Baby Tag (xander) Third Born Oct. 29 2007

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? At Home
2.Who was with you? Just me
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Pregnancy test
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? surprised/ Very Excited
5.Who was the first person you told? Greg
6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Kind of just let it happen when it did
7.Did you tell everyone else right away? Yes we did
8.Was everybody happy for you? SO excited!
9.Did you go out and celebrate? No not really.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? Heck YES!
11.What was the sex? Cutest little BOY ever!
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? No we decided not to, we allready had a little boy, and people brought stuff for us anyways.
13. Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn't put on your baby? I didnt have a shower for this one but the clothes that peole brought were adorable of course.
14.How much weight did you gain? 30lb this time i was allready over weight.
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? No none of it thats one of the reasons we decided to just go ahead and have our cute little bundle of joy as early after our last baby as we did, that and to be done with having kids.
16.Did you get any stretch marks? No i allready had plenty from the last two and tons of fat for him to stretch and play around in lol.
17.What did you crave the most? Salad and lots of sugary sweet things.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? Not really
19.Who or what got on your nerves? Samara at the time we were potty training it took us 2 years to get it down.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope
21.Where and when did you go into labor? I didnt they induced me at the hospital a week early.
22.Did your water break? No they broke it
23.Who drove you to the hospital? Greg
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Greg, Grandma, My mom, and the nurses. Dr. Thompson didnt end up making it in time to deliver xander came out himself.
25.Did you go early or late? 1 week early.
26.How long were you in labor for? About 8 hours or so i think cuz i got induced but cant remember the time and they had a really hard time getting him to drop down cuz his head was wrapped up in the cord (they didnt know.)
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes of course.
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? O natural
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? Oh thank heavens he took a big breath and cried!!!! He wasnt breathing when he was born cuz of the cord wrapped around his neck twice, luckily we had a good nurse that sent in a breathing specialist before he was born and they saved his life.
30.How big was the baby? 8lb 6oz
31.Did your husband cry? Yes he thought we had lost him.
32.What did you name the baby? Xander KeHew
33.Does her name have any significant meaning? No not really but his middle name is his great grandpas last name so now he carries on the KeHew name.
34.Did you have any visitors? YES!!!! Many
35.Did he have any complications? Yes He wasnt breathing, but he is the happiest baby youll ever see now and perfect health.
36.How old is your baby today? 1 Year and almost 2 months
37.When is the next one coming? Greg says no more babies, but i beg to differ, Hopefully in another year or two.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? YES

Baby Tag (zaiden) Second Baby Born April 19 2006

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? Home
2.Who was with you? Just me
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Pregnancy test
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? surprised/ Very Excited
5.Who was the first person you told? Greg
6.Did you plan to get pregnant? No not really I didnt want to but he did.
7.Did you tell everyone else right away? His family yes, but not mine.
8.Was everybody happy for you? His family was very supportive yes.
9.Did you go out and celebrate? No not really just stayed at home and played with samara, and tried to get her use to the baby that was to come.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? Heck YES!
11.What was the sex? Cutest little BOY ever!
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes my friend crystal peterson did.
13. Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn't put on your baby? No everyone invited had very good taste
14.How much weight did you gain? Another 50 to 60lbs
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Some but not enough.
16.Did you get any stretch marks? Jut little tiny tiny ones on top of the ones allready there.
17.What did you crave the most? Mexican food thats how my husband knew he got me pregnant.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? Ice or gum i had a weird sensation to bite or chew.
19.Who or what got on your nerves? My husband i didnt want to be touched when i got deeper into the pregnancy.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No not really.
21.Where and when did you go into labor? At home it started in the morning i was just really tired and crampy then i took a nap and woke up in labor, held out till 230 in the morning then went to the hospital.
22.Did your water break? No they broke it
23.Who drove you to the hospital? Greg
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Greg, Kira (his sister) my mom, my grandma, and Dr Thompson and nurses.
25.Did you go early or late? Late he was 3 days late.
26.How long were you in labor for? About 6 hours again
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes of course
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? O natural
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? Happy, but worred cuz they wanted to take him right away for breathing treatments he was all gurgly.
30.How big was the baby? 8lb 15oz
31.Did your husband cry? Ya a little it was the first time he had seen a real birth
32.What did you name the baby? Zaiden James
33.Does their name have any significant meaning? No not really but james is after my little brothers middle name and my dads brother james.
34.Did you have any visitors? YES!!!! Many
35.Did he have any complications? Yes he had a breathing problem his lungs had fluid on them, but he is perfect in every way now.
36.How old is your baby today? 3 years old in April
37.When is the next one coming? He came a year and a half later.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? YES

Baby Tag (samara) My First Born Nov. 8th 2003

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? At my apartment with my roomates.
2.Who was with you? Me, Jaquel, Ashley, and Sarah.
3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? I took a test and my friend ashley went and read it and told me the results.
4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Scared, excited, nervous to tell the sperm donar and my family.
Who was the first person you told? Well scince someone else read the test them and my roomates cuz they were there.
5.Did you plan to get pregnant? No, in fact i thought i was safe. lol guess again it didnt work.
6.Did you tell everyone else right away? lol well sorta here and there when i felt brave.
8. NO! In fact i got dis-owned by my father and mother for a bit.
9.Did you go out and celebrate? Maybe in my head a few days after everything settled and i had time to think of what was coming.
10.Did you want to find out the sex? Heck YES!
11.What was the sex? A Little Girl
12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes, my mom and her friend did they were awsome.
13. Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn't put on your baby? No everyone invited had very good taste, Although i did get some later that we not that great and too warm for Saint George.
14.How much weight did you gain? Almost 60 pounds it was all water weight.
15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yes and then some too i went down to a size 11 i hadnt been that scince highschool.
16.Did you get any stretch marks? Ya as soon as i hit 7 months it spread like wild flower.
17.What did you crave the most? Chicken, milk, and Onion.
18.Did you crave anything crazy? Just onion and i hated onion, but it was soooo good when i was prego lol.
19.Who or what got on your nerves? Bedrest and not being able to get about and do things myself, I even had to go live with my parents cuz my life was in danger and the babys too so i was constantly monitored.
20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Yes i had severe toxemia/preclampsia
21.Where and when did you go into labor? They had to induce me cuz samaras heart slowed and movement slowed, and my blood pressure shot up high, and i got sick. So they made her come out so that my blood pressure would drop.
22.Did your water break? Yea and the only time it ever has with the three kids, it was gross. I buzzed my nurse and told her my water broke or i just unwillingly peed the bed lol. She started clapping and jumping up and down and said It broke yea here comes baby sam lol. She was the cutest nurse ever.
23.Who drove you to the hospital? My mom
24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Everybody, my mom, my grandma, my best friend tina, Sperm donar and his family, and of course dr. thompson and the nurses.
25.Did you go early or late? Two weeks early.
26.How long were you in labor for? 6 hours she was an easy baby.
27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yea just cuz i didnt know how much worse it could get so I just got it before i had to find out.
28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? O natural
29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I cried, cuz she screamed till she heard my voice then she looked at my with her little goopy eyes.
30.How big was the baby? 6lb 6oz 20inches
31.Did your husband cry? Husband?? What husband the sperm donar was afraid to touch her and stood in a corner and was the last to hold her he never cared and still doesnt its been 5 years scince he has even seen her, she has no clue who he is.
32.What did you name the baby? Samara Lorraine
33.Does their name have any significant meaning? It means protected by god and lorrain is a 4th generation name.
34.Did you have any visitors? YES!!!! Many
35.Did they have any complications? Nope perfect as can be.
36.How old is your baby today? 5 years old and acting like she is 16 allready.
37.When is the next one coming? Well he came April 19 of 2006 but that is a later story.
38.If you could, would you do it all over again? YES

Im Back!!!

So Im back on the internet and the phone again, connected to the world once again lol. The past two weeks have been weird but refreshingly posative for my husband and I. It helps to get away from the computer and work on the family.
Anyways im sooooo excited to be done with all my christmas shopping, and excited for the big day to come..... Bring it on Santa lol.
Love to all for the holidays.