It's a rough life....

As you can see things are quite relaxed around here these days!

1 week

Well, we've made it over a week now and things are going well. We went back to the doctor on Monday and Chase got an excellent report. He is back above his birth weight and growing fast. Here are a few new pics.

Wow..

So, I guess it goes without saying that plans change! Chase decided to enter the world on his own time. We made the trip to the hospital about 1 am on Monday, and the rest has been a blur. We weren't even packed for the trip yet. Luckily, the hospital is so close that when we realized we forgot the camera we had time to turn around and go get it!

We came home yesterday morning and everything is going well. Chase is comfortably snoozing in the arms of his grandma right now, and I am about to order some baby pictures and decided to post a quick note. I'll try to get more pictures up soon. Thanks to Grace for posting the first ones!

He's Here!!

Chase David Caddell

7 lbs 2 oz

21 in

3:31pm

Proud Parents!

Update

So, it looks like I'll be hanging out a while longer. The doctor said the baby hasn't made any decisions about coming out yet, and so we will wait for him to make the first move at least until 39 weeks, which is NEXT Friday. At that point, she said we could induce if interested. I go back to see her on Monday to see if anything has changed, and she said maybe that day we can make plans to induce either Friday, 5/16 or Monday, 5/19 if nothing happens before then. So while it is promising to have a date in mind, I think it will be a long week. As soon as I finish this I intended to order satellite TV, as 3 channels and I cannot possibly go on any longer! I know all of you with plans to visit us in the future are saying, "finally!" and "thank goodness!" I'll keep you all posted, besides, what else have I got to do!!!!

ouch...

Well, the days of pregnancy bliss have come to a quick end! I can no longer walk. Nope, not kidding. Apparently, the still nameless child decided to drop very low and in the process has caused some significant damage to the tendon that holds my two pelvic bones together. So, the bones are no longer working together, which makes every movement quite painful. He, however, is quite comfortable and doing well and ready to come at his own convenience.

I went back to the doctor today and they said it's too late to be able to do much about it. They would usually try steroids or physical therapy, but said by the time either of those would start to work, I would have already had the baby. So I have medicine, but it doesn't do much. I don't have to stay in bed, but really can't do much else anyways. (And to think I just went shopping for some warm weather clothes, and now I'm stuck in my pjs all day!) I go to the doctor again on Thursday to discuss the possibility of an early delivery.... I'm now in favor of that, so we'll see how that goes. The doctor I saw today said the earliest they would consider inducing would probably be the first part of next week. Of course, he could always come early on his own, which would be fine too.
Oh, and I'm sure you can all guess why there's no picture to go with this post.... yeah, it's scary!

3 weeks to go

Ok, now I understand why women are always trying to rush things along at the end of a pregnancy. Up until Tuesday, I was good - he could have come early, late, whenever he felt like it. I was fine. Now....I'm ready to get things going. If I stay perfectly still, I feel pretty good. But if I even so much as wiggle, ouch - everything hurts. I'm hoping its just an overstretched muscle or two that will feel better any day now. According to the doctor, "it's going to get worse before it gets better" and "no baby this week!" What encouraging words - luckily, it was not my regular doctor! Although, the truth probably just hurts! Everything else is looking good, so I'm going to try to prop my feet up and be still for the weekend. I am so not good at that, but I'll give it a try. Dave could be in for a very long weekend!! I'll probably drive him crazy.