11-1-11

Reese Paige Mansfield

6lbs 9 oz 18 1/2 inches

November 1, 2011 2:57 am

A Halloween to remember

Its taken me forever but I'm finally updating the blog with all the labor and delivery/baby details!

I woke up on Halloween morning and thought my water broke (or was leaking i should say), I called the doctors office and they told us to head to the hospital to get checked out since I was already dilated to a 3-4 at my last appointment. So we get to the hospital they check me out and my water was not broken but I was dilated to a 5, I figured oh of course they will keep me, wrong. They said that because I was only 37 weeks they couldn't start inducing me and my contractions were too far apart.

On our way home my doctor called me and said to walk around for a couple of hours and then come in and see if I had made any progress. after he check me I was almost a 6 and my contractions were getting closer but not painful at all. I asked if I could take Kate trick-or-treating and then go to the hospital once I was feeling my contractions because it was already like 4 o'clock and I figured I had a while anyway and there was no way I was completely missing Halloween. So he let me go and we headed over to my brothers for some dinner and trick-or-treating.

I was feeling great and I was so happy I got to see Kate trick or treat! On our way back to my brothers house BINGO! the contractions started to hurt and it was time to go. We got to the hospital around 10, I got my epidural, Mike took a little snooze and it was time to push.

Baby Reese arrived at 2:57 on 11-1-11(pictures to come). It was an easy delivery( 3 pushes) and the timing couldn't have been more perfect!

Oak Glen/ Pumpkin Carving

I love everything about the month of October! Even though I'm pregnant and don't have my usual Halloween cheery spirit we are still enjoying all the fun fall activities.

We are trying to soak up every minute we have left as just a family of 3 but we cant wait for the baby to get here. Speaking of baby, I went to the doctor yesterday and I'm already dilated to 3 cm and so the baby could come any day now. Wouldn't it be so perfect if she came on Halloween??

Pumpkin Patch

I love anything that has to do with Halloween so when we drove past this pumpkin patch on our way to the temple, I knew we needed to go back with Kate. It was so much fun! They had not only a petting zoo and pony rides but a real monkey that would shake your hand for a dollar! I would say its the best dollar we have ever spent. It finally started to feel like fall (even though we were all in shorts and it was like 100 degrees). I really love this time of year.

36 weeks

I'm 36 weeks and feeling huge. I'm so excited and scared to death for the baby to come. I think Kates getting sick of us talking about the baby all the time and shes definitely sick of me not being able to do anything because of my big belly, but she also already talks about her like shes her best friend and how shes going to share all her toys with her and "hold her on the couch." I cant believe how soon she will be here!

worth every bite

... just a little something I have been craving lately.

...not any other form of pb& j, just these.

I look at the huge box every time we go to Costco and drool but never buy them.. but yesterday... I did it... and they were better then I could have ever imagined.

Dinosaurs!

We have driven past them a million times on our way to the outlets and never stop so last weekend we finally did. You may recognize these dinosaurs from the movie "Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure." There really isn't much there except two huge dinosaurs but it was fun to check it out and you can go inside them where theres a little shop with weird stuff. Kate was nervous at first but she ended up loving it. So thank you T-Rex and Long neck for an afternoon of fun!