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It's shake 'n bake... and I helped!

Stats

Cooper is now 2 months old! He has gotten so big but is still so little!

Here are his stats:
Weight: 11lbs 3.5 oz-(38th percentile)
Head: 39.2 cm- (31st percentile)
Height: 21.75 inches (10th percentile)

So it looks like Cooper has his momma's height... It's so funny because we think he is SO big, but he is a little on the small side still.
He had his shots yesterday and he did so well. He cried real hard while he got them and just a little afterward and he fell right to sleep. He was still running a slight fever today. Poor little fella...

Here are some fun tricks that Cooper can do now:
-smile
-laugh
-eye contact
-good eye tracking
-stand up (with just a little help)
-rolling over (front to back)
-sleep 5-6 hours at a time
-splashing in the tub
-opening his hands
- burp so long and loud it would make my dad (steve) blush
-somehow roll from back to front and flip around in the night... we find him on the complete opposite side to the crib sometimes....
-theres much more but I can't think

He loves his clothes from Germany

He looks like a thug here... so funny

At the first picnic

Scooted himself up off the wedge...

Dressed up to go golfin


A onesie I made....

We are still here!

So, I know that it has been a while, but life with a newborn and trying to finish up this school thing is crazy! Cooper has had 2 road trips, one to Branson, and one to Memphis where he met his cousin who is 3 weeks younger than he is! Here are our most recent pictures!

This is when we went to Memphis to meet Alexis Ann!

Meet Alexis Ann! 8/3/09...3:45 pm... 8lbs 9oz.... 21 inches

Cooper gets himself into the weirdest positions!

Daddy and Diddle fell asleep.

Snuggled in beside daddy on the couch. I have such handsome boys!

Momma loves her some naked baby! Such a cute little booty!

His first full BabyGap outfit..... didn't go so well!

Coop's 1 month birthdaycake! No I am not "punk rock" Cooper's nursery theme is pirates so I thought this would be cute!

The duck towel is wonderful!

Swimming!

He loves his trunks! My dad's neighborhood association had a big pool party and Cooper was invited! It was fun taking him there because mommy started worked there 10 years ago all through high school.

Pics

The 0-3 month shorts are still too big... he looks like a tiny grandpa

First bath... he looks like a plastic doll for some reason.

Fell asleep cuddling with daddy

Not so sure

Tiny mohawk.





Baby boy weighed 8lbs at his 2 week checkup. He gained 14oz in 1 week. Growing like a weed! More updates to come later

We are home!

We are all home safe and sound! We ended up having to spend 5 days in the hospital. Cooper had jaundice and had to stay an extra day under "bililights" to get his Bilirubin levels down. So Friday afternoon they went down and we got to go home! Cooper has been wonderful. He has been a "text-book" baby. He is eating and definitely pooping well. Here are a few pictures from the last few days. It's hard to believe he is almost a week old!

After feeding him this morning. Also excited I got to wear a regular T-shirt!

I'm too sexy for my clothes...

First ride in the carseat!

All his clothes are too big because we were expecting an "above average" sized baby...a perfect 7lbs.

I have been joking all along that Coop will come out flipping us off and cussing us out. Kevin and I work at a residential treatment facility where the kids yell all kinds of profanity and stuff. So Cooper has heard it all! Well, this is the proof!

He is here!

He is here! Cooper Silas Geng... born via C-section... July 14, 10:06pm, 7lbs, 20inches.
Here are some pictures... I will post more later! After over 24 hours of limited progress I asked for a C-section. Everyone was grateful I did because he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck 3 times and he would have never come out without surgery!

10:00 update

Well poo.... they took out the Cervidil and started cytotec and 4 hours later it has done nothing... The 1cm I was dialted has now gone back to 0cm.... Mommy is not happy. Although after making the switch I got more pain meds and slept till 9:30 or so.... I am not as uncomfortable or in pain like earlier.... but that's not supposed to happen.... So, maybe more cervidil? Pitocin?

6:30am update

Well, we are in the hospital. Last night we started the cervadil... I didn't really get to sleep. I am having contractions though. It's not like I had expected... I have just a constant pain in my hips and lower back... it sucks. I asked for pain meds around 2am and they made me see bears in raincoats so that was fun except it only lasts like an hour, but it works, and I am going to get another one soon.
So, 5:30 rolls around and the cervadil is taken out and I am only dialated 1 cm. BOO... I was hoping for like 4cm so I could get that epidural... Nope... So, I just took at pill cytoteck (i think) around 10am it should be doing something before we start pitocin.

I am just exhausted and rather disappointed that not much is happening. Hopefully this new pill will do more... Kev is off to find breakfast and I am going to ask for that pain medicine!

Induction day!

Well, Big news! We are gonna have a baby today! Well... at least start the process. We go in for an induction today at 4:30. I have gone from excited, to nervous, to scared, and back to excited. I had a "meltdown" last night because I can't believe I made it to 40 weeks. For so long I never thought he would come. Is it possible to miss someone you have never met? I can't wait to see my sweet baby!
I think I may have had some contractions yesterday but I am still not sure. I have no idea what I am in for as I have not had any Braxton Hicks or any "real" contractions.
The hospital has free WiFi so I will be updating quite frequently and I hope to post some pictures of our little one!

I thought I would pay tribute to little Cosby. He's going to have a hard time not being the baby anymore...

Here is a picture of the crib with the bookshelves by it... More pictures to come!

Pregnant for 46 years

If I were to document my behavior at work like I would on progress notes at work; it would be as follows:

Bright affect. Eager to offer help to peers. Quick mood flux. Easily irritable, slow to comply. Upset easily by residents. Hard time staying quiet when residents were showing poor bx. Focused on (insert kid name here) and became verbally aggressive when he would lie. VTO. Redirected for rudeness to residents. Rude to peers. Bossy attitude. Asked several times to see staff (Mr. Kevin) and became increasingly focused on this staff as evidenced by asking for lots of hugs. Manipulated to go to cafe for water to remove self from group. Quick mood flux as evidenced by flat affect, increasingly quiet, more moody, hard time staying awake. Took 3 VTO's. Increasingly tired as evening progressed. Socially withdrawn.

Work is getting harder and harder as I only have 5 weeks left. I am so ready for a break. I have started an online school for Medical Transcription so I can work from home. If it works out and I can finish soon, I won't ever have to go back to Habberton House. I like it so far because I'm learning all these root words and how to combine them with correct medical terminology. I hope it works out.

I am at 35 weeks and 1 day. I don't think I have had any contractions or Braxton Hicks either. I'm frustrated because I want some action and action means this baby is coming out soon. We go to the Dr. every week now and I had a freak out session after yesterday's appointment. I was thinking this baby will never come out, I will be like that 60 year old woman in Egypt they found who had been pregnant for over 40 years. Sleeping has become my biggest challenge. Working 2nd shift my body is used to weird hours anyway but I can sleep from:
1am-2:30am
Bathroom break and roll over
3am-4:30am
Bathroom break and rolling over
4:30am-6am
Bathroom break and roll over
6:15am-8:30
Bathroom break
Rarely if I am lucky I can go back to bed till the alarm at 9:30...

I even took a benadryl last night and no relief from the weirdness of it all. So, hopefully he will come in the next 34 days. In 2 weeks we are going to try some things to get contractions going and naturally induce. There are all kinds of herbal teas to drink, pressure points to massage and other stuff. I want to meet my sweet baby! Well, it's 10am, maybe I can take a nap.

Aldi's!

Well, there's only 9 weeks left! I cannot wait to get this baby out of me! I think he has kicked my ribs so hard 2 of them are broken because I am so sore today. He has really picked up on the activity the past few weeks and I like it even though it hurts. So its the home stretch and there is so much left to do!
I'm looking for a new job although I don't think it will be successful until after Cooper is born. I don't think any one will want to hire a 31 week pregnant cranky lady. I had the Breastfeeding part of the childbirth classes tonight and honestly, it kinda grossed me out. I'm sure things will change when Coop is here though. So, Cosby and I are chillin on the couch. Yes, only Cosby. Rembrandt got a new home on Sunday. The poor couple that came to get him probably thought I was nuts because I couldn't stop crying and had a really hard time letting him go. I love him and miss him so much but when he tore up my wedding vail, we had to do another Craigs List ad. Cosby is so sad, he will look around the house for hours for his brother, then curl up with me. We are a sad couple tonight. Dad gets home soon though.
I decided to do a couple of self portraits tonight...






So I had no idea how HUGE I have gotten... makes me wonder if there's 2 in there...

OH! I just remembered why I wanted to blog! We have found a huge money saving store. Aldi's. Never been to one until last week. Since my meltdowns in wal-mart, I am no longer allowed to go by myself. We don't even go to Walmart anymore. I would easily spend $125 a week on groceries. Today at Aldi's.... we spent $48 for a weeks worth of food, plus stuff that wasn't on the list. I'm so excited because we budgeted $75 for this and I get to keep the extra money! HA!

Surprise!

YAY! I don't have gestational diabetes! After 5 blood draws, and 3 hours of torture I am in the clear! I am so relieved because I totally freaked myself out with the Mayo clinic website and all the complications.
Yesterday was fun! I went to a family friends' "birthday party" only to turn out it was a surprise baby shower! Lots of people from work and Jessica and Kathryn who I haven't seen in forever were there too! I got lots of fun stuff including the pirate bedding I have been eyeing for months!


I hope to get pictures of the nursery up soon because it's so stinking cute. We had to return a few duplicate items and we got a rug at Target to cover the red paint spilled on the carpet. (any one want a cat?) Yesterday was so fun! I can't believe anyone kept a secret from me because I'm so nosy!
I'm off to fold laundry and tend to a sick husband!

Another one?

So it's early... for us anyway... working 2nd shift means not going to be until 1am or so... anyway, we are up because I have to go in to the Dr. for 3 hours for another glucose test. I found out yesterday that I failed the first one. So I might have gestational diabetes. This sucks. I printed out a huge article from the Mayo clinic last night and it has caused more anxiety that it helped. It said that Cooper could have developmental delays and some sort of respiratory distress. So, I'm trying so hard not to flip out.
In other news I'm in my 3rd trimester! Only 3 more months and there is so much to do! It has kind-of creeped up on me. I have applied for a new job! Its at the VA and although its a secretarial position it will increase my salary by $10,000 and it's time to get out of HH. I don't know how many more gang fights, bloody noses, kids going to the ER, and being called a "bitch" multiple times a day I can handle.
Well, I hope my Zofran has kicked in so I wont throw up this glucola stuff. I am also hungry, mainly for crackers... I can have my lovely saltines in 4 hours or so... Off to see the Dr.

Are we the only ones?!

Oh what a week!
Thursday: On the way to take Kevin's dad to the hospital (in 2 separate cars); we got separated. Some lady that had taken a Darvocet and fell asleep driving sideswipes me. So, after flagging her down to pull over (she had no idea this happened) we work out everything with the police. I call my OB to see if I can just go in to get Cooper checked out. She tells me to go straight to the Emergency Room. I start to panic. I have no way of getting in touch with Kevin, my dad who always handles the car insurance stuff is on a plane, so I call my mom in tears trying to relay information to her but it was just panic and wailing... I go up to the Labor and Delivery floor to be strapped onto some monitors and I start to freak out. I have never been in the hospital before, I have never had to wear one of those awful gowns, I have never had to do something like this on my own.
So, I get settled and I hear from Kevin (after several people relaying messages and putting notes on his car) and his dad is going to the emergency room too. Only at a hospital in Fayetteville. Praise the Lord my mom called and said "I don't know whats going on, where are you? I'm on my way" 2 and 1/2 hours later Kevin is able to leave his dad and as he just sits down in my room, the nurse says everythings fine! You can go home now! I truly enjoyed the time I had listening to Cooper's heartbeat and hear him kick. I just wish there were different circumstances.
We leave and get dinner then spend the next 10 hours at the hospital in Fayetteville. Kevin's dad is admitted and we finally leave around 4am.
Tonight, coming home from work, Rembrandt (the cat) runs outside as soon as the door opens and Kevin has to chase him down. Looking closer I see what I thought was blood all over him. I suddenly realize it is bright red paint... I run into the nursery and see an entire pint of red paint sprawled out in the middle of our tan carpet. Not even to see the tiny footprints all over the carpet, walls, windowsills, etc... Apparently when you have cats that can jump to open doors, just setting the lid on the paint doesn't work too well. Our beautiful nursery is destroyed. We had spent an entire week perfecting the white polka dots on the red stripe between the 2 gorgeous shades of blue. Now there are red "polka dots" all over the room. 2 hours of using the wet-vac has just made a bigger pink spot in the middle of our tan carpet. I am furious. Not even to mention that they opened the pantry door and dumped 1lb of flour on the floor, pooped on it, and knocked other various baking items into it.
For those of you who don't know these cats have destroyed our house. They are barely 1 year old. After getting them fixed, declawed, and on anti-anxiety meds, they still poop, pee, jump to open doors and tear everything apart. So, I (the crazy cat lady) have come to a decision to get rid of my babies. They have brought me so much laughter and joy but double that of hatred for them. It is going to be hard, but we cannot live like this especially with a baby on the way and needing to save money. I am detaching from them and we hope to find them a home soon. If you know of anyone who is willing to take these 2 heathens please let me know. They have to go to a good home where they will not miss their mommy and be able to stay together. WE ARE DESPERATE!

So, only 16 more weeks of pregnancy (supposedly) and we shall meet Cooper Silas Geng. Our bouncing baby boy is doing quite well and apparently is pretty aggressive with all the punching and kicking he is doing to his poor mother. Hopefully we will have our 19 week ultrasound pictures up soon!

The sickness

We had our 14 week checkup this morning! Everything looks good! Little bit's heart beat was around 160 and it was the 1st time we heard the heartbeat. I had the day off and I bought 2 maternity jeans for San Francisco...
YES! We are going to San Fran on Friday morning. Saturday is the 20th anniversary of the school shooting that Kev's family was in. We have been invited to a luncheon at the Children's museum that his mom started in Stockton, Ca. I am excited to go because I will get to see where Kevin grew up and also support him while we do all this stuff. We are also scattering his mom's ashes in San Francisco bay. So it's going to be a hard weekend, but we are going to head into San Fran from Saturday to Tuesday to do sight-seeing and to relax some. Needless to say, we have a ton of stuff to do.
So, officially into the 2nd trimester and I am much more sick than I ever was months ago. I was throwing up last week and as I sit here writing this, I am fighting some major nausea. I got a prescription today to help with it, but I am way too sick to even drive to walmart to pick it up... I am even afraid to run to harps just a few blocks away for some ginger-ale and Dramamine. Here is another reason to show you just how bad I feel...
If you know me, you know I love my kittens. Cosby and Rembrandt are my babies... Last Friday we dropped them off at the vet to get fixed and declawed. Being the over-emotional person I am (even un-pregnant) I cried all morning long because my babies were having surgery and I wouldn't get them back till Monday. So, we got the cats back today and they have been in the laundry room. We decided not to let them out in the house because they aren't supposed jump and run around till they recover. Also because they have peed all over our house, we haven't had a chance to extensively bleach the tile floor. We don't want them to keep marking. So, I promised my husband I wouldn't let them out to sit with me till the bleaching was done. I am so sick right now, I can't mop the floor and let my babies out... it's killing me! I can't move off this stupid couch to even go visit them in their lonely laundry room...
Ok, so I am wondering if I have distracted myself away from the nausea to find some crackers or water or maybe even venture to wal-mart... pharmacy closes in 45 minutes... this needs to pass asap....

Baby picture!

Well, I think my new year resolution will be to keep up with this whole blogging thing. As of today we are 12 weeks, 4 days pregnant. Here is our first baby picture of the little nugget!

I think that its a girl. We are just so excited! Our next appointment is January 12th. We are both learning so much... from new budgets to cloth diapers to all the weird things going on with my body. Poor Kevin has been so patient and wonderful. I have been feeling pretty good except some extreme bouts of nauseousness.

Coming up this month: the 2nd trimester, the cats get fixed and declawed!!!!!