I'm home . . .with baby Logan

So we had a BOY! I was so shocked!
Logan R Young
born feb 10 at 11:57 pm
weighed 8 lbs 13 oz

More to come tomorrow when Kevin and Ryan are at school.

Still waiting...

and I thought today would be it. Our wedding anniversary is tomorrow so maybe that'll be the day. Jeff would be so happy. He's always regretted not waiting a week to marry me on Valentine's Day so he could kill 2 birds with 1 stone. And now if I have the baby tomorrow that's what we'll do. haha Birthday party on wedding anniversary, wedding anniversary on Valentines. I don't care if it means I can have a baby tomorrow!

I removed the baby ticker on the right because it was too depressing to see that my baby should already be here.

So let's get the poll going...

Vote for what you think we are having on the right.

I think it's a girl: this pregnancy feels just like Brenna's. I was more sick with the boys.

Jeff thinks it's a boy: he's pretty sure he saw something on the ultrasound (even though we told the tech to not tell us) and he feels experienced since we've had two boys.

ok, ok, I have to add that I thought I saw something too, so I really will be surprised with what we have.

1 day left

So despite my supposed apathy I really do want this baby here. The last week is always so hard. Every contraction makes me think "is this it and I get excited?" I went in for a non-stress test yesterday and everything checked out. It watches the baby's heartbeat and my contractions and basically checks that the placenta is still functioning well. Next appointment is set up for Tuesday. Hope I miss it!

Baby updates

On Monday I had my 38 week checkup. I'm at a 2 which is really good for me. Usually I'm nothing or a 1 right until I go into labor. The doctor wants to induce me on Sunday since I'll be 39 weeks by then and he thinks it'll be easier. But I'm holding out. I don't have a record of going over my due date and I HATED having pitocin with Kevin. It made the whole labor experience really hard and NOT a fun challenge.

Plus I really am in no hurry to have this baby. To prove my point, my water actually leaked a bit an hour after my checkup on Monday and I called the nurse and asked if I could just "ignore" it unless contractions started or I had a major break. haha So here I am still at home with no new changes. Jeff's been calling me the girl who cried wolf. My mom's coming up Thursday so that's when I'll mop the kitchen floor and vacuum and see if that sets me off. Until then, I'm teaching Joy School on Thursday and just puttering around the house with laundry and such.

Getting ready...

So I overdid it a few days ago with cleaning, shopping, and exercising so of course that night I had lots of contractions. But instead of getting all excited I thought "shoot, I'm not ready yet." This is the first time where I want this baby to wait as long as possible to come. It's probably because I don't' know what we're having but I've been putting off so many things. I finally stocked up on newborn diapers, wipes, and soaps. Got the Christmas tree taken down on Sunday. (this was more because the boys were so sad to have the decorations gone than me being lazy . . . kind of.) Tracked down the infant car seat.

I still have to get some boy/girl hospital outfit and do we even have a name? haha So I scramble to get some things done, then crash and sleep the next day, then repeat. I can't tell if I'm nesting or doing things out of desperation. Anyways, that's what I've been up to lately.

Checking in

We've had a bit of a rough month with sickness with the stomach flu and lately the nasty cold/cough that's been going around. Nothing too tramatic but I usually read everyone's blogs then crash into bed. I'm almost finished with Christmas shopping (anyone who knows about Utah's weather today: I was out in it and shopping!!) so my mornings should be free again.