happy 1st birthday Owen!

Happy 1st Birthday Owen

I can't believe you are 1. I worked today and was constantly looking up at the clock and would remember what i was doing extactly a year ago. Hey, let's go down memory lane....sorry to bore you all, but it will mean the world to me to look back at this in 10 years and help refresh my memory.

7 am-at st luke's south to be induced. Katherine, a coworker of mine also works at sls and is my labor nurse.

8:25am-after 5 attempts, iv is finally started. Pitocin is running and labs are drawn so i can get my epidural!

9:05-Katherine suggests i get my epidural. tell her i think i can wait...not even feeling the contractions....but she encourages me to so we page anes.

9:15-doc breaks water

9:30-epidural is placed and don't feel a thing! think i only felt 3 contractions the whole time i was in "labor."

9:30-11:15-take a little nap, chat with katherine, scott works on his laptop, we all watch the olympics (swimming), read the newspaper. again, feel nothing. kinda feel like i am cheating this whole labor thing.

11:20-Katherine goes into the OR where my doc is doing a c sec and tells him to speed it up b/c she thinks i am getting close.

11:55-Katherine goes back to OR and tells doc to hurry it up. I could not feel pressure but katherine had a feeling i was fully dilated. my bladder was filling. kinda funny, could see my baby bump but then could also see my bladder! katherine said my bladder was holding the baby in, ha ha.

12:10-doc finally makes it to my room, checks me, and baby's head is almost out!

12:15 first push

12:20 second push

12:21.....It's a boy!!!! they put owen on my chest. my neonatal resuscitation kicks in and and i start rubbing him down, trying to make him cry. i remember saying how little he was....6lbs 13 oz. he was perfect.

12:21-8pm legs still numb. could not get out of bed on my own til almost 8pm. that's ok. couldn't feel any contractions or the whole birthing process so i was fine with that. epidurals are my best friend!!!

Now that i have completely bored everyone to death, here is owen and mommy before he went to bed tonight. First night i put him to bed as a one year old!

Oh, and Owen thinks he is big b/c he knows what to do with a toothbrush...put it under the water then put it in mommy's mouth to brush her teeth. the boy climbs up on the stool in daddy's bathroom and loves to put ryan's tooth brush under the water. just goes to show how much he loves watching his brother do things! let's hope he doesn't pick up on all the fits that ryan throws!