One Week and Counting

So it is officially one week until we move back to the good old state of New York. Liem doesn't know it, but he is excited. He will get his own room and maybe even a crib. Now we haven't started packing or anything, I mean we should but we haven't. Its not like it will take us that long. It should be cool, but we have to take a 14 hour drive, and I am ready to get that over with. We will only have to do it once though.

One thing I am worried about with the move is getting a job. I really want to work to help out, but I do not want to leave Liem with a babysitter, so my idea is to babysit myself, or get one of those work from home jobs. Problem is I can't find a legitimate one. I mean I am trying so hard to think of something, anything to do to help out, but I am drawing a blank. I just want to make money from home by doing anything I can. I mean I will transcribe or anything. I think I might just end up trying to be a hostess at a restaurant. I mean I can do that pretty easily. Either way until I find something I am going to be restless.

Other than that today was a good day. Once again a very smiley baby. He loves to stand on his feet too, which makes me think he will walk a lot sooner than usual. He slept with me today for a short nap, which always makes me so happy. He is just the cutest thing in the world. We didn't leave the house today but tommorow we have to go get my hair cut! Yay! It should be fun! Erica came over to hang out with the little man too. He liked that. He loves when the ladies come to visit him. You can tell he is going to be a little heartbreaker. I think you'd agree if you look at that picture.

And how can I not love that perfect pout!!

Fun Day of Baking and Hanging Out

Hello all! I am sure not many people read this, but today was quite the fun day for us. We woke up at about 7:15 and then fussed for about 45 minutes and then ate just to fall back asleep with me on the couch. At least daddy got another couple minutes of sleep. Lately Liem has been very smiley. Soon it should be in response to us. He is also starting to notice things, like the mobile on his swing. Its very cool to watch him discover new things.

Well after sleeping for an hour or so we all got dressed and decided to go downtown for some errands. Liem was very good as we went to the furniture store (we need a bed frame for our bed) and to Wal-Mart, where we got to see grandma and we bought some stuff for cupcakes. After we got home we decided to make some cupcakes, which Liem helped with, as you can tell and then Erica came over to hang out with the little man, which he was very happy about. We knew this because he kept smiling when she held him. All and all a fun day.

Right now we are just hanging out. So far Liem has been a pretty fun baby. Sunday we even went to a dog show and he had fun. He wore his first pair of pants that day too! Yay!

Well off to feed and get ready to sleep!

1 Month Old

So for all of you who haven't figured it out, today is Liem's one month birthday! I can't believe he has been here for a whole month already. So far he hasn't been sick at all, besides a clogged tear duct, which isn't that big a deal, and he has been the most wonderful baby. He doesn't cry unless he needs something, he sleeps a lot at night, and not to mention he is the cutest thing ever. He also embarked on his first road trip to St. Louis for Jeff's wedding, which he slept through, then spent the night dancing away at the reception.



Liem is also getting ready for another first, his first move. We will finally be moving from the house in South Haven, to our new home in Plattsburgh, New York. This means we need one 14 ft U-Haul, our 2 cars and a 14 hours to drive to our new place. Liem can't say it but he is excited to finally move to our own place with his own crib. It should be pretty awesome. I can't wait to have our own place as well. I attached some pictures of our place for those who want to see it. It has 2 bedrooms, and beautiful hardwood floors, plus a nice kitchen with more than one drawer which is more than I can say for our last place. The best part is that is is a house. We were looking at apartments, but we got super lucky in finding a home for us. We plan on staying in New York for the next 18 months, then we want to move west, like Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona.

In other news, I have told some of you that I was considering being a surrogate, inspired by the fact I loved having Liem and I wanted someone else to enjoy the immense happiness I have. Well that can't happen. I filled out an application only to find out that it is illegal, yes ILLEGAL to be a surrogate in New York State. How weird is that? I think its awful. I feel bad for people who want a child of their own but can't have one. Well that sucks, but I tried. Well other than that, our life is pretty well on track right now. Hopefully I will be able to fill this blog with all of Liem's first...but for now all he does is eat, poop, and sleep. (Although today he smiled a lot, but I don't think it was in response to anything.)

The Day My Life Changed

Ok so I totally 100% copied this idea from someone and you know who you are, so thank you. :)
Let's start off with that. If there is one and only one thing I want people to learn from my blog or my pregnancy it is that having a friend, one you can truly talk to about EVERYTHING and I mean even the gross details is the best thing in the ENTIRE world. My friend, whom I won't divulge any intimate details about is my best friend at the moment. I mean in the sense that she has been the most helpful person to me during this entire pregnancy and during the first weeks of motherhood. So that others who get pregnant can use my source of happiness I will tell you a little about how we met, and why she is so valuable.

Cerissa is a 21 year old, like me, who got pregnant unexpectedly, was pregnant over her 21st birthday, with her boyfriend at the time. This all sounds awfully familiar because that is exactly like me. We met on a site we both joined called WhattoExpect.com. This was after the famous book What to Expect When Expecting. I put up a message saying I was 21 and expecting and she responded. Long story short, we started emailing and have not stopped since. The reason I explain this is that I since we were due at the same time, we had so many questions and problems in common. She was who I went to when I wanted to know what she thought about something, and how she was handling things. I seriously packed when she told me she packed, and thought about not getting an epidural because she wasn't. I mean she was the opinion I took most into consideration. This made my pregnancy so much better because I could vent to her, and listen to her rants, and feel completely better because I knew I wasn't alone in my concerns. This is why if anyone I know get pregnant from now on I am going to tell them to get a belly buddy (thats what WTE calls it)

So anyways on to the baby, Mr. Liem. The reason I created this blog. I will start with the day he was born, just in case I haven't told someone, because I have told this story like a hundred times and I forget who I tell.

Liem Wade Dionne was born at 9:30 pm on Friday May 16th after 15 hours and 45 minutes of labor. I was due on May 9th orignally, but after I went a week overdue, the doctor scheduled for me to be induced on the 16th. So after I didn't go into labor that last week I went in at 5 in the morning on Friday to be induced. At 5:45 they started the petosin and for a while, nothing progressed. My doctor checked me at around 8 and I was about 2-3 cm dialated, so he decided that if nothing happened by lunch time, he would break my water. So, nothing happened. To begin with I didn't even feel the weak contractions. So at 12 the doctor came back and broke my water. That was weird. I just leaked warm fluid for about the next couple hours, during every contraction. So then they started to really hurt. Like bad. The next couple hours went by in a fuzz. I remember asking for the stateall, which was the weak pain killer, which ended up doing NOTHING but make me tired between awfully pained contractions. So finally around 5 ish I opted for the epidural. The nurse said I was only 7 cm dialated, and I was not about to wait a cm an hour with this intense pain. So after that I was in bliss. So I felt nothing and when the nurse came in and told me I was fully dialated and his head was already descending. So at 9 I started pushing and by 9:30 he was here. All 8lb. 7 oz. of him. He was crying and beautiful. So amazing.

So now he is of course a month old. And I am loving every minute of him. Speaking of which, I should go to sleep, so I can take care of him. I will try to find a minute to write more later for those who care.