More Pics of Baby Kaleb!!

HE'S HERE!!!!

Kaleb Aaron Garcia was born on February 25th at 7:02pm. He weighed in at 7 pounds .5 ounces and was 20 inches long. Amy was in labor for almost 24 hours but only pushed for 20 minutes! Here are some beautiful pics of our new bundle of joy!!

Friday Fun

Well, yesterday was interesting to say the least. We arrived at the hospital at 5:30pm for them to administer the gel and the supervisor informed me they were so backed up in Triage they didn't have a bed for me. Apparently everyone was in labor but me ;) So they tell us to come back around 7:30pm and Alf and I go and have a nice dinner close by. We go back at 7:30 and a nurse comes in and gets things started, hooks me up to all the machines and tells me they need to monitor me for an hour or so. When she comes back in to check the data from the fetal heart rate monitor she tells me she is concerned b/c when I came in Kaleb's heart rate was about 135 and now it's up in the 170s. She tells me she is going to call my doctor and to keep drinking water and to try to relax. HA! That's like telling someone, "this will only sting a bit" as they proceed to stick a knife in your eye. So, I do what most first-time Moms would do and immediately freak out. Alf does his best to reassure me, but to no avail. Almost 30 minutes later (ahh!) she comes back in and says she can't get ahold of my doctor. sweet news. What else? Then she says, "I think I am going to try her on her CELL PHONE." wow. And trying her on her cell phone didn't occur to you until just now......have you done this before? So about 20 minutes later she comes back in and says, "Ok you can go home now." What? Just like that. Before I can pick my jaw up off the floor to even form a sentence, she calmly adds, "Oh and your doctor and the other nurses said the reason the baby's heart rate increased is b/c of the gel. " Ok, don't get me wrong....I know people make mistakes, but I also know this wasn't cowgirl's first rodeo and she should know better than to scare a patient like that and let that much time pass. (We got out of there at 10:45pm) I honestly don't remember her name, Sally or Susie or something like that, but I never forget a face and if I see her in my delivery room I think I will kindly smile and ask for a replacement. ;)

39 weeks

Well, the little guy has decided he wants to stay right where he is....after all, he is part tropical people so maybe he is waiting until it warms up a little outside?? My doc said although he has moved further down the birth canal, I am still not dilated even a centimeter! Soooo she is sending me on Friday to get a cream that will hopefully get me started. Should make for an interesting weekend!

38 weeks

Well, I hit 38 weeks yesterday, so I am only 2 weeks away from my official due date! At my doctor's appointment yesterday she said I am still not dilated at all, which I have to admit was a little disappointing considering all the aches and pains I had been feeling down there. I was sad to learn they were all for not. But I also know that you can't ever gauge when you will go into labor no matter what. SOOOO, I will just try to be patient and let God and Kaleb talk it out and enjoy the last few days of silence we have left.

sleep?

It's now 1:44am on Tuesday and for the third night in a row, I can't sleep. No matter what position I'm in, it's uncomfortable. I think I may have to try to sleep standing up. My belly looks more like a hexagon now with Kaleb's feet, knees, butt and the occasional strong arm completely visable through my clothes. We were at dinner the other night with some of Alf's co-workers and their wives and a girl near me mentioned she had been watching him move most of the night. I am starting to think at some point, he may just poke a hand out and wave hello.

Maternity pics

37 weeks!!

So I am now 37 weeks and I am excited to hit that milestone! Kaleb's lungs are now fully developed and he more than likely won't need any assistance breathing once he is out. He gets the hiccups every day now and my doctor said it's b/c he is trying to breath inside the womb but he's only able to swallow amniotic fluid so it results in hiccups. That is just too cute.

We are putting some final touches on the nursery so I will be posting pics of it soon. In the meantime I am including some maternity pics that my friend, Liz, took of me recently. If you are in anyway afraid of pregnant bellies, look away now!! ha!
She did a really great job.....