First Month

I am just amazed at how much Emily has changed! The first month actually went pretty smooth. We went from bottle back to breast feeding which was a little difficult, but we made it through it. Emily was not a very good at feeding while we were in the hospital so they suggested that we give her a bottle. I did this reluctantly knowing it would be difficult to go back to breast feeding. Emily now feeds very well! On the plus side of the bottle situation, she will breast feed OR bottle feed.. which is nice when we go places.

Emily is so much more aware now. She is awake for longer stretches of time and looks around at everything. She really likes to look at the Christmas tree because of the lights and we hold her close to the tree to show her some of the special ornaments we have. She also is really curious about her surrounding. When we are in a place that she has never been before she is wide awake and checking it out.

For the first couple weeks Emily slept in the bassinet in our room because it was really hard for me to get out of bed. Emily now sleeps in her own room which is a little annoying, because she wakes up about four times a night, which means that I have to get out of bed instead of just rolling over. But it's all worth it! :)

We decided that for my Mom's birthday we would make a special surprise trip to Sunbury and make her dinner. She had no idea! Dave and I got there about 3 hours before she got home from work and I cleaned up by doing the dishes and vacuuming. Then Dave and I went into town to get a few things. When my mom came home and saw that the dishes were done and laundry put away, she thought that she lost her mind! Who did it?? She didn't think that she did, and she knew that my Dad wouldn't either! Amy and Aunt Karen met up at the workshop then we drove down to the house and went to the front door. We rang the door bell and when mom answered we started to sing Happy Birthday. She was so surprised she cried! She said that it was the best birthday present.

Thanksgiving was great. We went to Dave's aunt Sue's home which is right down the street. We were a little late because it took us a little longer to get ready. After Emily was dressed and we were ready to go, Emily spit up all over her black Thanksgiving dress. So we changed her and it took us a little while. The food was excellent, as usual, and everyone loved seeing the new addition to the family.

Emily finally fits into some 0-3 month clothing and some of the newborn stuff she has outgrown! It is exciting and depressing all at the same time. I'm excited because that means that she is growing and is healthy, but it's depressing because she is just growing to fast! It feels like just yesterday she was born! My mom says the same thing about me!!! :) For a while Emily didn't fit in the swing, she was just to small... but now, she fits perfectly.

I decided that instead of purchasing baby announcements, which are kind of expensive, that I would make them. As usual I get myself into projects that take a long time to finish, but I finally did! You should be receiving then in the mail soon! :)

All in all, everything is going great. Emily is a joy and a blessing and we are so happy she is in our lives! :)

First Week

Well, we made it through the first week! It wasn't bad at all. The worst part was/is waking up in the middle of the night to change and feed. We are lucky because Emily only wakes up about three times a night. It was difficult for me to get out of bed because of my incision. Getting up from sitting or laying was pretty tough.

We were lucky to have my mom stay with us for the first week. She did a lot of the cooking and cleaning that I was unable to do. She made us some pretty good homemade dinners and went out to purchase some of the things that we still needed but did not have. Thanks Mom!! <3

Emily is a silly little girl. She makes the funniest faces and noises. We love watching her sleep because sometimes she smiles! She sleeps most of the time and sometimes she is awake. She recently discovered her hand and likes to suck on it. We like to talk to her and let her see our faces. Dave came up with a nickname for her already, Drooples. I don't know where/how he came up with that, but that's what he calls her.

She is a perfect little girl!!

Emily Marie Oblas

On Friday we went in for the version. They hooked me up to the monitors to monitor Emily's heart rate and to see if they were any contractions. After being on that for a little, they did an ultrasound to check the fluid levels and also position. The ultrasound technician was measuring the fluids and she really couldn't find any big pockets. After measuring the smaller ones she told me that there was a total of 4cm of fluids (normally there should be between 8cm and 24cm). When my doctor arrived she did an ultrasound herself and came up with the same results. She told me that they couldn't do the version and she didn't feel comfortable with letting me go any longer with this low of fluid... so she called the O.R. and got everything set up for a c-section.

A C-Section, today??? What news! I couldn't believe it and either could Dave. We didn't have bags packed and our apartment was a mess because we were getting new windows installed. They hooked me back up to the monitors and found out that I was having contractions two minutes apart! My doctor told me that we would have probably come in at 2am to have the baby. I kept thinking how much I wanted a Wendy's chicken sandwich for dinner which is what we had planned. Dave called our parents and told my mom to take her time (she made it in record time later that day). The next thing we new we were going to the operating room. Dave waited outside in the lobby while they prepped me. Sitting there was the scariest thing. Seeing all the tools and knowing what was going to happen made me so nervous. The did the spinal, which did not hurt a bit, and then it was time. A few minutes later Dave came in and soon after that Emily was being born.

They told Dave to stand up if he would like to see, which he did. They started to pull Emily out, butt first. Dave told me her butt was out and I said, "any boy parts?" Dave said, "No, it's a definitely a girl!" Then they pull out her legs, arms and shoulders, then came the head. Apparently this was the hardest thing to get out. A few minutes a she cried and so did I.


Dave went over to her while they cleaned her up, showed her to me, and then took her to the nursery. Meanwhile, I was laying on the table waiting for the surgery to be over. That was the longest hour of my life! I couldn't wait to hold my baby and to be with Dave again. I was all alone in the operating room. Finally it was over and they took me to recovering where I got to hold my daughter.

We are so happy that Emily is here and is healthy. She is a beautiful baby and we can't wait to see how she grows and changes.

Emily was born 11/6/09 at 5:44pm and weighed 6lbs 3oz. She was 20 and 3/4" long.

37-38 Weeks

This is a picture we took of me between 37 and 38 weeks. I am feeling more and more tired and my body is just hurting more in general. Other than that, nothing new to report! :)

UPDATE!

At the doctor appointment on Monday my doctor asked me if I wanted them to try and turn the baby or schedule a C-Section. I was shocked! I didn't know I had a choice!!! I really wanted to say C-Section, but I thought that maybe I should try to have her "normally". So I said to try and turn her (which is going to hurt a lot), but on the plus side I'll get an epidural. Of course there are things that can go wrong with doing this, so keep your fingers crossed. If everything goes as planned she will turn, we will go home and wait until it's time. If something does go wrong (i.e her heart rate drops to much) they will do an emergency C-Section. This is all planned for next Thursday...

Meanwhile.... I've been laying on the ironing board, which is propped up on a chair, to help her turn. Gravity is supposed help turn the baby. We learned this at one of the baby classes we took. Our teacher gave us this paper that explained this and then said that she turned her baby using this method. So far, no success... but it's better than doing nothing!

35 Weeks!!

Dr. Apt

At our last Doctor Appointment (Monday October 12th) the doctor was feeling for Emily's position, like she usually does, so she can listen to the heart rate with the sonogram. Here is when she discovered that Emily has not turned yet. She told us that by 35 weeks she should have turned to the head down position. So we went to the ultra sound room to get a quick look to see for sure that we was breech. As the doctor was looking we could see that he head was up in between my ribs (which is where I feel a lot of pressure) and her feet were were by her head. She is so flexible!! The doctor kept looking around and was doing some measurements. I got a feeling that something was wrong because she really was not saying anything. Apparently, there is not a lot of amniotic fluid. There is supposed to be between 8cm and 24cm of fluid for the baby. After doing the measurements she told us that there is only 9cm of fluid for Emily. She advised me to drink a lot of water and come back on Friday to check fluid levels. All week long I drank so much water I was sick of it! I couldn't drink anymore!! Friday came and we went to our appointment to discover that the level of fluid has not changed. The ultrasound technician told us that she is probably breech because there is not a lot of fluid and she can not turn. I'll have to go in weekly to get the levels checked and if they get to low I will have to be induced. At our child birth class I asked the instructor and she gave me some ways to turn the baby naturally. Basically it's laying with your butt in the air and letting gravity turn the baby. I just hope that everything works out. I actually wouldn't mind getting a C-section... it'd be a lot easier that's for sure! :)

Here we are at 34 weeks. I am feeling huge and very uncomfortable. By the end of the day I am exhausted and ready for bed (a feeling I am sure will not go away for a looong time). I've been really busy with student teaching so I have not had time to post on here. Baby shower in Sunbury was tons of fun. I was so happy to see people that I have not seen in a while, and we also got a lot of things that we need. As I am trying to put things away, I am wondering... where all of stuff is going to fit? Surely not in our apartment!! My mom is going to come and give me some much needed help in organization.. anyone else who wants to help is more than welcome!!

Week 26-27

We took this picture (8/25/09) while in Canada for a vacation. Canada was great, as usual. Although I didn't make the fish list, like Dave and Mr. O, I had fun! :)

I had a Dr. Apt today (8/31/09) and everything is going well. Emily is growing right on track.

It's amazing how much I grew! One day, it just popped out.

Dave noticed that my belly button is slowly disappearing... it is becoming smaller and smaller and pretty soon will be an outtie!! EKK!

As each day goes by we get closer and closer to the big day, which makes us more and more nervous/excited! I can't wait to see who she looks like and acts like!! :)

25 Weeks!

I forgot to take a picture last week because I was in Sunbury preparing for Dave's surprise 25th birthday party! It was a blast and I think we got him good! :)

Emily has been moving sooo much. It's unbelievable how much I can feel her move around. Sometimes she pushes herself right against my stomach and it gets really hard. Then she'll move away and it's squishy again! She is very silly and pretty active.



We finished the changing table. We had a few bumps in the road while doing this, but it's finally complete. The changing table has three different color stains on it. The first coat was a natural and did nothing to the color. Then we got another color called golden pecan, which turned out to be very RED!!!! Luckily, Mr. Oblas had some darker stain called Early American and we added a coat of that. Adding the wax (the finish) was easy. We th0ught we were in the clear until we put on the doors and we kept screwing it up! One screw went through the wood and split it. We are very greatful for Mr. Oblas becasue he seems to save us when we have trouble. He brought over some wood glue and a clamp and fixed it! Yay!!! After all that work, I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.


Next project is.. the Dresser......


While I was in Sunbury I finished the hanging quilt. Grandma Wagner really helped me out with that and we love the way it looks!! :)


I also made a big pillow (not pictured) and a smaller one. The smaller one (pictured below) is just for decorative purposes, and the big one we will use when playing with Emily on the floor.

Everything is turning out great! Thanks for all the Support! :)

Babymoon

This is a picture of Emily and I at 23 weeks in the aquarium.

Dave and I have been talking about going to Boston for a while. We knew this is something that we wanted to do but won't be able to do for a while. This is what let us to the decision to go on a babymoon!!! We wanted to do this because we both knew that we probably will have a hard time going places just the two of us in the future. So off to Boston we went!! I am really happy that we went and we said that we are going to try to go on a vacation just the two of us every year. I'm sure that Nanna Yordy (my mom) will have no problem with taking Emily for a few days! :)

22 Weeks!

Here we are at 22 weeks. We've been feeling a lot of strong kicks and I have been feeling some stiffness. I feel like I can't get out of the truck as easy, and getting up from sitting or laying has become a little more difficult too. Oh well.. Dave says that if I'm like this now, he can't wait to see how it is closer to the end, and I have to say, I can't either!!!! :)

Bed Skirt!

This is the bed skirt, or dust ruffle, for the crib that I made. The top layer is tan with white polka dots, the bottom layer is green with a little sparkle, and the corners are a pink flower pattern. It took a long time, and I ran into a lot of problems, but we think it looks great! :)

Nursery!!

Here are two pictures of the curtains that I made. We love them!! I am now working on the dust ruffle for the crib. :)

21 Weeks

We made it to 21 weeks!! We've been working on the nursery and just got a crib from Mr. and Mrs. Oblas. Since we know that we are having a girl we decided that we want just a little bit of pink. So we went looking for some bedding, but couldn't find anything that we liked in our price range. Dave suggested, since I'm such an excellent sewer, that I make the stuff. So we went to Joann's fabric store and choose some fabric. I'm going to make a hanging quilt, curtains, a pillow or two, the dust ruffle, and I'm going to decorate a lamp shade... with my grandma and moms help of course! It's going to look great! Can't wait! :)

Ultrasound Pictures!

In this picture you can see her face, her hand under her chin, and her elbow sticking out.

In this one you can see her spine and legs. She was attempting to do a handstand, maybe we will have a little gymnast! :)

20 Weeks Down, 20 More to go!

In the last week a lot has happened! On Friday night Dave felt the baby kick for the first time which was really exciting. Today we found out that the doctors are 95% sure we will be having a daughter! :) We can't wait. I was really surprised because we both thought we'd have a boy. We are both thrilled to have a little girl enter our lives and can't wait to meet her.

Our daughters name will be Emily Marie Oblas. I've always loved the name Emily, it is the name I've wanted for my daughter since I was a little girl. Marie is the middle name of me, my mom, my grandmother, and my great grandmother.

Our only request is please limit the number of pink outfits! :)

19 Weeks!!!

I didn't realize how big I've gotten until I looked at last weeks picture and then this weeks picture! WOW! I sure don't feel that big!

18 Weeks!

Pictures taken 6/23/09

Here we are at 18 weeks! Dave and I spent a couple days last week at the beach with Kelly in Delware. It was great just sitting in the sand and relaxing.

I can really feel the baby move now and sometimes I can actually see my belly move. It's pretty neat. Dave has not been privileged to feel these kicks because every time I call him over and he puts his hand on my belly, the baby stops!! :)

17 Weeks... Movement!

I have been feeling the baby move (which is very exciting) and I've noticed that the hormones are starting to effect me more and more... poor Dave. :)

Saying Goodbye to Rossie..

As we prepare the nursery, and rearrange our entire apartment to fit the office stuff elsewhere, we have had to get rid of some things. One of the items that Dave will truly miss is his good old friend, Rossie. Rossie has been hanging in our office (behind the door) for about a year. But now, it is time to say goodbye... Goodbye Rossie, see you when we buy a house. :(








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Boy or Girl

For a girl we are thinking this polka dots theme. I like it but Dave is partial because he does not want any pink!! Hahahaha, he is in for a big surprise! ;)

For a boy we are thinking Jungle theme!! I love the monkeys! :)

You can find these at

http://www.babysupermall.com/bedding-themes/baby-nursery-decorating-ideas.html

16 weeks

This picture is me and baby at 16 weeks. I had my third appointment yesterday, June 9, 2009, and we waited in the waiting room for over an hour. Once we got into the room we sat there for about 15 minutes when the Doctor finally arrived. At this point we were both frustrated and ready to get out of there! Especially Dave, the chairs are so uncomfortable! Once she came in she asked if we had any questions and took the little ultrasound machine and listened to the heart beat. The visit with the Doctor lasted a total of 3 minutes! It was a relief to know that everything was still going good with our little baby. :)

12 weeks

This is the second ultrasound we had done at 12 weeks. This one is my favorite, so far, because you can see his/her profile, the spine, and the legs and feet. It was really funny when they did the ultrasound because the baby was moving around so much. He/She was sliding up and down inside like he/she was on a slip-and-slide. It was pretty funny and we can't wait for our next appointment July 7th when we hopefully see more of our baby and find out the gender! :)

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We created this blog to keep our friends and family updated on "baby oblas". As of today we don't know the sex of the baby, so it's first name is currently "baby".