Could I be ANY worse at blogging?

Oh my gosh!  Almost 4 months later!  Here's pictures of our baby boy!  Corbin Dean Eastin.  He was 8 pounds 3 ounces. 21 inches long. Born on 04/11, and labor was HORRIBLE. lol.  28 Hours of it! I can't believe he's already 4 months old!!!

Above photo's were taken the night he was born.  Yes people, he had SO much hair!

These pictures were taken when he was about 5-6 weeks old. Everyone said 'wow, he looks just like David.'

And there is the most recent!  He's such a sweetie.  He most definitely has his days where I want to pull my hair out.  But his smile and cute little laugh makes everything worth it!...most days! (wink.)
So sorry it took me FOREVER to get a blog up!

tick-tock, tick-tock

Well, this baby is due tomorrow and so far he hasn't made any attempts at escape! I'm not too worried about it though. I have kind of a 'Motherly' feeling that he's going to want to come out tomorrow. I was thinking last night when I went to bed how cool it would be if he was born on the 6th since that's technically the Saviors birthday-and our little boy went NUTS after I thought that. So, I guess we'll see if it's any sort of confirmation that he has the same thing planned. His due date has always been the 6th too, my Dr. guessed that, and my 20 week ultra sound said I was right on track for that too. Oh well, here's seeing if contractions start tonight!!

I saw my Dr. this morning and she stripped my membranes. (Someone should warn you, it's not a pleasant experience...) So I hope that moves him right along for a birth tomorrow!!

Holy Smokes!

I realized it's been way to long since I've posted last!

Not that I have anything that new or exciting to post. Everyone knows about the baby. I can say now though that we're having a bouncing baby BOY!!! David is of course over the moon about this fact. I'm pretty excited too, I knew we'd be having a boy from the second I found out I got pregnant. I just couldn't see a little girl. Even when I was 6 weeks along I would refer to the fetus as a 'he.'

The pregnancy thus far has been ok, my blood pressure is starting to go up a little bit, so my Doc wants to keep an eye on that and make sure it doesn't turn into preeclampsia. (I really hope I spelled that right). At this point I hope it doesn't turn into a big deal. I'm 32 weeks now, so if my BP can hold in there just a few more weeks we should be good. I definitely can't take off extra maternity time before the baby even gets here!

Speaking of maternity time, I got a new job! That's been for a few months now. I got a job working as a medical coder at a hospital in Clarkston, Washington. It's a bit of a drive from Moscow. It takes me about 45 minutes to drive down there. As much as I don't like the drive, I'm just grateful to finally be doing something in my field of work. I feel super accomplished that I finished school and got a job so fast. The joys of a 'technical' degree I guess. Get in. Get out. Get working. It certainly pays the bills a lot better than my last job as a receptionist did.

I'm really sad I'll have to go back to work though. I always thought since David and I struggled for so long to have a baby, that, when we did have one-everything would magically work out. I always pictured myself being able to stay at home with my baby. In the future I could have that potential, but right now fresh out of college companies that hire 'from home' work just aren't interested in me. I have to put in the time to a hospital and get some experience before I could go with that option.

I wish sometimes we could work 'the system' so I could stay home. But since Dave and I have always worked and gone to school, we don't qualify for any sort of assistance. So that leaves me with the only choice of going back to work. It's so messed up that if your honest and try to work your way through life you get screwed. That's a WHOLE separate topic I guess though.

Anyway, right now our next move will be moving closer to where I work. That way if I find a nanny or a day care center and I can be close by. Dave will try to take whatever classes he can for the next year at a college down in Lewiston, and then he'll to the migrating thing 2-3 times a week up to Moscow for school.

Other than that, life is just life my friends! Working, and watching my belly get bigger and the numbers on the scale increasing...(I DO NOT like that fact!) I lost 30 pounds before I got pregnant just to put it right back on again....and then some. I have a lot of work to put in after the baby comes to get back in shape and get back on my weight-loss track I was on.

Until next time!

We're having a baby!

Yup! That's right folks! We finally did it! It only took 4 years, but we finally did it!

Our due date is April 6th. That should be good. At least I won't have to go through summer being huge. I can have a baby and still enjoy summer!.......maybe. Right now I am 12 weeks along. I haven't felt great so far, so I'm really hoping the whole 'you'll feel better after the first trimester' thing is true!

Dave is super excited. I think he is going to make one fantastic Father. He's all ready talking about building a crib himself. I'm excited too, but I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that we're having a baby. The ultrasound was unbelievable though. It was amazing to see our little baby wiggling around, and it even waved at us! Dave saw it moving and said
"Wow babe, that is definitely your kid, it already likes to dance."

I would scan and post the picture of the Ultra Sound, but the Dr. got a really weird picture of the baby. It's a front view because the baby ended up turning so you see the facial bones really well. But it almost looks like an alien or something. I was annoyed we didn't get a good picture when the kid was waving at us...but oh well.

Other than that big news. Life is good. Dave is back in school and I'm studying for my RHIT certification exam which is this Saturday! Gulp! Wish me luck and send lots of prayers my way. I'm probably going to need it!

Grraddduuuaattteeddd!!!!

Yup, it FINALLY happened! I don't have pictures because I didn't walk. (There was no WAY I was driving to Seattle just to sit there for 2 hours). But I finally did it! My next step is to study my tushie off these next few weeks and sit for my RHIT exam.

OH-Annnddd I've lost 25 pounds since my last post. Slowly but surely I'm getting there. I'm back down to the size I was when Dave and I got married *NOT that I was skinny back then....at all. But I am proud of the accomplishment.

I'm gonna do it!

I'm goin to do what exactly?


Start kickin myself in the butt about this whole weight loss issue. (Yes it's a pain.) But I've always chalked up my weight loss failure to having PCOS-Which it IS true. They've proven it's harder for women with PCOS to lose weight.....But that shouldn't mean it's impossible right?!?

I've decided I haven't lost weight because I don't really hold myself accountable for it. Yes, I excersie and try to eat healthy...But obviously if I'm going to lose any weight at all I'm going to have to put a little bit more effort into it.

I've read up on some friends blogs and talked with them about their weight loss strategies, and a lot of them use a 'blog' to help them lose the weight. So in a way, I might start doing it. I might not get all gung-ho and write a new post every week. But I think just something to keep me going. Originally that goal was 'baby.' But I mostly get frustrated with that because of the PCOS. There isn't a gaurantee that IF I lose the weight, I'll magically get pregnant. And honestly-that might even be hindering my weight loss because then I think 'screw it, I'm not going to be able to get pregnant anyway.' Maybe not that extreme, but for now, it just doesn't seem like good enough motivation-given how frustrating that whole track has been the last couple years.

So alas, I've made a full circle. I think I'm going to start making myself a little more accountable for my actions by telling people what I've done. If I tell a buch of people "Yeah, I'm trying to lose weight, but I ate pizza for lunch yesterday--Taco time for dinner the night after--And a McFlurry because it's Friday night" I'll be way more mindful about what I stuff in my face.

I'm trying to aviod carbs right now *tear* Which, honestly-I actually CAN live without bread and pasta. It's ice cream I can't live without. I keep trying to convince myself that ice cream isn't really a carb...It's just sugar.......Uh, yeah....I know the logic doesn't make sense carbs=sugar which =more fat on my gut.

It's mostly dinner and night snacking that kills me. I've been trained ever since I was a little kid to veg infront of the T.V. We ALWAYS had chips, ice cream, or whatever else while we watched tv.

I should actually make a blog just about staying away from snacks at night....That alone could probably help me lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks.

Anyway, I really am done rambling about the weight loss issue...Just be prepared for a few posts now and then on how I'm doing. ANNNDDD bug me about it! The more I have people asking me what I ate, or how much I work out I'll feel more pressured to stick to it! *grin*

Heelllloooooo

Wow,

It's been months upon MONTHS since I've updated this thing! Mostly because there hasn't been much to say. Work, School, homework....and then the next day starts!

Things with school have been going fairly well. I passed this last quarter by the skin of my chinny-chin-chin. (Mind you failing in my program is 75%) But I survived. This quarter Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, WA graciously decided to take me on as an intern. So I'll get to work in their medical record department next month. It'll be hard juggling work with that, but they agreed to let me work there once a week. So, lucky me! I'm really excited to start that opportunity.

I'm also SUPER excited because this is my second to LAST quarter! I have 8 more weeks to go of this term and then only ONE left!!!! I'm stoked!

Dave is doing GREAT in school. He talks to me all the time about how he loves his classes. We'll go on walks together and he'll point at a bush and say " Now that right there is a.....(Insert some weird greek name I can't pronounce, let alone spell.)" But I'm really glad he likes his program. He even has some buddies that are in all of his classes. I'm so proud of him for buckling down with school!

Really I feel kind of lame. You would like after months of not posting something I would have lots to say....But alas, I'm wordless. I just wanted everyone out there to know I wasn't dead! Just close to it! (Grin) Jest Kiddin!