The Daily Hailey

Happy Anniversary to me and WordPress!!! I have been a blogger for one year as of today, and I can honestly say that I’ve enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I had enough views along the way to keep me motivated, and I have loved being able to document things about my family in a way I can look back on. I’m kicking myself a little bit for not printing off each post and keeping a book but I could still go back and do it. Sooner than later though, I think, or I’ll never find the gumption. To those of you who have followed regularly, thank you so much for being part of this, and being interested in my life and my family. Its nice to know people care and ,weirdly enough, I don’t feel strange knowing there are people who read that I’ll likely never know about! I mean, yes, I wish I knew, but its just nice that you guys are around. I know it seems bold to say you’re interested or concerned or anything along those lines. I mean, who says you’re not just bored?? Or creeping?! But for instance, when I got pregnant this second time, my views skyrocketed! Same thing happened when Dekker was starting to have his eye problems. WAY more people checked in, and I consider than to be genuine concern for my family. For that, I am thankful. You guys have all helped make this blog great for me! And while I’m aware that it is sometimes boring for you, I love it 🙂 Here’s to one year!! *lifts glass of tepid water*

Onto how I spent today. At the hospital, actually. No, nothing is wrong, but I had some concerns. I’ve been waking up with cramping for a couple of weeks now, which was a little unsettling, as it seemed to come and go. I saw my doctor about it a while ago and she said I was fine as far as she could tell but if it got any worse, or started maybe coming in a pattern like contractions, I should go to fetal assessment at the hospital. This morning I woke up with my usual cramps, but I was woken up earlier than usual with a pretty wicked stabbing pain. I tried to tough it out but it stuck around constantly for a good hour. After that it started coming and going, so I figured I could shake it off. Brady had a home day so its not like I would have to haul Dekker around much by myself at all. However, when I tried to get up into a sitting position I was in sooo much pain! Even worse with standing. I asked a few friends and got a few different suggestions, but ultimately I think my doctor would have asked me to go get checked out. So I did.

I didn’t get many answers. I haven’t really had much explained this pregnancy. It seems like its just quite a bit harder on me and that my body is quite a bit more irritable this time. I did, however, get to listen to my little girls heart beat for a couple of hours. We had to chase her with the monitor quite a bit. She’s already a fighter 🙂 They checked my urine and a few other things, but nothing painful or invasive or uncomfortable at all, which I was thankful for. The doctors and nurses that came through were very attentive to us, including Dekker, who was very chatty and interested in what was happening. If you’ve ever had him intently look you in your eyes while he talked to you, you know what I mean. You can’t NOT listen!! They were great to him. One of the students even pointed and seemed amazed at how much he could see the baby move in my stomach from the outside while he checked the monitors. It was nice to have as much attention as we did, considering it was a full day with quite a few people.

I was release with the instructions to take a warm bath and relax. Happy to oblige! We quickly hit up Superstore to buy 20 nectarines, and we were on our way!

I spent most of the rest of the day off my feet. Dekker slept pretty well the entire day away, so we opted for pulled pork for dinner, as it makes itself, and relaxed for the afternoon. The only time I was really up and around was to pull the pork, and my feet filled and swelled and were hateful so I laid back down and Brady made the salad. We all lost track of time and put Dekker to bed at about 9:30! But he slept so much in the day I think it’ll work out alright.

Now for that bath, and leftover blue cake from Monday. And a nectarine.

One year down, everyone. Hope to have you stick around for more!!! Thanks again, and have a great night!