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ive concluded that i will not be able to blog as much as id like, so i guess ill just get a blog in when i can and when i think about it.

So- on the 30th of Oct. we had our little baby boy. Gosh he is amazing. I cant stop staring at him. He is so precious. I know all babies are precious, but obviously im biased. :) Today is actually travis' due date! I knew all along that he would be early. Its strange how the human body works, and amazing. I mean, my intuition told me that he would be early. I knew that he was gonna be born on the weekend of the 30th about a week before he actually came. I could just feel it. The whole process of childbirth is pretty amazing too. I mean, the human body just takes over and after a certain point, you no longer control it. It just blows my mind away how the human body works!! It just KNOWS what to do. It is so cool.

I started having contractions the night before I actually had him at around 8 pm. I have never been in labor before so I got a little nervous and we went in, however, i wasnt ready, so they sent me back home. Then, I went back again at 3:30 in the morning, and I STILL had not progressed at ALL besides the intensity of my contractions. VERY FRUSTRATING. so- they gave me ambian, which is a sleeping pill, and told me to go home and sleep.. and not to come back until my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and/or my water broke. Well, by 10:30 or so, I was having horrible horrible horrible pains. I was screaming. But- the contractions were still 6-8 minutes apart. After about 10 minutes of screaming, I told trent I didnt care how far apart my contractions were, we had to leave right then. We live about 5 minutes from the hospital, and if we had waited another 5 minutes to leave, I would have had this little baby boy in the front seat of Trent's truck. I BARELY made it. I got there and they told me to fill out paperwork, but I didnt have time. they rushed me into the nearest room, and i pushed the little guy out in 4 minutes. I didnt have time to get an epidural! OWWY. but- other than almost delivering on the way to the hospital cuz the dumb doctors gave me sleeping pills to sleep through my entire dilation, everything went pretty good.

It has been so amazing so far. Trent has been beyond a doubt the most amazing husband on the entire face of the planet. I just wish that I could explain how incredible he has been. The first few days, I'm pretty sure he changed more diapers than me. He has read a lot and when I dont know what to do, he knows. He gives me advice, and helps me through all my questions.. if we both dont know something, he looks it up for me and researches it. He stays up all night and takes care of Travis so I can sleep...bringing him to me just to feed him, then takes him again. Then, trent sleeps in so we are both getting good rest. He is on leave for about 15 days so it might get a little more difficult in a week or two, but he still does everything he possibly can to be the best dad and husband he can. I have extra hormones, and when I cry, he is right there holding my hand the whole time, and giving me tons of encouraging words. Just helping me in every way he can. I just feel so incredibly lucky at this time of our lives. I couldnt ask for a better baby . He hardly every cries unless he needs to be fed. He is a pretty happy baby. And with trent helping too, it just makes life so great right now. :)

Trent's mom came about a week before travis was born, and she stayed till this morning. Trent took her to the bus station at 5:30 this morning. Its was great having her here too. She didnt do a whole lot with the baby, but she did a lot of little things that made it run a little smoother around here. She cooked dinner for us the night we got home from the hospital, she helped with laundry, and took care of the dogs. It was nice not having those LITTLE things to worry about. We will see how it goes now that she isnt here.

My parents are coming for thanksgiving! YAY! They will be here for a week. I am pretty excited. I havent seen them in a while, and i know they are both excited to see their little grandbaby. My family usually has thanksgiving at my parents house, and there are usually close to 20 people. I dont know who is going to host thanksgiving now. :( but- im still happy they are coming to see us. They will be staying at a hotel and we are gonna babysit their little dog nugget. I just am so glad they want to come visit. :)

All in all- we have had a great first week or so with our new little angel, and I love him so much. I will try and write a little more later. TRY. :) thanks for reading!