I feel like I need to balance out my last blog of complaining with some good things that have been going on. See, when you're in the hospital you get pity presents. I got a strawberry cake, and since we didn't have plates I took the liberty of eating a slice out of the box.
Unfortunately I dropped my Blackberry, it cracked, and it has been a little sickly ever since, so Stephen surprised me with an iPhone on Tuesday!! Wow! I am pretty Apple/iPod/iPhone incompetent so figuring all of this out has been interesting, but it's really fun to play with. To my BBM contacts... I miss y'all more than you will ever know. May my pretty, red, Valentine's gift rest in peace (hopefully it's the only thing that doesn't make it out of the hospital!). But seriously, YAY iPhone!
Signing off...
Here we are on one of our little outings. Don't tell my nurses I escaped the wheelchair to take this pic.
35 weeks and 5 days, weighing in at 155 lbs. =)
As I have said before, this blog is for me to document things I want to remember. It may not be entertaining to 99.9% of the population but that's ok because you can stop reading at anytime. I have been thinking about how I haven't really kept track of things throughout this pregnancy, so I want to write them out before I forget. Here goes!
First half of December:
Totally knew I was pregnant even though I had taken 4 negative tests. Pretty much all I did was sleep and eat.
December 17th:
One of the best days of my life! It was our 5 year wedding anniversary. I woke up at 4:30 am and had to potty, so I decided to take one last test... bingo! I had on my glasses and couldn't tell if I was reading it right... I had to get out the instructions to compare the dashes and crosses. After some major freaking out, I woke Stephen up with the news. Needless to say we were so excited we could not go back to sleep.
He gave me a diamond anniversary band (brought to me on Lila's collar) and made a video of the event. It's not the most perfect quality, but I love it. Plus, it contains a surprise ending!
Anniversary weekend:
We went to Jackson and had dinner at Nick's and stayed at the Old Capital Inn. I think all we talked about was the baby! I thought I might die trying to keep it a secret.
December 24th:
After church we had my parents over to our house. I wrote the baby news in a copy of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and wrapped it up along with a fuzzy onesie to give to my mom and dad. They were so thrilled!
December 25th:
Stephen said the prayer before the meal and prayed for our new baby to break the news to the rest of my family. The Buntins have never been so speechless!
December 26th:
We told Stephen's parents, then Scott and Heather, then the rest of his family by showing them the video above that he made the morning we found out. They were so shocked!
December 30th through end of February-ish:
Let the puking begin. It was so bad I thought I had the stomach virus for a week. I had some major pregnancy sickness that struck without warning any and sometimes every time of day.
March 22nd:
I felt some movements for the first time. It felt like little muscle spasms but I could feel them on the inside and with my hand on the outside. How exciting!
March 25th:
Around 19 weeks... we found out that we were having a girl! I also found out about the previa that day, but I didn't think too much of it at the time...
May 16th:
Baby shower and nursery decorating!
May 18th:
Day from you-know-where. After a long day at work, I came home and made cookies to take to JA. We had some awards presentation and I was bringing snacks so I got there around 5:45. The meeting went until around 9:00... I thought I was going to die! I changed for bed when I got home and realized I was bleeding. Our first night in the hospital ensued. Please refer to and so it begins for those details...
I think from bed rest on has been well-documented thanks to having some time on my hands... Now I'll just keep my eyes on the future and look forward to the next phase - baby time!
God has been so gracious to Stephen and me. I can't even wrap my head around how greatly He has blessed us and how amazing the gift of our baby will be.
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of Him.
1 Samuel 1:27
Blessed is she who has believed, that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.
Luke 1:45
