Boston Hartley Fullmer

Boston arrived Monday, April 19th at 3:55am. We where shocked that he decided to come 4 weeks early but i was also relieved because he was on his way to being a larger baby! They were even sending me for an ultrasound that Wednesday to see the size of the baby because i was measuring 2 weeks bigger and had been for a while. Also the fact i was a 10 lb baby, the doctors knew i was worried.

My labour story...

All weekend i was joking with my sister and parents (who where in town helping me get everything left on my list for baby), that she needed to help me start labour... thinking that maybe if we went for a long walk I would get things going and the baby would come in a week (after the following saturday because Scott had an exam on April 24th). We never did go on a walk but i did go into labour...

Sunday afternoon Scott was looking at my belly and said look, you have stretch marks! I looked and after 8 months of nothing, over night i had major stretch marks all over the bottom half of my belly! I was so shocked and asked my sister and she didn't remember seeing them at all that weekend. I thought this was so odd but didn't think at all that maybe the baby dropped suddenly and caused these stretch marks!

That Sunday my family left after church and we went over to Scott's parents house for dinner. We left around 10pm and when i went to bed at 10:30 i remember thinking i felt a bit of pressure down there but didn't think anything of it. I remember waking up a few times and thinking, i feel like i have a cramp but went right back to sleep. I finally got out of bed at 12:30 and went to the bathroom thinking my cramp was because i had to pee. But the cramps were a different type of cramp and then i had another "sign" of labour when i went to the bathroom and thought back to the day because i had another "sign" which i had pushed that one off because it could have been anything. Scott was up doing his seminary lesson still and i told him something was wrong. We played around with the idea that nothing was wrong but finally decided to call Health Link. The lady said, well since you are only 36 weeks, having cramps and also had a tiny bit of bleeding, she told me to go to the hospital. I wasn't packed yet but did have a list, so i grabbed a bunch of stuff as we took our time going.

I was having contractions but was too busy getting ready to time them. I would mentally time them and think that they were not consistent and must be braxton hicks and started to feel dumb doing to the hospital. On the way, i started to time them using the clock on the dashboard and scott was too. After 5 minutes he would look at me and i would look at him and i would say, k, yes i am having another one. At this point we knew they were consistent and 5 minutes apart.

We got to the hospital after 2am and they hooked me up to see if i was contracting. The nurse did tell me that they could just be indigestion or braxton hicks. The nurse came back and said well you are definitely contracting. She left and came back and said the doctor is on the way.

By this time my contractions were getting stronger. Once the doctor arrived she check to see if my water had broke and then she said after this contraction she would she how dilated i was. She left the room and i turned to Scott and said, if i am only like 2 centimetres dilated i am getting an epidural, this hurts! At this point, i wasn't sure i wanted one. My doctor came back and checked me and said, well your 9 centimetres!

The rushed me off to delivery and the doctor sat down to finish breaking my water (guess it had already started) and by then i was 10 centimetres and time to push. I pushed and Boston arrived at 3:55 am completely healthy and perfect!

Going Home after 2 long nights and 3 long days.

We had to go get some light treatment because Boston had high levels of Jaundice. He spent 13 hours in the tanning bed a week after he was born.

Welcome to our family Boston!

Update - What Happens when you put an iPod though the washer

Just wanted to update on a previous post.

http://scottyandtara.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-happens-when-you-put-ipod-through.html

What REALLY happens when you put an ipod though the washer... YOU replace the washer! After 2 months of procrastination from someone other than me, we finally got the washer fixed today, only to find out, it isn't fixable!

Thanks to Scott's parents for letting us do laundry at their house over the last 2 months, hopefully we can find a replacement washer soon!

5 Weeks

Exactly 5 weeks left till i am due! I am nervous and excited. I want him to come early but i think every mom does.

We are getting more and more ready physically (I am not there emotionally yet). My parents come for the Easter weekend and helped out a lot. Sometimes i just need someone to hold my hand to motivate me to do this. My mom is this person!

My easter weekend goal was sewing baby blankets. I needed someone to just help me decided what fabric should go with what and also the size of the blankets and my mom was the person i needed. They left Sunday and on Monday and Tuesday i sewed all day (took those 2 days off work). I only have one more blanket to sew but i need to wash the fabric first and my washer is still broken (hopefully will be fixed this week). I messed up on a few of them, i sewed 8 in total, but hopefully anyone holding my baby wont notice and i am 100% sure baby wont notice!

We also bought a car seat that weekend. We had a coupon for $30 off and in the end decided to go with a more expensive car seat (i only cared about the color, Scott cared about everything else).

I also bought a bassinet for the baby. I couldn't comprehend spending over $120 for the moses basket and then another $50 for the stand, so i went the cheap way and bought a plain basket and foam to go inside for less than $40!

Here is the start to my nursery, honestly this is the only corner i have done anything with yet... i decided to go with this owl pattern from Dwell Studio! It will show up more later with the crib, moses basket and a few blankets. The chair is big, i regret that but hope that if we have to move it will fit better in the new room. But it was cheap and my dad was kind enough to paint it white! My friend recovered the cushions and we bought the lamp just last night from Crate and Barrel! The little table and basket underneath came back with us from Arizona in February. I think the table was $10 from target and the basket was also $10.

Looking at this picture i really want to paint... i hope we find out soon if we are going to move away for school...

Thankful Thursday

Today i am thankful for my condo building and that fact it wasn't the one on fire in Calgary today.

Check out this link...
http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100318/CGY_Fire_Millrise_100318/20100318/?hub=CalgaryHome

I think this really hit home and i started crying watching the news. Millrise is just one community over from my community and the buildings are almost exactly the same. The only difference is mine is 1 year older and only 3 floors and this one is 4. But i do believe they are the same builder and shaped like mine. I couldn't even think what i would do or feel if this happened to us. My heart goes out to anyone that has been involved in a fire. It is just sooo sad!

On a happier note, i am also 32 weeks. I took these pictures on Monday after my sister reminded me it was the 15th of March and I am due the 15th of May... exactly 2 months left! And no my belly button has not popped, that is just a crease in my shirt.

People keep asking me if i am ready for baby to come and honestly, is anyone ever really ready? K, maybe people are more ready than i am right now. I am missing a lot of important baby items and also missing a lot of important information (which i plan to start learning Wednesday as my prenatal classes start). Oh well... I am taking 2 days off at the beginning of April and enjoying a 5 day weekend. I am planning on sewing a bunch of baby blankets and also start to organize baby clothes.

The baby bedding i want is on order and can take up to 10 more weeks. But the cushions to my rocking chair are at my friends house right now being recovered! I also want to paint the babies room so bad, anyone that knows me knows, i love color and decorating but we don't know 100% if we are going to be here in September and I don't want to paint if we are moving. We wont hear back from the schools till another month or more.

So am i ready, NO, but a few of the reason are out of my control. We are just keeping busy. Scott is focusing on his last classes and also applying for tons of internships for May. He has to do one to complete his degree. Scott also was called to teach seminary 3 days a week at 6:30 in the morning. He started when we got back from Arizona. He seems to be enjoying it, i just hope the youth are enjoying him!

I am just going to work and when i get home and on weekends i de-junk and organize. I am thankful for Scott's sister Amanda as she is letting us store a bunch of boxes at her house that use to be in the spare room.

Happy Thankful Thursday!

A Week In the Sun

I love the sun, I love shopping and I love vacations! Our week off was great, it had its downs, which mostly only included the flying. I have learned never do transfer flights, especially with Scott! But the transfer flights were all that was left when I booked this trip back in August. But we got there and we got home and no more complaining or even talking about the flights, K Scott ;)

We shopped a lot (not all is for us, mostly baby)…

We drove around in this…

The car rental guys said they have never seen a VW Bug as a car rental and look at all the room it didn’t have!

We went to visit Scott’s missionary companion Mark, his wife Cami and their daughter Brooklyn. (It was darker in the house and the picture didn't turn out good, i was using my mini video camera to take the picture and Brooklyn was ready for bed!)

I hit 28 weeks (taken just outside the door of the Fullmer's condo)!

This is what happens to bananas when you leave them out since October… wanted to show Ruth this one!

Ruth's Christmas present from Scott and I, looks good (we bought her the Relax sign and put it up)!

As seen on Oprah… Chipotle Grill, yummy!

Scott liked this sign, posted at Chipotle Grill.

Thursday we took a drive out to the country. It was pretty and different from what we are use to in Alberta.

Cant wait to go back!

What happens when you put an iPod through the washer?

Take a nice ipod touch... somehow put it in the already sorted laundry basket (Scott did this)...

Not notice is when you put the load of darks into the washer this morning (I did this)...

And this is what happens...

iPod dent and of course not turning on (hard to see but dented in the middle on the bottom)!


Pieces broken off the washer and broken washer!



Holes in the clothes because they were ripping across the broken washer!


This was our great start to our Sunday morning before church... but at least we are headed off to Arizona tomorrow and don't have to deal with the broken washer for a week!

Duggers

Did anyone watch the Dugger’s Special on TLC Sunday night? I cried though the last 30 minutes when I saw the baby come out. It was just so tiny and the exact age my little guy is right now inside of me (25 weeks). It broke my heart watching it try to breath and watching the little chest move up and down way too fast. It was unbelievable to think that is what my baby looks like right now, same size, same everything.

Here is a clip from TLC, but it doesn't actually show much compared to the episode. I wish Scott was home Sunday night to see it, instead, I just sat on the couch all by myself and then called my mom (since I know she watched it too).

http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/17-kids-and-counting-webisodes-baby-19-josie-brooklyn.html

I am glad my baby is still inside of me and hope it stays there until May!

The next day, my extra channels were cut on my Telus tv... sadly no more TLC and Womens network for me and no more Fox news and CNN for Scott. The things we have to sacrifice for this unborn child :)

A Baby Shower and A Baby Bump

It has been a busy last 2 weeks with tons going on at work. We had our international employees from all over come for week long meetings and the Christmas party. The highlight of the week was the little baby shower the ladies threw for Marietta (a lady who works in the Netherlands) and me! Marietta is due about 2 weeks before me. One day at lunch they took us ladies out for a nice lunch and had balloons and gift baskets for us. I wish someone got a picture of the table, it looks really cute, but instead I took a picture later of the balloons (there was a few more but they popped) and also the gift basket. Scott and I had so much fun opening that night. Tons of cute outfits and blankets!

Saturday night we had my work Christmas party at the Rotary house, which is located at the stampede grounds. It was yummy food and a good time. My friend from work was trying to get me to dance but I enjoyed the socializing a bit more. BUT she did get me out there to do the Cadillac ranch! I was shocked that no one knew the dance to it but Marcy and me. I guess growing up going to youth dances and doing it every time, you never forget it! Someone did get a picture of us out there. It isn’t the best picture, but you can see a baby bump!

I wanted to add this funny picture. My work did a door decorating contest for Christmas. It was a christmas carol theme and this was Marcy's door.

Just a few days ago before I left for work, Scott took a few pictures of my belly at 22 weeks. The ones with my face didn’t turn out but here is one of my growing belly. I am really thankful I bought 3 knit dresses when I was in NY in the summer. They are all empire waist and perfect right now since I refuse to buy maternity clothes! Since they are not maternity dresses, they won’t fit forever but this black dress really made me look pregnant. In fact I had my first stranger ask me when I was due that day!

Christmas 2009

Christmas has come and gone, but it was enjoyed by both Scott and I. Highlights of the last month (it has been a month since i lasted blogged).

1. Had two "Christmas's", one on the 25th with my family and the other on the 20th with Scott's family. Forgot to take pictures... but did take some of the decor at my mom's and also a few at mine. Also tons of snow in Sherwood Park this year for Christmas!







2. Got a great little Kodak Pocket Video Camera from my in-laws for christmas, perfect for baby!


3. Had my second ultrasound, found out that mommies always know and of course we are having a BOY! Scott thought i would start to cry if the lady said it was a girl, but we didn't even have to go there!


4. Scott wrote 4 final exams and 3 final papers. Came out with what he needed, so he is happy, which means i am happy! Only 2 more classes and an internship left in his degree.

5. Felt baby move! I read that first time mom's will feel baby move at 20 weeks and they were right. It was shocking and shocking for Scott as well, he can just put his hand on my belly (late at night is the best time) and baby goes crazy!

6. Attempted to go to West Edmonton Mall for some shopping on the Monday after Christmas but after trying to find parking for 20 minutes, we left and went to Southgate Mall.

7. Went out for dinner with my friends Breanne and Jordan. Love them!

8. Went to a movie with my parents for the first time in over 15 years!! We all went to see It's Complicated. Funny movie, even Scott laughed the whole way though and he was the most against going to it.

9. Went to a New Years eve party at our friends new house, stayed out till 2:30 am! Haven't done that in a while.

10. Bought a crib for baby, love it, pick it up today. My friend Allison has the same one and said it is torture to put together... great!

11. Speaking of Allison, went to see her new baby, love new babies, love Allison. Had a good time, want to do it again soon?

12. Just thought of a new one, Scott and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary! Scott and i are just laughing about this one because we didn't really celebrate it due to exams... so it completely slipped my mind!

13. Which also means, Scott turned 26 this month (day before our anniversary). We at least celebrated this one for an hour before Scott went back to school with dinner and cupcakes! His parents also had a birthday dinner for him!

It was a busy December and holiday. I love the fact that this is the first time since we got married that neither of us worked retail, which means, Scott and I have spent this last week and a half together with no work. It has been fun and the fun ends Monday when i have to go back to work. Tomorrow will switch time for Church to 11 am and looking forward to sleeping in. It will be a busy day with Primary and new teachers and excited children...

This week coming up at work, we have big meetings all week with lunch bring bought it every day and to finish off the week, my work Christmas party on Saturday, which should be fun.

Happy New Year everyone! Now to set some goals...

End of November, Brings December

Scott loves Christmas… and I have a hard time getting into the Christmas spirit! We went to visit my family last weekend and I am starting to feel a little bit of Christmas in me. My mom loves to take me to one of the greenhouses in Sherwood Park that has amazing Christmas decorations, which helped. Also my mom is almost done decorating already for Christmas! The main reason why we went up this weekend is my mom and I were doing a Christmas craft. I saw it a couple of Christmas’s ago and we were planning on doing it last Christmas but my mom’s dad passed away and we never found time. It is a craft for kids, a craft that they can play with and their moms won’t tell them not to touch. It isn’t fancy or anything, but cute! We made one for each kid in my family and I made two extra ones for two of my friends.

My sister and I were planning Christmas this year and what fun foods we are going to make and I have to admit I AM getting excited for Christmas. Early tonight we went and got our Christmas stuff from Scott’s parent’s house. I just need to do a little clean first and then I can start decorating!

This weekend Scott is going to be busy writing an essay, I am going to decorate and do some things around the house. We are also going to go look at this crib again tomorrow. I found one I like at e-children so we are going to take a second look. It is a really different looking crib, not your traditional looking… which is probably why we like it so much. And it is on sale… hopefully still!

I am looking forward to December 21^st… hopefully I am finding out if my baby is a boy or a girl. I am hoping for a boy. When i think about this baby i never picture it a girl, never look at girl things online and don't even bother thinking of a girl name (which probably means we are having a girl). We went to our friend’s house tonight and they did the pencil test on me to see what I was having... it said a boy! Now if only it looked reliable!

I just found this picture on my camera, this is how we told our parents we were expecting! I put the frame in a Crate and Barrel bag. My mom and Ruth were so excited to see what we bought them...

Baby

As some of you already know… Scott and I are going to be having a baby! We are excited, I am nervous and a bit overwhelmed, but happy too! The little baby Fullmer is expected to arrive on May 15. My doctor wanted me to go in for a dating ultrasound, even though I told him when I was due. But I am glad he wanted me to go, it was an amazing experience! I didn’t know what I was expecting the baby to look like, but I was slightly shocked to see it with 2 legs, 2 arms and moving around like crazy! Here are a few pictures from my ultrasound at 12 weeks.

I am heading into my second trimester today and hoping this new trimester takes away the need to go to bed at like 7pm every night. My to do list is huge and I would like to start accomplishing things on the list, but I need to stay up past dinner time to do this.

Once I start showing I will post a picture but right now my belly looks the exact same as it always does.