Just One of Those Days...

Well last night was a nightmare! Jade would NOT go to sleep! Granted, Kenny will NOT let her sleep any where but in our bed, every time we tried to lay her down she screamed! As soon as I held her though she went right to sleep. After hours of trying to convince Kenny that Jade wanted her own space and that she would do great in the pack n' play, I gave up and took her into the living room, placed her in her bouncy seat, and slept on the floor beside her. Now I am paying for the floor with a very stiff back. Needless to say if this happens tonight.... I PROMISE I WILL WIN THE FIGHT!

On a happier note, we took Jade to have her pictures taken at Ms. Carolyn's today and she did AWESOME. The little girl is amazing. She even held her head up for a much longer period of time today with some help getting her situated! I can't wait for 2 weeks so we can see them printed.

I don't know what's wrong with me here lately... maybe it's just my bad day last night, but it was horrible. I feel like I am just a nanny taking care of Kenny's child and cleaning his house. I don't feel appreciated at all. His argument for not wanting her to sleep in the pack n' play is because he can't touch her or hug her whenever he wants in the middle of the night. Well... you don't do that that often anyways, and I don't see him getting up with her to make her bottle and change her diaper at 4:00am anyways. Ugh. I just want to be told that I am appreciated and loved every now and then. Blah... sorry I am just down in the dumps I suppose.

I hope everyone is getting in the holiday spirit. It is creeping up on us for sure! L0ve to everyone and if you have a chance say a prayer that I will be uplifted!

4 Weeks Ago Today!

4 weeks ago today I was right now hooked up to a monitor waiting to see Dr. Partridge before we went into our C-Section. I cannot believe it has been 4 weeks already. I am crying as I post this. :-(

Jade is growing up so fast. I cannot believe how quickly time goes by. She is holding her little head up for longer periods of time, she smiles when you do something she likes and I promise it isn't gas! She is having her 1 month old pictures taken on Sunday, her official 1 month birthday.

She is a precious gift from God and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

3 Weeks Old!!!! OMGosh!

Well today officially marks Jade's 3 week birthday! I cannot believe how quickly it has already gone by. She is such a precious miracle from God and i thank him so many times throughout the day for giving us her!

Jade is holding her head up for longer periods of time all by herself! She has rolled from her back to her side already! I know it sounds crazy but that little girl is a mover! She smiles constantly and wants to laugh out loud so bad! She has started sleeping from around midnight until close to 4 every night and wakes up around 7 to start her day. She LOVES LOVES LOVES bath time! She lost her umbilical cord on the 17th and we gave her her first tub bath on the 19th! She almost grins when we give her her bath! It is too cute!

WE fall more and more in love with our little girl each day and we sware she gets prettier by the second! We are getting her pictures taken next week and we are SO excited to see how they turn out!

We love you all!
Kenny, Becca, and Jade

Baby Jade is HERE!!!!

So this isn't the best picture of all of us, however it is our official 1st family picture! Literally taken within seconds of Jade's birth! We had a wonderful C-Section and I was able to get up and move by 6:00am the next morning! Praise the Lord!

Jade Allison Emitt

October 1st 2009

3:40 pm

8lbs. 9oz.

20 3/4 inches

God has truely blessed us with a wonderful little miracle! She is absolutely precious!

Only 3 Days Until Our Little Girl Is HERE!!!!

Well we went back to the doctor again this morning and low and behold NO PROGRESS! Go figure. I was actually talking to Jannis about it and she said that people like me back in the older times before they knew what to do about no progress babies were the ones who died! Scary... i think so! So we went and scheduled our C-Section.
We will be welcoming Jade into this world on Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 3:00 in the afternoon! I have to go back to Willow Creek tomorrow at 1:30 for blood work just to make sure my levels are great (clotting wise) and to run tests for other things. It is so close I can feel it! I am so excited and a little nervous, but I know that God wanted it this way or it wouldn't have happened.

I also am going to spend the day tomorrow with my Mom and Aunt Deloris. I have a hair appointment at 10:00, then we will go to the hospital to get my blood drawn, then off to NuNails for pedicures. I need something done with my poor feet and legs! Ha! I also have to get some last minute things from Wal-Mart before the big day! I am just so excited and so ready to hold my little girl, even though her Daddy is going to be the one who holds her for a couple hours at least, I am going to get her when I go into recovery and you better believe that I am not going to let her go for a long LONG LONG time! :-)

Be praying for us, and come and visit Jade Allison if you want too!

6 Days Until Jade Allison arrives!!!!!! Crunch Time!

OK, so my blood pressure has been going crazy! Wednesday we had to actually go into the doctor to have it checked. It went through the roof for me 150/88. Yikes. I even had traces of protein in my urine at that check so we were sent down to Labor and Delivery to be hooked up to the monitors for an hour and a half! It was boring and made my back hurt so bad. Anyways, we were told to go ahead and keep our appointment for Thursday and we would discuss stuff more in depth then. Turns out I have a serious Bladder infection on top of all that. (Obviously it isn't that bad or I would have figured it out already! Oh well.) When we go in yesterday for our regular appointment she checked me again and still NO PROGRESS! Jade is a stubborn little girl. My pelvis is actually narrowing instead of widening and she says there is absolutely no way I can deliver her regularly. She is very anti C-Section, but that is our only option right now. So we go back to the doctor at 8:45 Monday morning to schedule our time for Jade's birthday. She is coming Thursday October 1st for sure. We just don't know when yet. It will more than likely be an early morning thing though before Dr. Partridge's regular appointments start. I am so glad that she is the one doing the C-Section, but very sad that I won't get to experience real delivery. Another sad thing is that Kenny will get to hold her immediately and I won't get to for a good while. Hopefully though we can all get some pictures taken with her and Dr. Partridge right after she's born and Kenny still can cut the umbilical cord (that is if he feels up to it since he will have to see the incision on me... he's still deciding!) God has truely blessed us with this little miracle, and we know that he will make everything smooth and calm for us next Thursday! We cannot wait to hold our little miracle and we are in shock that it is coming so soon! 6 more days!!!!!!!!
Be praying for us that Kenny first of all will be able to handle the demands that a C-Section puts on a husband/new dad, Me that I will heal quickly and that I will be able to rock and roll as soon as possible, and for Jade that she will be perfectly healthy with 10 fingers and 10 toes and that she is beautiful and happy!

We love you all and will keep you posted on Monday about our scheduled time and what proceedures we will be going through.

P.S.- Baby Danny is here!!!!! He was born Wednesday September 23rd at 7:18pm. 7lbs. 7 oz. 21 inches long! He is precious! Looks just like Lonnie Gene! (Except no hair! Ha!) We love you guys and can't wait for Jade and Danny to meet! Katie and Lonnie Gene did so well! He's a keeper for sure!

Doctor's Appointment and MEGA updates!

Well I guess all we can say is we are sure glad that we had our maternity pictures made Saturday. It looks like they were taken just in the nick of time. We were 38 weeks Saturday and Jade is doing great!

Here goes all the exciting/semi-scary news... Today we had our regular weekly appointment. I noticed when she took my Blood pressure it was higher than normal. 140/84. Super high for me, but not really that crazy high. When we got called back almost immediately I should have figured something out. As soon as our nurse came in she checked my blood pressure again and this time it was higher than a few minutes ago. 144/86. Ugh. I had to lay down and wait on the table. By this time Kenny is about to panic anyways. She proceeds to check it a couple more times and it finally was down to 138/84. Anyways, Dr. P checks me out and guess what NOTHING HAD CHANGED. Jade had actually moved her head back up into me farther instead of down. Dr. P said that she had been having a strange gut feeling about my delivery anyways, and that she was very concerned about my blood pressure. I have also swelled greatly since yesterday. She is already calling me a mild pre-eclamptic. We were told to be prepared to deliver via C-section because she is not letting Jade stay in there much longer and that we will start coming every 3-4 days now instead of weekly. I am also to go straight to the hospital if I have a headache or start seeing stars. I am also suppose to take it very easy until Thursday. Just kinda relaxing so if you are coming to Jill's Pampered Chef party tomorrow night, I am going to be the best host ever... mainly because I won't be talking much. Ha! Lauren really wants Jade to come on Thursday because she will be here on the weekend and she wants to meet her! I don't blame her at all. We are very anxious to hold her and we want to have the safest delivery for me and Jade that we can.

So if my blood pressure isn't back down or if I still haven't made any progress than it looks like Thursday could be D day! But she said more than likely for sure Jade should be born by next Thursday the 1st of October. Be keeping us in your prayers, mainly that God will just make things right for us one way or the other, but it really wouldn't hurt my feelings too much to be able to hold her in my arms by Thursday night! :-)