Because all babies deserve to be healthy...

Hooray!

Beginning January 30th, 2009 I will officially be a stay at home mommy! We just decided this was the best decision for our family, especially because I cry everyday that I have to leave her to go to work! I am so excited, and so glad that I have a wonderful husband who has agreed to be the main provider so I can be at home with our little girl. It's going to take me being dedicated to a budget (and less shopping) but I know we can do it! Praise be to God that He made this possible!

Addie's Dedication

Sunday Addie was dedicated at our church! A dedication is where Andrew and I are dedicating ourselves to raise her in a Christian home until she is old enough to make the decision to be a Christian herself. We don't typically baptize children until they are old enough to understand what it really means. After Church we had everyone over for a BBQ to celebrate! Here are some pictures from that day!

Addie being dedicated by Pastor Clay:


Praying for her spiritual growth and us as parents:


The pink cupcakes I made in her honor:


All tuckered out after her big day!

My last day on maternity leave...

So today is technically my last day of maternity leave. I can't even imagine how hard it's going to be to leave her to go to work on Monday. Thank God I only have to work until Andrew get's a job, then I get to be a stay at home mommy to my baby girl! Andrew has a couple good job leads, we're just waiting to hear back. The best is from University of Phoenix so keep your fingers crossed for us! Addie has a cold, so I hope she gets better before her dedication on Sunday! Here are some new pictures of Addie at six weeks!

Some pregnancy pictures...

Since I was so bad at updating during the pregnancy here are some pictures of me pregnant!

20 weeks!


23 weeks!


26 weeks!


Our Halloween costume:


33 weeks!




38 weeks!




The day we went to the hospital to be induced:

I haven't updated in a while...

I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated this thing!
We'll we had our precious little girl Adeline Lauren Kabbani on December 4th, 2008 at 6:31p.m. She was 8lbs 2oz and 20 inches long. She was delivered by c-section after 20 hours of induced labor! She is the cutest, sweetest, most amazing thing that's ever happened to me! I can't even remember what life was like before we had her and I don't care! lol!

So my birth story goes something like this....

On December 3rd, 2008 I went to West Valley hospital to be induced at 8:40p.m. They immediately started the cervidil inserts to try and get me to dialate. I was only dialated to a 1 and was 50% effaced. I started having contractions right away. So we started walking....we would walk for an hour around L&D, then I would get another insert of Cervidil. After a couple hours the contractions were so painful that they gave me Stadol to help with the pain. I was pretty much out after that. They checked me a couple times during the night and I was dialating REALLY slowly. At about 9:00a.m. my doctor came and broke my water. The contractions got REALLY bad after that so I had my epidural at about 11:00a.m. when I was 3-4 centimeters dialated. I kept getting checked all day and was not moving past 5 centimeters. They gave me this peanut shaped birthing ball to put between my legs to try and help her move down the birth canal so I could dialate further. At about 3;30p.m. the doctor came to talk to me about how I wasn't progressing and he though a c-section would be in my future. I told him I wanted to wait it out a little further and he agreed he would give me a little longer but if they checked me and I wasn't progressing we would do a c-section. At 4:30p.m. he came back in a checked me and I hadn't move at all! I was still at 5! So he gave me a half hour to try and progress. At this point I was having terrible back labor and the birthing ball was making me really angry! The nurse checked me at 5:00p.m. and I was still at 5 so they started prepping me for a c-section! I was crying because I REALLY didn't want things to go this way but Andrew and my family were really reassuring so I calmed down a little bit. We ended up waiting until about 6:20p.m. to get into the OR because my doctor's surgery assistant was stuck in traffic...but it was ok because I decided to take a nap! lol! So they brought us into the OR and at 6:31p.m. she was here! I am ultimately glad we had the c-section because the cord was wrapped around her neck twice so having her vaginally could have posed some major complications! They took her and Andrew to the nursery and I was left there in the OR while they were putting me back together! I was shaking so bad from the spinal and the medication that I didn't get to hold her until she was about an hour old. I really wanted to have her naturally but I decided that it doesn't matter how she got here, it only matters that she is here! Here are some pictures from labor and delivery!

Here is Addie fresh from the oven:


Addie and Mommy:


Daddy and Addie:


Those hospital clothes weren't good enough for our girl, lol!


Ready to go home:

Life is crazy stressful...

AHH! Andrew and I are both feeling so stressed right now! Not only did Andrew start his student teaching this week...but this will also be his last week working. Starting next week our only income will be my income...ouch. Before he started his student teaching we carpooled everyday to save gas and let's face it...I'm not the greatest driver. We decided to take his car for whatever reason and on the way to work it broke down. Our warrantly on that car is already gone...and we can't figure out what's wrong with it. Andrew and I can't carpool anymore because Monday-Friday we pretty much go in opposite directions now! I definitely don't handle all this stress well being pregnant either, it just makes me even more emotional! We're just praying and trusting in God because I know He has control over our situation. On a lighter note I had a doctor's appointment on 08/21/08 and everything is looking great! Addie is growing right on schedule and luckily even though I am constantly eating I have yet to gain a pound! The doctor also reminded me that I don't have too much time left....after my next appointment I start going in every two weeks until the end! I can't believe it! Only 17 weeks left!