A Halloween Nightmare

 It all started with trying a get Macie in her costume. Dad had worked so hard on it but Macie for some reason did not want to be put in it. So well Macie was starting to throw a temper tantrum Wades tummy got really upset and he cried for literally an hour without stopping as well as throwing up all over mommy. Never have I had so much vommit on me. So well mommy is dealing with a sad baby, Daddy is dealing with a 22 month old having the biggest temper tantrum ever.  Oh not to mention the 50 kids we had come to our door in that same hour. It was seriously a gong show at our house. After mommy finally had a talk with Macie she calmed down and went to our neighbours house with dad to get candy. When she got back from that we tried to take pictures and again she started to have a meltdown. Wade was doing a bit better at this point but not great. Finally Dad got a good idea and had Macie hand out candy to the tricker treaters. She did really good at that and was super cute. She would say hi to all the kids and then put candy in there bags and then say bye. After I gave Wade a bath and cleaned myself up, Mark took Macie to some friends house. I stayed home and handed out candy to the kids and tried comforting Wade. At the end of the day Macie was still struggling and throwing temper tantrums while Wade was still struggling with being hungry and having an upset stomach. The night is finally over and I am a little sad that Macies first real Halloween experience was a nightmare and Wade got so sick. At least there is hope for next year to be better, I don't see how it could get worse. One positive thing Wade made an adorable Lamb and Macie was such a cute Nemo and Dad did a super good job on her costumer.

Coming Into Our Family!!

I was so bound and determined to get this little man out of me I think I willed him out. The last 10 weeks were so hard and so uncomfortable and now I realize why, almost 10 lbs of cuteness was kicking my ribs constantly and torturing my back. I don't know if he was ready to come but my determination somehow got him out early.

Monday was the day it all really started, around 6:00 I started having contractions every 6 to 10 minutes, nothing to painful but getting more intense then they were over the past couple of weeks.  All day Tuesday I was having them but nothing consistent until 3:00 hit and from 3:00 to 6:00 pm they were almost every 5 minutes and becoming more intense so I finally decided to go to the hospital and see what was going on, I took myself so we didn't have to bring macie and then come home if nothing was happening. I got there and they checked me for an hour to see how many contractions I was having after a good 30 minute moment of hard contractions every 4 minutes the nurse checked me and said I was 5 cms. We are going to admit you it is probably happening tonight. Called Mark he took Macie to the Onofrychuks and then he came to meet me at the hospital. In the meantime my contractions decided to slow down and were now every 15 minutes however strong when they came. After about 2 hours of waiting the doc finally came for what I thought was to break my water. She checked me and said I was only 4 cms and because they had slowed down I was not in active labour. She sent us home with the thoughts that the baby could come by tonight or in a week from now. I cried the whole way home I so desperately wanted this pain to be over with and I was so excited that I was going to meet my son or daughter that night and that hope was taken away. We decided to leave Macie at the Onofrychuks as it was midnight and we didn't want to wake her up. When we got home I knew I was not going to be able to fall asleep so I went and did the hardest 30 minute walk on my treadmill ever, as it could help to bring on labour. Finally by 1:00 am I got into bed and fell asleep around 2:00. At 4:00 I woke up to a very hard contraction and all of a sudden my water broke. I leaped out of bed excited beyond belief that this was finally going to happen. We were so happy we choose to leave Macie at the sitters. When we got there I had 2 hours of strong contracting then they checked me and I was only 5. Really that is it I knew then that this was going to be a long day. Around 7:00 I finally got my epidural and contractions had slowed down again, by 8:00 the doctor came and she had to re-break my water as it had sealed back up. I immediately went from 5 to 6 when she did that. By 10:00 they checked me and I was 8 cms but they were slowing down again. Around this time I was noticing my contractions felt a little painful I thought it was pressure and I was getting ready to push but when they checked me again and drained my bladder I felt everything. Then I had a strong contraction and felt tons of pain. I knew something was wrong so they did the cold test and I could feel it all. Lovely 8.5 cms and my epidural had wore off. They came to administer more but could not get it to take effect the next hour of going from 8.5 to 10 was torture and pain I was not expecting. Around 9.5 to 10 they had to give me oxytocin as I was contracting but not dilating. Once they did that the desire to push came fast and I was not ready I was wanting a pain free labour and was faced with the reality that it was not going to happen. It took me 30 minutes to push the little man out but it was the worst 30 minutes of my life. Every time I pushed it felt like someone was taking a blow torch to me. I almost gave up and was struggling to breath at one point but somehow from somewhere I found the strength to push one last time and he finally came out. I was so stressed and so relieved by the pain being over I had forgotten that we didn't even now the sex of the baby. Mark said he totally forgot too, he was so stressed that something was going to go wrong with me or the baby that when they told us it was a boy we were both like oh right we don't even now what it is. We both cried and they placed this big beautiful boy in my arms and I was in love in seconds. When they took him to weight him I looked at him and knew out of the three boy names we had picked out (Wade, Kyle, and Reid) that this big 9lb 6 ounce brown haired baby boy was suppose to be named Wade Thomas Hunsperger. When they pushed out my placenta they told me it was one of the biggest and healthiest they had ever seen. It was kind of weird to feel proud of that but I was. He is now 6 days old and the sweetest "little" guy on the planet. I call him my little buddy and I am so smitten with him.

WADE THOMAS HUNSPERGER

Born October 23rd, 2013

Weight 9lbs 6ounces

Height 22 1/4

HALLOWEEN PREP!!

40 WEEKS!!!

Well hear is the last picture of my last pregnant belly. It has been a rough 40 weeks but I wouldn't change it for anything. I can't wait to hold my little baby in my arms for the first time and give it hugs and kisses. It is crazy how some of those memories of Macie have already faded a bit. I want to soak every minute in with our newborn as it is our last and they grow up so quickly. One of my good friends had her baby yesterday and it melted my heart seeing her newborn I can't wait. I am trying everything to get this baby to come but in the end it will come when it is ready. Hopefully sooner rather then later. I will take these last days to just enjoy my time with Macie and get through these Braxton hicks.

KRISTA!!!

Macie's incredible sitter. She is in love with her and the moment we pull up to her house she smiles and giggles with glee and loudly says Krista's, Krista's yay!!! When I first went back to work there was still those feelings of is this the right thing for my kid, and as I see how social my child is, how she listens well to others, goes to nursery with excitement and has a huge smile when I drop her off at Kristas all those doubts have gone away. Also how I know it gave me more patience with Macie having those two days a week to do a job I love and interact with adults. As I have been done work since July and won't be going back for a good year and a half Mark and I decided to keep Macie at Krista's one day a week. I got some weird looks from some moms when I would talk about Macie being at the sitters, but frankly I don't care. Today I was able to have a 2 hour nap which was needed from the only 3 hours and awful sleep I got last night and every night the past month. As well got my house tidy, some freezer meals made and some stuff done in the baby's room. People can judge me all they want for putting my kid in a day home and working or putting her in one when I am even not working but she loves it, I love it and that is all that matters. 

Thankful for

As we celebrated thanksgiving today (yes it is tomorrow) but we filled our bellies today and had many wonderful talks and lessons in church on being grateful I feel like today was the day we think of all we are grateful for. Although there are hundreds upon thousands of things I am grateful for today I want to really say thank you to my Saviour for one thing in particular. As I was lying in bed the other night in tears as my body was in so much pain, I was able to think a lot about how lucky I am to have such a healthy body. Besides being pregnant, messing up my ankle a couple of times or maybe being soar after a sporting event my body is healthy. It doesn't deal with constant pain, I get to enjoy all 5 of my senses and use and have all of my joints. I can run, walk, bike, swim, play with my daughter, cook, clean and drive. I get to do all of these things and many more and not feel constant pain or have so much pain afterwards that I have to relax. While I was pregnant with Macie I remember feeling the same way, so grateful that my Saviour although he has given me trials has not taken away my health. With this pregnancy being way harder on me physically it has become even more heightened. I have become even more grateful. It makes me want to work that much harder to maintain a healthy active lifestyle. Do all I can to keep sickness from falling upon me and taking away my ability to enjoy doing anything I want. My compassion for those with MS, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's, deaf, blind, lose of an arm or leg has increased that much more. When I think of some of my amazing friends and family that despite being in pain still play with there children and grandchildren be as active as possible and try and do the things that bring them joy, and still find time to get on there knees to pray to there saviour for all he has given them, it almost sickens me how much I have complained these past 9 months and how I have pushed my Saviour away a bit for making me feel this much pain. This weekend though brought it all back to me and got me on my knees to thank my Saviour for all I have and thanking him for putting me through this so I can have more compassion towards others who struggle everyday with pain and know it will never go away. I am also so grateful for an incredible husband, I know that despite all the efforts I put in to stay healthy I could still have something happen to me that takes away my physically abilities to do anything I want. Mark has been incredible these past 9 months and has been so patient with my constant complaining, and demand for things I need but don't have the energy to get. He has been my rock and I love him so much. 

Autumn Days

What a beautiful autumn day, a bit windy but the sun was shining and the leaves were gorgeous. I had started are weekend last night by telling my husband that I wanted the whole weekend to rest and relax and not have to parent, but after hearing all the fun that Macie and Mark had together last night and getting a good sleep I couldn't resist spending the day with my family. We started by heading to the Barr colony centre with the Swendsens. Macie and Luke were so good and really loved seeing the taxidermy animals. A little creepy for me but they loved it. Then we headed to McDonalds for some food and letting the kids play at the play centre, Macie is obsessed with the slide there. Next was grocery shopping then a beautiful fall walk. The sun was gorgeous and beating down on our faces the whole time. Macie was a little bit tired from our full day and fell asleep on our walk, until the last 1.5kms where she insisted on walking the dogs all the way home, so cute to watch her do that. Such a great day and so excited for the rest of our thanksgiving weekend. Dinners, friends, and church, can't get much better then that.

I love kids honesty

Little boy at McDonald's play centre "your belly is big" 

Little sister beside him 

"Yeah your belly is big"

Friend beside her

"Wow that is a big belly"

Me smiling

"That is because there is a baby in my belly"

Kids

"Oh yeah there is a baby in your belly, my aunt had a baby in her belly too."

Me in my head

"I am so glad there is a baby in my belly right now or I might have started crying."

Mommy/Daughter Date!!

Mark ditched mommy and macie for the day so I decided to take my little girl on our first date. We started with getting all dolled up in the morning and then headed out to look for new shoes for Macie. Unfortunately we ended up empty handed and found nothing good, so we then headed to Tony Roma's for a delicious lunch. Next was the big event, Macie's first movie at a theatre. She loved it and was so good, she was to little to sit in the chair so she sat on my lap the whole time and munched on our small bag of popcorn and was loving the show. Despicable Me 2, I wasn't a huge fan on the sequel but didn't care as I just loved being there snuggling with my little Macie. Can't wait for more of our mommy/daughter dates. The pics I got are terrible but still want to post them for memory.

My Kid Rocks

Tonight we went swimming at the Vermilion pool as the Lloyd one has been closed for the past month and a half. I was very impressed with the pool there, they had two slides a big one and a little one a Tarzan rope a diving board and a sweet hot tub. Macie was of course being a fish in the water and swimming all over the place with her water wings on. She can swim with no help easily from one side of the pool to the other. We were there for two hours and for the most part treaded water all on her own with occasionally holding onto mom and dad, and then near the end went down the little kid slide all by herself about 30 to 40 times no jokes. We helped her out of the water and she would then climb the slide go down it, go fully under the water and then bring herself back up and immediately say more. She was crazy and everyone there thought she was amazing. She out lasted every other toddler there. This little girl always has such fun energy and loves to play hard but seriously get her in the water and she is nuts. It is like the water gives her crazy endorphins. It will be fun to see as she gets older if she keeps her love for swimming and how far she could go in it if she wanted to be competitive. I love this little girl so much and the joy she brings into our lives. Her love for life and vibrant personality is one you can't help but love and want to be around. 

Tempting Mommy

I had my 5th ultrasound today for the baby because of concerns with the babies kidneys, everything with baby is good however he/she is just torturing mommy. I had my regular 20 week ultrasound and was strong and didn't find out the sex, then 30 weeks to make sure I was not going into early labour, and the cysts on the babies brain had gone away, then again at 35 weeks because the baby was breech and he wanted to check to see if the baby had turned which it did, then today at 37 weeks to make sure the kidneys that were swollen had gone down, which of course like all the scares we have had with this pregnancy everything is A OK. I was so close to saying yes when the ultrasound tech asked if we would like to know, but I was strong and didn't find out. Even Mark almost crumbled today. But through all these ultrasounds we have stayed strong and get to experience the awe of finding out in the delivery room. On a side note I wanna thank my Heavenly Father for answering all of our prayers with these little worries and stresses and protecting our sweet healthy baby.