women will tell me what I want to hear: "oh yeah, that kid will be born in 2007, mark my words." -sigh- They are so nice and deceiving.

At any rate, we are slowly getting the baby room in order. After spending a fabulous Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday with Jodi & Dean, et al. (SEE DEAN'S BLOG LINK ON THE RIGHT FOR GREAT COMMENTARY), we stopped in San Jose to pick up the crib. Alas, the dresser has yet to come in, but I'll settle for whatever 'nesting' I can do. To finnish off the title of this blog post: you know you are getting old when you just want to stay home Friday night to wash crib sheets so you can put them on the new crib!!

There is a ton of baby crap still all over the place awaiting the dresser, but here is a view of the crib:

Pretty cute, right? I also decided to take off the doors to the closet in order to create more space for a bookcase. (IKEA purchase). I'm not really sure this kid has enough clothes - what do you think?

And more clothes keep-a-comin' nearly everyday. If you are one of those generous folks: THANK YOU! I will mail you a thank you note soon. Keep reading to understand the delay (sorry!).

In other news... only 4 more trips to San Jose this semester! I have a final due tomorrow (12/1), and my other two classes will only meet a total of 3 more times!! Hallelujah. I am just a little bit tired, and only slightly overwhelmed, in addition to being a bit uncomfortable. Truly, I can't complain about this pregnancy's effects on my body. Even the drives to class aren't terrible. The courses are interesting and (for the most part) relevant to my daily work.

I won't go into detail about work, but I am looking forward to two things:

1 - getting a final date to begin demolition of the swimming pool building.

2 - not working for 2 months!!

Have a great day, S-dub & babe

My Baby Book

These are some of the pages from a scrapbook I am trying to complete prior to baby Wilson being born. They are from a box of old pictures from my mom. I've just organized them chronologically (she did a great job of writing the dates on the back of all the pictures) and am using the same/similar design for each page. It is cruising along - I'm halfway through & just ran out of the matching cardstock! Yea me!

Week 32

I'll post tonight's picture soon

Amanda was asking if we've decided on a name. No. It's been turmoil for the past 6 or 7 weeks. I still want Jane for the first name. Regardless of certain family middle names. Jane Elizabeth sounds the best, but Blaine doesn't like the initials (JEW). He still wants Audrey Mae. Cousin Patty is working on a new middle name for Jane and here is a partial list of her suggestions:

Jane Addison
Jane Victoria
Jane Madeline
Jane Madison
Jane Ashley
Jane Julie (that's steve's suggestion)
Jane Doe (also from Steve)

and my two favs still:
Jane Elizabeth
Jane Alexandria

Blaine suggested Jane Nicole a while ago. But he still wont budge from Audrey. It's just that the more I hear the name Audrey - the more I don't really like it! So, the name war game ensues...

Getting Bigger

Week 29

Week 31

I am getting bigger, that's for sure. I am just now getting uncomfortable trying to sleep and breathe. But, for the most part this pregnancy has been pretty smooth (KNOCK ON WOOD).

We've had a PINK EXPLOSION in our house the past couple of weeks. We have had 2 showers for the baby and have been completely overwhelmed by the generosity of our friends. Talk about stuff! We've now discovered all these things we need that we weren't even aware existed before now: breast pads, toy chains, butt paste, and breast pump attachments??!! It is wild, and exciting. And we are VERY appreciative.


Now for the sad news: I am totally missing the Evans family already! Blaine & I went up to Sacramento last weekend, with much of the family, for a farewell gathering. We played games, held the kids, and just hung out.

During the week I was feeling really sad, so I drove up to Fairfield Friday evening to see them again. We played together all night, and laughed so hard at Trevor's manic trips running back and forth across the room. I was so glad to get one last look at this face:



Well worth the drive.

Ah, a great day...

27 Weeks

25 Weeks

Today was such a great day: I did not drive anywhere!!

My car just sat there in the garage, protected from the elements and from burning endless amounts of fossil fuels.

Today was such a great day: I slept in until nearly 10:00 am!!

I just tossed and turned and kept on sleepin', laughing when the baby danced and just laying around even though I was really awake.

Today was such a great day: I actually completed some homework!

That crap ain't even due until Wednesday and I still sat my butt down to work on it in advance of the actual due date. Man I am good.

Today was such a great day: I cleaned out some stuff from the baby's room and packed up all that preggo clothing I've been meaning to send to Amy.

Today was such a great day: I completed a thank-you album for one of the ladies throwing me a baby shower. It is all done in one day!

Today was such a great day: My darling husband came home!!

I fixed dinner for him and we sat and talked. I even did the dishes because I did not have to be anywhere.

Today was such a great day.

Toothbrushes and Kidneys

Hello all.

I'd like to tell you that I've been writing a novel, curing cancer, or even getting some rest, but none of those are reasons for not having updated this not-quite-that-exciting tomb of Stacey's life miscellany for so long.

Let's see what's been going on for the past month:

I've been brushing my teeth with my newly resurrected Sonic-care toothbrush. That thing is a fabulous advancement for mankind. Just two minutes to stare at the wall and be completely taken care of. I mean, it is the ultimate in lazy - much like many of our modern day "conveniences". I don't even have to move my arm! But, if this is a sonicare advertisement, you must know what a fabulous job it does. This coming from the gal who is excited to get floss in her Christmas stocking (thank you Kylie) and for my b-day (thank you Katie).

I've been competing with Blaine for most-miles-driven. He does about 1,000 per week in his truck (or so he says). I am averaging 800, because I only have my Saturday class every-other week. Maybe one of you will volunteer to be the Director of Weights & Measures for us? I'm sure that I will beat him with all my additional trips to Salinas and back. **NOTE: do not purchase a Ford if you will be traveling any distance. They are NOT comfortable. Repeat, no Fords. (If you talk to Blaine, please reccommend the driving comfort of a BMW for his pregnant wife.

I've also taken a trip to the hospital in September. I had some bleeding and MAJOR pain in my right abdomen: so of course we thought the worst. Upon arrival to SVMH we walked right up to labor & delivery (as instructed by the doctor over the phone) ...
...side note: I was only 26 weeks & totally praying that neither 'labor' or 'delivery' would be applying to me...
...they immediately monitor the baby & everything is fine with her. However, some little elf is running around a tiny hamster wheel on my right side throwing nun-chucks while stabbing me with his little double-edged sword. I'm thinking for sure my appendix has burst & I am bleeding internally and about to die. Blaine was just relieved because there were two monitors on my belly and the baby's heartbeat was echoing throughout the room at a healthy 140-150 beats per minute.
Back to the pain in my side: they did some very unpleasant tests and, after waiting in agony for an additional hour or so, determined that I had a kidney infection, or a urinary tract infection, or kidney stones. Then, the novice nurse proceeds to poke my hand and arm FIVE, yes five, times prior to successfully protruding a vein in order to start the IV for the antibiotic.
That was the long story; the short one is that in September I went to the hospital to find out that I had a kidney problem (babe is OK), and the follow-up ultra sound showed no kidney stones, so it must have been a kidney infection. And a kidney infection is freakin painful.

So that is the excitement for the month. I will get off my tush and upload some photos soon.