Tanner Austin Wilcox

Tanner came sooner than we had expected! On Monday, July 6, 2009 I had my 38 week appointment and my doctor said, "Looks like we are going to be having a baby this week!" We were completely in shock! My due date is not for another couple weeks but I was already dilated to 3cm! So the doctor said, "Let's schedule you to come in on Wednesday just in case you don't have your baby between now and then."

We were completely excited because the date was

07-08-2009!

Prier to our appointment Steven and I had talked about how cool it would be if Tanner were to come that day, just because 7,8,9 is such a cool day to have a birthday!

This is me after work on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. That night Steven and I went to the Americana, in Glendale to this little crepe factory called the Crepe Maker. This was our last date just being the two of us.

When I as eating my lovely banana split crepe I started to feel some contractions.

My feet were so huge, and my contractions were getting stronger so our date did not last very long! But I am glad we were able to do a little something to celebrate!

We got home that night and I was able to sleep all night long, but Steven on the other hand could not sleep, he felt it was Christmas Eve! The morning of Wednesday, July 8, 2009 came and we headed out, like a baby, (no pun inteded) to the hospital at 6:15 a.m.

I was hooked up to all the monitors and my doctor came in to brake my water (highly recommended so you don't have your water break in public) and soon after started my pitocin at 7:00 a.m. While we were waiting for everything to transpire we put on one of our favorite T.V show 30 Rock, just so I can take my mind off of the pain and try to laugh it off. Soon enough 30 Rock was NOT funny anymore and it was not helping AT ALL!!! The pitocin kicked in and in 15 minutes and I wanted to scream so bad! I have known a few people that had said to relax between each contraction and to put your mind in another 'world', but that was impossible for me, I mean these suckers were insane!!!! I think I am a pretty tough cookie, but I found my 'Achilles Heal'....contractions.

I was soon given the epidural which made things go by so much better! As you can see by the picture I was a very happy camper :) !!!!!!!! By 11:30 a.m. my nurse wanted me to practice pushing before the doctor came back. I tried once and she told me "Whoa, you need to stop and wait for Dr. Pearson to come in." The doctor came in, I pushed 3 times, and bada bing, bada boom at 11:32 a.m. I was a mother!

If I were given a Dundie Award for the fasted child delivery then I would like to thank all the little people from the gymnastics world who made this award posible (if you don't watch the Office you should start). Anyway, Tanner measured 20 1/4 inches and weighted 7 pounds 5 ounces. The circumference of his head was 13 inches, OUCHY.... and his chest was 14 inches.

Having my very own child placed on me right after delivery was the most euphoriant experience I have ever had, I will never forget that feeling. Steven was so excited he followed the nurse over to the table where he was being checked out, and he was standing right in my view of Tanner. Every time I was able to get a good look at Tanner, Steven would move right in front of me again, it was kinda funny! Steven went to go meet our family at the nursery to see Tanner while I got wheeled up to my room where I would be staying in for the next couple days.

About an hour later me and Tanner were reunited and we both stared at each other, like whoa what just happened? When night rolled around I stared at him all night long. When I looked at the clock I realized it was 5:00 a.m., I had stayed awake all night flabbergasted at this beautiful baby that we made!

It was like that Areosmith song, "I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't want fall asleep cause I miss you baby..." Time just seemed to fly by but stand still at the same time, sigh... so amazing. We stayed at the hospital from Wednesday 7-8-09 (6:15 a.m.) till Friday 7-10-09 (11:00 a.m.). You would think that it was a long time but the clock just does not seem to exist when you have a baby, well for now anyway.

Post Delivery

I am now at home trying to recover and it has been 6 days and I have been pretty immobile since I got home. I guess the medicine wore off after I left the hospital and now I am really feeling it!!!! The only thing I have been able to do is feed him and love him. Steven and my mom have been changing him and picking him up when needed. Getting up to take a shower and using the restroom is a whole other blog, man it's ruff. There are MANY things that women don't talk about that I wish I would have been ready for, but maybe ignorance is bliss right?

Our kitties are really good to Tanner! At first they were like, "What the heck is this little creature?" But then later on when he cries they will come over to check out to see what is wrong. They are his little protecters.

I am very excited for our family! I finally feel like our house is a home! Every room in our place is filled with Tanner, if it is not a poopie diaper, then its a swing or a bouncer or a crib, or a swaddling blanket.... what a blessing!

He obviously has not used his nursery yet because walking to his room in my condition, not cool. But, soon enough and for right now we are using his room for our guests who stay with us! I think it is pretty darn cute! Thank you Babies R Us.

Tanner had his first doctor's appointment on Monday, July 13, 2009 with Doctor Boxtine. Doctor said he is beautiful!! Tanner was weighed and came in at 6 pounds 12 ounces! Strange how babies loose weight after they are born! You would think it would be the other way around!

I woke up one morning to find both my men sleeping the same way. Sorry for the boob shot, I did not want to wake him up!!! He is sooooo ity bity!!! I wish I could keep him this small, but we all have to grow up! I feel like he was pulled out of our dreams, it almost feels like I was not pregnant to begin with.I am pretty proud of how my body has held up for the past year! I ordered a 'Belly Bandit' the other day to help with the last little bit of baby flab on my belly. So other then the hobbling to the bathroom and back, and not being able to laugh, sneeze or cough, I feel like I look pretty good for just having a baby a week ago! If you don't think so then just don't say anything okay, you'll burst my bubble!
I swear I am not sucking it in I just can't stand for very long, I look like I have a stick up my butt.

Full term

I am 37 weeks today! I could pop out this baby and be considered FULL TERM!!! Crazy! My apartment is not ready yet for him so I have been running a muck trying to set everything up! I am going all the way through work too, so nesting and going to work is a crazy task but it keeps my days flying by! My hospital bag is all packed and ready to go so if it is sooner than later I can pick up and go!

We bought a brand new Expedition!!!

So I was online the other morning figuring out the best and safest transportation for our family. With all the research that I did, I found that the Expedition is the biggest bang for your buck. With a new baby on the way we felt that we needed more cargo space so we took a leap and bought a brand new Expedition!!! It was such a great deal we could not pass it up! :) It is pretty roomy inside but the design on the outside is pretty compact.

Steven spent all morning figuring out all the little bells and whistles! We are so excited to have a safe and comfortable ride for Tanner when we take him around town. YEA, now I feel like a new and hip mom!

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Here are some pictures of Steven enjoying his son's new ride... 

Oh, I forgot to mention that it is not a Ford, it's Baby Trend!!! Haha Got Ya!!

Cribs, cribs, everywhere, but the one I want...NO WHERE!!!

 After I did my last post I did some more research on the crib and realized they were BOTH out of stock, EVERYWHERE!!! I was really disappointed and upset so I took that anger and said, "I will find this crib if it is the last thing I do." I search high and low, called all the stores that use to carry this crib and I was at the point where I did not care what color it was.  This morning I was on the verge of giving up and thought, "What the heck, I will call the stores in Moreno Valley," that is where my family lives. And low and behold the store was out of stock and the girl on the phone said, "Wait, let me double check in the back to see if we sold them all." She came back and said,"We have one more left! Do you want me to put it on hold?" I of corse said yes and my sweet mother and father picked it up for us!!!! I am sooooooo excited! I know if there is a will there is always a way! This is our first real baby purchase so know I feel like we are actually having a baby! Hurray!

30 Weeks and 4 days! 66 days to go! WEIRD!

I wore my wedding rings to church today and during Sacrament Meeting I pulled them off, and my finger was beat red!  Poor things were so swollen, I had to forfeit wearing them. I got home and realized I won't be able to wear my rings until after Tanner comes. So I was so smart and decided to wear them as a neckless, now lets just hope my neck does not get swollen! 

So we decided on the crib we want, 

but I want both colors!

Anyone have any

suggestions?

Pregnancy update

I am 27 weeks and loving every moment!!! There are just a few things that have been affecting my living patterns like; an ache in my tail bone, you know when you are little and you fall roller skating, yea that kind of ache. My legs get very swollen by the end of my work day and feel like I have to lug around tree trunks to get home. Just this last week I have been overly tired by the end of the day, I come home and crash at 9:00pm!!! Soooo sad!

The best part though is that he is wiggling lots, and he sleeps when I sleep so I can get a full nights rest.

My tummy is growing and I feel like I finally look like I am pregnant, my belly button is almost flush, and the best part is that I have NO stretch marks!!! Yippee!!!! I think it is all hereditary if you ask me. 

AND.....Finally we have chosen a name for him, and it is..........

drum roll please..........

I love funny stuff!!!

Steven and I have been through quite a bit in the short 4 years we have been married. It has taught me SO much! I think the best thing that we have inquired is finding things that normal people would be so mad over and turn it into the funniest thing in the world. This weekend was really funny to me, but for some it may be DISGUSTING!!! So if you think its too gross then BRAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

We have two adorable kitten that have completely different personalities. Immie is an attention whore, if I am in the other room petting Pipper she will run in as fast as she can and push Pipper out of the way and get as physically close to me as possible. Pipper will put her head down and walk out of the room. It is way sad and I don't know what to do about it! Pipper though is my computer buddy! She will sit in front of the computer and watch everything that goes on in the monitor. She is obsessed with shadows and watching T.V.

 No matter what room I am in, one or both of them have to be next to me! Anyway, that is a recap of my sweet kitties. So I work on Saturdays and when I come home I am pooped out and just want to sleep the rest of the day. Saturday night Steven says, "We need kitty litter, the cats have a quarter of an inch of fresh litter." I am in bed WAY too tired to get up and said ,"I will worry about it on Monday." For those who are not LDS needs to note that Sunday is the Sabbath Day and we do not go out shopping or do anything that promotes someone else to work for us, since it is the day of rest. Saturday night I am sleeping and hear a yowl  come from one of the kittens. I have never heard that sound come from them, but decided to keep sleeping. Sunday rolls around and I could not believe the stench that filled air. Since I am pregnant it is 

Steven's job to clean it out!!! I open the windows before leaving for church hoping the smell will just leave and would be able to hold off shopping till Monday. We we come home and it is DISGUSTING!!! I told Steven that WE HAVE to get litter because for one it is making me vomit, and two I HATE a dirty house. So we went to Target on Sunday :( I now know why we all need to keep the Sabbath Day holy, because there are WAY TOO many people out on Sunday. It was worse then trying to see a brand new movie on a Friday night. People were pushy and forgetting about something called personal space. We get home, pull out the litter box only to find a big "block of cement" in there. These poor kittens were so upset that they had no where to "GO." Steven shakes out the rug that catches the little litter beads that fall out and realize they have been "using" my brand new FREAKING RUG!!!

 I'm like okay, this is what I get for being lazy Saturday night. I have never washed a runner rug before so I did not think anything different. Ran that sucker through the wash, put it in the dryer, pulled it out only the find the poor thing has turned into a huge AFRO PUFF! The shag carpet melted together and looks like it needs grease, to get it back the way it looked! 

What makes me laugh even harder is that me and Steven like to sneak up on each other, don't ask why, but if we are wearing shocks and our feet walk across the darn thing it makes the same sound Velcro makes when you rip off the other side. So we will be sneaking down the hall way with one of us in the other room would hear cre, cre, cre, cre. Our ear will perk up and we would say, "I know your in there! Don't even try!!!"

I have been laughing over this all morning, one thing after another! That is why we LDS members get things DONE before Sunday because crap (not pun intended) happens to us when we are lazy!  

Then today I had to get my blood taken. I am still scared of the needle even after having so many blood samples taken. A couple years ago I had a REEEEEEEEEALY bad experience with the needle. I was sitting in the chair, my hands were sweaty, and this trainee came up to me and started to prep my arm. I look behind this women and there was a doctor standing there supervising her.                 

                

I knew right off the bat that this was NOT OKAY! This lady barely spoke english and when she pricked me I flinched and tried to bite my tongue. My eyes welted up with water because she was wigling the needle around because SHE MISSED the freakin' vain! She tried to ask if I was okay, but at this point I was so pissed! When all was said and done I had a huge bruise  and a vain that made clicking sounds when I bent my elbow back and forth. 

                           


Today when I was at the clinic I met the lady that was going to take my blood. I was sitting in my chair and watching people walk by. The people walking by would look at me and smile really big and kinda giggle. After about the fifth person that walked by I got to thinking, "Man I must be really friendly looking.......wait........ I looked at the chair I was sitting in, which was in the corner of the room, and also the way I was sitting in it! Yes, the chair was for taking blood but..... There were 3 arms to the chair and I was completely enclosed. My feet dangled from the seat as I sat with my hands between my legs. So I looked like I was trapped in a high chair. I started laughing to myself and thought, "My life is soooo funny! I don't think it could get any funnier!" Then this nurse walks in with another women who apparently works there. Then the nurse introduced the women to the staff saying, "This is Cindy, today is her first day. She is a "bla bla bla" nurse but she is only going to be taking blood today." My eyes got really big and then I felt REALY trapped! But to my luck original nurse took my blood and she did a great job! It was less then a pinch! After she took 8 vials she asked, "So what's your name?" I said, "Miranda." She looked at me and giggled, "Where did your parents come up with that name?" I was taken back because I have never been asked like that! So here I am laughing again! Maybe being pregnant makes things more funnier then what they really are, if that is the case, I want to be pregnant FOREVER!!! 

We are having.......

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BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are way excited! So I am planning my Curious George nursery! If anyone sees Curious George baby things, let me know!!!

Boy or Girl

Next Tuesday is the big day! We are getting our 3D ultrasound done to see what we are having! I am asking my close family and friends to see what they think and figure out who knows me the best! So here are some hints as to what I could be having...

I LOVE fruit (limes watch out!)

I LOVE shakes (If I can't eat food I ALWAYS go for a shake)

I HATE meat!!! (Chicken I can tolerate as long as it is fried)

I scarf down over-easy eggs like there is NO tomorrow! (With buttered toast of course!)

I threw up starting week 6 (last episode was week 14ish)

I still get a little nauseated if I smell the wrong thing, and I am 18 weeks now!

I am starting to show a little and the baby looks high.

Good luck! Maybe I will send out a prizes to the correct answers :)

12 week celebration!

Now I can relax! I had my 12th week appointment yesterday with my new doctor, Dr. Pearson, he is fabulous! His office is in a cool little office building in Burbank that reminds me of a 70's dental office. I like it better that way because it feels more homie :)
We are going to have LOTS and LOTS of pictures of our little bean because I get to go in every two weeks for an ultrasound! I cried a lot on this ultrasound! It is so amazing how our bodies work!!! Here is our first ultrasound that looks like a baby. The first two that we had just looked like little dots with a heart in the middle. Can anyone guess if it is a boy or a girl? I think it could be a girl but only because I want to put her in gymnastics (and NO our boys will not do gymnastics)!

Tis the season to be grateful!

Steven and I got a wonderful surprise the other night! We found out I am pregnant!!!!! AHHHH This is such a dream come true! I was home alone and I was not feeling so hot so I decided to (you know) pee on a stick! The lines appeared I was in utter shock! So I told Steven by writing on the bathroom mirrors with a white board marker, it read:

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I saw two pink lines
And in nine months I am due!!!

If is so funny because we have been trying for months and I was even taking medication to help us along! Being discouraged, I gave up and took a break. The break was only a month! The ironic thing now that I am pregnant is that I have gotten into running and I weigh as much as I did in high school! Oh well I will enjoy it while it lasts I guess! But, I hope my doctor tells me its okay to keep running! Anyway, I did go to the doctor yesterday and my blood work came back GREAT! My doctors said my numbers were high (a good high) and I did not need to go on any progesterone! Thank goodness! I am 5 weeks and two days today and next Tuesday I have my first ultrasound!!! Please keep us in your prayers!!