Elijah's birth story

Oh my heck what a week it has been!!! Having two children is a lot more work then I ever expected it to be.. BUT I wouldn't have it Any other way:) 

On Wednesday last week my mom,cousin,grandma and my friend Samantha convinced me to take some castor oil and orange juice to try and get me to go into labor. It was around 3pm when I took 2tbls of it (it wasn't bad at all) about 30 minutes after I started to feel nauseous.. We took Lola for a walk around the block before bedtime and when we got back I was super sore and tired. I started having contractions around 5ish. I went to bed and slept a little I woke up at 3:30am with a super painful contraction and I knew it was time. So we headed to the hospital they checked me and I was at 3cm 50%. 

They waited an hr through my contractions am checked me again I was now at 4cm. So they decided to keep me :) my doctor came in and broke my water am I immediately went to a 5cm!! I then got my epidural and they gave me a little pitocin to speed things up a little. I started puking and my blood pressure started dropping and I felt like I was going to pass out.. That went away after a little while so we decided to play skip Bo (my fav card game) up until about 5 mins before they had me start pushing. She checked me I was at a 10 and it was time! I pushed 2x and the doctor said if I laughed he would probably come out so I laughed an out came our precious baby boy :) it was the easiest delivery! I felt no pain what so ever:)))) 

This is Mr. Elijah John Amos weighing 7lbs 4oz and is 18 3/4 in. Long. He is perfect!!

A little late :/

Ok things have been sooo hectic around here these past couple of weeks and I am finally getting the chance to update the blog.. Sorry :/ 

On Sunday I was in the hospital with a ton of painful contractions but they weren't changing my cervix so I was sent home :/ but my mom and grandma drove down here the next day to help me and be here with me when the baby finally makes his debut. So I have been doing all the final touches to Eli and Lola's room and hanging out with the family trying to walk walk.. 

Today we went to church and then went to get my cousin from the airport because she got time off to come be with us and celebrate Eli's arrival! We are so blessed to have family who are willing to put their lives on hold to come be with us. 

We have been battling a middle ear infection with Lola which if you don't know she has tubes in her ears due to a recurring double ear infection. She goes again to see her ENT tomorrow after we have tried 2 different ear drops with her that haven't cleared it up yet:/ poor baby!  Lets pray they can get it figured out so she isn't in pain much longer...

Here are some pictures of the room and some random ones of the past few weeks:) 

Our weekly happenings...

       The past week has been one of the hardest weeks for me physically and emotionally..
I went to the doctor for a check up on Monday and I now weigh 134 and am dilated to a 1cm still. I have been experiencing a lot of pressure which leads to no sleep which leads to an overly emotional pregnant girl :( but on the bright side I only have a total of 27 more days until my due date!!!!! AMEN :) I am so ready to have our sweet Eli here so I can love on him!
On Tuesday it was my 22nd brithday so Lance being the awesome guy he is took me out to the Cheesecake Factory. I ahve never been there but for desert I got the Oreo Dream Extreme ahhhhh maazzing!!! Then we went to Khols and he got me a gift card to use after I am back down to my pre pregnancy weight to get some clothes to wear! whoohoo go me :)
On Thursday we had a morale event for the Coast Guard that was held at the Moody Gardens Palm Beach. We had never been there before and it was sooo much fun! I wasn't going to get wet due to me having a massive basketball infront of me but this mushroom tower I was standing under had other plans for me :) Lola had a blast as well even though she doesn't like water very much she got to play with her friend Serena.
On Friday and today we all started feeling under the weather so we have been laying low watching movies. Which consisted of 3 or 4 replays of Toy Story :( anything to make Lola happy while mommy and daddy got some rest :)

Tomorrow we are attending church which for us it is an all day event being as our church is about 45 minutes away from our house but we love it :) We are in the series of SolomonKnows right now which I will elaborate more on what we are taught next blog! And later in the day my dear friend Jaclyn is putting on a baby shower for me at La Brisa and I CANNOT WAIT!

Here are some pics we have taken they are just random photos being as I still have Facebook and have posted many of them there already. WHICH I WILL BE DELETING AFTER MY BABY SHOWER ON SUNDAY!!!