Jamison David Hugh Marks

We had our sweet little boy this week,

October 19th 2010

at 2:18am

7lbs 4oz
Regina General Hospital

Three hours of labour from first contraction to birth, no epidural or intervention. Only complication was showing up at the wrong hospital and having to be ambulanced over to the other hospital. Nobody remembered to tell us the hospital we went to won't deliver, and we didn't even know about the other hospital!! All's well that ends well though, and we managed to convince the nurses and doctor's to let us out the evening of the 19th.

It Was a Grand Day

Today was a good day. We grocery shopping, napped, and then went to the 'Pumpkin Patch'. We Saw a mini horse, a few sheep, had a tractor ride, and the kidlets played in a sandbox full of corn. So a cornbox, if you will. And we got a pumpkin. It's green. Lyndsey and Hannah, Amaris and David, and myself, had a lovely fall afternoon. Can't complain about 14 degrees mid October either, can we?

BFF's, so cute.

Camera Died

Well my amazing Mother flew out to Regina this week to be with us, in case I happen to have this babe early and everyone I have to watch Amaris is gone Thanksgiving weekend! Needless to say, no baby! But I had a lovely visit with my mom, which is NEVER a bad thing! After she flew home it felt very lonely here in Saskatchewan.
We made an awesome Thanksgiving dinner, complete with Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie, so good! I wish I had pictures but my camera was dead and I couldn't find the charger!!
It was so nice having help with housework and Amaris, my mom never fails to amaze me with her energy! Which is awesome because I have none!!
David and I went on not one but two date nights!! And I got a haircut! What an swell week! And we also got a new bed! By new bed I mean a king size duvet, duvet cover, sheets, and pillows. Ah bliss. We'd only been putting it off for over a year!!
There is something deeply satisifing with having nice bedding.

In Other News:
Had a Doc appointment, almost 5cm and 75%, I think I'm scaring the doctor. She said she's only ever seen one person before ever reach 6cm without going into labour and they induced her to be safe, but that was years ago when they used to induce on a whim.
I think I'm all maxed out uncomfortable wise. Well that's not true. But sleeping is getting to be close to impossible.
C'mon baby! But please let me make it to the hospital! Also my Doc is on call today, so today would be good.

Other Other News:
Websites I like to drool over -
Pottery Barn
Blissliving Home
Hope everyone had an super duper Thanksgiving!!

Fall's Digs

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. ~Stanley Horowitz

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. ~Elizabeth Lawrence

Anyday Now?

(My new white dishes - unrelated to this post but hey, who cares!)

Well, I had a Doctor's appoinment last Wednesday, apparently I'm 4cm dilated and 50% effaced. I wasn't expecting much, either nothing or maaaaaybe 2cm tops. This was at 36 and a half weeks. As of today I'm 37 weeks.

I feel like I've been going in and out of labour all week! Super bad gut aches and lots of heavy Braxton Hicks, and a few actual contractions. I've been told numerous times now that I need to get to the hospital ASAP when I start having regular contractions, or as the Doc says, 'It'll be a home birth if you don't."

It's a little scary when you live half an hour from the hospital, your hubby works half an hour away, and you have no family to watch your daughter! Seems like a lot of things to get into motion to 'rapidly' get to the hospital! Stressful!

Luckly, my friend Jenna can come watch Amaris, but it's still an hour worth of things to set in motion to get to the hospital.

I feel a little obsessive, trying to monitor everything going on, because last time with Amaris I woke up at 4:30am and my contractions were less then 2 mins apart. I would prefer a little more notice this time!

Well, here's to any day now, or three weeks from now! Who knows!!

In Other News:

Pumpkin Festival in Lumsden this weekend, Amaris thought the pumpkins were nifty; cutest thing ever: 20 month old saying Pumpkin for the first time.

P.P.S Amaris is now almost 33 inches tall, and she is almost 4 months from being 2, if that 'take the height at 2 and double it' thing is true, she is going to be tallllllllllll!! (Weird!)