Special Delivery!!!

Okay, this is the daddy doing the bloggin', so bear with me on this one. I am getting as many pictures on here as I can to show everyone that we have an absolutely beautiful little boy. It all started on Saturday night, we headed to the hospital to induce labor. Jackie started on the drugs at 9:15 pm, then the stronger stuff around 1:15 am on Sun. The doctor broke her water at 11:05 am Sunday, she started into actual labor soon after. The contractions got really intense around 2-3pm, so the epidural came within the same time. After the epidural, things went great, Jackie was not in as much pain at all after that, that made me feel a ton better, the blood returned to my hand about five minutes later. Haha. The dialation process was about 1cm/hour until 3pm, where she was at 4cm, then by 6pm she was fully dialated and the nurse said it's time to push. We were all suprised, expecting to be waiting until at least 8 or 9 pm. She pushed from 6 to 7:10:07 pm. His head was stuck after the first ten minutes then after 45min + the rest of him came along. Too bad for Jackie his head size comes from his dad's side. So at 7:10 pm, We delivered our little boy.

His Name is Cole William Petersen,
Stats: 7 lbs. 11 oz.
22 inches long
36 cm Head
Born at 7:10 pm

So we would love to share the pictures with everyone, call or email if you want to know more. We are still at the hospital so mom is still recovering, but everything went perfectly. We couldn't ask for more. We have been so blessed. Thank you to everyone for all your love and support.

P.S. sorry, the hospital's network is a little slow and won't let me put pictures on. So as soon as we get a good connection, you'll be able to see. Sorry and thanks

The End is HERE!!

Oh wow, I have such great news! Our baby is coming THIS WEEKEND! Most likely Sunday! I'm going in to LDS hospital tomorrow night at 8pm to be induced, and then we'll see how it all goes from there. Today has been the best day and I've had a perma-grin just knowing I get to see him soon! Thanks for the great ideas to get him here, but turns out my doctor can be persuaded after all :)

So I called my doctor's office yesterday to ask if there is any possible way we can move the induction date up from the 16th (mostly just to let her know how strongly I felt about it), and she called me back this morning with 2 options: either start taking sleeping pills to help with sleeping (no, thanks) or come in to the office today and let her check again to see if there's any progress. So I opted to come in, although I mostly knew there wouldn't be any change. And there wasn't, I'm still at a one, but I got a chance to talk to her about it and let her know how ready I felt the baby was and we were. She said if she had some medical reason to do it, then she would, so she sent me to do an ultrasound to see if his head is in the 90th percentile, because that would be reason enough to get him here. I do the ultrasound, she calls me back with the results, and she says we can go ahead with it tomorrow! She said his head was only in the 78th percentile for size, but my amniotic fluid is a little low and my placenta isn't functioning as efficiently as it should be, so it actually was really good that we didn't wait until the 16th. I am ecstatic, I can't believe I'll be holding our own little baby within hours, it seems like.

I also had the best day because my mom and sisters drove out from Neola to surprise me and hang out with me for the day. And it was even more special because it was Christine's 19th birthday, so it was fun to celebrate it with her. And I can't get enough of Tegan's animal dances, she made up several new ones today such as the sliding seal, little ladybug, and walking hummingbird that are very creative. It really was so great to see them and just feel so loved.

So he'll be here soon, and we'll get news and pictures up as soon as possible. Keep us in your prayers and thanks in advance for all your love and support!

Baby Blues.

It's a little silly that I'm feeling bummed about our baby not being here yet, seeing how his due date actually isn't until this Saturday the 7th. But, we had our weekly doctor's appointment yesterday and it's looking quite improbable that he'll come by then. I've been dilated to a 1 for 3 weeks now, and as Dr. Gemmell says my cervix is "not favorable" for an early induction. CURSES! So her plan is for us to come back next week and see if there's any progress, and if not then we'll induce on the SIXTEENTH which is 11 days away from today. It might as well be Christmas! But at least he's healthy. I think he's going to be huge. It's just so hard to wait now that school is over, and everything is ready for him, the house is clean and all my errands seem to be done, and Tyler is at work all day so I'm getting a little bored. Not to mention the uncomfort of being superbig. But no complaining! I'm going to be a mommy (relatively) soon! Maybe I'll set a goal of blogging more while I'm waiting...anything to pass the time! If any one has any ideas of how to get this little one here sooner, I would love to hear it!

Since I don't have any pics of our baby yet, I thought this one of Tyler when he was 1 or 2 months old is probably close to what ours will be like (what a cutie!):

Thanks, Pickle, for the tag. I needed something else to do this morning! I'm supposed to answer these 15 questions about yourself on your blog. 3 Joys, 3 Fears, 3 Goals, 3 Current collections or obsessions and 3 Surprising Facts. Sounds doable. And sorry in advance for all the baby and parent talk. It's easy to tell what's on my mind these days :)

3 Joys: being with Tyler, feeling our little guy moving, seeing a student read for the first time

3 Fears: my only fear now is having something wrong with our baby. The rest are just concerns/worries: what if something happens to Tyler, what is it going to be like when work starts back up in the fall, etc.

3 Goals: be able to stay at home with my kids at some point, to run another half marathon within a year, to have sufficient food storage

3 Current Collections/Obsessions: reading parenting books. I'm reading 5 different ones right now at the same time, I can't get enough. Also, I collect aprons, and Tyler and I have become obsessed with taking care of our yard and garden, we can spend hours out there weeding and mowing, whatever needs to be done.

These are the books on my nightstand now...

And this is the apron-holder Tyler made me last Christmas.

3 Suprising Facts: I absolutely love baseball. I have for years, I love being at the ballpark and experiencing it that way, or just watching on TV. I love the pace of the game, and all the little facts about it. My little brother has traveled to tons of major league ballparks and college world series games, and I am always so jealous. I should add that to my goals, I want to watch a game at Fenway someday.

I have a self-inflicted gun wound. Yes, I shot myself in the toe with a .22 my senior year of high school. I think most people that read this would know that, but what you may not know is that it was published in the Salt Lake Tribune right after it happened. Because I had recently signed to play volleyball for Utah, they thought it would be an interesting article for the sports page. It was very embarrassing :)

I love to read juvenile fiction books. Goose Girl, Princess Academy, Harry Potter (ok so I've only listened to the HP books on my ipod, not actually read them), the Twilight series, and right now Fablehaven, are just a few of the books I love. I LOVE reading, it's very relaxing for me, but after reading too many Oprah Book Club or top-selling books where I ended up putting it down after several pages because of language or just weirdness, it was such a relief to pick up something I could finish in a few days and not have to worry about what I might come across that could be questionable. Thanks goes to my sis-in-law Jessica, little sis Tegan, and Sybil our school librarian for showing me the light :)

If anyone is needing a time-filler, feel free to call yourself tagged!