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......

Same Again

So, I'm exactly where I was last week. Exactly. And she said she can't really say I'm actually at a two anyway!
On the bright side, I've eaten whatever for the past month or so and I've weighed the same for the last three weeks. Yay for me!
My hands swelled yesterday enough for me to have to take off my wedding ring. Of course, when I showed Dustin, he thought I had lost it. Last year, I started swelling in December. I only just this last month started swelling.
Later, guys!

March Madness

My mind has disappeared. Somewhere back when I prayed, "Lord, I don't have to have a million children. Just give me one healthy child, and I will be content." God must have laughed hysterically.
Faith started cutting her top teeth on her birthday. And now she's got some cough-y fever-y deal going on. Thank you, Dustin. She has a dr. appt on Tuesday and I'll talk to the doc then about it. No fever right now, but she is coughing periodically. Nasty and wet and gross.
The baby is ever so comfy making Mommy miserable. Between her, her sister and her daddy, Momy is about dead half the time. But she's there and alive and active. So sweet and tiny in there. My doctor said that she was about six pounds already two weeks ago. I'm also dilated to a two and thirty percent effaced.
Please God, I can go early. I don't care if they'll have the same birth month anymore! I just want it to be over!!
Later, y'all......

Five Weeks

So it's five weeks till the baby's due date. I hit the nesting time again. And things are looking pretty clean around here! LOL
Faith has new curtains and a new rug. The odd stack of boxes that was by our door is gone. And the myriad of dog papers Dustin had scattered all over his area of the office is now out of sight, if not organized. Of course, Dustin notices nothing unless I point it out to him and he hasn't noticed the latest thing I did today yet. He's been home for two hours.

And now the little angel who refused to eat her kunch and tried her best not to take a nap and when she did, slept for only thirty minutes, is now throwing a fit peppered with 'mama' s because 'mama' took her cell phone away and put it up. Horrible mama!

My temper is increasingly shorter as the days go on.

Legality

Passing the driving test was one of the hardest things I've ever done. It was actually scarier than childbirth with Faith. Mostly because the woman testing me was intimidating as all get out. She was the same one who failed me twice two years ago. I was POSITIVE she was going to fail me again. But she says, "well, you passed your driving test", etc, and I quit listening. Way to make my birthday!
2-4 weeks and I will have the real thing not just the temporary. Can't wait!

My birthday, beyond passing the test, was actually pretty great. Dustin and I went to TGI Fridays and a movie while LaJuana, Kathy and the kids watched Faith. Have you ever been craving something and not quite sure what it is and you keep trying different things to figure out what it is you want? Well, I have ben craving red meat. So at TGI Fridays, I ordered the petite sirloin and mashed potatoes - they have amazing mashed potatoes - and the first bite was so divine. It was exactly - EXACTLY - what I have been craving. So perfect! I believe that if you can't get excited about your food than there's no point in eating well. You may as well eat one thing all the time. It won't matter to you anyway.

Anyway, I'm doing okay today except for the little craziness with Faith earlier. She scared herself playing in the closet, and cried a little bit. So, being a good mommy and not wanting her to do it again, I very gently and sweetly helped her out of her situation and set her on the floor outside the closet. And she promptly began screaming at the top of her lungs. Like I had killed her or something. She has started this ridiculous fit-throwing thing. She doesn't even have the timing for it to make sense as a fit. She just waits for a few minutes, kind of fussing, and then, THEN, she flips out. Completely. I have no idea what to do about it. It's the perfect button to push for complete and utter frustration in Mommy.

Anyway, later, gators. Have a good day!