Hazel May Pepperling

On March 22nd at 1:32 in the afternoon, Hazel May Pepperling was born!
She is named after both Danny and I. Hazel is the color of her Daddy's eyes, and I was born in May.





I ended up having a C section after 32 hours of steady contractions. I was kinda sad that I was going to have to have her that way but after hearing that she weighed 10 lbs 5 oz. I was glad that we did. She would just not drop, even though I was fully dilated. The doc was thinking of breaking my water but said it would be too dangerous because there was a risk of her umbilical cord coming out first. So after a lot of thought, pain, and sleep deprivation, we decided that it must be Hazel's way of saying there's no way she's coming out that way.




Danny getting ready for the operating room.


Daddy cutting the cord.


first family picture. Still couldn't feel the bottom half of my body at this point...


Grammy Ro


Hazel was born on Danny's good friend Bud's birthday.

when?

in 16 days our baby should be here... I am ready for her to come now. Had baby shower on saturday, and scored big! TONS of amazing gifts that we really needed. I am so cheap I didn't want to buy anything until after the shower. Really don't need to buy much more. My Mama came over last night and helped me clean and organize baby's room. It's starting to look so good. My mama is wonderful.

Side pains... supposedly round ligament pains aren't bringing me to tears anymore. I like this, but it's still achey enough to wake me up every few hours at night. I don't like this. I think baby pepper is too big to be in there anymore... her Daddy is very tall.

I still have a lot to organize... but I want my baby... this belly is only getting bigger. Appointment tomorrow. NST's and BPP's (pretty sure that's what their called). To see baby moving and shaking. I like listening to her heart beat while I sit there and watch what not to wear. :)

I wonder when labor will strike. It's a very weird waiting game.

Thursday will mark 38 weeks... Doesn't she know she's full term now and it's safe to come out?

35 weeks! Updates.... LONG.

I am 35 weeks 1 day pregnant. (here's a belly pic. taken with phone at work)

34 Days til Estimated Due Date. Please baby pepper, be ready to come out early! ( no not naming daughter Pepper Pepperling... )
I've been having to go in weekly now and along with the weekly doctor visits, I also have to go in to get a biophysical profile done (ultra sound and they test baby to see if she's doing okay in there) and then I have to go to the baby making section of the hospital and get a non stress test on her. Hooked up to a fetal heart monitor and just make sure she's active in there. The reason I have to go in to do these weekly is because I have 1.2 cm of extra amniotic fluid. which is called polyhydramnios There are several different things that can cause this in pregnancy, but I have a mild case and doc says sometimes people just have more fluid that what is considered to be normal so I will just be watched closely til delivery just as a precautionary action.

The first week I had to do this was last week (I've gone in twice now). When I went in the first time they hooked me up to the fetal heart monitor for TWO HOURS! And honestly I am not looking forward to delivering a child in the hospital bed. EXTREMELY uncomfortable. When I was hooked up to the fetal heart monitor they noticed that I was having some contractions. ? "What are you talking about" I said, "aren't they suppose to hurt?" The nurse just asked me when they started... I told her I went walking on a tread mill for like 40 minutes and my tummy felt a little weird at the end so I had to stop, but that's really it. So I come to find out this week they may be braxton hicks. But I thought that you could feel those more too. So I am lucky I guess to not be too bothered by these things. But they did send my pee away to have it tested for drugs since I was only 34 weeks pregnant. Glad to know it came back negative... :) Whew.

With the ultra sounds I had last week (34) they check baby for 10 things. Not sure what ( my H button isn't working properly! frustrating) all they check for but she scored 10 out of 10. She got her first A. :) And this week after the ultra sound Rob the tech guy told me she's got A LOT of hair. My mom said when I was born that my hair was down to my ears. I am a little creeped out by this, haha I guess I better buy some baby brushes. Also he informed me that she's weighing 7lbs! at 35 Weeks... And as far along as I am they are suppose to gain a pound a week... oh I hope that he's off by a few pounds in my favor. Or this is going to be one BIG baby. Thanks Danny! His grandma delivered two 10 pounders and one 11 pounder and Danny's Dad was I wanna say almost 12 if I am not mistaken... What a woman!

Anyway that is the latest Pepper baby update. Other than the fact that I have a little more fluid that what is considered "normal" everything is going great. Can't wait to meet her, I hope she come early and is healthy. Even though she doesn't have a crib anymore. We had it all put up and my Mom came over to look at it and decided she didn't like the plastic on the outside that made the rail retractable. She suggest we take it back and get a new one. I think it'll be here on the 18th. I think Danny is excited to put another one up. ha He's going to be such a great Daddy.

Oh other exciting news for me. I bought curtains from IKEA. I LOVE LOVE LOVE em.

We ( I mean Danny) put them up in our room and it looks so much better in there. Were going to be here a year so I want it to actually look as homey as a apartment can look. It's coming along slowly.

Diaper bag! :)

I've had the hardest time trying to find a diaper bag. They all look like... well diaper bags. With bright flowery designs, short straps, and just not what I was looking for. I am a practical girl. I like plain things. I've used the same purse, that I got from Old Navy for $10.00, for probably 3 years. If not more. I've definitely gotten good use out of it. Well I've been looking EVERYWHERE. I finally found one that I LOVE. That can double as a diaper bag. It's huge! It's from Moop. I first found it on etsy.com, but ordered it off of moopshop.com because they don't seem to be as limited with stock there for whatever reason. It took me a long time to talk my self into spending the $99.00 (including shipping) on this purse/diaper bag, but I think it will be totally worth it. I am really stoked about the messenger style strap! Good thing the baby is on the way or I probably would of been stuck with the same purse for another 3 years! :)





check out the website, they are really neat hand made purses and bags. Even have organic!

31 weeks, moving... CRIB

(pictures are from my phone... our new camera was packed up somewhere.... so I didn't get to use it... )

we got the crib delivered to us... I wanna say 2 months ago. We were going to move into a new place so we kept it at my parents house, we were suppose to be in our new place on Dec. 20th. I was really excited because I wanted to start setting things up for baby.:) But the place we were suppose to move into had Cock roaches. I said I am not dealing with that. I'd freak if one was on my baby one day... Anyways so we moved in to a 1 bedroom for a month. we got free rent and utilities so that made us both very happy. who doesn't like free? But still couldn't take the crib out of the box. I really wanted to see it all set up. I guess it just makes this all that much more real.
Well we finally moved on Saturday, and Danny being the good husband/ soon to be Daddy set it up for me that night... :) I am so happy. Now I just need to finish the bedding, and get everything organized for the new arrival...

It's coming Soon! about 8 weeks! :)

Going in for an appointment today and set up another ultra sound to make sure everything is going good... Hopefully we can get that today! :)

New Years!

I am new to this whole blogg thing, I have been to this website and got us all hooked up but it's taken me quite a while just to figure out how to change the back ground... so this is my first attempt to post something...


Crazy thing, Danny and I got married one year ago today. That's nuts! It really has been a wonderful year. We've definately had our highs and lows, but that's life. I love knowing every morning that there is my handsome red head laying there next to me...

Danny and his guys: Brother Robby,Bud, Danny, Brother Timmy, and Mafera... You can't see his head tho.

Stef and her ladies: Caylan, Ashley, Stef, sis in-law Becky, and Karissa. all pictures by Jelani Memory.


Another cool thing the New Year has to bring besides the year 2009 and our one year anniversay is...


Our first Little Pepper!

She is due around March 19th. I got a fortune cookie that told me that she will be here on the 3rd... so I am hoping that it's right. We both wanna meet her so bad.


Were not telling people her name... One of the reasons is I don't wanna hear people's views on the name. This is what I wanna name her and there is good reason, and I don't wanna be discouraged or think differently of the name before she wears it... She will define the name for us and we wanna let her. Also Danny wanted to announce to the world that his baby was here and say her name... but the more people ask the more he is leaning to tell people. I wanna stick my ground tho, so we'll see if we can make it!

That's our first post... We'll try to stay updated.

Happy New Year!