On Memorial Day we had the opportunity to go swimming. Avery loved the water. Of coarse we only took her in the hot tub! She was relaxed and floated really well- her diaper helped with that too. There are more pictures on my flickr account. Check them out!
CARRIE DID IT!
Carrie Underwood won! She beat out the rock-n-roller!
We did not vote. Did you?
Today I was out and about running errands. One of my later stops was at the 99 cents store. While there an old man came up to me and asked about Avery- how old she was… you know the regular questions. Then he asked if I had begun a piggy bank for her. I said no, and he opened up his hand, it was full of change. He gave me four quarters for her piggy bank! How cute! I thanked him and we were off…
Avery got her first bath. We got it all ready, the water was at the perfect temp, the washcloth, soap & the towel were all ready. Dan put Avery in the sling, and she promptly peed! So we had to drain the water and start all over. It was pretty funny. She did like the bath, but got a little cold towards the end.
Last night we went to my aunt’s house for a belated Mother’s Day dinner. As we were finishing up and “watching” the baby, the doorbell rang. It was the neighbor across the street ( a young guy, in high school I think) asking if “that” was our car? Yes, our car was parked on the street in front of his house- not blocking his driveway or anything. He asked if we would move it because he needed to park there! My aunt does not like to make waves, so she told Dan to move it. Dan wanted to tell him off, since we were parked legally on a public street, but didn’t!
Can you believe the nerve he had to ask us to move our car? Oh, and yes, there were other places to park. Dan just backed our car up one spot.
Our baby girl has arrived…Avery bonnie Cameron!
Saturday morning at 3:35, weighing in at 8 lbs 6 oz. and 21 inches long!
Friday was a long day. Contractions began at 5am! Nothing consistent, but I was sure they were “real” contractions. Dan came home and I sent him to get dinner, I was NOT in the mood to cook or prepare anything. We watched some TV and a movie.
10:30 pm- the contractions were consistent and fairly intense (or so I thought).
11:30 pm- Dan called nurses @ CMH- but the they said to wait till I had contractions for 2 hours, 3 to 5 minutes apart! So, I got in the shower to try to “relieve”some of the pain-not really possible!
1:00 am- We got to CMH. our friend Jamie, a labor & delivery nurse, was on duty- thank God! She was by our side the entire time. We were the only people there delivering!
1:30 am- I was able to labor in the hot tub for an hour! That was awesome, I recommend it to anyone who is able to.
2:30 am- Got out of the hot tub, the contractions were one on top of each other.
3:00 am- My water broke. I was able to push.
3:15 am- The doctor graced us with his presence.
3:35 am- Avery Bonnie Cameron
5:30 am- Dawn- beautiful. Time to sleep.
I had the chance today to try this contraption out. It was really cool. It sounded better underwater than out of the water. I had to put it under my cap then put my cap on top to hold the ear things in place.
This one is made by Finis, and costs $200.00- not worth it to me.
Well, another doctor’s appointment… if I don’t deliver by next Friday I will be induced that morning. I would really rather not be induced but, if we get to next Friday I will take it! Dan and I really liked the idea of 5-5-05, but this girl has other plans. Well, it’s still the 5th, so there is still hope, but I won’t hold my breath.
I randomly got to see a new show on Sunday afternoon. It is called “Craft Corner Death Match,” on Style. The title obviously caught my eye… so I decided to watch it.
The studio is set up like the show where the remoste control cars destroy each other. There are two contestants with their own cheering section of about 20 people. Each contestant had their own craft table. The first round they had 10 minutes to make something new out of old gaudy jewelry. They were judged on creativity anf usefulness. There were three judges that had something to do with crafts and fashion. The judges gave each person a 1 to 10 rating on their finished product. The second round was awesome. They had 10 minutes to make a notebook out of whatever was around the room. They had cereal boxes, shoe laces, hole punches, stickers, hotglue gun, sequence… anythin you can think of. At the end they were judged again and one person moved on to the “lightening round” against the “Queen of Crafts.” I’m not sure who she really was- she had a lot of experience with crafts. The last round was the best. They had 10 minutes to make a purse out of a bunch of lawn stuff. They had astro turf, a lawn char, a rubber hose and of coarse the regular craft stuff needed. This time the judges weren’t allowed to watch them make the craft. The purses both came out great. The judges liked the regular woman’s purse better so she won. The “Queen” lost and I she looked pissed.
Whoever came up with the concept for this show is a genious. I love it.
