alyssa rae

I know I know... its been like forever since i have blogged, i just didn't realize how much work it is to take care of a baby. by the end of the day I'm exhausted. But lately it been getting a bit easier cause she is on a schedule, which makes life alot easier. Alyssa is getting cuter by the minute, she is so strong and so smart! serioulsy she is now just barely 7 weeks and already has rlled over(but not on purpose, she just got really squirmy and rolled over) it freaked me out cause i went to go wash my hands for like a minute and when i came back to the couch she was on her stomach like really close to the edge! anyways, she loves her little bumbo!

She just all the sudden passed out in her bumbo it was so funny!




Alyssa is an awesome baby, she doesnt really cry much, she sleeps through the night! which everyone is telling me that i am lucky. lol many people say she looks just like me! which is nice cause every mother wants there little girl to look some what like them. but i can see a little bit of devin in her too. also, right before i was going to go back to work, the law firm decided to lay me off. which is a bummer. But at the same time im glad that i can stay home with alyssa and be with her, cause i was stressing about leaving her while i went to work. I love being a mom, and i know devin loves being a dad. its the best!

first bath

So we decided to give alyssa her first bath, after the hospital one that is. and i totally thought she was going to love it, cause i personally love baths and showers. well i was mistaken! she absolutely hated it! she is now traumatized by the bath. she totally freaked out on devin and i haha. now im dreading the next time we give her a bath, hopefully she will learn to love it.
Well besides the whole bath experience, being a mother is the best thing ever. yes it is challenging but yet very rewarding! its crazy to think that this perfect little angel is a part of me, and even crazier to think that now for the rest of my life i will be called mom! i love it! Basically for the past couple weeks i have just been resting like crazy, i think like by the weekend or next week ill be back on my feet and have more energy.

BABY ALYSSA

So i finally had my precious daughter, Alyssa Rae Howard. I went into the hospital Sunday night(5/17/09) to get induced cause i was a week late. When Devin and i got to the hospital, they told me i was still at 1cm! so at first i was told i could be there for 3 days if anything! about an hour about inducing me, my water broke! Then the next day 5/18/09 i was finally at 4cm, as that day went on my doctor kept checking me and i was still not progressing. finally i got an epidural, but it didnt work! like i couldnt feel my legs but waist up i could feel everything, which means i felt every contraction! so the re did it and still didnt work, and i got two extra boosts and no luck! Finally by around 5pm on monday after being in labor for about 16 hours, my doctor decided to do a c-section. By that point i had so much drugs in me and in so much pain i was so out of it, devin was making all the decisions for me. Then by 6:01 on monday night Alyssa Rae Howard was brought into the world. I dont really remember much of that whole night but it was the best day of my life! Everyone says that she looks just like me, which i totally love! but i can totally see devin in her also. Being a mother is honestly the best gift in the world. Im still getting used to all of it, and im tired alot/emotional too, but my my mom and devins mom have been such a big help!
My favorite thing is watching Devin with her, cause he really is hands down the best daddy ever! and you can tell she adores him as well, its the cutest thing in the world, i dont know what i would do without my amazing husband, he as been such a big help.
I have recovered from my c-section pretty well, im in a little pain sometimes but it wasnt as bad as i thought it was all going to be.
I feel so blessed, to have such an amazing little family, all though i really didnt like being pregnant i would have another baby in a heart beat. But that doesnt mean that we are going to start having one soon, its going to be awhile lol
The most amazing gift god could have ever given me is my daughter! ahh i just love her sooooooo much!





SUCH A PROUD DADDY

the waiting game...

So i am 38 1/2 weeks and im sooo ready for this whole process to be over. im totally over the whole gaining weight, swollen feet, emotional, and just really uncomfortable stage.
I went to the doctors yesterday, and im still at 1 cm! she is no longer breech which is awesome. I dont know why i haven't progressed more but she just must be having a grand old time, cause she seems to not want to come out! As you can tell im not a patient person at all.lol i am just so excited to see my lil one and see what she looks like. The doctor did say that it could be any day now, cause its getting closer to the due date(i think he just said that cause i was so upset) but i have this feeling that she is going to be late, devin says she will be 6 days late, ugh! i guess we will have to see. If she comes one day before her due date, she will be a mothers day baby! But i totally wouldnt mind her coming before then lol

Baby Update

So this past thursday night, i started to feel really sick, so i went to bed thinking that i could just sleep through whatever was going on and everything would be fine. So then Friday morning came, and i was a mess. I was getting pretty big contractions and they were about 6 minutes apart, then starting throwing up, which made the contractions worse cause i got dehydrated. ugh! So i got Reene (my mother in law) to come over, then which she called labor and delivery and they said i should come in and they could see what was going on. Its always scary not knowing whats really going on, so i didnt know if i was going to have the baby or not. They pumped fluids in me, to see if that would help the contractions, which it did, but didnt stop them. After being there for about 4 hours! They decided it was safe for me to go home. The doctor did however did tell me that i am already 1cm, and my baby is breeched, which means i will be getting a c-section if she doesnt turn and the doctor doesnt think she will, but you never know. Wednesday, i get to see my personal doctor who will then tell me what is going to happen. Im still geting some crazy contractions every so often that last awhile, but they are still irregular, so for now i just have to toughen up and take the pain. Devin is already planning on when we are going to have our second child, HE IS CRAZY! Cause right now, im never wanting another child, im sure that will change, but for right now i just want to get the first one over with.

Devins Fight

Devin had a pretty exciting fight! Devin dominated him on the ground and every where else, but i do have to admit the other guy had some brutal leg kicks. Devin looked awesome and did amazing, but at the end of it all the judges scored: 30/26(Devin won with that judge) next judge scored 28/28 and the other scored 28/28. so you would think that since two judges tied and Devin won the tie breaker that he would win, but for some crazy reason they called it a draw! We honestly still don't understand how that happened but it is what it is.Devin still won in my eyes! In the video you can hear that no one thought it was fare at all!




I love Devins little fighting shorts :)


Reene and I


Herb Dean and Reene

Pregnant PIctures

So last Saturday my friend Cindel took some amazing pictures of me and my belly. They turned out amazing!