Happy Birthday buddy!! I am sorry this is a day late, I had to get to a computer to get this done! I hope you got the card that I sent to you and had a wonderful birthday!! I miss you tons and wish I could have been there!
Happy Birthday!
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Happy Birthday William!
Happy Birthday William!! I can't believe how old you are and how much you have changed from year to year! I hope you have a great day! I sent you a card so if you did not get it yet, watch the mail! I can't wait to see the pictures from your party when your mom posts!
I love you you and miss you! Happy birthday!
I love you you and miss you! Happy birthday!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
This and That
So I will update on the people around here!
Dad is working hard everyday after he gets off work to get this bathroom remodeling finished! The way he describes it to look is really beautiful! Right now there is still a hole in the floor and no walls! Based on the work that he did on the other bathroom, I am not worried at all for this one! It will be nice when it is finished since there will be a jacuzzi tub in it!
Jonathan is just working his 7 days on and 6 days off schedule. He will be taking time off in a week or so and may be going to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving. We will have already had our celebration here so he will get to have two if he goes. Also if he goes he can pick up a dresser for me that was Kayleigh's and Rebecca can have a place for her cloths! No pressure to him on going or anything!!! He continues to work on cars and things when his days off come around.
Nathan is still looking for a job but in the mean time is getting to do lots of work around here for Dad! He got a tattoo on his hand that means Justice but I am not sure how the word is actually pronounced. His stomach issues have gone away so he is in good health!
David is working at Al's as a cashier and saving money (I think) as he goes. He travels every couple of weekends out to see Miranda, they make a cute couple! Her birthday is on the 14th of this month and she will be 18. He got her a build a bear made that resembles himself, all the way down to the converse shoes!! He wants me to walk him through making brownies the morning of the 14th so he can take her some! Last time we did that they turned out weird, hopefully this time will be different. I could make them for him but he wants to do it himself!
Samuel got his report card and has strait A's!!! He is getting better at helping out when asked though it could still use some more work on it! He is having a great time visiting with Adrian the last couple of weeks and I am sure will be sad when he leaves soon. He helps Dad out with the remodeling but Samuel would much rather destroy stuff than build it back up! He did however build a dog house for the dogs so they would be outside instead of inside now that Rebecca is here. He made it big enough for all of them and it has electricity, carpet, insulation, and wood paneling! Spoiled dog's!!!
On to the rest of us!!!
As you know we have a new member of our family and she is a complete angel!!! She has been fussy the last couple of nights but that is because she has been sleeping through most of the day. She has gained some weight that she lost back and is now weighing in at 4lbs 15oz!! Almost back to 5lbs!! She got a new car seat and one of those head things for it that is awesome!! She was introduced to a couple of the dogs yesterday and slept right through it! Nathans dog Snow was the one most interested in her, I guess she still has the mommy instinct! As of yesterday, Rebecca lost her umbilical cord! I had to call mom to make sure that it was not to soon! I was kind of freaked out when it happened! New mom scares!! I will be posting a picture of her in a couple of days that has her laying next to the new born outfit that we were going to originally be bringing her home from the hospital in. She looks so tiny but I took it so that everyone can get a better idea how small she truly is!
Kevin tries to not let anyone know how much he loves her but he is failing!! Every time he looks at her he gets a smile on his face. She will have him wrapped around her little finger without even having to try! He will have vacation time starting on the 17th so he will be helping dad with the house. He stayed downstairs in the living room with me the first two nights I was home but since he had to go back to work be has gone back upstairs. He can't do anything much when she wakes up in the night but each time he would wake up with us and just sit there (trying to not fall asleep!) All his complaining about not wanting a girl went out the window the second that he held her!! Like I said in my other post, proud papa!
Ashley is a little jealous in my opinion. She went upstairs when I got home from the hospital and doesn't want to hold Rebecca. I think in some ways it is that she is not getting attention but in other ways I feel it is because of how Kevin is with Rebecca and that he has never been that way with her. Again this is only my opinion! She is going to have to quit her job as of Saturday. She has let her grades drop in school. I made the arrangement with her that he grades has to be the best that she could do (not strait A's) If she had been going to tutorials or doing extra studying here at the house then it would be different. She is not upset that she has to quit and that I think is because she has to work and does not get to just hang out with friends and stuff like that that she wants to do. Eventually I am sure that she will want to get another job and I suggested that she wait til summer and then she would not have anything that work conflicts with. We shall see. She has stopped going to church and that is her choice all the way around. I would love for her to go but I am not going to force her to do it. Other than that there is not much new with her.
Adrian has been here but leaves on the 17th and that is less than a week away! I will miss him so much but if I look at it like he is on vacation maybe it wont be so bad! He will be in Germany for a minimum of 2 years, that is a long time! We will be having pictures taken of him today in his dress greens so we will get some sent out to everyone when they come in! He loves his baby sister and I am sure he will miss her bunches when he leaves, probably more than he will miss the rest of us!
Then there is me! The newest thing for me right now is everything! I am not sure if I am doing anything right but I know mom will set me strait if I am not! I wake up easily and spend most of my nights watching Rebecca sleep instead of sleeping myself! I love to give her kiss after kiss and she enjoys it to (I hope!) Mom will be here today and get to meet her so I am super excited for that! I still can't believe that she is mine and that I am a mom to such a sweet angel! It seems like she has been here forever though and I wouldn't know what to do without her!!
Dad is working hard everyday after he gets off work to get this bathroom remodeling finished! The way he describes it to look is really beautiful! Right now there is still a hole in the floor and no walls! Based on the work that he did on the other bathroom, I am not worried at all for this one! It will be nice when it is finished since there will be a jacuzzi tub in it!
Jonathan is just working his 7 days on and 6 days off schedule. He will be taking time off in a week or so and may be going to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving. We will have already had our celebration here so he will get to have two if he goes. Also if he goes he can pick up a dresser for me that was Kayleigh's and Rebecca can have a place for her cloths! No pressure to him on going or anything!!! He continues to work on cars and things when his days off come around.
Nathan is still looking for a job but in the mean time is getting to do lots of work around here for Dad! He got a tattoo on his hand that means Justice but I am not sure how the word is actually pronounced. His stomach issues have gone away so he is in good health!
David is working at Al's as a cashier and saving money (I think) as he goes. He travels every couple of weekends out to see Miranda, they make a cute couple! Her birthday is on the 14th of this month and she will be 18. He got her a build a bear made that resembles himself, all the way down to the converse shoes!! He wants me to walk him through making brownies the morning of the 14th so he can take her some! Last time we did that they turned out weird, hopefully this time will be different. I could make them for him but he wants to do it himself!
Samuel got his report card and has strait A's!!! He is getting better at helping out when asked though it could still use some more work on it! He is having a great time visiting with Adrian the last couple of weeks and I am sure will be sad when he leaves soon. He helps Dad out with the remodeling but Samuel would much rather destroy stuff than build it back up! He did however build a dog house for the dogs so they would be outside instead of inside now that Rebecca is here. He made it big enough for all of them and it has electricity, carpet, insulation, and wood paneling! Spoiled dog's!!!
On to the rest of us!!!
As you know we have a new member of our family and she is a complete angel!!! She has been fussy the last couple of nights but that is because she has been sleeping through most of the day. She has gained some weight that she lost back and is now weighing in at 4lbs 15oz!! Almost back to 5lbs!! She got a new car seat and one of those head things for it that is awesome!! She was introduced to a couple of the dogs yesterday and slept right through it! Nathans dog Snow was the one most interested in her, I guess she still has the mommy instinct! As of yesterday, Rebecca lost her umbilical cord! I had to call mom to make sure that it was not to soon! I was kind of freaked out when it happened! New mom scares!! I will be posting a picture of her in a couple of days that has her laying next to the new born outfit that we were going to originally be bringing her home from the hospital in. She looks so tiny but I took it so that everyone can get a better idea how small she truly is!
Kevin tries to not let anyone know how much he loves her but he is failing!! Every time he looks at her he gets a smile on his face. She will have him wrapped around her little finger without even having to try! He will have vacation time starting on the 17th so he will be helping dad with the house. He stayed downstairs in the living room with me the first two nights I was home but since he had to go back to work be has gone back upstairs. He can't do anything much when she wakes up in the night but each time he would wake up with us and just sit there (trying to not fall asleep!) All his complaining about not wanting a girl went out the window the second that he held her!! Like I said in my other post, proud papa!
Ashley is a little jealous in my opinion. She went upstairs when I got home from the hospital and doesn't want to hold Rebecca. I think in some ways it is that she is not getting attention but in other ways I feel it is because of how Kevin is with Rebecca and that he has never been that way with her. Again this is only my opinion! She is going to have to quit her job as of Saturday. She has let her grades drop in school. I made the arrangement with her that he grades has to be the best that she could do (not strait A's) If she had been going to tutorials or doing extra studying here at the house then it would be different. She is not upset that she has to quit and that I think is because she has to work and does not get to just hang out with friends and stuff like that that she wants to do. Eventually I am sure that she will want to get another job and I suggested that she wait til summer and then she would not have anything that work conflicts with. We shall see. She has stopped going to church and that is her choice all the way around. I would love for her to go but I am not going to force her to do it. Other than that there is not much new with her.
Adrian has been here but leaves on the 17th and that is less than a week away! I will miss him so much but if I look at it like he is on vacation maybe it wont be so bad! He will be in Germany for a minimum of 2 years, that is a long time! We will be having pictures taken of him today in his dress greens so we will get some sent out to everyone when they come in! He loves his baby sister and I am sure he will miss her bunches when he leaves, probably more than he will miss the rest of us!
Then there is me! The newest thing for me right now is everything! I am not sure if I am doing anything right but I know mom will set me strait if I am not! I wake up easily and spend most of my nights watching Rebecca sleep instead of sleeping myself! I love to give her kiss after kiss and she enjoys it to (I hope!) Mom will be here today and get to meet her so I am super excited for that! I still can't believe that she is mine and that I am a mom to such a sweet angel! It seems like she has been here forever though and I wouldn't know what to do without her!!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
We Are Home!!!
Above is a picture of Rebecca and myself here at the house today! She is adorable and the perfect angel!!!I should have fixed this one below but I guess everyone can turn heads and see her! She was hungry and looking for me so she would not look toward the camera! This is one of the outfits that we had to buy for her yesterday because nothing that I have bought for the last 8 months in preparation for her fits her!! She is tiny!
The one below is in the same outfit as above, I cheated and got it while she was sleeping!
I just put this one in for kicks and giggles! This is me on Sunday when we got home from the hospital. I am swollen from the surgery but for the most part, I have to say that I don't look like I just had a baby 3 days previous! Oh, by the way these pictures are not in any specific order! I just saw a picture and put it on here!
We are getting ready to get her dressed to go home in this picture! She had her eyes open so we took the opportunity and took a picture!
The proud papa after she was born! I was not in this one since I was still in the operating room!
I had to wait until 12 30 before I got to hold her because she was on oxygen until that point. This is when I first got to hold her. I was a little bit out of it still but was so anxious to get her in my arms I made sure that I stayed awake until they brought her to me! I look not so good but the feeling I had was completely different! I am amazed every time that I look at her and can't believe sometimes that she is really mine! I am so much in love and have been since they pulled her out. I was in tears when I was watching them clean her off! I wish I was not tied to a table so I could have touched her right then but I was able to give her lots of kisses before they took her to the nursery!
This one is right before we were leaving the hospital. I am not sure why the color is off but you can kind of see how small she is in comparison to the car seat! The day we were leaving she was weighed in at 4lbs. 14oz. We had to go back yesterday and have her weighed and she lost down to 4lbs. 12oz. Today we had to go again and she weighed 4lbs 13oz!!! I go again tomorrow and hopefully I will find that she has gained again!!
This last picture for this post is one that makes me laugh!! I have mentioned several times in past blogs that she hated having her picture taken when ultrasounds were done and anytime a monitor was placed on her she would run from it! Well this picture shows how much she does not like her picture taken! I am going to have to get this one framed!!
Well, that is some of the pictures that I have of my sweet little angel! She is a great baby! She is not one that likes to stay awake at night! We go to bed around 10pm to 11pm and she will sleep until around 4am. This morning she woke up at 2am but that was because she had a dirty diaper. I fed her anyway even though all she wanted to do was get back to sleep as soon as possible! She then woke up at her usual time of 4am, right on schedule!! After she eats at 4am then she will go back to sleep until around 8 30am to 9am. That is sometimes to early for her and I have to wake her up! It is nice!!I will obviously post more pictures of her but these are just a few so that everyone can see how cute she is without tubes! So what do you think of my teeny tiny sweetie??
Friday, November 6, 2009
Rebecca Jean Rushing
Rebecca Jean Rushing: Born November 5, 2009 6:50 PM. Weight 5 pounds 6 ounces. 18.5 inches.
Rebecca when she was about 1 minute old.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Here Are The Pictures!!
This first picture was taken on the first Sunday Adrian was home. We were about to go to church and since he was wearing his dress uniform I had to get a picture of him!! He is so handsome and skinny!!!Below is a picture of Ashley and her new hair cut. She has already gotten into a habit of putting it into a pony tail so it is not noticeable that she got a haircut. I wish she would wear it down and styled the way she did the first couple of days but since I only wear mine in a pony tail I can't complain to much!!
Below is a baby bump picture! I am not sure why I am not smiling in it, I was sure I was smiling when Ashley took the picture for me. She also cut off half my head! At any rate, this was taken about 3 weeks ago or whenever it was that I said I would get these pictures posted originally! See, I have a belly!!!
The one right below was taken last night by dad. I was closer to him so it looks bigger than the other one. According to the measurements by the doctor, the belly is the same size as it was when the one above was taken! I was wearing my pj's so I just pulled the sweat shirt up for a better view! I plan on having a couple of pictures taken the day I go into the hospital to have her as well as a couple between now and then. I will have them posted sooner than it took to post these!!
I will be having my baby shower on Saturday November 14Th. I will make sure to have the pictures taken of it posted before i go in to have her! I will also get some pictures while Andrew and Marni are here and post them!P.S. Pay no attention to the backgrounds on any of the pictures taken above!! With the remodeling going on, it is not a pretty picture!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
SOOO.....
OK, so I have the pictures taken and they are still sitting on my camera of the baby bump as well as the haircut of Ashley's. I promise I will get them posted. I do feel like I am getting bigger and bigger each day so I will have a couple of those kind of pictures posted!
I am not sure if I mentioned it or not but on Friday the 13Th we are having our thanksgiving dinner and we are all excited because Andrew and Marni are coming out with the kids so we get to have some visiting time with family!!!
Mom will get in on Thursday the 12Th around 11pm so I will pick her up and then make it home a couple hours before having to start cooking! Fortunately for me she will be here and I will get to delegate any of the cooking stuff that I don't want to do! I am so lucky!!
I went to the doctor appointment yesterday and was told that I will not be having the c-section on the 16Th after all. I instead will be having her on the morning of the 17Th. I have to be to the hospital at 6am on Tuesday the 17Th and they will have me in the operating room by 7 30am. Adrian will have to leave to go to the airport and fly out by noon on the 17Th. He will get to see her for a couple hours so that will be a nice thing and of course he will get to see her born. He will be standing at the door of the operating room with Kevin while they do the c-section and mom will be sitting with me in the room. That is Kevin's choice for mom to be with me. We will be getting a video camera so that it can be video taped, I am excited for that! Before going in for the surgery I will be getting a blessing and I am privileged to say that Adrian will be the one that is giving the blessing! He is nervous but I think a little bit excited also! For the next two weeks I will be doing some serious cleaning and hopefully get lots of help from everyone with little complaining. If they complain fine but the help will be given to me anyway!!
After Rebecca is born I will stay in the hospital for a few days and I am understanding that Kevin will not be staying in the hospital with me. Mom will stay with me so I am not alone though so that will be nice. When I get home I will not be able to walk up stairs for a week or so so I will be staying in the living room. I guess that will work for Kevin since he likes the room to be about zero degrees, I won't be there to turn the heater on!
Well, that is all that I know of at this point! I will have Dad download the pictures as soon as he gets home from work today and then have them posted tomorrow. I promise!!!
I am not sure if I mentioned it or not but on Friday the 13Th we are having our thanksgiving dinner and we are all excited because Andrew and Marni are coming out with the kids so we get to have some visiting time with family!!!
Mom will get in on Thursday the 12Th around 11pm so I will pick her up and then make it home a couple hours before having to start cooking! Fortunately for me she will be here and I will get to delegate any of the cooking stuff that I don't want to do! I am so lucky!!
I went to the doctor appointment yesterday and was told that I will not be having the c-section on the 16Th after all. I instead will be having her on the morning of the 17Th. I have to be to the hospital at 6am on Tuesday the 17Th and they will have me in the operating room by 7 30am. Adrian will have to leave to go to the airport and fly out by noon on the 17Th. He will get to see her for a couple hours so that will be a nice thing and of course he will get to see her born. He will be standing at the door of the operating room with Kevin while they do the c-section and mom will be sitting with me in the room. That is Kevin's choice for mom to be with me. We will be getting a video camera so that it can be video taped, I am excited for that! Before going in for the surgery I will be getting a blessing and I am privileged to say that Adrian will be the one that is giving the blessing! He is nervous but I think a little bit excited also! For the next two weeks I will be doing some serious cleaning and hopefully get lots of help from everyone with little complaining. If they complain fine but the help will be given to me anyway!!
After Rebecca is born I will stay in the hospital for a few days and I am understanding that Kevin will not be staying in the hospital with me. Mom will stay with me so I am not alone though so that will be nice. When I get home I will not be able to walk up stairs for a week or so so I will be staying in the living room. I guess that will work for Kevin since he likes the room to be about zero degrees, I won't be there to turn the heater on!
Well, that is all that I know of at this point! I will have Dad download the pictures as soon as he gets home from work today and then have them posted tomorrow. I promise!!!
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