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I can't believe my little boy is already 2 weeks old.... where does the time go? The days just fly by and all he really does is eat, sleep and poo so I'm not sure how the days seem to go by in the blink of an eye. I'm really trying to enjoy every minute with him right now -- I know the newborn stage doesn't last very long and before I know it he will be on to his next phase in life and I will have tears of joy and tears of sadness at the same time. So even through his rough nights and needy times, his crying and stinky pooing I am really trying to embrace and enjoy every little bit of it. Cole seems like he has his days and nights mixed up, he usually sleeps really well during the day and is up all night, not usually crying just up and awake. When he is awake he wants to be cuddled, he is such a little love bug, so when you try to put him in his bassinet that is when he starts to cry. He also is suffering from constipation, poor guy. It's so hard to see him in pain and be so uncomfortable and upset. We are also having to watch his jaundice, it's going down little by little but I still don't like that he has it.

My hubby went back to work today, it was so nice having him home for 2 weeks. Not just because he was a huge help to me in caring for Cole and taking care of us but it was just nice having him home for so long. It reminded me of our honeymoon 3 years ago were for one whole week it was just us and we got to spend so much wonderful, quality time together. I'm already wishing he was back home with me.

My recovery is slow, but then again I haven't been taking it easy and resting as much as I should be. It's just so difficult when I don't want to miss out on precious time with my son and husband. I also was viewing the time my husband was home as a time where I could finish my Thank You Cards for my baby showers and work on keeping the house nice and tidy. I can't stand an unorganized, cluttered and dirty house -- it drives me nuts. My belly has gone down and isn't as swollen but I'm having a lot of pain still which I know for a C-Section is normal and usual recovery time is between 3 and 6 months. Anyways -- I have a little guy stirring, starting to wake up but I wanted to at least get a picture up to share --

Thank you so much for all of your well wishes and comments ..... I loved reading them all!  He is just too funny when he sleeps! I'll post more pictures when I have time ....

I have not had a typical pregnancy at all so I don't know why I thought I would get that wonderful nesting phase of it. It would be very helpful if I did considering how horrible our house looks right now and I desperately do not want a dirty looking house for when the baby is born, I would be so embarrassed to have visitors -- and yet the days go by and there is not a lot of cleaning from me being done to solve this problem. On my days off of work I just get a lazy bone and end up taking a 2 hour nap that somehow manages to swallow all my day and then I'm too sore and just want to sit around the house being needy to my husband (which drives him nuts!) -- I don't know why I have this neediness lately with him but I blame it on the pregnancy!  

So far it has been a great but unproductive day. My husband had gotten me a gift certificate to get a pedicure for a present and I was going to save it until after my pregnancy to get a nice relaxing pedicure done but couldn't stand to look at my ugly toes anymore so I used it this morning. The simple task of cutting your toenails become an impossible fete when you have a basketball for a belly to try and get around! My feet also get very sore and swollen when I work and stand on them all day so getting them done felt so wonderful! And now they look, well, I don't have the cutest feet ever but they look better than they ever have! It was nice to get a little pampering done in the state of being 9 months pregnant ..... although for some reason my husband still likes to say I am 8 1/2 months pregnant -- I'll be 38 weeks pregnant Monday! That is no 8 months pregnant -- that is fully baked and ready to pop at any moment 9 months pregnant!  We have an outside wedding to go to tomorrow (my hubbys cousin is getting married) so now I have pretty toes to go along with my big belly that nothing covers up anymore and I'll be a miserably toasted woman come tomorrow sitting outside. But at least my toes will be cute. haha..... Oh the rest of my day consisted of me coming home, taking the dogs outside for a little while and concluding with a nap at which point I'm now considering having some oreos and milk although I'm not hungry and don't need to keep eating and gaining weight but cleaning or eating oreos .... I think oreo's will win.

My Dr's appointment yesterday was a disappointing one. One that I ended up making a fool of myself at by crying. Darn hormones. As you all know I have been having one braxton hicks contraction after another, they come about every 7 minutes, although they have slowed down now, severe back pain and I also have been having some painful contractions. I thought for sure all this would have been helping my body to dilate, and it wasn't. My body is going through the beginning of labor stages and working hard and putting me in a lot of pain with no real results happening. I am beyond the uncomfortable end of pregnancy feeling and have moved into the constantly sore, tired, emotional and always in pain end of pregnancy feeling. I ended up having a contraction while I was laying on the table and something seemed to have concerned her as she stopped and looked at me for 2 minutes and both me and my husband could see her mind racing -- she said it looks like I am in a lot of pain and really uncomfortable but there is nothing right now to do about it until I'm 39 weeks but there are a lot of flags that indicate to her that I will probably need a c-section. I was expecting this. My mom had to have a c-section -- she was in the same boat as me, dilated to 1 and couldn't get pass it and her hips ended up not being wide enough and spreading enough to allow a baby to pass through, the same thing is a concern for me. The Dr told me I should start thinking about it and getting my head wrapped around the idea and we will talk more when I see her next (which is Wed.) -- after feeling like a failure and crying I feel like if I have to have a c-section it wouldn't be the end of the world -- I will still come out with a wonderful prize - my son. I felt I let my husband down and my body was letting me down but in the end the prize is the same and that is what is important, not how you deliver but that you were blessed enough and given such a wonderful gift -- that is what is truly important. So we will talk and I'll let you know as soon as I know what is going on.

Well the oreo's are calling my name and it would be rude not to answer back  so I will catch up with y'all later. Have a great weekend!!