Labor & Delivery Part 2!!

Ok... I am sorry that I left you hanging for a day!! I know you have lost sleep over it! hahah......Yesterday we went out of town to visit with Denise and her precious grandbaby, Weslyn! We had a blast, but we got back so late that I didn't have time to blog! ;)
So....I left you at my due date and going to the doctor!
Since Jagger decided not to come, Dr. Graham scheduled me for a c-section for that following Saturday (due date was on a Tuesday!) Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were the LONGEST days of my life! Matthew did not get off work until 5:30 on Fridays, so we planned to drive to Jonesboro (1 hour) and spend the night at my friend Denise's(they were out of town on a cruise) that way we would not have to get up so early to be at the hospital at 6am! On Friday our nerves finally set in! After Matt's grandma got off work we ran to Wal-Mart to get a few last minute things before we left! It was so funny because Matthew LOVES Reese's Cups...and when I say love I mean LOVE...If there are any in the house he will eat every one of them. I have even tried hiding them and he has some sort of radar that tells him where they are! When he got home from work and we were fixing to leave, he sat at the trash can and ate about 4 packs (these are the ones with 2 in each). He was cramming them in his mouth! He was so nervous, I guess he thought that would calm his nerves!
We finally get around and leave. When we got to Jonesboro, we went to Hastings and got several movies. I was craving Tropical Smoothie so we stopped in there (Matthew was not too happy about this and now I look back and can't believe I wanted that!!) After eating, we went to Denise's to get settled in. I knew we probably would not get any sleep because of nerves, but at least we were going to try! We watched Vantage Point, and really I don't remember going to sleep that night. I do remember the alarm going off at 5am!! I roll out of bed and get my shower, fix my hair, and put on a tiny bit of make-up! hahahha.. You know I had to look cute because everyone was going to be taking pictures!
We got to the hospital at 5:45 and get checked into our room! By this time I was just ready for Jagger to make his arrival! oh and by the way I am terrified of needles!!!!! this is not good considering they have to poke you 100 times and hook you up to all these machines! Well..the first 5 minutes I was there, they get me hooked up to the IV and of course the girl hit the vein and blood was going everywhere! I thought I was going to pass out! They got it all cleaned up and I got calmed down and then it was time to wait! We waited and waited...we had the whole family there and then Amy and Robbie were plus lots of other friends! My room was constantly full and from what they tell me, our group took up the whole waiting room! Around 10am, Dr.Graham decides to start the Pitocin! She let the pitocin go for about an hour and then it was time for my epidural! Thank the good Lord for this!! My doctor is ALL about natural birth but she says that she never lets women that get induced go without an epidural. She said because the pitocin is man made it make the contractions way worse than if your body starts them!
I was so scared during my epidural I thought I was going to fall off the bed! I had the shakes worse than I ever have...and then they tell me if I don't stop shaking it may cause them to miss the vein and I would be paralized! Thanks...way to calm me down! I ending up crying my eyes and sometime in then she stuck me and I never knew it happened!!! I never even felt the dang needle! Seriously??? I worked myself up for all that!!
After lunch we are back on track..I am comfortable..not feeling a thing! Thank you epidural! I had a great day actually! The only thing is I was so sick of ice chips and popsicles! Blah..but I couldn't talk the nurses into anything else! Oh well...back to waiting!
Every hour, Dr. Graham would come back to check on me and nothing new! 6pm rolls around and I am starting to get uncomfortable!! The epidural was wearing off and it was time to put more in! Dr. Graham sends everyone out of the room and goes to tell Matthew and I that if things don't change we might need to start thinking about a c-section! The baby may start having stress and it would be best! WHAT????????? Panic starts to sit in! This can not be happening...I am not suppose to have a c-section!

still patiently waiting!

Love my momma and daddy!

me and Amy! :)

I am going to leave you here for the day! Trust me we still have alot more to talk about! ;) You may get tired of me after this! ;)
Hope you have had a blessed Friday!

Labor & Delivery part 1!!

Wow! Just seeing these two words kind of scares me alittle! I think that is one of the things holding me back on getting pregnant! My labor and delivery was pretty much horrible! I don't remember too much of it and I am guessing that is a good thing! ;)
So all of my pregnancy was GREAT!! well.....until I was about 7 1/2 months pregnant and I got kidney stones!!!! Yes..seriously..Kidney stones! We had gone to Columbia Missouri to see my sister-in-laws at school and attend the Homecoming football game! The weekend was so great and the day we were leaving it hit me! I thought I was going into labor. It was the worse pain ever! We went to the hospital and they sent us home, so I screamed and cried for 5 hours straight. 3 or 4 days later I finally passed the stones! NOT FUN!!!! especially when you are pregnant! Fantastic way to ruin a good weekend!
After that small spell everything was back to good! We made it through Christmas fine. The entire family had bets on how long I would go. Almost everyone thought I would have him before Christmas but that didn't happen! My due date was January 6th, and about every night the week before he was born I would have contractions! Since we live about an hour from my doctor, she told me not to head that way until my contractions were about 10 minutes apart and lasted 1 full hour. So....I would be in bed reading The Twilight Saga :) -I read all three of them right before he was born because I was not getting any sleep- and then the contractions would start. They would get to about 15 minutes apart for about 50 minutes then stop. I would be texting my mother-in-law telling her what was going on (this was all taking place around 2am!) finally my body would calm down and it would stop! I swear this went on every night the whole week before! Geeezzz....what a tease!!
Finally January 6th came and I was so excited!!! This was on a Tuesday and of course everyone was working, BUT thankfully my sister-in-laws were home from school so Claire said that she would take me to the doctor!We had my bags packed and everyone was telling us to call them ASAP. I think everyone was afraid Claire wouldn't be able to handle it if they had to admit me! We laugh about that now!! ;)  Dr. Graham had told me at the last visit that if I had not had him before my due date to come in and she would see and we would go from there! The week before I was dilated to a 3 so I just knew that on my due date she would admit me!! WRONG!!!!!!! I had tears as she told me I was not ready. I have never been so disappointed. What a let down..you wait 9 months for your due date and then it still doesn't happen! It feels like you can not go 1 day longer!  She said that I was not ready and that we would just schedule me for that Saturday morning if I did not have him before then! After the doctors visit, we went to Chili's to eat some lunch and then head back home! When we got home I looked up home remedies for starting labor and I tried all of them! I ate a TON of pineapple! ;) still didn't work! Jagger was too comfy!

Ok...I am going to leave it here! There is so much to tell I am going to split it up or it would take you a day to read it all at once!!
Was your baby born on, before, or after due date?
Hope everyone had a blessed Wednesday!

Happy 3rd Birthday Jagger Preslee!

To My Sweet Baby Boy- Jagger Preslee Cohn!
Well it is 10:09pm and this time 3 years ago today you were 1 hour old! Wow...how times flies! I can vividly remember the emotions that I felt the day you were born! I didn't know I could experience so many at one time-scared, excited, happy, nervous, anxious, frustrated (only because I had been in labor so long! I wanted you to hurry up and get here and you were 4 days over your due date!) I had such a hard time in labor delivery I was not even aware that you were born- yes that is for another story! 3 hours later when I came out of the "drugs" (I had to be put under) and they finally let me see you I instantly was head over heels in love!It is amazing how you can love something SO much and you have only seen them for a minute! I have never set my eyes on anything more perfect! I can't help but cry right now because God blessed me and your daddy with you! Everyday when I wake up and see your sweet smiling face with those stinkin' cute dimples I immediately thank God! I love knowing that I am your mommy and everyday we make precious memories together!  I still  can not believe that you are 3! I know that I will blink my eyes and you will be married and having kids of your own! I just pray everyday that I am the best mother I can be to you! You are so special to me and I can't wait to see what is in store for you! I love you to the moon and back! Mommy

the beginning of a very long day!

Birthday boy!

Hope everyone had a blessed day!!

Lazy morning!!!

I'm loving this morning! Me and Jagger slept in while the hubby went duck hunting and now I am enjoying an amazing cup of coffee!! Coffee just always seems to get my day going! I am trying to get going for the day- when Matthew gets home we have "chores" to do!! I know he is going to be thrilled!!! Hahah I just need some old furniture moved out to the storage shed and some stuff put in attic! You know.. Just the random things that husbands can do!
So yesterday was Matthews grandpa's surgery! Everything went well! He is in ICU now and will be there for a few days until they move him to a room! The three of us went to Memphis to see Grandma Betty. We knew we would not be able to see him but it was nice to see her, and she was so happy to see Jagger! After we stayed at the hospital for awhile we took Jagger to Toys-R-Us!! He calls it Toys-and-Us! Hahha but he was so good in the hospital we thought this would be a good treat and for about a month now he has been wanting this one particular Thomas the Train and of course we have been everywhere looking for it and no one has had it!! It has been a stressful situation at times over this train! So Finally Toys R Us came through for us!! It was a miracle! He was so excited!! He was almost more excited about this train than Christmas! :) so after Toys R Us we went and ate at J.Alexanders! It was good but when we got the bill I about had a heart attack... Let's just say for the price it was not that good!! I think food is so over rated!!! While we were walking out to the car I spotted a Pier 1 across the road!!!! And I can not turn down the opportunity to go in Pier 1.. It's my favorite store!!! Well let's just say it was not the best experience! Taking two boys in that store is not smart! We ended up leaving after about 5 minutes! Oh well guess I will try again later!
By the time we got home we were exhausted and went to bed!!! And now here we are!
Do you have any big plans for today?? Oh and I am very excited the Razorbacks won last night!!!
Good day to be a Hog fan!
Hope everyone has a blessed Saturday!

TGIF

TGIF!!! I use to love Friday nights because that meant TGIF was coming on!! I loved all the shows- Family Matters, Full House, Step-by-Step and many others!! Today not much is going on but we are needing prayers! Matt's grandpa is having triple by pass done right at this moment! It's very scary but I feel it's a blessing they caught it before something really bad happened!
I'm so proud of myself.. Last night I cooked supper!! Woohoo! My sister-in-law introduced me to a new website called foodgawker. It's just exactly the same as pinterest but it is just food!! I love it! That is one of the only reasons I got on pinterest! And pinterest has not been on my good side lately! It has been freezing up a lot on me and then most of the time it is just blank! So this website is awesome! Last night I cooked cheese stuffed shells!! It was the jumbo shells stuffed with several types of cheese then covered in spaghetti sauce! It was yummy!! Chicken enchiladas are on the menu for tonight!
Not much else has been going on! I have decided we live a very boring life but I am happy with it! I will take boring especially since it involves Matthew and Jagger! I am very concerned because Jagger is having severe anxiety about daycare! Last week he was asking me on Monday if it was Friday and if he had to go. When I would say he would have to go on Friday he would run and hide in the closet and start crying!! It broke my heart because he is worrying about and it's days before he goes! This morning as soon as he woke up he was crying saying, "Is today Friday?, is daycare closed?" it is killing me!!! So now I am going to have to figure out what is going on and how to help him! I just pray God will help me through this!!
Hope you have a blessed Friday!!

Enjoying the Day!!!

Not much went on in The Cohn household today!! Last night we had Jagger's family birthday party!!! Even though it was people he sees several times a week he was in heaven!! Will post pictures tomorrow!!! He got super spoiled by everyone and then Grandma and Grandpa surprised him with his very own 4-wheeler!! And this is not aliitle power wheels thing... No this the legit thing!!!! In my mind I'm going Oh my... Where are we gonna put it?? But he was so excited!!! He could not stop smiling!
Today we did not do much! We just played with toys and went out to ride the 4-wheeler!! I am trying to get myself back in the habit of cooking, cleaning and the other normal non-holiday stuff!! We were over at Matt's mom and grandmas so much I barely bought groceries for 2 weeks!! Wow!! Tonight I have been making out our menu and grocery list so in the morning me and little guy can go to Wal-Mart!
Time to get off here and enjoy some sleepy time!!! Night all! Hope you had a blessed Wednesday!

New year!!

I am so excited about this new year!! It always seems like a fresh new start!! I had a great year last year so I'm excited to see what this new year has in store! I have made several resolutions for this year! 1. I am not going to worry about money as much!! God has provided money to pay bills and buy food so that is all that matters. We for sure do not NEED anything! 2. Put God first!! I admit this is sometimes hard because I love my family so much but I know that he even needs to be before Matthew and Jagger. 3. Get better about listening!! Another one I am not proud of but I tend to have a big mouth and I need to keep it shut and listen! 4. Quit caring so much what others think- the only ones that truly matter are God, Matthew, and Jagger!! I feel at times I bend over backwards to make others happy and it does no good!! I'm tired of putting myself and family through it!! So what are your new years resolutions?
Today has been a busy day already! Tonight we are celebrating Jagger's 3rd birthday with the family! His birthday is not until next Tuesday but Charlyn and Claire are going back to school this weekend and everyone has plans so this was the only night we could get together!! He is so excited about his "party"! He said he wanted chicken nuggets, French fries, Mac and cheese, and crust bread aka garlic Texas toast!! So that is our menu for tonight and then we have a John Deere cake!! Imagine that???!!! It kind of stresses me out a bit because the child already has a toy store in our house so with his birthday the week after Christmas it gets to be overwhelming!! Last year I put toys in the attic and would bring them down throughout the year and he loved this because it was new toys!! So. I'm thinking this is the solution again this year!!
I have been trying to get my house back to normal and now that all of the decorations are put up it looks bare?? What is up with that? I know it's because there are so many decorations but now I'm thinking the Pier 1 gift card will come in handy! We did go to the mall yesterday and I was super disappointed because everything was picked apart! I was hoping I would find good sales and could use gift cards but it's looking like I will be saving them for new spring stuff!!
Well it's time to get house clean for party!!!
Hope you have a blessed Tuesday!