Mommyhood!!

Wow I never thought motherhood would be as challenging as it is!!  Well I knew it was going to be the hardest thing I ever experienced, but its nothing like you think, you really can't prepare for it haha!   I have enjoyed every minute of it though!  Baylor is definitely a handful and he loves constant attention on him!   He is growing sooo fast I really can't believe my eyes!  Here are a few pictures of him from the past couple of months!

He seriously he cracks me up daily with all the silly things he does! He just turned 3 months on the 10th and currently just rolled over 2 times last week but hasn't since then!  He also loves his hands and feet and putting them in his mouth!!!! He has also really found his voice lately and the coos have definitely become babbles!  I think he also might me teething since the drool has literally tripled and I have noticed on the bottom right side it looks a little inflamed!  Here are his stats for the past couple of months:

Birth: 8lbs 11oz 20" long

11 days old: 9lbs 1 oz 20 1/2" long

1 month: 11lbs 6 oz 22" long

2 months: 14lbs 1 oz 24 1/2" long

I haven't taken him for a weight check this month yet so I will probably just wait til his 4 month appointment!   I think for a exclusively breastfed baby that is dang good!  He obviously loves to eat

In other things Zach and I just bought a new car a 2012 Hyundai Sonata!  We love it!! Especially all the gas that we are saving!!  We are also currently looking for a church and I am so ready to find one to get plugged into!!  I miss being a part of the Body of Christ!  I want to know God on a deeper level that where I am now and I am super excited to be starting a online bible study with my friend Jamie!  She and my sister have been such a blessing to me lately and keeping me uplifted!  I have been struggling with being sad about living in Newnan lately and missing my family and friends so much and I think thats were I am needing to be apart of a church again so I can meet new friends and of course be closer to my Saviour!!  Ok I think that is all for today Baylor is needing some love :)  

Baylors Birth Story

While my sweet baby is sleeping I am going to try to write his birth story cause I never want to forget the memory of having my sweet son!  Ok so it all began when I hit my due date and was only feeling sporadic contractions and nothing significant... I went to the doctor and they checked me and said I was dilated to a 2 and 70% effaced, but the baby was nice and low and I was favorable for an induction. My favorite midwife at Greystone Stephanie was the one who I was hoping would deliver the baby said she was on call and she could do it the next day if I wanted.  So I instantly was like ok!! So I called Zach after my appointment and told him the news that we would be having a baby tomorrow (May 10).  I feel like that is when things got really real! So when we got home we just relaxed and enjoyed our last night as a couple, got Olive Garden to go and went to bed really early since we had to be at the hospital at 6:30 am!  I wasn't nervous til we went to bed and I could not sleep to save my life!  I think I finally dosed off around 12:30, but woke up at 3:30am got on facebook and finally just got up at 4:30 to take a shower and get ready to head to the hospital. 

When we got all checked into the hospital and got me in the bed it was 8:00 am and time to get things started.  Stephanie checked me and said I had dilated to a 3 over night and about 80%  which was good so now it was time to break my water and start the pitocin in my IV, and holy S that stuff made the contractions start coming!  Well I was soooo nervous about everything that was about to happen I was shaking because I just do not deal well with pain at all.... So they offered me some medicine to take the edge off and would make me really sleepy... my parents and brother were in the room and I remember as my nurse was saying now some people this makes them laugh as soon as she said these the giggles would not stop!  I mean I thought everything was hilarious and it was making the water come out of me so I kept feeling like I was peeing on myself which made everything that much more funny!  Well about this time they said they were not able to pick up my contractions very well on the moniter so they were going to have to put in a internal moniter....AHHH this hurt so bad!!! I literally thought I was going to die at that moment cause it was just torture!  The only good thing that came out of that was I dilated to a 4 and I was now ready to get the epidural!!  EPIDURAL=HEAVEN!!  I don't know how people go natural with child birth!  It was about 11:30 after they got the epidural in and checked me again at a 5.  My dad came back in and was like I leave and you are about to cry you are in so much pain, I come back you are relaxed and texting lol!  Not much was really going on now so everyone decided to go get lunch and bring Zach something back...well from the time they left at 1 to 1:45 I had gone from a 5 to fully thinned out and a 9 with the babys head "right there"  Zach called everyone and to come back!  She said they would wait a few minutes and come back to check so my parents come in while Zach went and ate real quick the midwife comes back in and says time to check ya...everyone says ok see ya in a few minutes...she checks and says Im a 9 1/2 during a contraction if I want to take some practice pushes just to see what happens..Apparently I was good at pushing cause they said lets do this!  So I started pushing which was so weird cause I couldn't feel anything thanks to that handy epidural, they tell me to wait for a minute so they can get their masks and stuff on and all I wanted to do was push!  The next thing I knew I was pushing and the midwife was telling Zach to look at the head cause his eyes and nose were out and then VOILA out came the baby at 2:27pm!! 

8lbs 11 oz and 20" long with a 14" head!  I remember saying Oh my that just happened! I was crying and Zach was crying and all I knew was this instant love I had for him!  Gah makes me wanna cry now!  I have to say as scared as I was that by far was the most amazing experience of my life!  :) 

Excuse the legs!  ;)

Time is flying and crawling!

So last weekend I had back to back showers that were so very amazing and so many people blessed us with sooo many good things!  I mean I just have to say I have some AMAZING family and friends!!!  I hate that I take pictures at the beginning of the shower, but then somewhere along the way I lose it and forget to take pictures with people :(   but here are a few from both showers!

Me and Zach :) Im huge!

My little set up at Nannies

Lily posing!

Me and Amber!

The tree with stuff on it :)

As gifts were coming :)

Kitchen :)

Amazing cake by Baby Cakes!!!

Those bird nests were soooo YUMMY

Pretty spread!

One thing is certain is my family is the best!! :)
Other news we have began the weekly visits to the doctors which is so crazy I can't believe in 15 days (give or take some) I will be holding sweet little Baylor!  I am trying to get over being sick right now so I can handle the labor and be able to breathe!  Zach and I were both a couple of sickies this weekend which was just sad! Thankfully we are both getting better so we don't get Baylor sick when he arrives! I have stopped working which has been sooooo weird since I have worked since I was 15 and now that I don't work I feel a little lost.  Its been good though since I was sick so I could rest and get things together!  Hmmm what else...A little distracted right now cause I swear Baylors hand or leg or something is pushing on my hip!  One thing I can not wait to get in shape after I have Baylor, I really want to be a HOT mom lol!  I know this is crazy to already be thinking, but I don't want this weight to stick on me forever!  I am obviously being smart as far as I know it took me 9 months to put it on so I am going to give myself 9 months to get it off!  Its not going to fall off and I am going to work hard, but dang it I want to look good again not only for me, but for my husband too! :)  Well time to get this day started and get things done!  Hopefully when I write again I will have a sweet little baby! :)  EEEKK!

And so the time is coming closer and closer

Oh wow time is really just flying.. The other night me and Zach were lying in bed and I was like do you realize in a month and a half we will have a baby with us...Zach was excited and I was freaked out! I just sit and think of all the things that need to be done before Baylor gets here, not that there is a lot to do, but mindset wise, holy s* I need to get it together!  I was freaking about how he is going to come out of me, will I be able to take care of him well, praying I don't drop him!  I feel like I should put him in a carrier just to go up and down the stairs! ( I know I am crazy) On the other hand though I am soooo ecstatic to meet this little stranger and can't wait to hold him and kiss him!! He is such a blessing to us!  One thing I can be pretty sure of is I am ready not to be pregnant anymore.  Not that I should complain cause it has been a pretty easy pregnancy, but man oh man do I miss sleeping on my stomach!  There is a long list of crazy stuff I have been going through that I am ready to be done with as well...Breathing like a fat girl, being RIDICULOUS about the smallest things, gaining a pound a week, and this could go on forever!  I also don't like how insecure I feel at times, especially with my marriage! I know I have a good marriage and a trustworthy spouse but something about being pregnant makes you crazy especially when you feel fat and ugly...
   Other happenings in the Sapp House is we are getting ready for Easter this weekend, and back to back showers next weekend!  I can already feel the tiredness!  Also over this past weekend our friends Jamie and Gorham welcomed their son Bennett to the world!  We are so excited for them and I cant wait to meet him!  :)  Hmmm what else.. Ah my fabulous best friend Christi has moved back from Texas and I got to have lunch with her on Thursday and spent time with her and our sisters and let me just say it was a breath of fresh air having us all together again!  Its crazy how some friends you have you can not see them for months or years and you just pick right up!! :) I hate how now I live the farthest from my family and close friends...Well I think I am done for the day seeing how this is kinda short, but being at work isn't the best place to update your blog :)  Have a great week!

SURPRISE its a Baby Shower!

So this week my work totally shocked me with a surprise baby shower!!  They had me and Zach totally fooled! My work had said that we were having a meeting at 1 on Wednesday and then Zachs boss had told him he had a meeting at 1 at the Tennis Center for some air conditioners.... So we had no idea and did not put 2 and 2 together!  It was so sweet!!  We got some really great and useful gifts!!! It was so just soo nice! I just can't believe we are 10 weeks away from meeting our sweet baby boy!!! His nursery is already filling up with so many things!! AAAHHH!!  We finally found a little dresser at Ikea that we like and can stain to the right color which is one less stress we just have to go up there and get it now!  I know I get frustrated in Ikea, but not nearly as bad as Zach...its pretty hilarious! I'm super excited that my sister is starting to sell Pampered Chef and I am hosting  party in a couple weeks and I can't wait to have everyone over!  I love having people at my house and hello Pampered Chef food is sooo delish!!! :) Hmmm I don't think anything else new is going on at the Sapp House so I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!!  Oh and here are some pictures of my gifts from my shower!

Oh I did get my tree painted in Baylors room and here is a picture....