Our First Weeks Home

These last two weeks have been a whirlwind and have seemed to fly by. Eric is such a natural dad, from the second she was born he has been there every step getting up changing diapers, getting bottles ready for me, getting her dressed in cute little outfits( with a bow). Funny thing about the bows...before she was born anytime that I would buy one or see cute ones and show him he could have cared less, but now it's a different story. I think he is more into the girl thing than he thought he would be! It is so fun for me to watch, I have waited to see him as a dad for years and it's all that I imaged it would be and more. We just sit and watch her every night, we can't stop looking at her and taking pictures. It's crazy to think that we made her and she came out of me. In the last two weeks she has been to the pediatrician three times. The first time we went was just the normal newborn check up but we really hated the office. This office had arcade games in the waiting room...it was a little much. So, we went again to a different doctor and what a breath of fresh air it was, then the third was just another check up. She has gone to Lowes, three walks in our neighborhood, Mimis, Macayos, and lucky loos, not to mention the countless visitors she has had. We get to see Auntie Anna and Lyla a couple times a week, which has been really fun,( it's been awhile since we've been able to see eachother that often) they come hang out with us and keep us company and we also get to see Auntie Katie a few times a week too! We are just so lucky to have such great freinds and family! She has done pretty well at night, overall I get up about two times a night, she wakes up about every three hours to eat, so it just depends when we get to bed( it's usually later). Other than when she is hungry or pooping( she doesnt like that) she doesn't really cry. She will let off this funny warning whine when you take her pacifier or if she wants it, it's pretty funny. And she may not look like me but she is the queen of funny faces and if you ask my mom, so was I. So maybe that is one thing of mine she got. I could go on and on...but instead here are some pics of the last couple weeks. It has been so much fun!

On our way home

Meeting Bailey

Our First Walk

Our first lunch out

I looked down and this is what I saw...Made me laugh, it's so cute!

Erics first outfit pick, I was pretty impressed!

And here a just some of all the visitors we have had! She is so loved :)

Paytons Arrival

On Friday March 5, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Payton Leigh Gundry was born! She weighed 7lb 5oz and was 19in long. The whole day we were surrounded by our family and friends waiting for her arrival. After a couple hours of sleep Eic and I woke up for the day and we were just so excited and anxious for her to come. We were so happy to have our loved ones there to support us. That day was pretty much sitting in my delivery room waiting and taking a thousand pictures of everyone. At around 1:00 p.m I was diatated to 6 so we knew that we still had a ways to go given the fact that it had taken me so long to get to that point. So we all started making guesses of when she would come...well at 3:00 Katie checked me and I could tell by the look on her face that it was time. She told me that her head was right there and I was 10 plus 1. Right then everyone stared making phone calls, I got about 20 emotions flowing thorugh me at one time, but most of all, I was excited. Eric and I just looked at each other and said " You ready?" Everyone left the room to go wait. Inside it was me, Eric, Katie and mom. Eric held one leg and Katie held the other and we started pushing. I pushed for 40 min and out she came! The happiest moment of our lives:) I never knew that you could love something so much. She was more perfect than we ever could have imagined ( Light hair and all). They put her right on my chest and she just stared at me,and as soon as Eric started talking to her she followed his voice and looked right at him. It is a moment that I will never forget. At that moment we became a family. After we had bonding time Eric went out to tell the good news, and from what I hear he announced that it was a boy! HA! Everyone came in to welcome Payton to the world, then they all went off to celebrate at Mcayos. Meanwhile, Eric and I were still in the delivery room while Katie finished up her charting, then Payton got her first bath. It was so neat that my life long friend was such a huge part in the delivery of our baby I can't wait until Payton can hear all about it! I stayed in the hospital fot two long nights and then we took our baby home to start our new life.A Proud Daddy

Yay! I am not diabetic anymore! Bring on the chicken fingers!

What A Perfect Day!

An Unexpected Day...

It was a regular Thursday, I got up went to work was going about my normal routine (which included wondering how and when she would come) as usual I had an ultrasound at 3:15 so Kristie came to take over my class for me and I went on my way. While driving there I usually call mom to let her know that I am on my way and will call her when it's done to let her know the news, especially at this point because we were so close to my due date ( March 22nd). In this particular conversation I said " well maybe we will get lucky and the baby is at a size where they just have me induced, that way you can get on a plane in time and it won't be the middle of the night." I knew that this was wishful thinking but I was just ready to have her out. So I hung up with mom went into the office and had my ultrasound. For those of you who don't know I had gestational diabetes and I had to go in twice a week for ultrasounds and NSTs to check her measurements, heartbeat, cord etc...

Well, during this scan her weight was actually a lot better, before she was in the 91st percentile and at this one she was in the 73rd. So you can imagine that right away I knew that I would not be induced for size, but again I knew that it was wishful thinking. When the scan was done the tech brings it to the doctor and then the doctor always comes and chats with me about it. The usual conversation is " Well, we still have a big baby with a big head" But to my surprise she said...." I am about to make your day" I was in shock! I said " you mean I get to have her today?" She went on to explain that the sac she is in actually has an inner sac and an outer sac, these sacs are supposes to be fused together, but somehow my inner one separated from the outer and that poses a problem because the cord could get stuck in the hole that was formed by this and essentially cut off everything to the baby, but at this time the baby was perfectly fine, I asked about 20 times...... Being that I was 37 weeks there was no reason to watch it when I could just go have her. I was happy nervous shocked, probably every emotion that you could think of was running through me. I immediately called mom so that she could get her plane situation in order, and the next was the most important. Eric is usually off on Thursdays but he had decided to pick up an extra shift that day, I called him right away and said that we needed to go to the hospital because I was being induced. At first he thought that I was joking, then I briefly told him and just said that he needed to hurry because the doctor said that I needed to go straight there. So he met me at home I grabbed all our stuff and off we went. On the way we called the family explained the situation. What a great birthday present for Grandpa Jeff! When we got to the hospital they admitted us and a nurse came down to take us to our room. I explained to her that my best friends name is Katie and she is a Labor and delivery Nurse. It just so happened that Katie was on that day, ready to leave for the day, but still there. Being the best friend that she is she stayed until 10 p.m and made sure that I had the best nurses taking care of me while she was gone. The induction process definitely takes awhile I was admitted Thursday around 5:00 pm and they had to give me three sets of gel packs to soften my cervix before they could even give me the pitocin. I finally got it around midnight, with an Ambien that made me feel drunk. they gave it to me to help me sleep but my contractions really started up and they were hurting, I felt weird from the Ambien, and I was just anxious. So around 5:00 in the morning I had my epidural. Those are amazing!

The last Belly Shot 37 weeks 4 days

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