Ummm...I really have nothing to say....

Okay, so I haven't posted in almost two weeks, but really, there isn't much to post about. The twins are in Texas visiting the Grandparents and life has been pretty quiet around our house without our source of entertainment. We did have house guests over 4th of July and I have a couple of crappy pictures that I will post later. I was too busy enjoying their company to take pictures. I go through phases like that. I would rather enjoy the moment than take pictures of it. Then I regret it later, because really, you need a picture to continue to enjoy the moments, right??? Moose is eating and sleeping like a champ. God knew that my hands were full with the twins and I had paid my dues with the chaos of the twins. Moose is only two weeks old but sleeps 5 hours at a time at night. I usually feed him around 11 or midnight and we get up when Daddy goes to work at 430 or so. Then we go back to bed of course, but I can live with 5 hours of sleep and not be a monster so we're all good here.
Noodle has been enjoying his little brother and frequently wants to hold him or help me out. He still yells, "GROSS!!!" and runs the other way when there is a dirty diaper, but he'll give us a hand any other time.


Granny and Aunt Misti were here to greet Moose when he arrived. Then they saved me by taking the twins to Texas.

We, yes I said we, are home.

Well, finally, after all the waiting, our littlest one finally arrived. Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 7:51am, weighing a hefty 8lbs, 9.9oz, and measuring a towering 22 inches long. I was scheduled for an induction Wednesday, but baby S decided he didn't like our schedule so much and my water broke Tuesday evening around 5:30. He's a great baby and likes his sleep. Which is fabulous for me. I'm sure it won't last long. We arrived home yesterday afternoon and are glad to have busted out of our "jail". Here are a few pictures of Baby S, better known as Moose.



The "brats" pay us a visit.


Moose and Mr. Smartypants

Mommy and Moose

Breaking out of jail.

Thanks for all your prayers! We are blessed to have him here finally.

Just a quick note

I know a lot of you have called, wanting an update on me and little baby S. We are still doing fine. I haven't felt all that well for a couple of days. The heat and the extended-stay guest in my belly are a little hard on me. Tomorrow should be the big day. I will be up early, checking with Labor and Delivery here at our wonderful hospital to make sure they have room for me. Assuming that every pregnant woman on post hasn't gone into labor, I'll be having baby S tomorrow. Keep us in your prayers. It might be a really long day. As soon as I can, I'll post and let you all know he made it. Thanks for loving us and wanting to know.

Okay, so today wasn't so life changing

Well, bummer. Today's doctor's visit was good but terribly uneventful. The stress tests came back good. Baby is doing well and was kind enough to lay off the stubborn streak long enough to cooperate with the ultrasound tech. His little heart was beating well, my placenta looked, in the words of the tech,"surprisingly good for its age", and he is in the right position. What was slightly un-nerving was the amniotic fluid level which registered barely over 9. The normal range is 8-25, so we are still normal (whatever that means, who really is normal these days) but on the bottom end and more time will just mean less fluid. Which brings us to the doctor's visit that followed. Talk about disappointing. I have not made any progress. NONE. I am still dialated to a 1 (whoop-te-do) and still 50% effaced. No change from last week. This isn't very promising. With all that info combined, and the fact that I will be officially 41 weeks tomorrow, we will be going ahead with some intervention. Did you know they now do intervention for stubbornness?? Anyway, Wednesday is the big day, we hope. I will go in (if they have room for me in Labor and Delivery) and the docs are gonna try some non-medical tricks to see if I can go into labor. Just the standard break your water stuff. They don't want to give me a whole lot of meds because of the stress it can put on my uterus which has this giant scar from my last two children. Uteri (if that isn't the plural of uterus, it should be) that have scars like mine does have a tendency to rupture under too much stress. And that just wouldn't be cool. So, if the "non-medical" interventions don't work then off to the OR we will go. So there you are. The latest update on everything you never wanted to know about my uterus, (or uteri in general). Stay posted Wednesday evening for some pictures of the stubborn little creature currently living in my belly.

Today my life will change....hopefully

Today is a big day for the Hawthorne house. And no, I'm sorry, the baby isn't coming...at least not that I've been made aware of. And considering the situation, I figure I'll be about the first to know. Today we go to the doctor for our first series of fetal stress tests and amniotic fluid level checks. This is common procedure when one is overdue with a overbaked bun in her oven. Promptly after the testing I will see my doctor who will hopefully decide that this baby is coming or needs to come and will send me back to the OB department to schedule my csection. Be in prayer for us that all is well with the baby, but that the doctors all agree there is no need to wait any longer. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to jump back on here and let you know that he is REALLY coming...eventually.

Still no baby

I figured that if you're logging on right now to check my blog its to see if I've managed to get this kid outta me yet. Well, the answer would be no. I hear the sympathetic groans of agony coming from all of you...and thank you for your support. I have officially given up, thrown in the towel, rolled over and played dead, whatever you wanna call it, on having this baby. I'm pretty sure we're gonna have to go in and get him. So I have resigned myself to surgery sometime next week. And I'm okay with that. So with that update out of the way, lets get on to something a little more fun.

The name that photo contest winner:

Lesli from Michigan!!! woo hoo. She was my only entry so she wins by default. There will be something cool in the mail for you soon. Her prize-winning entry?

"Now bubba, swing like you mean it!!"

Thanks Lesli for playing along.

For more entertainment value....here are some more random pictures from the "Herd"

okay, I know I promised

I know I said yesterday that if I didn't have this baby then that I would post something entertaining for you to view. Well, sorry...I failed at both ends of the bargain. No baby, and no post. I was too depressed, too tired, and too much in pain from the doctor's visit to do anything but take a giant nap. Not really, I cleaned house, hoping that would help put me in labor, but it didn't work. I hate wasting housework like that. So, since I'm such a bum, I decided I'd better do some updating for you people today. The doctor's appointment yesterday was horribly disappointing. It was my due date (see previous post) and I was really hoping for a baby. Seeing as how I'm sitting here typing and not holding a baby, it didn't happen. I am scheduled to go back to the doctor on Monday, at which time I will have a stress test for the baby, they will check the amniotic fluid level and then I will visit with the doctor. After visiting with him (he's in the family practice clinic) I will truck back upstairs to OB and schedule my Csection for sometime next week. So there you have it...No baby, but I do have some entertainment for you.





This is Noodle's first baseball game of the season. Let me remind you that he is a 1st grader playing in a 3rd and 4th grade league. He's really doing well.

The twins enjoy the baseball games as well.

Itchy is all about the sport.


Scratchy, well, she is all about the crowd. A beauty queen needs to see and be seen.

And in the spirit of baseball and all things American and summer...here's a name that photo contest for you. Give me your suggestions for a title for this photo below. I'll select my favorite and if I remember, I'll send you something kinda cool. Not really. I will send you something cool. I promise. (and that is Noodle in the picture with Itchy)


So send me your titles. I can't wait! I'll announce the winner in a day or two, assuming this baby doesn't come soon. And at this rate, he won't.