Murphy Jo is HERE!!!

Okay so my last post was on Wednesday, March 25 and I was talking about how I am so happy to become a mommy! And how scared I was to "pass" the shoulders... little did I know that the very next day I would get to see my precious daughters face! So here is our story:
On Thursday morning, I went to school as usual. I was tired, but what do you expect when you are 8.5 months pregnant? I was talking to a friend on the way in to the building and told her, I am sooo ready to have this baby. Murphy and I were scheduled for our 38 week check up that morning at 9:50 a.m. So at about 9:30 my sub came in to watch my class till about 10:30 and we were off to see the Dr. and to hear my sweet little girls heart beat. When I got there I did the usual.... gave a sample of pee and got my blood pressure taken. It was a little high 142/96, but it has been kinda high the whole time. It is always in the 130's and sometimes in the 140's and the bottom number is anywhere from the 70's to the 80's..... anyway, when the Midwife Aliza came in she was said your BP is a little high, how do you feel about having the baby today? HOLY COW, I told her if she feels like I should than lets do it! She got everything set up and I was off to the hospital! I called Scott and asked him if he was ready to be a daddy again and he finished up a few things at work and was off to the house to get Murphy's bag and mine. I called my school and told them I will not be coming back, because Murphy will be here by dinner!
Once I got to the hospital they got me all prepared to induce and we were on our way to meeting Murphy. Aliza came in about 1:00 and broke my water and I got the epi. at about 2:15ish. I did not feel any pain at all.
My parents drove in from Ada, Oklahoma and arrived about 3:00. I had several visitors from school come up! By about 10:00 p.m. I started having some pretty major contractions so we started pushing. By 10:40 I was pushing really hard and Murphy Jo was brought into this world at 10:57! She was 8 pounds 4 oz. and 20 inches long!
Having Murphy Jo was the most wonderful experience ever! I know I was in a ton of pain and I wanted to give up because it hurt so bad, but when they laid her on my chest I could not remember the pain. It is so amazing how you can be in so much pain and not remember it 5 mins. later. That is truly the act of God!
Murphy Jo is the most amazing perfect baby ever! She is so sweet and beautiful! She is starting to get herself on a schedule and I am adjusting to being a new mom. To be honest it has not been really hard. But I do have one of the most amazing husbands ever! He has been a huge help. He is so in love with Murphy. It is so sweet to see him hold her, love on her and just be her dad!
I promise to be much better at updating my blog

Becoming a Mom

My life is getting ready to change and to me that is the happiest feeling in the whole wide world. But at the same time it is very scary. I will now have someone in this world that is actually part of me. Someone who will depend on me from the time she is born. Well, actually she has been depending on me for 8 1/2 months. I know she will be an amazing daughter and I hope that I am an amazing mother to her.

On April 6 our sweet daughter Murphy Jo is due. If she does not come before April 6 she will for sure be here on April 7...... that is when we scheduled her to be induced.... Going into labor is really scary to me. I worry about getting to the hospital on time, will everything go smooth..... I know everything will be fine, it is just my own personal worries.

I can't wait to post some pictures of our sweet baby girl, Murphy Jo:)

Closing Day!

Well, today was the day we closed on our house. Everything went so well! We did our last "walk though" this morning. Our new house was a mess as the OLD owners were packing and getting ready to move. It was so fun to walk though our house again! Scott and I would say "such and such will go here" thoughout the whole house, and the cool thing was, WE WERE THINKING THE SAME THING!

The only problem we came across was the sprinkler system. We could not get all the zones to work when we were trying to turn them on. Finally after about 20 or 30 mins of working on it.... IT FINALLY worked! So everything is ready for us to move in now (not that the sprinkler system would have stopped us, it is just good to know everything works correctly now)!

After our walk through we went to eat at Red, Hot and Blue...... Scott's favorite place to eat! Then we were off to CLOSING! WOW I never knew how many papers were involved in this process. We got everything signed and then we were on our way....... to the NEW house you think..... well, not yet! The old owners will not be out till Friday and we will not get our keys till Saturday:( We will be moving in on Feb. 21!!!! It was really strange to think we now own a beautiful home and we can't get into it till Saturday......

After we went to Closing, Scott and I went to Wal-Mart and Lowes to look for Patio furniture. I think we are getting close to pick something out. It is going to be so much fun to decorate our new home!

I have some pictures to post, but will take more on Saturday when we get the keys!!!!!

The Past Year........

I thought it would be good to tell you about my life this past year. I am very new to the whole Blog thing so you will have to excuse me if I don't update or add things like I should. My life is amazing. I have loved and learned through EVERYTHING I have been through. This past year has been even more amazing than any other year in my whole life. I hope you enjoy reading about it!

On May 3, 2008 I married the man of my dreams. Scott and I got married at one of the most amazing, most beautiful place in the world. We were married in Cancun, Mexico on the beach. It was the most beautiful day ever!
This is a picture of the place where we got married. It was amazing.

This is where we were married

This is Scott and I on our big day!

Scott and I were all smiles! Here is a picture of the group that came and enjoyed our wedding with us!

So not only was that a big day for us, but in July we found out we were expecting! We will be having a sweet little girl in April. Our due date is set for April 6, 2009. We are so excited to meet Murphy Jo. She is growing and starting to develop her own personality! Here is one of our latest Sonogram pictures!

She is so precious and we love her so much!

And last (for right now) but not least is......Scott and I just bought our First HOUSE!!!! I can't believe it! In one year, I have become a wife/stepmom, a MOM and a house owner..... WOW my life if great. Here is a picture of our new home!

Well, that has been my life so far this past year:)

4D Sonogram

Yesterday was an amazing day for Scott, Haleigh and I. We got to "see" our sweet little girl Murphy Jo. We went to Stork Vision in Frisco, Texas and got a 4D sonogram. It is amazing how far technology has come! We could see her so well! She is sooo cute! Her nose is a such a Halley nose. (My mom's side of the family) The lady doing the sonogram kept telling us she has chubby cheeks!!! As we were watching her, we got to see all sorts of movement. She would smile, open her eyes, do some sucking, she would put her arm in front of her face (which she kept it there most of the time!), she would kick, and then she would just settle down and relax. She is so stinkin' cute! After seeing this, I just wanted to hold her, but I know she is not ready yet. We are at week 31 and I can't believe it is only 9 more weeks before I get to see my sweet bundle of joy!