Gavin's Debut

Eric and I had been anxiously awaiting our precious Gavin for almost 9 months, and at the beginning of this week, we were told that I would be induced next Monday, the 15th. I was still not dilating at all, so Eric and I thought we were pretty safe to make it that long. We put it out of our heads that anything would happen before then, and really planned out our week accordingly!


Tuesday Nov 9th: I went to bed having contractions, but that was very normal for me. Throughout the night, a couple of times got pretty noticeable. by 4:30 am, i was having to work to get through each contraction. I woke up Eric and we laid there deciding if they were bad enough. Finally I decided that it would be worth it to go into the hospital, but I wanted to take our time getting there. I really didn't want to be sent home, and wanted to be sure the contractions were strong enough. By the time we were on the way to the hospital, they were so bad that i was telling Eric to hurry!




After monitoring me for an hour, they came in and said "You're having a baby today!" So we were very excited!

Drugs by 8 am, and Im good to go!


Notice that Eric was in his work clothes! LOL! He said that if it wasn't the real deal, then I needed to drop him off at work after we left the hospital! He had been telling me all week that any day AFTER Wednesday would be great, but before then would be a mess! Well, little Gavin is already testing his Daddy, b/c he came on Wednesday!

I think he forgot about work after about 5 seconds though, b/c we had so much going on. My labor progressed very quickly, and by noon I was almost dilated to a 10.

Grandma and I

Nanna and I

Sister pic! (yes, even Lyndsie)

We kicked everyone out about 12:45, b/c I was supposed to start pushing. But then they all just stood at the door waiting to hear something. :)

At a 10
I pushed for over an hour, and then at 2:15, the doctor came in because we were ready to have a baby. He tried to help me out the next few times that I pushed, but things just weren't going well. Dr. Kallenberger made the call that Gavin was too big for me to deliver, and that we needed to do a c-section. Immediatly I started crying and got really upset. I had never considered the possibility of having to have a c-section, and I knew nothing about it. But I knew that it was the best thing for me and Gavin. We were prepped, and then headed into the OR. Mom and Eric got to come with me, and after almost another hour, we had our precious little Gavin Ray Fischer!

His first pic

Eric changing the first diaper

The amazing door hanger that Amy made me! It got more compliments than Gavin!

After ANOTHER hour, they finally wheeled Gavin in to see me for the first time. I am so in love with this beautiful baby, and so thankful that everything worked out and we were both kept safe.

Family pic

Sweet chubby face

Later that evening, Hailey came to see Gavin. She's been talking about Gavin forever, and she was so excited to finally meet him!

Daddy and Gavin in their OU gear!

Every time he would come back from the nursery, they would have him wrapped up so tight, and he HATED IT! He would give it about 5 minutes then start crying until we freed his hands!

Gavin and his Great Aunt Sharon

JJ and Nash

Steph came to visit

Love my lil family

People kept asking who Gavin looked like, so I found a baby pic of Eric, and he's pretty much the spitting image of Eric!

Friday afternoon, we got to head home! If you can't tell, Gavin was pretty excited about leaving!

Another family pic, with my swollen face!

FUNNY BUT NOT FUNNY STORY: All morning on Friday, the nurses knew we wanted to leave. They would come in and then say "Oh you need to get cleared by the nursery, or the dr, or someone else." Well, we finally thought we had all the clearance to leave, and they called an escort for us to take me down. Eric and his dad went down before us to get the car pulled up. While they were wheeling me out, we passed the last sensor that opens up the doors to the elevator, and the whole hospital suddenly locked down! CODE PINK, which obviously means that someone is trying to steal a baby! Turns out, they hadn't done Gavin's final check-up, and taken off his belly button sensor. So we had to go back to the room, get him back to the nursery, and wait another 20 minutes until they brought him back. In the mean time, they were apologizing to me over and over, b/c they obviously knew I wasn't stealing my baby. Even Eric got stopped from leaving the hospital by security guards! Im glad to know the security system works, and that our baby was safe, but at the time, I was just ready to go home!


Ignore the straps around his legs, we were already home and wanted to see his outfit!

Mommy and Gavin FINALLY home!

Thanks to everyone who has come to visit these past few days, and for all the love for Baby G!

Get ready for a big baby!

This past weekend, Eric and I went to a Halloween party at our friends' Annie and Chad's house. Dressing up as an almost 9 months pregnant person is really challenging! But I finally decided that I could go as a woman in labor, and Eric could be the Dr! Eric was really happy about it, because it meant he got to be comfortable all night!

Scrubs are easy to find, but I had to call around a little to find a hospital gown. Finally I found a medical supply store, and when I walked in and told the lady that I needed to buy a hospital gown, she looked me up and down and said "Oh honey, they'll give you one when you get there!" LOL! I was like "Yea I know...it's for a Halloween costume!" It was pretty hilarious how concerned for me she was, thinking that I have no clue what Im getting myself into if I think I need to BUY my own hospital gown!!

I only lasted a few minutes in the gown though, b/c it was like a tent, and was blowing all over the place!


So as soon as I got tired of it, I told everyone that I was changing into my "Post-Baby" outfit, and that Gavin was doing great! :)

Amy and I with her awesome 80s costume! Love the bangs!

Eric, Annie (who is actually Annie's husband Chad), and Jonathan who is Woody!

Aren't they so cute?


Me and my honey! He's a sexy doctor!

"Joe Dirt" and "Dr Fischer"

We didn't stay long at the party, but it was a fun time!

Gavins room update: Amy made me some really cute wall letters! I hung them a few nights ago, and I think they look so good! With all the laundry done and put away, all the decorating done (for now) and our baby bag packed...guess all there is to do is WAIT!

Gavin update: So I guess this little guy isn't gonna be so little...or at least that's what Dr K is saying. I asked him on Monday how big he thought Gavin might be, and he said he expects an 8lb baby. And that he's very long. Im not surprised about the length since Eric and I are so tall, but I hope he's not underestimating the weight! He's already possibly gonna skip right through all the cute newborn clothes I have for him! Oh well, Im just excited for him to be here, whenever he decides to show up!

If I dont go into labor before the 14th, then Dr K said he would induce that week. Since the 14th is a Sunday, I pretty much TOLD him that induction date would be the 15th! He kinda laughed when I said it, but Im very serious! :) But we'll just hold out and hope that he comes on his own.

Ive been going on walks a few times hoping that we're making some progress, but tying my shoes wears me out. Sometimes I get that far, and then give up and stay home!

Only 11 more days!

To Do Lists....

So....is it bad that it kinda just HIT me yesterday, that I have a little more than 2 weeks before I have a kid??? I mean, I don't have a single clean piece of clothing clean for him, don't have a bag packed for the hospital, and definitely don't have the carseat in the car! I would say that Eric and I have our work cut out for us these next few days!

Last night I decided to get all the tags off the clothes and socks, burp cloths, blankets, wash cloths, towels.......the list goes on! Cindy came over to help me with that, and then we separated the clothes into piles all over the floor to wash them. I only made it through 2 loads last night, and then I was exhausted. We're looking at about 3 more loads to get things in order!

Then this weekend, Eric and I are truly going to pack our bag and have it ready, although, I don't think Gavin has any plans to make an early debut. I went to the dr this Monday, and I am still not dilated at all. But Ive still been getting worn out by all the contractions every evening, and sometimes throughout the day. Im trying to stay positive, and use my energy when I have it, but Im definitely getting to the point where it's harder to be productive, and harder to sit at my desk every day all day. Megan and I have stressed that the ONE PLACE we don't wanna go into labor is at work, with all men here! Although several of them are working on their "baby plans" for us if it were to happen. It's pretty amusing to hear all of them talk about and fuss about the "two pregnant girls" at work! They've offered up "Opeco daycare" and even the "Opeco surgery center." It's an effort to get us to stay at work instead of going on maternity leave, but Ive got news for them... "SEE YA IN 6 WEEKS!"

Just 'Monkeying Around!"

I hope Gavin loves monkeys as much as we do! This past weekend, Gwyn Day and Denise Jordan threw me the cutest shower ever! They took the monkey theme and ran with it, and turned the whole shower into a blue and brown candy buffet! Gwyn's daughter Monica made the cookies, and did an amazing job. There was so much attention to detail in the cookies, along with everything else...you just have to see pics!

The pretty front table
White chocolate covered pretzels

Cupcakes with "Gavin" cookies

Whoppers, M&Ms, animal crackers, and chocolate monkey suckers

MONKEY COOKIES!

Chocolate dipped frozen MINI bananas - Probably the cutest things I have ever seen!

And they were really yummy

Party favors for the guests with "It's a Boy" Hershey Kisses

Kitchen table with fondue, monkey puppet and more pretzels

They know I love Root Beer AND it's Caffeine Free, so they stocked up for the party!

Opening gifts

Love this monkey hat, Gavin will be photographed in this and NOTHING else!

Courtney Carrier and her niece Kamber eating a banana

Megan, Steph, Elizabeth, and me...love these girls!

Erin and her son Cash, with Reagan and I

Denise and Gwyn serving their "Grand Finale" Root Beer Floats

These were probably the cutest root beer floats EVER!

My two amazing hostesses!

It's been so fun being pregnant with these two! Only 4 more weeks for Megan, 3 for me, and 1 for Elizabeth! Then we have to wait for some of their friends to be born next year!

Thanks to everyone who has shown Eric and I so much love throughout this pregnancy! Both showers were amazing, and we're getting so excited for these next few weeks to fly by so we can meet this little guy!

Shower for Kyler and Megan

Lately, our lives have revolved around babies...at work with Meg, drs thru the week, and even baby showers over the weekends! But they are so fun, and a good reason to see all our friends. This weekend was Megan's shower for Kyler Ann Puryear. Meg is all about the sweets, so we tried to keep that theme for the shower!

Pickles and Ice Cream cookies

We had cake AND an ice cream sundae buffet!

Diaper cake

Pretty Meg & Kyler

Hostess Pic: Kassie, Kim, Megan, Elizabeth, and Stephanie

Baby Addy and Gabby

We got a great group pic of all the girls! I love any reason to see all of them!

Our typical prego pic (even though i hate that word)

Me: 36 weeks

Meg: 34 weeks

Elizabeth: 38 weeks

I also think it's crazy how different Elizabeth and I look. Liam has definitely dropped, and Gavin is still up so high! Crazy

But then we forgot that there are some new pregnant friends to add to the pic!! So excited for Tori and Leslie

Tori: 16 weeks (? approx)

Leslie: 9 weeks (? maybe)

Im totally guessing here, but I can't be that far off!

Megan and Patty making sundaes

Kyler got so much cute stuff, and tons of bows and girly things! I think all of us were dying to buy for a girl since all our friends seem to have is boys! Gabby and Megan will have to hang out if they want girl time, b/c these boys are gonna rule the roost! So happy for Megan and Davis, and Im so ready for at least ONE of these babies to get here so we can love on him/her or him! ;)