The Tulip Festival

Hanging out at Greenlake

Today Alyssa and I met Nicole at Greenlake and enjoyed the sun and people watching. We then headed over to Gasworks Park and had lunch. Here are some of the pics we took of Alyssa hamming it up for us.

Shots

Well Alyssa got her second dose of shots on Monday. She was not happy with these at all! After the nurse stabbed the needle into her tiny little legs not once but 4 times Alyssa's face turned red and out came a horrific scream. She calmed down after a few minutes and amazingly slept for the rest of the day and night! I did have to wake her up to feed her and change her but she went right back to sleep and was not fussy at all like the doctor said she would be. The doctor gave her a clean bill of health and she is weighing in at 10 lbs 1 ounce and 22 inches. She seems HUGE to me but when you hear the numbers she seems so small. I am sure I will look back and wish for these days!
Cory and I took off to Vancouver BC for the night and Grandma took care of Alyssa. The trip was good. The weather was wonderful compared too the last time time we went up with friends and it was snowing. We got lots of sushi and walked around and enjoyed the sun. We went up to celebrate our 3 yr anniversary which isn't until April 30th.

Leading up to the big day.........

Well its been so very long since I last wrote anything and so much has happened. First off let me tell you about my pregnancy.

What a great experience! I had absolutely no complaints until the last week. I never got sick, didn't gain a lot of weight, and wasn't overly moody. Then came February. My feet and ankles started to swell and for the first time I missed my little chicken ankles. They were becoming almost unbearable to walk on. My weekly appointments started and everything was coming along quite nicely. My doctor at this point wasn't worried about the swelling because the tests came out normal. Well on February 19 Cory and I got a surprise that I don't think either of us was ready for. We went in for a "normal" check up and found I was 4cm dilated, blood pressure was high and there was protein in my urine. Now before this appointment I was thinking "Gosh how nice would it be to go in and have her say 'your going to have this baby today' and that would be it." So when she asked if I wanted her to break my water and Cory and I looked at her and each other and said "WHAT!?" She then explained to me that there was no reason for me to go on feeling the way I was and with the blood pressure where it was she was getting a little concerned. So we decided to come back the following morning and I was induced at around 0830am. Finally around 1030 I asked for my epidural. Which let me tell you was WONDERFUL! After approx. 9hrs of labor on February 20, 2008 at 1745hrs our baby girl was born!