With it being November many people are posting something they're thankful for every day. It got me thinking about the things I am thankful for. Of course there are very obvious one but I started thinking about all the little things I am thankful for. Here are my lists
Obvious things to be thankful for
-My Rob
-My Carson
-My mom and brothers
-Rob's family
-The gospel
-The temple
-The scriptures
-Our bishop (He is amazing!)
-Our home
-Rob's job
-Our friends
-The knowledge that my family will be together forever
-Breastfeeding Carson
-Good health
Little things
-My breast pump so Rob can get up with Carson at night and feed him so I can sleep
-A daily shower
-Yummy smelling candles
-Christmas time
-Music
-My slippers
-Warm baths
-Nursing bras
-stretch mark cream
-Binkys
-Laughter
-Kisses
-The smell of my baby
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
It has been 19 days since our sweet baby came into our family and life is truly wonderful. Really it is! Carson sleeps for 3 and half too 5 hours at night. It's great!It kinda freaks me out when he sleeps for 5 hours but I can't complain about getting sleep! Rob has really amazed me since we've had Carson. He is a natural!He LOVES being a dad and he loves his baby boy. He is so hands on with him and involved. He is wonderful to me as well. He'll gladly take Carson off my hands so that I can have some "Mandy time" when he gets home from work. I love it because after a long day of nursing and changing diapers, as much as I love it, (really) it's nice to be able to take a bath and read my book and just have a few minutes to myself. Rob is constantly asking if he can get me anything or if I need anything. A few days after we brought Car home he even went to the store for me to get the..."supplies" a mommy needs just after she has a baby. How sweet is that?! Oh I love him so much! I LOVE my little family!!
Carson is doing awsome! He is already 10 pounds 2 ounces and almost 23 inches! Yes I feed him buttermilk ;) I love him soooooo so so much. I miss him when he is sleeping and sometimes I'll go and just watch him sleep. He is so beautiful and SUCH a good baby. He only cries when he is hungry. At his Dr. appointment yesterday he did so well. He didn't cry at all and when they did his 2nd PKU he didn't cry! I was stressing out about it because they had to poke my baby and squeeze blood out of his foot! Carson did better then I did :) I love that I am able to stay home with him. I love every minute of it. I LOVE MY LITTLE ETERNAL FAM!!!
Carson is doing awsome! He is already 10 pounds 2 ounces and almost 23 inches! Yes I feed him buttermilk ;) I love him soooooo so so much. I miss him when he is sleeping and sometimes I'll go and just watch him sleep. He is so beautiful and SUCH a good baby. He only cries when he is hungry. At his Dr. appointment yesterday he did so well. He didn't cry at all and when they did his 2nd PKU he didn't cry! I was stressing out about it because they had to poke my baby and squeeze blood out of his foot! Carson did better then I did :) I love that I am able to stay home with him. I love every minute of it. I LOVE MY LITTLE ETERNAL FAM!!!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Our sweet baby, Carson Robert Ganem is here!! We love him so much! Here is his little story....
I woke up Saturday morning around 5:30 with a consist ant cramping pain. Like one giant never ending contraction. The pain wasn't too bad so I didn't worry about it. I went back to bed and at about 10:30 I woke up with the same pain. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. I didn't want to yet so we waited about another hour. By this time I was having regular contractions about every 3 minutes so off to Overlake we went! We got to overlake and checked in to triage. They checked me and I was only dialated to a 2 so they had me walk around for a half an hour. After the walking they checked me again and I was just a 2 and a half so they sent us home and told us to come back when the contractions get stronger. We got home and I took a bath and tried to lay down...ya right! After being home for about 4 or 5 hours we heading back to the hospital. This time they checked me in for real. By the time I was checked in and hooked up to the monitors the contractions were coming every minute and each one was more painful. They checked me and I was just only a 3. The doctor came in and broke my water. It had meconium in it so they were worried. They told me that once he was born they didn't want him to cry so they could suction him out and make sure everything was okay. At 8:15 I got my epidural and life was great. The nurse told me once I got it I could take a nap and rest....uh ya no. They checked me an hour later and I was a 9!! Then all of the sudded there were tons of nurses in the room I had oxygen on and was on all fours. Apparently mister Carson's heart had dropped really low because of how fast everything had moved. It went back up though and everything was fine. I got checked me again and I was a 10! The nurse had me do some "practice pushing" but on the first practice push she could see his head! She had the doctor come in as well was nurses from the NICU to check him out because of the mec in his water. I started pushing at 10:00 and at 10:14 Carson was born!! 8 pounds 8 ounces 21 inches long. They took him away immediately to make sure he hadn't aspirated any meconium. I had to wait about 15 minutes to see my baby!! When they brought him too me it was AMAZING!! There was my baby. In my arms. He was so beautiful and perfect and smelled so good! I really can't describe the feeling but it was magical.
I LOVE my Carson. I love that he is something that Rob and I made. He is my baby and I have loved every minute of having him home. Even when he is up every hour to nurse. When he is sleeping I miss him! He is probably the best thing I have ever smelled and I LOVE when I can smell him on me. Rob has been a great dad. He is always there to change Carson and help me with everything. He is amazing and is taking such wonderful care of me and his son. He even makes sure that I get a nap during the day. I love that. I love that when I'm napping he and Carson are having that time together. My mom has been a HUGE help too. She came over and had baby so Rob and I could sleep. She made us dinner twice and she was there for me every step of the way when I was in labor and delivery.
Carson is doing wonderfully. He is a nursing champion and is already and ounce OVER his birth weight. He only cries when he is hungry or getting changed. I love him more and more each time I look at him. He mesmerizes me. Love my Rob and my Carson. My little eternal family.
I woke up Saturday morning around 5:30 with a consist ant cramping pain. Like one giant never ending contraction. The pain wasn't too bad so I didn't worry about it. I went back to bed and at about 10:30 I woke up with the same pain. I called the hospital and they told me to come in. I didn't want to yet so we waited about another hour. By this time I was having regular contractions about every 3 minutes so off to Overlake we went! We got to overlake and checked in to triage. They checked me and I was only dialated to a 2 so they had me walk around for a half an hour. After the walking they checked me again and I was just a 2 and a half so they sent us home and told us to come back when the contractions get stronger. We got home and I took a bath and tried to lay down...ya right! After being home for about 4 or 5 hours we heading back to the hospital. This time they checked me in for real. By the time I was checked in and hooked up to the monitors the contractions were coming every minute and each one was more painful. They checked me and I was just only a 3. The doctor came in and broke my water. It had meconium in it so they were worried. They told me that once he was born they didn't want him to cry so they could suction him out and make sure everything was okay. At 8:15 I got my epidural and life was great. The nurse told me once I got it I could take a nap and rest....uh ya no. They checked me an hour later and I was a 9!! Then all of the sudded there were tons of nurses in the room I had oxygen on and was on all fours. Apparently mister Carson's heart had dropped really low because of how fast everything had moved. It went back up though and everything was fine. I got checked me again and I was a 10! The nurse had me do some "practice pushing" but on the first practice push she could see his head! She had the doctor come in as well was nurses from the NICU to check him out because of the mec in his water. I started pushing at 10:00 and at 10:14 Carson was born!! 8 pounds 8 ounces 21 inches long. They took him away immediately to make sure he hadn't aspirated any meconium. I had to wait about 15 minutes to see my baby!! When they brought him too me it was AMAZING!! There was my baby. In my arms. He was so beautiful and perfect and smelled so good! I really can't describe the feeling but it was magical.
I LOVE my Carson. I love that he is something that Rob and I made. He is my baby and I have loved every minute of having him home. Even when he is up every hour to nurse. When he is sleeping I miss him! He is probably the best thing I have ever smelled and I LOVE when I can smell him on me. Rob has been a great dad. He is always there to change Carson and help me with everything. He is amazing and is taking such wonderful care of me and his son. He even makes sure that I get a nap during the day. I love that. I love that when I'm napping he and Carson are having that time together. My mom has been a HUGE help too. She came over and had baby so Rob and I could sleep. She made us dinner twice and she was there for me every step of the way when I was in labor and delivery.
Carson is doing wonderfully. He is a nursing champion and is already and ounce OVER his birth weight. He only cries when he is hungry or getting changed. I love him more and more each time I look at him. He mesmerizes me. Love my Rob and my Carson. My little eternal family.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Update
This really wasn't intended to be a pregnancy blog but that's pretty much all that exists in my world right now. If you get tired of hearing about sorry. Here is a little random update of recent happenings in our little life
-I found a little stretch mark and cried about it. Rob was so sweet and hugged me and assured me that he loves me just the way I am and told me I am just as beautiful as ever.
-He meant it
-My dad moved to Georgia to be with his girlfriend. It's really weird.
- I love meat. Especially if it's bbq'd pork or any kind of beef
-I'm officially done working and not sure how I feel about it
-I got excited for fall because of the fashion and then remembered that I have a giant belly
-I've been nesting like crazy. My house has never been so clean!
-I want to do something different with my hair but I don't know what
-I'm loving this season of Project Runway but it's hard to stay awake for it all!
-I don't sleep
-We got a great rocking chair off craigslist for $50! Rob re-stained it and it looks beautiful!
We just can't wait for our baby boy to be here!!
-I found a little stretch mark and cried about it. Rob was so sweet and hugged me and assured me that he loves me just the way I am and told me I am just as beautiful as ever.
-He meant it
-My dad moved to Georgia to be with his girlfriend. It's really weird.
- I love meat. Especially if it's bbq'd pork or any kind of beef
-I'm officially done working and not sure how I feel about it
-I got excited for fall because of the fashion and then remembered that I have a giant belly
-I've been nesting like crazy. My house has never been so clean!
-I want to do something different with my hair but I don't know what
-I'm loving this season of Project Runway but it's hard to stay awake for it all!
-I don't sleep
-We got a great rocking chair off craigslist for $50! Rob re-stained it and it looks beautiful!
We just can't wait for our baby boy to be here!!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Remember my post awhile ago when I was feeling very unaccomplished? Well a few Sundays ago Rob found a piece of paper in his scriptures. On it was a list of goals we both had. It was from a Sunday school lesson we had the first month we we're married. This was my list....
-Be a mom
-Be a mom
-Be a mom
-Have my own preschool
-mom
-mom
-mom
-mom
Well I guess I HAVE accomplished something!! :)
-Be a mom
-Be a mom
-Be a mom
-Have my own preschool
-mom
-mom
-mom
-mom
Well I guess I HAVE accomplished something!! :)
Baby Shower!
Rob and I went to Phoenix for his brother Andrew's wedding. While we were there my sister in law Suzie and Andrews lovely fiance, my now sis in law, threw me a suprise baby shower!! It was so nice of them. I couldn't believe it. It was so much fun. I felt very loved :) We got lots of great gifts for Mr. baby. Thank you so much Noelle and Suzie!
Here are a few pics from the shower...
Here are a few pics from the shower...
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