The days leading up to D-Day

Wow! It has been a crazy week to say the least. It started off on Matt's birthday the 21st. Pipes in the kitchen got clogged and we had a small flood in our kitchen and laundry room. It was Sunday, Matt's birthday and he had a wife who was 39 weeks pregnant, who wasn't much help cleaning things up. Happy Birthday Matt. Monday we were told the plumber would be there. I sat around all day waiting and no plumber.
Tuesday waited all day for the plumber who was supposed to come in the morning. He finally came around 2. Minutes after he got there the house began to shake. He yelled at me from the kitchen..."um mam' your house is shaking, does it do that often?" I stood in the door way kind of confused. I could feel it shaking as well and was hoping that it wasn't just our house. I told him no our house never shakes and that I thought that maybe it was an earthquake. He didn't believe me. But the house was definitely swaying from side to side. Then I got a text from Matt asking if I just felt that? It was indeed an earthquake. A first for me! Anyway, the plumber couldn't get to the clog so that meant another day of waiting for the plumber for me the next day. I was thrilled. Oh and there was word that a hurricane was coming and we needed to get ready in case it hit Williamsburg.
Wednesday was spent getting food that wouldn't go bad that we could eat if we lost power and stocking up on water before the stores ran out. Oh and batteries and things like that. We kept hoping that the hurricane would take a different route because it was still too early to tell if we were really going to get hit.
Thursday I had my doctors appointment. Hoping that maybe they would induce me that day so I wouldn't go into labor during the hurricane. Well that hope was shot down. I hadn't progressed at all since my last appointment and the baby was still too high. I spent the rest of Thursday stressing out about what to do if I really do go into labor during the hurricane. Also got word that my aunt who has been sick was given 72 hours left to live. Which would possibly cancel my mom's plan for coming to help with the baby until after that happened.
Friday...more stressing. More shopping for food and water. Nervously checking weather.com praying that the hurricane track had shifted. It never seemed to shift in the right way. We knew there was nothing left we could do to prepare. We just had to wait for it to come.
Saturday we wake up to heavy rain and lots of wind. Our power was on when we got up and we were grateful. It stayed on until about 1:30 then it was gone. We figured that everyone probably lots power. So we all took naps to pass the time. When we got up Matt decided to see if there was anyone that did have power. Indeed there were lots of people that still had power. A little frustrating. Some friends asked if we wanted to come to their house, since they had power. The storm looked like it was safe to go out in and we decided that we would go. I brought my hospital bag just in case. We hung out with friends and played games until their power went out around 8:30. By this time the storm was picking up a ton. We didn't feel like it was safe to drive home in so we opted to put Karlee to bed and stay there the night. It was fun to spend the time with friends. It was a lot more entertaining than going home and sitting in the dark by ourselves. It got pretty scary that night for a little bit. Watching trees sway and looking like they could fall and any minute.
Sunday (due date) we woke up wondering and hoping that our house had no damage. We walked out of our friends house and could see many trees that had fallen.  

We drove home to see if there was any damage done to our house. We got lucky. Just a few branches in the yard. We actually were really worried about one tree in our yard. We thought for sure it would come down. But it didn't. It is just leaning lot more now than it was before. Church was canceled. So we went for a drive to see what other damage was done. We went to some other friends house to keep Karlee entertained as well as ourselves. We got word that some people in our ward got power. So we had much hope that ours would be back on. It wasn't :( I learned that you become the most popular person in town when you are due any day and a huge storm has just come through. I received many phone calls, texts and visits to make sure that we were okay and didn't need anything. We felt very loved and blessed to have such wonderful friends and family.
Monday school was canceled for Matt. We hung out. Went out to lunch to one of the few places that had their power back on. Then Monday afternoon we got a call from a friend in the ward whose due date was 2 weeks after mine saying that she was at the hospital and they were going to have to induce. She needed someone to watch her daughter so her husband could join her. I have to admit I was extremely jealous. I was supposed to be the next one to have a baby. Anyway, so we watched my friends little girl for a couple of hours while they found someone else to watch her just in case I went into labor. Another one of my friends called and said that she was going to bring me some caster oil (the thought of it makes me want to puke).  She brought me a little concoction to drink. I drank most of it but couldn't stomach the rest. That night we went to said friends house to enjoy their air conditioning and light because we were still without. While there I started having contractions but nothing regular or strong. We got home around 11 and laid in bed talking, by this time my contractions had picked up in frequency but no intensity. After timing them for an hour Matt was convinced we needed to go to the hospital. I was still a little hesitant but we called our neighbor to come over to be with Karlee and we headed out. Unfortunately for us the hospital was extremely full and they weren't about to admit me unless I was far along. I wasn't so they sent us home after about 3 hours of being there. We came home our neighbor went back home and an hour later my water broke. YAY! Best news ever!
Tuesday our sweet little boy was born! What a great relief. After all the stress it was so good to finally have him here. It was also nice to spend a few days in the hospital that had electricity while ours was still out.

Karlee telling us that Colton needed a bottle and a binky so he could be happy.

Colton brought Karlee a baby of her own.

Thursday we got to come home from the hospital with no power. Lucky for us we have such nice and thoughtful people in our ward who were willing to let us come stay at their house until our power did come back on.

This is how Colton felt about not having a house to go home to with power.

Friday night we got power back!! Best news ever.
Now we are just trying to adjust to having a new born. I forgot how much time they take. Karlee seems to be adjusting alright. I mean last night she slept in her bed for the first time in a week. So she's been a little on the emotional side. But she absolutely loves Colton and wants to do everything for him. She always wants to hold him and help. She is going to be a good (and bossy) big sister.

And here are some more pictures just in case you thought this post wasn't long enough.

My friend Ashlee and I ended up delivering on the same day.

Baby Update/Hurricane Update

Well I have 3 days til my due date. I never went this far with Karlee and it's a little rough. I have mixed feelings because there is a big hurricane that is supposed to hit on Saturday night/Sunday morning...I'm not sure whether it's safer for the baby to be in or out. I don't really want to be away from Karlee and not know whether she's safe or not. There are just a lot of what ifs that I don't really like. We are expected to lose power for a few days and maybe have a tree or two fall. They are actually canceling school on Monday and telling students to evacuate. I'm not too convinced that evacuation is necessary but we don't have that choice. I went to the doctor today he assured me that if he thought I'd be having this baby soon he would have me be induced today but I haven't progressed at all and so he doesn't think he'll be coming anytime soon. So here's to hoping he'll wait to come til after the storm. Wish us luck!

A little bit of news!

So things are about to change around our house. Well, when I say about I mean in like 4 months, August 28th to be exact. We found out yesterday that we're having a baby boy! We are so excited. Well, when I say we I mean Matt and I. Karlee is excited about a baby but not that it's a brother. She's been telling us this whole time that she's having a sister. I thought that maybe if we took her with us to see the ultrasound and if it happened to be a boy she would be okay if they told us it was a boy. Well I was wrong. The ultrasound tech said it's a boy and Karlee said no it's a sister. Whenever we tell her it's really a brother she gets mad at us and screams NO IT'S A SISTER!!! Well I guess she has a few months to get used to the idea. I'm sure she'll love him just the same. But who knew a two year old would have such an opinion about the whole thing.

Things have been going very well this time. It's been way different this go round and we are very grateful! Although some days it's not fun being pregnant and having a toddler to chase around I'd take that over being really sick. We are really excited for August!

And here are some pictures of Karlee. She's obsessed with dresses and has to wear one EVERY day! Some days it's just not worth the fight. I don't know how I got such a girlie girl. But she sure is cute!