{ She's Here!! }

Well she finally made her debut at 4:56 p.m.

The Dr. checked me at 4:54 and I was complete and well you know what time she arrived. I say a 2 minute delivery isn't too bad & drug free might I add.

She weighed 8 lbs 15oz.

She was bigger than what everyone thought she would be including my Dr. and Lloyd and Me and well everyone, the nurse actually weighed her twice because she thought the weight was wrong. All I have to say is it's a really good thing that we didn't wait until her due date, because she doesn't look like an almost 9.lb baby I will post pictures really soon but here are all her stats.

Addison Claire Berry

8lbs 15oz

20 3/4 inches long

time of arrival 4:56 p.m.

October 31st 2007

We are pretty sure of her name, but you never know with me. But we are still pretty sure. Pictures will be coming soon I promise, I'm just a little preoccupied :)

Now that she is all clean I can see how much bruising she has, it's on her forehead and nose and on one of her fingers and on her arm... Poor little thing. I always bruise my babies because I push so fast and hard. Oh well it will be gone soon enough. More pictures later I am a wee bit tired. :) P.S. She is a little noise maker too! Enjoy the pictures more are coming.

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Okay

I was just checked and am at a 6 & they shut off my pitocin, head is nice & low too... And really the contractions are tolerable they don't last too long - about 45 seconds and are about 2-3 mins apart. I am so glad I am not having back labor (knock on wood) I'm getting there!

Updated: They turned my pitocin back on as my contractions were not as strong and they were not lasting as long. I actually asked them to turn it back on, I know odd request why would anyone ask for more of the Devils juice but I knew it would help me to dilate and get her here faster. So the pictocin did it's job I did dilate and when it was finally complete I only had the pushing urge through 3 contractions which on the 3rd one is when she came out. She had her cord wrapped around her neck once but Dr. Hibbert got that undone and out she came. She was crying nicely about 5 seconds after she came out and was good and pink as any girl should be. I was so relieved to have her out, that I actually thanked her for coming out of me. She is by far the most cheesy (vernix? not sure of spelling on that on) baby I have ever had. My other kids maybe had a tiny bit in their creases but Addison had it EVERYWHERE and thick. She has a little bit of brown hair, not much, as why would it be fair for my girlie's to have hair? So I am very glad that I bought her a ton of hair bows. What we lack in hair style we make up for in accessories :)

Anyway you all know her stats are on the post above this one, just thought I would get this typed up while I was thinking about it and while she is sleeping. :)

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So Here I Sit

Leaking all over myself, I tell ya having your membranes ruptured just feels a little unsanitary even though I know it's fine. Having a few contractions but not too many, I am hoping to get up and walk around a bit that should get these contractions to do their thing. Dr. H broke my water at 9:40 and it's 11:20 now so it may be a long day but then again you never know it may just perk up and get going all of the sudden. I kinda feel like a dork blogging while in labor but what are you gonna do when your just sitting here?

Yup I pretty much know I am a blog-a-holic because Lloyd just took a picture of me blogging while sitting in this most uncomfy bed strapped to a fetal monitor and seeing the picture on my camera just verified my bloggy addiction.

So just consider yourselves very well informed and updated. :) More later here comes a contraction.

Okay another update. It's now 1:30 and I am back in my bed after getting to walk around for a while. I had to lay down as my feet have so much swelling they were starting to hurt. But now I am hooked up to Oxytocin to kick start these contractions. I am having some and they are not too bad- yet. So there you have it another update. I think these are more for me, that way I don't have to remember too much when I go back to type up her birth story. Off I go! :)

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{ I Can Do This, I Can Do This..... }

I feel like a lamb going to slaughter. Nothing like going in on purpose to be put in pain I know this is the way I always have my babies (induction that is) but for some reason I am unusually nervous.

I got my usual 1 1/2-2 hours of sleep last night. I am dressed and ready to go.. I think. I will post more later today. That is if we can get the Hospitals wireless network to work on our laptop. :) Happy Baby Day & Happy Halloween.

Here is a preview of the kids Halloween Costumes. I made them dress up last night just in case I didn't get pictures later today of them.

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Scratch The 1st!

We are having our baby TOMORROW! Yes I know it's Halloween, yes I know I wanted to have her on the 1st, but things don't always go how you want them to. At least she will be guaranteed a party every year at school. :)

Oh well it's just a day right?

So I go in tomorrow at 8:00 am. Nothing like painful fun.

Well gotta go feed the family, I do believe we will be going out for dinner tonight.

Plus I have a hundred things to do before I go to bed.

Wish me luck. I think I need it.

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Yup still here. T-Minus 3 Days!

And can I just say I am SOOOOOO TIRED! I didn't' sleep hardly at all last night. Between heartburn and contractions I finally fell asleep around 4:00 am only to be awakened at 4:30 by Corbin who was crying for who knows what reason. I think I managed to get back to sleep a little after 5:00, then I got up at 7:15 and did Brinley's hair so she could go to school and went back to bed. I officially got up around 8:30 with Corbin and we have been taking it very easy today as my eyeballs hurt because I am so sleep deprived.

Thank goodness for my lazy boy recliner and the laptop.

I got about a 15 min nap then my boys came home so I guess there really is no rest for the weary. Although now that I think about it, I did sweep all my floors and folded a load of laundry and started 2 more loads & vacuumed the living room & base boards and buffet lamps, and dusted everything so i got a little done today. Oh and my Visiting Teachers came too and brought cookies. The kids devoured them as their after school snack. So thanks Teija and Sharon! It's nice to have VT's again after not having any for 6 months.

I can actually say I am looking forward to going to the hospital on Thursday, if only to know that I don't have to be a "real" mom for at least a little while.

I have a Dr. appt. tomorrow morning, my last one hip hip hooray & then la' baby cometh on Thursday. Scary.

I am ready to not be pregnant anymore but am not ready for the pain....... Yikes!

Now I need to figure out something really, really easy for dinner. Oh the fun.

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{ Seriously! How Can Corbin Be Sick AGAIN! }

How can he be getting sick yet again! Corbin has been running a fever all day. And he just wants to lay around and he keeps telling me that he's tired. We are the hand washing police around here and we haven't really gone anywhere we just stay home for the most part. I swear I feel like I am being punished for past deeds or something.

I was really hoping that everyone would be nice and healthy for next weeks baby arrival. We will just keep popping the vitamin C & I suppose it's time to start disinfecting everything again.

The picture isn't the greatest but it's him feeling all sick and snuggling with his sister, all I can say is thank heavens for Cartoons & Clorox wipes.

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D-Day!

I HAVE AN INDUCTION DAY!

We are suppose to go in on the 1st of November at 8:00 am. So you can all disregard the floating widget baby to the right of this post we have 9 day's to go not 16!

I decided we need to get Halloween over with & then have little Miss make her appearance. Plus with all the kids Halloween party's at school it would be easier to attend those in one piece instead of 2.

So that's the day unless something happens this weekend which would be fine as my Dr. is on call. And being induced on a Thursday gives Lloyd more time he can take off to help with the other kids. And HOPEFULLY everyone will be healthy by then.

I am dilated to a 3 and he said again that I would be an easy induction, see I'm still an easy girl & I gained 1 more pound so I am up to 15 pounds.

Now.....how is it possible to gain weight while you have vomiting and diarrhea and not eating much? I know TMI, Oh well I'll say it's all her.

Dr. doesn't think she is a huge baby, so I am keeping my fingers crossed as I would rather not push out another 9 pound baby especially since I usually go without drugs. When my Dr. called to schedule my induction they didn't want to do it because they already had an induction coming in that day. Seriously can they not handle 2 births in one day? Lovely small town hospitals. Oh well I'm going in whether they like it or not.

So I'm sorry, your gonna have to put up with one more week of blogging my pregnancy complaints. But it's almost over as she will be here NEXT WEEK! :)

Now I guess I should repack my diaper bag it's full of 3 yr old boy things, time to reload with little bitty diapers and gas drops and, and, and...

So there's my update. And now you are all in the know.

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The Sickies

I'm not sure when this is going to end but it really, REALLY stinks.

Now both Lloyd and I have had this puking nastiness. I did most of mine last night, I had to make myself puke as I am not normally a thrower-upper. And can I tell you feeling like your gonna hurl and have contractions at the same time =no fun. Plus not sleeping at all last night...... That was horrible.

Then Lloyd got up this morning and now he has it.

So much for his day off and working in the back room. Poor guy.

Well that's my crappy update for now.

Hopefully we will be better tomorrow.

And now the only person that hasn't had this is Brinley... Hmmmm I wonder if she's next. Lovely.

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{ DRUM ROLL PLEASE!! 100th Post! }

It's my 100th post and all you get is this recipe!

Actually this is really, really good. It's called Pizza Spaghetti, and my family now likes it better than regular spaghetti. The kids had second helpings of this stuff.

It's super easy and totally delish..

I got the recipe from this blog.

Pizza Spaghetti

12 oz spaghetti, cooked al dente

1 lb Italian sausage

2 oz sliced pepperoni

26 oz jar pasta sauce

1/4 c grated Parmesan cheese

8 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded

4 oz cheddar cheese, shredded

Place cooked spaghetti in a 13 x 9 casserole dish.

Cook sausage in a skillet for 5-7 minutes, or until cooked through. Crumble. Pour pasta sauce over the noodles.

Spoon sausage and pepperoni over the sauce.

Sprinkle cheese evenly over the pepperoni/sausage combo

Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Remove foil and place back into oven for an addition 5-8 minutes, or until cheese is melted.

I was told this picture made the food look interesting... It's just the cheese baked on top of the noodles. Really it is very good.

picture credit: blogchef.net - my recipe looks exactly like this when done. ;) 

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