Baby Zander

Well he is finally here. On saturday december 13th I went into the hospital at 7am. I had an elective induction. They had me checked in and hooked up with pitocin by 830. By 930 I was having some pretty good hard strong contractions. The nurse asked if I was ok with my water being broke and I said I was ready as long as I had my epidural first. I had to waite until about 1000 for the anastealagist (yea cant spell it). He came in gave me my epidural and then the nurse broke my water at about 1030. Everything went fast from there. I dialated to a 10 within about 30 minutes but then when they checked me they relised Zander was face up not face down like he was supposed to be. They had me roll on my left side hoping he would roll which he did. As soon as he rolled I had to push there was just no if ands or buts about it. I started to push at about 1200. His head got stuck coming out and they couldnt get to his heartbeat so that worried the doctor a little and she had me just push with or without a contraction. He finally made it into this world at 1240 pm on the 13th. He weighted 7lbs 1oz and was 20 inches long. He scored a 8.9 on the APGAR scale. He came out screaming and healthy. I was just happy to have it done and over with lol. So that is the birth of Zander. He is doing well. He sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time then nurses like a champ and goes right back to sleep. I basically only get up once a night to feed which has been nice. The older kids all love him and have been having fun holding him. Here are some pics of him.

zander will be here tomorrow yea !!!!

So I went into my doctor today for my 38-39 week appointment. Well we were talking and I told her how miserable I am. I hurt all over and have been contracting alot mostly at night for 2-3 hours then they stop. Then the next day I feel like my tummy is bruised. Well she said she was working this weekend and "changed" my due date to the 20th so that I can be induced tomorrow. I am so excited. I really didnt want to waite another week and with the way this kid is going he is happy to live in there for the rest of his life. I am dialated 3+ (basically just above a 3 almost a 4) and 60% efaced. I have a very ripe cervix and his head is really really low. I am hoping I can get in in the morning early but who knows with the full moon tonight (fully believe it brings on labor and the doc said in the past few days theyhave picked way up). I will try and update again after Zander is here and post pictures but as you all know it may take a bit to get to it. I am excited to have him here finally and even more excited to have a week with no kids lol. Is that a bad thing? All my kids will be in school and I am closing my daycare for a week so I will have 1 whole week just me the baby and Marc. I am beyond ready for that alone. I am also ready to find my feet once more. It will be nice to be able to put my socks on and not feel like I am going to pop. Well that is it for now. Wish me luck for tomorrow and I will post again as soon as I can.

Ok so I went to the doctor today and was finally checked. I am dialated to a 3 and 50% efaced. When she was trying to check me she said Zanders head was in front of my cervix so she had to reach behind his head and pull the cervix forward (can we just say ouch). She says with how many contractions I am having she doesnt think I will make it through next week. I am hoping to maybe make it to sunday. I think I could handle having him on my birthday lol.
As for the rest of us we are all doing good. Hunter and Haylie have been out of school for 4 weeks and go back Monday (its not coming soon enough). Isaac and Jackson are doing good. They have been pushing there limits with everyone latley but that is not unusual they get some wild hair up there buts and decided to be really annoying and cry about everything.
Marc has been getting up at the butt crack of dawn (ok before dawn 430) every morning to go in to work at 5 for inventory. They decided to cut corners this year and instead of closing for one day and having everyone help they have 4 guys come in early in the morning and do a small amount each day. It will take about 3 weeks to get it done this way and they have to work around the workers that are pulling things its a pain in the butt according to marc.
Christmas is coming fast and I am almost ready. I have a couple more things to get and wrap. I am not so patiently waiting for my Wii to get here (it was shipped today woohoo). I plan on trying it out before wrapping it. We bought it online before the masses. We also got the wii fit and the new shawn white game. I am sure hunter will be in heaven as will marc.
Well that is about all on the family. I will try to update this again but it might not happen until after Zander gets here.