WOW...So a lot has happened since I last wrote. For starters we had a baby. That was certainly no simple ordeal. All those women weren't just kidding about the agonizing, intolerable pain of child birth...darn it! But after 35 hrs of labor... 14 of those hrs actually productive...we have our amazing, prefect, healthy little boy Brayden!!! Yay. I have to say truly the MOST amazing, unreal, spectacular event thus far in my life. Babies really are, as cheesy as it sounds, such a miracle! I will refrain from including the out of body and mind insanely intense painful details...but for those interested, and myself, heres how the birth went, in short: Thurs 5/29 11:30 pm Adam and I headed to Kaiser to begin "the journey" of induction. Extremely nervous, we settled into our room and met Lisa...our fabulous nurse who would become part of my "solid mountain" of people I would become so dependent on, and intimate with...thank you so much Lisa for the ease you brought. about 9:30am Fri 5/30 they began the continuous drip of pitocin to begin my contractions (because little B was 10 days overdue and my body didn't want to let him out) ALL day we played that game...mild contractions, increasing the dose, getting no where it seemed. At about 7pm that night Natalie the midwife decided it would be best to send us home, and come back in 2 days to start all over since my uterus is getting exhausted already with no real progress. Right as we are dissapointedly nodding our heads, agreeing that might be the best option, my water breaks...good job Bray...we didn't want to go home empty handed!! And so we stayed...and holy @$#! then the labor began...OWWWW. And thank you Adam!! You were my absolute rock during this time and I can't thank you enough. I could not have survived this stage without you and I just love you so so much and am incredibly lucky to have you, thanks! Finally after 4-5 hrs of hell, and 3cm dilated my angel arrived...with the epiderral. YAY, after that kicked in, my brain re-entered my head a little, and I got some rest...ready to push around 8:40am Sat 5/31, 40 min later out popped my baby...OUR BABY....its so unreal just to say that. Adam and I are proud parents and so lucky to have such a healthy perfect little boy!!! I'm never doing that again!
o the beach house for a little family time while Adam still had some time off work. We lucked out on the weather. only Ponsu got to come, Indica too old, and Chaco decided to take off minutes before leaving and 3 hrs later we find him begging for food from some kids, not surprised. Adam surfed, while Brayden Pons and I all walked up and down the beach. Super fun trip. We can do this parenting thing!!
