For those of you who REALLY know me, you know that birthdays are a BIG thing to me! It doesn’t necessarily have to be my birthday. I just get excited for anyone’s birthday and planning a party or picking out something special for them. But of course, I do love my birthday and I usually count down the days. So BJ’s birthday comes 6 days before my birthday, and I planned a little outing to Shoguns and Dairy Queen. Olivia, Sophie, and cousin Willie loved the chef and how he entertained us, but didn’t like the big flames! We had a such a blast (see picture)!
So now…the countdown for my birthday! As the day gets closer, we talk about how I want to spend it, etc. Monday morning (my birthday) rolls around and let me tell you, it did not turn out in the slightest bit of how I wanted to spend it! I woke up with a stabbing pain in my hip that extended out to my back. It hurt so bad that I could not do anything…on my birthday! As the day progressed, so did the pain and contractions started. Oh great, I was going to have this baby on MY BIRTHDAY! For those of you who REALLY know me, I don’t want to share my birthday with anyone, haha! We went to the doctor and found that I had contractions 8 minutes apart, but was just maybe the beginning of labor. So we went to BJ’s parents house to “enjoy” the rest of the big day. The pain got worse and worse and the contractions got stronger and stronger. The pain was so bad, that I was also throwing up and miserable (did I mention, it was my birthday?!) The pain lasted all week and I am just getting better. We spent Tuesday night in the hospital, hoping to deliver Graham, but the doc decided he wanted to wait a little. I was a little disappointed, but he gave me pain meds to ease the pain. Let me just say that it was the worst birthday, even week ever! I am sort of glad to say that I am still hanging on and only feeling…pregnant! I have another appointment tomorrow, and we will try and talk him into delivering, but I am sure he will stick with the due date of next Friday, the 22nd. Here’s a picture to leave you with, so you can sympathize at how miserable I must be! But very thankful that the back pain is gone.
Make sure you check out our new photo album to see what we’ve been doing and how cute our kids are!