Topic: Me!
What a great weekend we had!! My shower was on Saturday afternoon and we got quite a few things and are so very thankful for what we did get. It will help out tremendously. Romy, the hostess, did a SUPERB job at hostessing and I had a great time!!!
Then Sunday was Father's Day. My grandmas came over to mom and dad's condo and we had food prepared by Carly (who knew!?!). We knew it was especially hard on dad and Grandma with Grandpa gone this year. My dad had told me a few weeks ago that there was nothing to celebrate. We then informed him that he is still OUR dad and we would be celebrating. We also took Cale swimming and boy is he brave!! I still need to download the pics, but mom bought him SUGAR BABIES floaties (where does she find this stuff?) and an inflatable kick board and that child was all over the pool!! It really impressed us.
Now, onto what NOT to do. Monday night we were at Chris' grandparent's house and work called. We had to go up there so Chris could do something to the computer system. He told me it would take awhile, why don't I go hang out with mom and dad until he's ready to be picked up. Cool. No problem. So we go over there, Cale and I, and I was getting Cale out of the car and, seriously, DO NOT ask me what happened exactly, but I started to fall. THREE times I thought I had recovered, until I noticed my head heading downhill and BAM on the street. I'm not one to fall or even lose my balance. You hear of pregnant women falling all the time, but I've never been one of them. Not even with Cale. So my first instinct was, roll over and get off my belly so I popped myself up on my butt in the street. Cale watched the entire thing and continued to say, "What happened momma? What happened momma??" I wanted to scream but figured that would scare him so I picked my stuff up, grunted and groaned as I hefted myself off the street. Poor Cale jumped out of the car and started helping me to the door, patting me and saying, "It's ok momma. You're all better now." So sweet!!
Well, an hour later I was being wheeled to labor and delivery with contractions every 5 minutes. We thought they'd monitor me for an hour until the contractions stopped, but no, they kept me overnight!! What a long night. I finally sent Chris home about 2 so he could get a few hours sleep because I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep and boy was I right. Pruitt would move and the monitors would lose him. At one point, it took them two nurses and one full hour to find him again. They actually had to pull out the u/s machine so I did get to see him. In all irony, the kid waved! But they said that he was back forward and wasn't curled up, he was actually laid out on my spine which is why they couldn't get his heartbeat. Intersting :) So once they found his heartbeat, they told me not to move. Have you ever been in a very uncomfortable position with a child kicking you for over 2 hours without being allowed to move?? IT'S TORTURE!! And another wild point, the nurse that I had from 11-7 was the same woman that checked me into the hospital when I was induced with Cale and then came back for the delivery as a cheerleader since her shift had started again! How crazy is that??
But here I am now, after sleeping all day yesterday, I'm sore, but Pruitt is fine and I'm fine and the street is even fine. AND NO SMART COMMENTS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO FALL WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT! THEY'RE NOT FUNNY COMMENTS. Have a great week!!
