This is Charlie

Charles Arlen Woffinden "Charlie"

7lbs 10oz 18 inches

born 11/23/07 at 9:28 am

Happy, Healthy, and sooo cute!

TGIF!!

So after much scheduling rigamaroll, we have a c-section date. Friday! This Friday! As in only three days!! I am so happy I could wet myself, and I might but only because I have a large little baby boy sitting on my bladder. Anyway. We are checking into the hospital at 7am and the section is at 9am. So I don't have to fast all day! Good news for sure. And I can eat myself silly all Thanksgiving day and then have a mini tummy tuck the next day. Just kidding sort of. Maybe the doc will do a little nipping and tucking. Couldn't hurt!
Our child is still unnamed. I guess we will have to look at his little face first.
I need to get some pics of the expansive belly up here, but no one is available to take pics except Eden and I have a feeling that wouldn't work out too well. When I can get an able adult to handle the camera, I will post some pics.
And of course we will get pics of little guy up as soon as we can!! Love to all my blogging friends!

External Cephalic Version

Well we had the version yesterday. It was...intense to say the least. I am still sore. The doctor pushed and prodded my belly for about 20 minutes. And our little boy refused to turn. In fact the doctor was holding the boy's head in place while he checked the heart rate and little guy went right under the doctors hand back up towards his old favorite place. So we gathered this little guy is not about to budge. Breech till the bitter end. Hooray. That leaves two options: a scheduled c-section or a breech delivery. With a breech delivery we would just wait to see what came out first, foot or bum. Bum being preferable. If a foot came out first then I would probably end up with a c-section anyway. And there is always a chance with breech delivery that the baby's head can get stuck. I think I will opt for the c-section. We have an appt tomorrow and we will decide when to schedule the section. It will probably be either the weekend of Thanksgiving (fri or sat) or Tuesday the 27th. I will post as soon as I know.
Any c-section mommies out there who can shed some light on the whole thing?? Liked it, didn't, how sore after, etc. I am just curious.

What's Going On??

Sorry it has been such a long time! We have been busy getting settled in etc. But things are going pretty well! Danny has an interview tomorrow with Station Casinos and another interview with a different company next week. So hopefully we will get to stay in Vegas permanently!

So here is our little Minnie Mouse on Halloween. She loved trick or treating. We only did about 8 or so houses, but she was thrilled. She would run in between houses saying Trick or Treat and then once she got to the door, she would get shy and just look at people. She did tell a few people, "I minnie" but mostly she just looked at them. She managed a thank you here and there too.
Don't you love the headless farmer dude? We are such good decorators at the Clayton house. Eden helped carve pumpkins and she loved to go see the decorations every night.

Helping wash the car. Doesn't she look cute sopping wet and fully dressed?? She is getting to be such a big girl and wants to help with whatever is going on. She helped me make green playdough today and loves to help cook dinner.

Okay here is a 36 weeks pic. I am really getting big! And let me tell you, I am feeling it! Little boy, still unnamed, is still breech. We are going to have an external version next week. That is where I go into the hospital, they give me a bunch of tributaline which makes my belly all soft, and then the doctor tries to turn the baby with his hands on my belly. Let's hope it works. If the little guy doesn't stay head down or the version just doesn't work, then I will probably end up having a c-section. I will keep you all updated.

So that is what is going on here with us. The days are creeping by. I swear every day is like a week. I guess that is what goes along with being close to the end of pregnancy and your hubby being out of work. But at least we are getting lots of good quality Eden time. And that is super fabulous!!