On Facebook a lot of my friends post daily what they are thankful for...well I didn't do the daily posts. I thought the blog might be more appropriate to write what I am thankful for. I know there are 3 more days and I already filled them in...
" I AM THANKFUL FOR...
Day 1 - A quick recovery after my c-section
Day 2 - My parents who let me stay at their house while Chad was at an overnight 3 day drill
Day 3 - Family friends who mean a lot to me and invited me to their baby shower
Day 4 - Snuggle naps with my baby girl
Day 5 - Time to take a shower
Day 6 - My brother flew Katie and Lucy to STL
Day 7 - Quality time with Lucy and Cecilia getting some Aunt Katie snuggles
Day 8 - Grandparents that are still active in my life
Day 9 - Downtown Washington
Day 10 - Uncle Andrew helping me clean up Cecilia's projectile spit-up, twice
Day 11- Veterans...especially mine, Chad
Day 12 - Aunt Kelly letting us come over and hang out on her only day off
Day 13 - Breastfeeding going so well
Day 14 - Weighing less than my pre-pregnancy weight
Day 15 - Time with Gma Patty and Aunt Adrienne
Day 16 - Lunch with a friend
Day 17 - Chad..my best friend, caring husband, loving daddy
Day 18 - My church family and baptizing Cecilia into the family of Christ
Day 19 - My brother-in-law, Derrick. His love for Christ and being a great example of a loving parent and devoted husband
Day 20 - A sleeping baby on the drive to Branson
Day 21 - Cecilia's big cousins giving her love and kisses. Christmas lights.
Day 22 - Chad being home safe this Thanksgiving. A beautiful brunch. Naps.
Day 23 - Aunt Anna taking a fussy baby trying to give momma a break
Day 24 - Marriage and witnessing 2 great friends join in marriage
Day 25 - Chad's family getting together and celebrating Thanksgiving
Day 26 - Chad holding Cecilia so I can get ready
Day 27 - Kristie planning meals for when I go back to work
Day 28 - A day home with just me and my girl.
Day 29 - My mom coming over to help so I can get the house cleaned.
Day 30 - The opportunity to get my classroom ready and work on paperwork for my first day back.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Cecilia Rae
Just lots of pictures...
Held the "baby" up so we could see what he/she was...
It's a Girl!!
Meeting Mommy
First Family Photo!!
First Bath...
Mommy holding Cecilia for the first time
Proud Daddy
Sweet Baby
Heading Home
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Then there were THREE...
As many of you know we welcomed our sweet baby on October 5th. We didn't know what we were having so throughout the day the excitement grew for Chad and I as we were hours away from holding our baby. We would think are we going to be holding our son or our daughter? And making final decisions on name choices...which got decided when they were starting to set the room up for pushing to start. The day was very long as induction started at 5:30 am and little miss didn't arrive until 10pm. I tell you what though it was worth every second, minute, and hour. People try to prepare you for labor and I was a little nervous. Somethings though I didn't know would feel so strange like breaking my water, contractions that didn't let me have a resting point, my legs feeling like jello, and being awake during a surgery. I will spare you details on what that felt like. : ) Then of course how you feel the days after.
I was at 6cm then next thing we know I was at 9.5cm. Our sweet nurse, Martha, who was with us all day was getting ready for her shift to end and she was gonna stay until her son called to be picked up. Unfortunately baby and mommy weren't quite ready before she had to leave but we were in good hands. I ended up getting another dose for my epidural then everything was so numb I couldn't push yet. I began pushing and pushed for an hour. The baby was fine but facing the wrong way and c-section was the best option. When Dr. Glover told us that I was like oh ok. I tried to prepare myself the last weeks of pregnancy that anything was possible including a c-section. I wasn't sure about having the c-section but we had given it a shot which I was thankful for. So they began preparing me and gave scrubs to Chad. I think he was more nervous than I was. I will save you all the details of the c-section...but we had Dr. Glover hold the baby up for us to see what it was instead of just saying. That's when we found out we had a precious little girl. Although she wasn't so little...9 lbs 5 oz and 22 inches long. I do remember everyone saying "look at that hair" "look at those cheeks"! I quickly told Chad to go take pictures and be with the baby. She was absolutely precious and we were in love.
Welcome to the world Cecilia Rae!!! We love you so much.
I was at 6cm then next thing we know I was at 9.5cm. Our sweet nurse, Martha, who was with us all day was getting ready for her shift to end and she was gonna stay until her son called to be picked up. Unfortunately baby and mommy weren't quite ready before she had to leave but we were in good hands. I ended up getting another dose for my epidural then everything was so numb I couldn't push yet. I began pushing and pushed for an hour. The baby was fine but facing the wrong way and c-section was the best option. When Dr. Glover told us that I was like oh ok. I tried to prepare myself the last weeks of pregnancy that anything was possible including a c-section. I wasn't sure about having the c-section but we had given it a shot which I was thankful for. So they began preparing me and gave scrubs to Chad. I think he was more nervous than I was. I will save you all the details of the c-section...but we had Dr. Glover hold the baby up for us to see what it was instead of just saying. That's when we found out we had a precious little girl. Although she wasn't so little...9 lbs 5 oz and 22 inches long. I do remember everyone saying "look at that hair" "look at those cheeks"! I quickly told Chad to go take pictures and be with the baby. She was absolutely precious and we were in love.
Welcome to the world Cecilia Rae!!! We love you so much.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Blessed
I am trying to upload photos from my phone onto my blog but I am not being very successful. So I apologize. My patience is gone right now so I will upload photos at a later date.
A little update on our lives!
I am 26 weeks pregnant and there is no hiding that I am pregnant. Baby is growing! And doing lots and lots of moving!! We went to the doctor this past week all the weight I lost since my first appointment I have gained back. I know I should be gaining weight but it hard for me to wrap my head around gaining so fast. My blood pressure was a little higher than my normal rate but still within the range so that is reassuring. I am having some bad headaches and back pains which the doctor recommended I go to a chiropractor which I have a couple times earlier in the pregnancy and it seemed to help. Ever since Chad has gotten home he has gone to every appointment with me. I am very thankful that we can go together and both ask questions. I always found it annoying growing up and people telling me how much they loved my dad and so on. Not going to lie it still is a little irritating when strangers do it or stop us in public. BUT I have a new and complete understanding why they say this. Being in the hospital for days at the beginning of my pregnancy for surgery and not having Chad with me, Dr. Glover was there a couple times a day to check on me and reassure that things were going to be ok. Every appointment he really sits down and listens to how I am feeling. He asks how everything is going with our house and Chad being home. I honestly couldn't ask for a better doctor. I feel very blessed to have him. Chad likes him too which is good!!
Chad is approaching his last week of his temporary full-time job. He is very ready to be done. Apparently cleaning toilets and having to find things to do isn't much fun. : ) However we are very thankful for the financial help this brought. Once again we are blessed! Chad isn't sure where he will go to work once school starts but we will figure it out. That isn't stressing me out since I did get a full-time job for the next year.
My job! I will be an Early Childhood Special Education teacher at Gerald Elementary for this school year. My students will have a variety of disabilities but I am up for the challenge! I have been up to my room to organize and go through things. There is still a lot to do though! The school is closed the month of July so come August 1st I will be busy, busy, getting MY classroom ready. I am very very excited. I feel a little overwhelmed because there is no curriculum but I have resources who are helping me out. Pray that I can get everything figured out. Once again though we are blessed!
This is just a little update on our lives and where we are at...and we are BLESSED!
A little update on our lives!
I am 26 weeks pregnant and there is no hiding that I am pregnant. Baby is growing! And doing lots and lots of moving!! We went to the doctor this past week all the weight I lost since my first appointment I have gained back. I know I should be gaining weight but it hard for me to wrap my head around gaining so fast. My blood pressure was a little higher than my normal rate but still within the range so that is reassuring. I am having some bad headaches and back pains which the doctor recommended I go to a chiropractor which I have a couple times earlier in the pregnancy and it seemed to help. Ever since Chad has gotten home he has gone to every appointment with me. I am very thankful that we can go together and both ask questions. I always found it annoying growing up and people telling me how much they loved my dad and so on. Not going to lie it still is a little irritating when strangers do it or stop us in public. BUT I have a new and complete understanding why they say this. Being in the hospital for days at the beginning of my pregnancy for surgery and not having Chad with me, Dr. Glover was there a couple times a day to check on me and reassure that things were going to be ok. Every appointment he really sits down and listens to how I am feeling. He asks how everything is going with our house and Chad being home. I honestly couldn't ask for a better doctor. I feel very blessed to have him. Chad likes him too which is good!!
Chad is approaching his last week of his temporary full-time job. He is very ready to be done. Apparently cleaning toilets and having to find things to do isn't much fun. : ) However we are very thankful for the financial help this brought. Once again we are blessed! Chad isn't sure where he will go to work once school starts but we will figure it out. That isn't stressing me out since I did get a full-time job for the next year.
My job! I will be an Early Childhood Special Education teacher at Gerald Elementary for this school year. My students will have a variety of disabilities but I am up for the challenge! I have been up to my room to organize and go through things. There is still a lot to do though! The school is closed the month of July so come August 1st I will be busy, busy, getting MY classroom ready. I am very very excited. I feel a little overwhelmed because there is no curriculum but I have resources who are helping me out. Pray that I can get everything figured out. Once again though we are blessed!
This is just a little update on our lives and where we are at...and we are BLESSED!
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
It's been quite awhile...
It has been awhile but I will get in the habit before Baby Pohlmann arrives. Update on our lives...Chad got back from a year deployment to Afghanistan in April. I am so glad he is back!
In January Chad came home for two weeks it was a very busy two weeks. Not only were we busy trying to visit everyone and do all the fun things Chad had been missing....we also put a contract on a house after seeing over a dozen of course. We couldn't of done it without our wonderful real estate agent, Jacob Stallmann!! The inspections and buying process happened while Chad was in Afghanistan. This was a crazy and stressful process, ridiculous at times, but I got through it! (with the support of Jacob and family of course!) But we are homeowners!
We are both very excited about little Pohlmann! The walls are painted and blinds are up in the baby's room but thats about all we have accomplished. We have a list of potential names but nothing concrete yet...which I don't think we are going to tell everyone once we decide on a name. However we will have to have a girl name and a boy name ready. That's right this baby is going to be a surprise! We haven't registered either...guess we need to do that. All I know is this is one strong baby! At 8.5 weeks I had my gallbladder removed...it was very scary but my mom or dad stayed with me every night I was in the hospital which was 5 nights. I am feeling better but still have at least one day a week where I throw-up...much better than all day everyday. At our 20 week ultrasound the baby was flipping around and doing lots of kicking. It was so neat to watch.
We thank God everyday for Chad's safe return home and continue to pray for family and friends that are currently deployed. I ask that you do the same.
Pictures of house coming soon...
In January Chad came home for two weeks it was a very busy two weeks. Not only were we busy trying to visit everyone and do all the fun things Chad had been missing....we also put a contract on a house after seeing over a dozen of course. We couldn't of done it without our wonderful real estate agent, Jacob Stallmann!! The inspections and buying process happened while Chad was in Afghanistan. This was a crazy and stressful process, ridiculous at times, but I got through it! (with the support of Jacob and family of course!) But we are homeowners!
We are both very excited about little Pohlmann! The walls are painted and blinds are up in the baby's room but thats about all we have accomplished. We have a list of potential names but nothing concrete yet...which I don't think we are going to tell everyone once we decide on a name. However we will have to have a girl name and a boy name ready. That's right this baby is going to be a surprise! We haven't registered either...guess we need to do that. All I know is this is one strong baby! At 8.5 weeks I had my gallbladder removed...it was very scary but my mom or dad stayed with me every night I was in the hospital which was 5 nights. I am feeling better but still have at least one day a week where I throw-up...much better than all day everyday. At our 20 week ultrasound the baby was flipping around and doing lots of kicking. It was so neat to watch.
We thank God everyday for Chad's safe return home and continue to pray for family and friends that are currently deployed. I ask that you do the same.
Pictures of house coming soon...
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