Sleeping babies

 

Charlotte's story

It all started around 2:30 am. Felt some contractions. Didn't think much of it, had been getting them for a few days. But they were every 15 minutes. So I get up, call the doctor, they say wait till they are 2-3 minutes apart. Well, I had heard from many other mommys that that was too late for their 3rd baby. So around 5:30 I wake up your Father & tell him he doesn't have to go to work today. We call Nana to come watch the boys, & get going to the hospital. 

In triage, I go from a 5 to a 7 in 10 minutes, you wanted out. Epidural comes after I've screamed enough about adopting & complaining about my IV. Things get much better till I feel a bit woozy & 5 doctors come rushing in starting to roll me around & putting extra monitors on you & your head. The epidural had caused my blood pressure to drop waaaay too low, & your heart beat kept slowing down. They kept rolling me side to side & shaking my belly, gave me a couple shots to stop the labor (which I thought sucked since I wanted you out!) They were doing a lot of whispering so I asked if they would need to do a c-section. All they said was they hoped not. 

 Time passed & we got better. Finally the time came for you to make your appearance. About 15 minutes of pain free pushing (no matter what that mid wife said, I did not feel guilty about getting an epidural) you came!! Blue as can be you were set on my belly for us to meet face to face. You were beautiful, of course, newborns are the funniest looking things but are always beautiful.  (Around this time your Father answers his cell phone & sticks it in my face when Aunt Pili calls. Hello Jared, they're trying to get the placenta out. Hang up! No offense Pili.)  And all is well as you nurse for the next 2 hours. 

We are so glad you have come to be with us, & hope that you enjoy your stay here as a Hasleton. 

I have a baby with hair!!

Charlotte Renee Hasleton 

January 30 2009 12 :45 pm

 8 lbs 21 inches

 10 hours of labor

Oh the sweet pains of labor

Jared told me that if this blog was updated the same day we brought the baby home, he'd kill me. Well, he didn't say anything about labor. I'll be on my way to the hospital here in a bit. It's funny how I've been wanting this to happen for a couple weeks, but when those contractions come, I think that maybe she can just stay in there forever. 

Happy Second Nate!!

Cake, presents, heavy heavy hangs, & family. What more can a 2 year old ask for???

So here is the story of how you came into the world- I visited the doctor around morning time, & started to feel icky by the afternoon. Soon I realized I was having contractions, but I still had 2 weeks till your due date and was not prepared. No laundry washed for you, no overnight bag, your crib was not set up, & no little diapers for you. You know by now that I am a procrastinator. 

When Grandma came over to watch Grant, she did some laundry to have clothes clean for you while Daddy & I drove to Kaiser on Morse Ave. I had waited until the contractions were hurting SUPER bad. They checked me in & gave me drugs. Oh the sweet sleep I got for about 2 hours. I woke up & it was time for an epidural. The anasthesialogist came & did the job, but  I received no relief. So they decided to redo the epidural. Yikes, it was scary since they can screw it up (which he did) & doing it twice gave me some bad side effects for the next 6 months. But after that, I could feel nothing so I enjoyed watching the contractions on the screen & not feeling them. Your Father & I got some sleep since it was around mid night. Time goes by, my water breaks, I still feel nothing. My epidural had worn off right before I started pushing with Grant, I didn't want that to happen again, so I was pushing the button for more drugs every time I felt a little pang. 

Around 6:30 am, my favorite nurse came in to check on me & screamed at me, "your baby's head is crowning, why didn't you page me?" I shrugged cause I couldn't feel a single thing. She started yelling at Jared to wake him up & grab all our stuff to go to the delivery room. She was dragging my bed through the hallway asking for any Doctor to come deliver me. We got to the room where she said to push then said,"oh crap, stop pushing, stop pushing." A Doctor finally came in, told me to push once, & you came out!! I didn't feel a thing. But also couldn't feel a thing for the next day. Not even able to pull myself up in bed. I love the drugs. 

You arrived at 6:50 am, Jan 3 2007. Brand new & looking just like your Grandpa. Daddy said I was a Grandpa maker since Grant looks just like Bumpa. We are glad you came, & look forward to many more birthdays in the future.

Christmas & other pics

A Barlow family tradition of Lifesavers. 

Tessa got scarves, blankets, sweaters & gloves. Everyone knows she is always cold.

Light sabers were the hit. Now they want to watch Star Wars. 

Nate got a trike, Grant got a scooter. 

All the darn ribbon mommy put on the gifts. I was really trying to use it all up. 

What we do till 5 pm on Sundays. 

Sleeping at the institute. 

Forgot to red eye these pics before I posted them.

Grant loving the fooseball, while Nate played pool, or at least sat on the table most of the time.  

My my, looking big. Only a couple of shirts are still fitting. 

Cutie Tooties

I got the boys their first suits awhile ago last month. Aren't they darling? Nathan's is waaaay too big, that's why he's not wearing the pants (I'm too lazy to hem them right now) But they look so proper. Only those of us who really know right? Good thing the boys like them. I went through a preggers meltdown to get them. They were only $20 a piece (for the set of 4) so I couldn't pass them up. Ignorant 16 yr old worker at Mervyn's argued with me till I walked out. So I proceeded to go home & cry, for two reasons. 1. That worker was an idiot & I let it get to me. 2. I didn't get the suits when they had looked so good on the boys, & at such a good price. When Jared came home from work, we went back & got them. They were the last 2 complete sets in that size. YEAH!! 

So adios Mervyn's- it's not as if I've given you enough of my years as an employee & customer. I've never been much of a Kohl's fan, but now I'm looking forward to them taking over.