A Bunch of Banta's: June 2011

My first full week with the kids we enjoyed:

1. VBS

2. Playdates

3. Swim lessons

4. Splashed in puddles

5. stayed home= way too hot to be outside

6. All this fun made for great afternoon naps

Oakhills was the only VBS program that I found that took children 2 and up. It was only 3 days for 2 1/2 hours but it was a great break for me and the kids LOVED going.

Theme: Shine the Light

Annabel was thrilled to go!

Theme: Shine the Light
She seems to have matured over night! Each day I picked her up she had a huge smile on her face and would tell me "Mommy, no cry happy."

William was just as thrilled to go.

Showing off his name tag

Hot steamy afternoons were spent like this:

Friday:

Playdate with our friends Josh and Timothy

The kids were thrilled to wake up from their naps and find that it was raining.
So they put on their swim suits and rain gear and headed outside.
They were thrilled to splash in the puddles!
Mind you it was STILL hot outside- 98 and rain! YUCK!
It felt like walking into a steam room.
The week was a success and more fun is planned.

As tradition has it, we headed to PF Chang's for dinner the night before what we thought was our due date.

We ordered the usual and asked for mild and HOT dipping sauces and waited...
for days!

Family of 4 soon to be 5

Still waiting... so we headed to the JW Marriott for Sunday Brunch.
What a beautiful spot.

Sweet William

Papa and Grammy
Annabel and William waiting for our table
We seem to be doing a lot of that.

Playing catch while we wait.
Is there a theme here?

The Birth Story
I was scheduled to be induced May 31.
However, the doctor advised us to wait. WHAT? I was SO done!
I was so ready to meet this little guy. I was told that I had not yet dilated. :(
If we went with the planned induction,
my doctor, Dr. Tammy Murdock, (whom we love) said my labor
could be long and hard AND the chances of a c-section go way up.
That was enough to have me wait. She predicted that I would go
into labor on my own over the weekend and she was "on call".
If I did not go into labor over the weekend, I was to report to the hospital
Monday, June 6 at 3:30 so they could start the process of "softening my cervix".
Well, the weekend came AND went. I was totally bummed when Monday
rolled around because my dad had to fly back home.
He was going to miss meeting his grandson.
Monday, June 6 at 3:30 came and Ryan and I
causally walked into LD to check in.
We were told that they were "waiting for us". Ha
I got checked in and settled into my room. The nurse wanted to hook up the IV line.
I told her that I have "tricky veins that do not cooperate".
So she got "the best nurse" to insert my IV.
Well, 4 nurses later, 3 pokes and bruised up and down both arms and hands they got the IV in. Can I say OUCH!
That was the most painful part of my whole labor.
I had dilated to a 3cm. WHOA!!
So the on call doctor (Dr. Murdock had the day off since she worked all weekend)
determined that we did not have to soft the cervix so they would start pitocin at midnight. Minutes later we were told that if they started it at midnight I would likely have a quick labor and deliver early in the morning.
(I guess even when we tried to plan his arrival we were
reminded we were not the ones in control.)
I really wanted Dr. Murdock to deliver so we opted to start pitocin at 5:30am.
I was then given the option to go home.
Seriously!
But the nurses thought it would be best if I stayed over
since they had such a difficult time inserting the IV.
So we got a bonus night in the hospital. The nurses were kind enough to leave us alone.
Tuesday, June 7
5:20- I woke up and quickly showered
5:45- pitocin started
7:10- Dr. Murdock came in to check my progress
I was having regular contractions and she broke my water

8:30- epideral
9:30- 7 cm

Ryan was driving me crazy with pacing the room, watching the screens

I told him he needed to go do something- call someone, grab a coffee
10:30- Ryan finally goes downstairs to grab a latte.
He was hardly gone when Dr. Murdock and nurses come in and say its time!
I quickly call Ryan and he comes rushing up!
10:45- its GO time

11:06 am COLESON THOMAS enters the world.

with only 4 pushes
This was the fastest and easiest labor