My Sweet Husband

So, before Faith was born, Dustin was really worried. Not so much about having a baby, but more about bonding with a baby. He wasn't sure how he would respond to her in an emotional way.
Flash forward to last night. Faith was on the bed with him and Abby. I was getting ready for bed so I could nurse the baby and we could all relax. Faith was crawling near the edge and he grabbed her shirt and said, "You're going to fall off." And she did. Right out of his hands and smack on her face. I saw the blood and ran to get ice. When I got back, he was cradling her and she was screaming into his shoulder. He was so upset, he was almost in tears. There was so much blood in her mouth that it looked like she had knocked out her new tooth on top. He ordered me to make an appointment with the dentist in the morning. I calmed her down and cleaned her up and thankfully, her teeth were fine. But he was still so upset and nearly in tears himself. It took him longer to calm down than it took her. He said that he'd had no idea that his heart and his feelings would or could hurt so much when she fell down. Even when it's a little spill, he still hurts for her.
God blessed me` with a `man` w`ho `has more heart than I do.
**Faith 'helped' me type that last line**

Abigail Irene

Well, she's finally arrived. Abigail Irene Pedretti made her debut on this world at 10:17 am on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, a mere four hours after we arrived at the hospital for my induction. 8 pounds and 1 ounce, 20 inches long, she is adorable and so very tiny!
We had a great experience at the College Station Medical Center. The nurses, my doctor, everything. Too bad the epidural didn't get a chance to fully kick in before the birth! You have to have a full bag of fluid before they'll let you have an epidural and I was ready to go before that happened. Thank heaven it was able to take the edge off, but trust me, I had enough pain that I almost ALMOST never want to do this again!
The day nurse from today and yesterday was really old. I would say at least sixty and I felt bad everytime I needed to ask for something. She was really nice, but that thing in my head that is conditioned to respect my elderly elders kept trying to convince me that I didn't really need anything! I'm glad I was abe to get up and around before she was on duty. I might never have gotten up out of bed!!
Anyway, I'm glad to be home. More another day!

April Fool's Day

Faith took two steps without prompting last night. The she took four steps toward me while I was encouraging her. She did that twice. So ten steps total! I'm so excited!
Of course, it also opens up another million worries for me. She's already discovered the joy of being higher by standing on something flat, so the next step is climbing. Which she has already tried to do on the baby gate that stops her from crawling around the less than clean livingroom.
I have an appointment tomorrow. On my due date. Again. The kid just doesn't want to be born yet. On the bright side, they'll have different birth months.
Oh, and Faith has two new teeth she started cutting on her birthday. One on top and one on the bottom beside the other two. So it looks really goofy when she smiles. It's so funny!
So, it's the first of April and no baby. I guess the joke's on me......