Johnny Gage the Rockstar

John Gage Williamson

Born: April 23rd @ 10:12 pm

Weight: 7lbs 12oz.

Height: 22inchs

Grandpa Drewyor with Asia, Gage, and their cousin Dawson

Asia Loves Her brother Gage

Me looking Tough before the c-section

Alaina enjoying her epidural. :)

Baby Plans

I never thought I'd be able to make it this far along...but, alas, I have. It's very comforting to have an end in sight though:

Wednesday morning at 11:30 we will be going in to the hospital to have my water broke. If this doesn't help get labor started within 24 hours, then we will have to have a c-section. So sometime on Wednesday or Thursday, we will have a brand spankin' new baby boy!!

Please pray that all goes well and that I will be able to deliver without any complications - our doctor is estimating the baby to be around 8 lbs (Asia was 8 lbs 5 oz)...I know you can't judge a book by its cover, but it's still a little scary to me. Also, if we end up having to do a c-section, we're asking that we have no visitors or phone calls the day of, to make sure that I can get enough rest after the surgery. (Thanks for understanding!)

Joel will be back in a few days with an update!

Happy Number Two!

Happy Birthday to our beautiful little continent!!

This is a couple days late, thanks to trouble uploading the pictures to our computer...

My parents came over for cake Saturday afternoon (Asia's birthday). We rescheduled her b-day party due to the stress of not knowing when Gage would make his grand entrance. But I like to think that she still had a fun day!

In other news, Joel and I got some new insurance quotes Friday: we can have auto, home, and add life, and STILL SAVE around $500/yr!!! We are both very excited!

This video is from Sunday evening, but I still like it!

Still Waiting...

I was sent to the hospital Sunday morning because of a possible bladder infection that was spreading to my kidneys. Turns out, I was in labor. Not the type of back pain I've heard of with back labor, but hey - that's how things always seem to go for me.

The pain was horrible, and can only be described as excruciating and debilitating. It was a constant pain that couldn't be relieved by anything (change in position, pressure, rubbing, etc.). I was well along when we first arrived, and they thought I might get to stay, but after no change, they decided to send me home (with some medicine, luckily).

Long story short, my contractions stopped halfway through the night and have not returned (along with every other "symptom" or "sign" I was having).

Honestly, we're both quite disappointed, since we're now looking at having to schedule a c-section. If I make it to Monday morning, I'm going back in to see my doctor and that's when we'll set up a time to do it.

In the meantime, we're praying the baby comes before then!

Pictures from the last few days...

I was going to post something this morning about how nice and relaxing today has been. It's a good thing I didn't though...despite the fact that I got to "sleep in" until 8:30 and didn't get in the shower until almost 11, Asia made my morning quite difficult. Today is one of her whiny days. She's getting three teeth in, and I'm sure that's why the slightest "No" offends her so much.

Here's some pictures from over the weekend. The set of Joel and I is from late Saturday night while making a snack before bed...as usual, he's acting goofy and making me laugh. The set of Asia is from last night, when we took her to a park by our house and had Oreos afterward.

There's also a couple extra pictures that I like, but didn't know how to fit them in with the collages...so I stuck them in after the video.

Joel playing

Asia playing with her ball Sunday night before church

I'm Ready....

Please, please, please....somebody get this baby out of me. Between having no clothes that fit, wearing sandals everywhere, an extremely itchy and sensitive belly, waking up every couple of hours at night, not being able to stand at the kitchen counter, climb into our car, pick up items off the floor, put pants on, or hurry UP the stairs (hurry anywhere for that matter) I have no idea how I'm going to make it another 3 weeks. Last week my doctor said I'm dilated to 1cm, but would schedule surgery as early as the 14th if I change my mind and opt for a repeat cesarean instead. Ugh. I still don't think I've really made up my mind on how I want to have this baby. Can't I have both?


Here's a sample "journal" of what every night is like for me:

12 am (I think) - Fall asleep snoring (I never snore...at least when I'm not pregnant and this exhausted).

2:30 - Roll out of bed with my whole body aching, and stumbled to the bathroom...possibly fell asleep while in there. Get a drink and realize Joel drank almost all of my water. Why couldn't he refill it? Doesn't he know my throat is parched every time I wake up??? Will have to refill it when I'm more awake.

5:30 - Struggle to roll out of bed again. Make it the bathroom and find that I'm more awake than last time. My throat feels like the Sahara desert AGAIN. Refill glass of water and return to bed.

6:30 - Wake up with backpain; how else am I suppose to lay when I sleep? Take a drink, fight the urge to use the toilet again...there's no way my bladder is full after only an hour.

7:35 - Why am I awake again? My back hurts even worse. Tell myself I can still get another 20 minutes of sleep if I hurry. Take a quick drink.

7:55 - Ugh. Time to get up, but I hit the snooze button instead.

8:05 - Alarm goes off again. This time I hear Asia talking to herself. Now it's really time to get up.