A baby makes 3

Humm I'm starting to notice a trend here..
Scott and I meet, 11 months later we get engaged, 11 months later we get married, 11 months later we buy a house.. ooooo what do you think happens next???? 11 months later.... NOTTTTT how about 1 week after moving into our new house we find out we are expecting.. WHAT?? This wasn't in the plan. We wanted to enjoy our new home, decorate, meet people. I guess God had other plans for us, we still couldn't me more excited. Baby's due date - 1/15/06 :)
We knew which room was going to be the babies room. It was a corner room, vaulted ceiling, a bay window and was perfect. For the longest time I had an idea what I wanted in a room so there wasn't much deliberating on what the decor was going to be. With me being a drawer (hobby only, nothing super cool) I drew on one wall a 4 foot tall Pooh Bear with one arm around Piglet then on another wall was a large tree with a branch over the bay window and a VERY BIG (about 6 or more feet) Tigger hanging from the branch just over the bay window. I then drew three other Pooh Bear characters as 8x11's, framed them, and put them just over the closet doors. We picked out a Cherry color crib with a matching changing table, and a nice glider rocker. The room looked so nice. :) I couldn't wait to hold my little one and enjoy this pretty room.
Scott and I started picking names and we chose, Luke or Samantha. It was to much to say both so we nicknamed my belly Luke-er-Sam.
So I'm pregnant. I had morning sickness just in the morning that lasted about 4 months. And it was pretty funny. I remember one weekend morning, Scott and I were going to head out to run an errand and I said, just a minute, went, got sick, then turned to him and said, o.k. lets go, with a smile on my face. :) It's just the way I rolled. :) Cravings.. humm healthy food.. I know crazy.. Now's the time to send Scott out, eat ice cream, fried food, EVERYTHING you wanted.. but all I wanted was fruits. --- later this ends up being funny. Things I couldn't stand anymore.. Banana's, spaghetti.. ughhh I couldn't even be in the same room as them. LOL.
20 week mark came around and I had the dreaded 2 hour glucose test. I had the orange flavor and it wasn't bad at all. Tasted like Orange crush! I waited the 2 hours, had my blood drawn and all was good.. No gestational diabetes for me. YEAH! I could keep eating what I was. By this time I had felt the baby kick and knew it wasn't butterfly's anymore. There were several day's that I didn't feel the baby kick and I would stress out, call the dr. and they would have me come in for a stress test. All was good.. I got to hear the baby's heart beat, and several times get another ultra sound. :) That always makes a mom - to - be super happy to see their little one.
Week 28, I start dilating. I'm now at 2cm. This wasn't good news to my Dr. I also had placenta previa - partial. What this means is the placenta is covering the cervix and the doctors have to keep a close eye one it. Usually as the baby gets bigger the placenta moves out of the way and things work out. As weeks go by placenta is still low, cervix is dilated to 3cm and things are thinning out.
Week 37, I still have placenta previa.. doctor puts me on light duty, and bed rest. Oh and I've been told that baby is measuring big and they are expecting it to be 8 + almost 9lbs. At this point I've gained 18 pounds and was ALL baby! I couldn't have been more excited to enjoy tv shows, lay on the couch and start my maternity leave... WRONG! It was so boring! After about the first day or so I wanted to get out of the house, enjoy some adult interaction.. do something!
Week 39, baby is still measuring big and got the o.k. that if little one wasn't out naturally then I was going to get induced on 1/16/06. Woohoo one week to go. :)
1/14/06- I had started sleeping on the couch because it was to tough to get into our bed being that it was so high up and all. It's 10:30 at night, I get by bed together, lay down and humm feel the urge to go to the bathroom.
Come back, lay down and then another urge.. this is weird.. why am I peeing on myself..
3rd time back to bed.. same thing, then it dawns on me my water broke! SHOWTIME!! Guess we aren't sleeping tonight!
We get into the car start heading to the hospital and then can't remember if we closed the garage or not, turn around check.. Yup it's closed and head to the hospital.. by this point contractions are crazy.. in pain, every couple minutes this is the real deal. We get to the hospital check in on the maternity floor.They have us go to triage to make sure I am in active labor and we find out that I'm 6cm and this is it.. whoohooo! It's midnight, we call the parents and say we are having a baby!
I get settled in what is going to be my room, get my epidural everything checks out, previa ended up moving up just enough that the doctors thought I could go vaginally. I fall asleep and wake up at 6am. (At least I got a little bit of sleep). :) I hear my mom and Brian.. They made it. :) Doctor check me and it's a go, time to start pushing. Brian goes to the waiting room, Mom is on one side, Scott is on the other. I start pushing and 25 minutes later we have a .....
BOY!
Luke Andrew Colby
1/15/06
9lbs 2oz
20.5inches
Scott's parents were at the hospital bright an early on the 15th. :)