hard to believe

it has almost been 7 months that we have been parents! That is just crazy. Evelyn is pushing 20 pounds and is sooooooo long...still no hair but that is alright I did not have any until i was 3.


She is getting so clingy and it is killing me! I walk into the room and i HAVE to hold her. While I am happy she loves me so much, it is so annoying! Everyone says to ignore it but i can't because the whining is just that---annoying.
Please don't get me wrong I love Evelyn to death, but whoa i cant wait for this stage to be over!

Anyways I hope everyone is doing well!

Hey there!~

sorry i have not posted in a while...the free time i do get on the computer is spent trying to save money...not that anyone was missing these wonderful posts...the only people that read this is Joey and Jen! Thanks guys! HI EMMA!!! and little man!

Update!

Evelyn's heart is going to be fine, it is not as bad as it could have been, and should close up the hole in the next few months~Thankyou for your prayers!~

Good news and bad...

5 weeks old! that is just crazy! she weighed 10 lbs 9oz on Wednesday at her 1 month apointment. We did get some alarming news though, Dr. Dutko did detect a heart murmur so she is going to have some tests done on Tuesday. More than likely it is nothing, but would love your prayers either way!

Almost 3 weeks old already!

Time has gone by so quickly! We had an in home nurse come in today, and she weighed our little Evie-Poo and she now weighs 9lbs 9oz!!! that was with her clothes on, we didn't want to upset her but holy cow, this little girl is growing like a weed!

Evelyn's 2 week apointment.

We went to the Dr. on Monday, which is more like "a week and 3 days" apointment but whatever. I knew she was growing but holy moly! She already weighs 8 lb and 11 oz! That is just nuts! She weighed 7 lbs and 1 oz when we left the hospital---my my my! She is out of newborn diapers...or more like we were out, so I tried a size 1 on her and it fit...so that was that.
Other than that no new news...my Grandad is coming home from Florida which we are excited about he was not here when she was born so mom sent him some pictures and I think it guilted him into coming home, I am happy though and I know my mom is too!

Finally our little girl is here, Evelyn Rae Welschenbach

We had our little one Friday morning at 4:49am she is a DOLL! I didn't know we could love someone else sooooo much! but yeah Thursday morning i had my overdue appointment and was having pressure pain in my pelvis and the Dr. said her head was low, so that would happen, I was dilated 3cm, and also that if i didn't have her that weekend(she thought i would though) we would induce on Tuesday...which is today and my cousin Laura is in the hospital right now..so i am glad the girls will each have her own birthday. So we ate at McDonald's on the way home and I passed up going to the mall to "walk the baby out" to go take a nap. I didn't sleep a wink-Casey was passed out! But the pain in my pelvis was just unbearable! I woke Casey up bawling my eyes out and then I called my friend Jen, and told her how much pain I was in and she said to call the Dr. and not to feel bad about it because that is what they are there for! So at 6 i called the Dr. and i was just hoping she would call me in something to help me sleep, but she had me go the the hospital and get checked out, on the way there I was like "Duh! these "pains" are coming and going...lets time them!" we did and they were ever 5 minutes ---Casey said there was no way i was in labor...and i didn't know either...but we prayed that i was. We got to the hospital and i don't think the nurses thought i was in labor either, I just walked in all smiles to be in the place where i could get a Tylenol 3---but I was those pains that had killed me all day were contractions and i was dilated one more cm - 4cm. and the Dr told them to go ahead and admit me, so they did and i got an epidural at 6cm and they asked me right before i got it on a scale of 1-10 my pain and i said a 4! ha ha...mom advised me to get it so i wasn't so tired in the end. Labor went by really fast though and with out any help from contraction drugs too! I had a welcoming committee camped out in my room which was totally against hospital rules of only 2 people other than your spouse(this was sooo not the plan but it was nice to have company to keep our mind off things), My parents were both there, Casey's mom, my mom's best friend Ann and the kicker...her son, my 17 year old brother's friend Clayton...lol, boy did he get a health lesson that night! My Friend holly and her boyfriend Phil--the weather was bad and holly wanted to be there...but was afraid to drive so along came Phil. and my friends Robbie and Brittany Mckenna came at the very end(they traveled though a snow storm to see our evelyn!) and sat in the waiting room, when they got there, I kicked everyone out i was at 9cm (i was getting overwhelmed) and at 4am i started pushing and 15 min into it the nurse had me stop because the Dr wasn't there yet...she had no idea i would be so quick about it...so i had to sit there while the baby's head was crowned for 20 minutes!!! talk about a hard thing to do! but as soon as the Dr was there i pushed two more times and there was our little girl!

D-day

...and no baby! just a bunch of phone calls asking if there is a baby! LOL! oh well.
Casey and I are going to Crocker Park and walking around, and then going to Carabbas...which I always smell like a garlic press when I leave but oh well if I do have this baby tonight---HAHA--the nurses will just have to deal with it. Note the fact that I am laughing through typeing this. I think at this point I will get to see that Thursday morning apt. BOO!

Ah yes my 39 week apt...

Nothing had changed since the week before so I really didn't feel like getting on to share, it is crumby news...lol! But i did lose two pounds...i don't know how that happened because it seems like I eat alot, but i am sooooooooooo not complaining! I am due (considering it is 2am) tomorrow. That is just plain nuts to me! I really don't feel any signs of labor coming on-just a bit of shock-it really does fly by-pregnancy. It seems like last month it was may and we were headed to the camp ground to see friends while they camped in this huge "village" i took the test an hour before we left and that was such a shocker! LOL! And then i had to keep my mouth shut about it---which made me seem like a weird-O, I was like a zombie, to much to think about...and now it has just occurred to me that I still have so much to think about...but oh so little time! They scheduled another apt. for me on Thursday, just in case she doesn't come before then. I scheduled it in the morning so that if she isn't here they can try to do something about it, and make her come sometime that evening...that was my wicked plan, but this baby can come when she wants to, we just want her to be healthy.

Update on 38 week apt!

I have not been feeling well for the past 3 days, it started out in my chest and now it is my whole upper body, yesterday my OB called me in a prescription for Robitussin ac and that so did not work! I was up all last night hacking away and when i got up this morning I felt like someone ran me over with a truck! I also had my 38 week apt today and I was running a fever so they wrote me another prescription for a Zpac because they don't want me sick when i deliver...which is supposed to be in 10 days!
So update on baby, she is growing fine, I have now gained 7 and 1/2 pounds and the Dr. felt the baby and predicted she is about 7 pounds now, I am dilated 2 cm!

My car seat and stroller came in and that is what I was waiting for before I told the baby that we were ready for her, but now I am not feeling well, and it would be terrible for her to be born when I am this sick!

Please keep me in your prayers I am sooo uncomfortable and not because of this pregnancy, I just feel like crap due to this infection, and I SO DO NOT WANT CASEY TO GET IT TOO! so If you could say a prayer for us that would be wonderful!

37week apt update and other things

I had my 37 week apt. last Thursday, I did not gain any weight, I am measuring 39 down the middle of my belly, and I am almost 2 cm dilated. But that was then...so I really don't know what is going on with everything down there at the moment! ha ha!
Today marks the 2 more weeks til D-day. I cleaned so much today, not because my body was telling me to, but because I knew it needed done...and I really didn't think that I would do much but I made myself a list last night and I was flying though it today, even with out Casey's help, so maybe this little bird just needed a list in front of her to start nesting...I don't know! Casey vacuumed the stairway and the rest of the house for me and carried up some laundry from down stairs too, which was a big help, once i finally rolled the man out of bed!
Tomorrow I plan on organizing the kitchen-cabinets-fridge-freezer-and pantry...wish me luck! And I also have my last slew of Thank you notes to write! Let me tell you this little girl is soooooo loved and she has not even taken a breath yet! She has everything she could possibly need for the next...lets say year-clothes, stroller, bed, car seat! we just need to buy a mattress, and diaper pail---and of course diapers and wipes and baby wash when needed! But God has truly blessed us with loving family and friends! They have taken great care of us!

Well I will post again soon! we will see if this little peanut shows up on time...hopefully after her stroller and car seat do!

36 week apt.

Well I am officially 1 cm dialated....not that it means much...but i had my 36 week apt. today and everything still looks right on target with her due date. I have only gained 6 pounds of my pre baby weight, and I still have not been yelled at so guess the baby is fine! NOW WE HAVE TO HURRY UP AND WAIT.--- 24 more days until my due date...and I don't really think that this is actually happening...it is very odd.