William Leroy Deters!

As you have probably noticed I have not blogged for quite some time and you have probably put two and two together to come up with the fact that we had our baby boy!

William Leroy Deters was born at 11:31 AM on March 15th. He weighed a whopping 9 lb. 5 oz. and was 21 1/4 inches long. I guess mothers instincts are right, I knew he was more than 9 pounds! There is so much I would love to share about how amazing he is!

He is named after two of his great grandpa's. William Buessing is Dennis's grandpa who passed away shortly before Will was born. He is the one who guessed that he was a boy (at a time when he could barley say yes or no said that we would have a boy.) Leroy is of course my grandpa. Both Grandpa's have been very hard working men and have a heart of gold. This is part of the reason why we wanted to name him after them. Dennis had said once that if Will turns out to be half the man that either one have been that he would one proud father. Of course there are so many other men in our lives that we would be proud to name our children after but it just happens to be that William Leroy is named after the two Grandpa's that we are not named after. As I am named after Gene (Jean) and Dennis is named after Lawrence, our other Grandpas.

As for a quick story of the day he was born, we went in on Sunday night (the 14th) to be induced. We started the induction slowly by just starting Cytotec (spelling not quite sure on) and we had anticipated on sleeping some that night. We were wrong. My water broke at 12:45 AM and then came back labor. If anyone is interested in knowing, back labor sucks! Dennis and I were then up trying to find a comfortable position for the rest of the night. I started begging for an epidural at 3:30. With no luck of getting one, I just was trying to find the best position to get pain off of my back. The only way that was not to bad didn't work because the water had miconium (sp?) in it they had to watch Will's heart rate the entire time and in this position the monitor would slide off of my belly. Fast forward to 6:45 when I finally got the epidural I had been begging for, we were suddenly in heaven! Dennis and I were able to catch cat naps up until it was time to start pushing. We were so out of it at times that we would both wake up to having 3 people standing around me looking at the monitor. At 10:30ish I had made it to 10 cm and started the hard work. Next time that we have a child, I will make sure that they do NOT turn the epidural off until the baby is out, NOT when it is time to get the baby out! 20 minutes after it was time to start pushing I started to feel things. 11:31 Will came into this world with me feeling it all... So, note to all you women, one word, EPIDURAL!

We ended up staying two nights in the hospital after that. It was full of visitors, nursing, and sleeping. Since we have gotten home, Will has made his eating times from 2 hours to only 3! He is quite the little piglet. He will nurse for an hour and still want fed another 2-4 oz. after. Because of this, I have practically given up nursing and only pumped. This is good because I know how much he is getting and it takes half the time to feed him.

At his 4 week check up, he weighed 11 lb. 8 oz. and was 22 inches. We are very excited to see what he will weigh at his 8 week check up. He is just an amazing little baby. The day he was born he was able to lift his head and look at you. He has done nothing but amaze me at how strong he is. At 5 weeks, he was able to stand on your lap if you hold him steady. He has also out grown most of his 0-3 month clothes. Nikki thinks that I think my son is a prodigy. She isnt too far from the truth but what parent doesnt think that about their children?

Now at 6 weeks, I am back to work, still recovering, and we are loving every minute with Will. Even when he is screaming his head off and I am pulling my hair out, I still love it. Dennis was fantastic the first few weeks we were home. He got up and changed Will's diaper while I got ready to nurse him. When he went back to work I didnt worry about waking him up. Now he is back getting up with me to feed him while I pump to make more food for our big guy. (Of course he is still amazing with him!) I will post pictures as soon as I get the CD from our newborn pictures.

5 DAYS...

Until due date....

Yep, that's about the update I can give. There was a little change this week. He did drop and I was dilated just a little, not even one centimeter. She then wanted to check one more time on Friday since she is on call this weekend and may strip membranes. In order for her to do this though I have to be dilated more. That is the update that I have for this week. Hopefully next week, I will be able to post a picture of a beautiful baby boy!

11 Days to go!

Yesterday's appointment was pretty uneventful. There wasn't much change except in my weight :( But Doctor Glynn said she is leaning towards inducing me on the 15th if we haven't had him yet. Next Tuesday we will go over what we will do for sure. She wants to see the baby a little further down and would love to see a little dilation going on before she would 100% induce on the 15th. Either way, we are so ready to have this little boy. He has been kicking and punching me like crazy. I keep saying that I have the next Ultimate Fighter in me! Anyway, here's to the last full week of being preggers!

Oh ya, work has been sucking! I am so tiered and just want to be home. I cant take any time off until the baby gets here though because it is a short month and will not have my hours that I need even using sick time for the days that I have used! So, I am hoping that the next couple of work days goes fast!!!

18 Days to go!!!

Well, the doctor's appointment went well. Not a whole lot more to say. I am not dialated any, not that I thought I would be but sure did hope she would say so. There is a little progress being made but not much. Not enough that she would definetly induce on the 15th. She said we will just have to wait and see how things progress by the next time that she checks me to see if that could be a possibility or not. So, in the mean time, I will do my best to make progress by doing some of those 'old wives tales'!

Jaelynn Rene 2/15/10!!!

*The AMAZING crib that Dennis made!!

I will update you all a little earlier this time, as I probably will every time until this little guy makes his big entrance! At the doctor’s appointment on Tuesday she really didn’t say much just that if he can stay in until Sunday then she will deliver us in Sabetha. 37 weeks is the cut off for being transferred to Topeka as a Just-in-case. Now that it is Friday I keep telling myself only a few more days, then he can come out!!! I know he loves me but punching my pelvic area and bladder is not the best way to say “I love you Mom”. In fact, I would say the opposite but, none the less, he is growing rapidly and healthy. (I do like him letting me know he is okay though)

Monday, Lacy and Jere had some great news! They had a baby girl, Jaelynn Rene Engelken. She weighed 6 lbs 5 oz. and is very healthy and doing great. All three are now home and hopefully getting the rest that is needed. She is very beautiful but who would have thought anything differently with those two as parents! I now want this little boy out even more so to meet everyone and his new little girlfriend. ; ) This summer will be very fun having the two little ones camping with us. I look forward to all the fun times we will have!

Happy Valentines Day!

I want to wish you all a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY and hope you spend it with the people that you love!!!

At the doctor’s appointment the baby was really excited, his heart rate went from 130-170 and then back down. I guess when he does summer-salts his heart rate goes sky high. He is doing well though, he is still head down and ‘nice and low and in great position to enter this world’. No progress is made yet, I know, hopeful thinking. I was measuring at 37 weeks for 35 ½ weeks so just a little ahead of time again… she did say that it isn’t as accurate later on in pregnancy though. Doctor Glynn did say she will induce me on March 22nd if we haven’t had him by then, so there is an end date!!!

Dennis got the crib done! It looks so amazing! He did a wonderful job on it and I will post pictures as soon as I have a picture. Now that he is done with it though he is board at night and wants to start on something else down stairs in his wood working shop.

Tara and I had a great day shopping yesterday. We finished up with everything that was needed and so now it is just putting it all together and away. It will be so nice and refreshing to have it all done. I really want to stay home until it is all done and put together. I was really excited at how much money that I managed to save in going, with coupons and everything. Without Tara going I would have not picked up things that I am told we need and I would have picked up things that we didn’t need, so a BIG thanks to Tara for going with me! I do have another doctor’s appointment on Tuesday. I am sure that it will go well as all have so far.

Quick post.

Wow how this week went fast!!! I didnt really realize that I didnt post on Sunday. Sunday I was busy writing thank you cards from a great baby shower!! The shower went great, we got lots of gifts that we needed. Tara and I will be going to Topeka to pick up last minute things that we need yet. As time is nearing we are both getting more and more excited. Dennis is almost done with the crib and I have been organizing the little guy's room as much as I can. All of his clothes are clean now and in the dresser. We have a doctor's appointment today (Tuesday) and then we will be going once a week. I dont really have much of anything else to update for now so I will let you all know how the doctor's appointment went later this week!

Since this is the week before Valentine's Day I am working overtime! If I am awake and not at the Sheriff Dept., then I am at the flower shop. Wish me luck in keeping my back from hurting to much as I stand in place and arrange flowers for hours every day!!!