Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jaeden James Mendes!!!

Jaeden James Mendes is FINALLY here!!!

Well I posted the belly cast pics the other day and, at midnight that night during the belly cast Diana had some back pains but we thought nothing of it... Well after not stopping the whole night and getting worse and worse she finally realized that she was is labor... I went over there at about 600pm on the 26th and she was having contractions 7 minutes apart. She tried to lay on her side and switch positions but that was not helping. She called the doctor and the nurse said he would call her back... So we all get the stuff ready and Mike lets the dogs out. No call from the doctor so they leave and me and my sis wait to go to the hospital till we hear more. I text Mike 949pm and he says they are staying, she is completely thinned and 5 cm!!! Yay!!! So my sister and I head to the hospital and we get there and Diana and her mom are walking the halls. Mike and Grandma Joan are in triage room number 4. So we begin the waiting game!!

The weight guesses for Jaeden are-
Me: 7 lbs 8 oz Shelly: 8 lbs 3 oz
Manda: 7 lbs 1 oz Mike: 7 lbs 2 oz
Jessica:7 lbs 5 oz

-Here is a list of the things that happened in the order they happened!

08:43pm- Headed to hospital
09:49pm- 5 cm and completely thinned
10:58pm- Decided to keep her, 6cm
12:35am- Went to room #471
12:40am- Checked and still 6cm, Going walking
01:35am- Walking and had to hurry back to the room got very light headed
02:10am- Checked and no change still 6cm
02:30am- Doc came in and decided to break her water
02:50am- Checked and went up to 8cm, decided to take Stadol and see if that helps pain
03:22am- Still 8cm pain is very strong now, decided to do Epidural, Dr. said 5am at the latest
04:39am- Doc hasn't been back in yet, she has no pain
04:56am- 10cm and begin pushing!
05:36am- He is here!!! 7 lbs 2.2 oz, 20 in long, head 13.75 in, chest 13.5 in, hips 12.5 in....DARK hair and side burns, dark blue eyes!!!!




First time I held him!! 1.5 hours old










Thank God he don't have one of those squeely cries!!!








The nurse came in at 8:00 pm to do vitals temp was 98.4..good.. and she says Diana's uterus has dropped more than she has felt in someone in a long time!!! Jaeden is opening his eyes in this picture you just cant tell..







Mike, Jaeden, Diana, and Rabe... Jaeden just had dinner..lol..









Mike holding Jaeden. 14 hours old









Daddy's first diaper change!!!








Somehow he managed not to get peed on after having him naked so long!!!









Me holding him again!!! 13 hours old now!!!









15 hours old! Squinting his little face!! (notice the little side burn on the left side!!)







HOSPITAL POST OF HIM!!!




Jaeden James

Born: Friday, June 27, 2008
Time: 5:36 am
Weight: 7 pounds and 2 ounces
Length: 20 inches
Parents: Diana and Mike

Delivered by: Michael L. Laccheo, M.D.
Baby's doctor: Michael L. Laccheo, M.D.

Origin of the name Jaeden:
Hebrew - "God has heard".






The Weather

  • The sun rose over Topeka at 5:59 am and set at 8:53 pm
In the financial world
  • The Dow Jones closed at 11346.51
  • The Kansas Minimum Wage was $5.15
...And the prices of some big ticket items were
  • Loaf of Bread: $2.49
  • Gallon of Milk: $3.85
  • First Class Stamp: $0.42
  • Average new home: $132,500.00
  • New car: $21, 750.00
Populations:
  • Topeka: 120,300
  • U.S. Population: 287,147,451
Jaeden James shares his birthday with these other interesting people
  • 1880- Helen Keller- American author and educator who overcame deafness and blindness to achieve many great things. Her story is chronicled in the play and movie "The Miracle Worker."
  • 1913 - Willie Mosconi - One of the greatest pool players of all-time, Mosconi won the men's world championship 15 times between 1941 and 1957.
  • 1927 - Bob Keeshan - Hosted the longest running network children's show for more than 25 years as "Captain Kangaroo."
  • 1930 - H. Ross Perot - American billionaire and political agitator who twice ran for President and attempted to start a third major party during the 1990's.
There have been some other notable event on this day in history
  • 1652 - New Amsterdam (later New York City) became the first government in the New World to enact a traffic law, this one regulating the movement of wagons, carts and sleighs within the city limits.
  • 1923 - Army Air Corps pilots made the first successful mid-air fueling between airplanes in the skies over Coronado, California.
  • 1929 - Bell Telephone Labs presented the first public demonstration of color television, displaying images of the American flag, roses and a watermelon.
  • 1980 - New Jersey became the first state to graduate women from its State Police Academy. The 30 women graduates all went on to become New Jersey State Police Officers.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Belly Casting!!!

Well I wanted to put these in order but they do not load in order and it is hell to move them....Sooo, here we are doing a belly cast for Diana. She went to the doctor and she is only 3cm dialated and no more changes....So we are still waiting!!!


Me, Mike, and Diana painting the belly, I will show the final pics of it later.. Our camera died and we did not get any..







Jaeden's name and a rose that I painted!!









All of us painting again!








The begining of the painting.








The stuff that we used, Rigid Wrap. You dip it in water and run your hands over it till its creamy and then put it on the surface you want and it hardens like a cast. $4.99 for a 4" by 180" roll at Michael's..





Diana trying to dry the belly because it took forever to dry..








Me dipping the wrap in the water to activate it.








The middle of the process for making the cast..








And again...








Applying the wrap...








Smooth smooth smooth!!!








You can see her belly button!!








The finished product!!--well unpainted though!








More drying..











Diana helping me..








Just started!








She said.. "oh!! its cold!!"








The strips.. and paint and stuff!








Haha...Girl on girl crafts...Lol..








After the process, she said that we needed to get a pic cuz she could pop any day now!!! 38 weeks 4 days!!!








Beginning of painting..








And again!











And thats all, I will post more later!!!!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Well Diana went to the doctor on Wednesday morning and she was dialated to about a 2.5 and 80% effaced and his head is engaged, they made her walk for an hour and see of any change and there was none...so home she went. I saw her last night and she is contracting but they are not painful... It is funny though because when she does her belly gets very flat on top, points out, and is VERY hard...So as of tomorrow she will be 37 weeks...(full term now a days) and she cant wait for him to be here..She has everything she could ever need except for the baby mattress and her mom is buying that for her... So come on baby!!!!







18 Weeks





















24 Weeks 5 Days
















Wedding day 26 Weeks 6 Days

















31 Weeks 6 Days














36 Weeks 5 Days












36 Weeks 5 Days

Monday, June 9, 2008

Tribute to Buddie

I made this video for my dog and best friend Buddie, I love him and hope this video shows it!!!

Nails part 2!!

I got to do more nails today and I got to experiment and do whatever I wanted sooo, these are what I came up with!!!



This is the powder that I used The brand is Prism
and the colors are clear, white, and pink.














I saw part of this one in a magazine where you
layer balls of the colored acrylic on the nail but
we started with it and then realized that the
difference in color was not that different, so we
filled it in with pink....(My least fave nail)














This is my favorite nail and although you can't
see it it is faded from white to pink and as I said
this is my FAVE nail!!!














This is my sisters favorite and it was her design
she wanted a squiggle down the middle with the
silver on the outside. It was harder to do but I
enjoyed the challenge!!! I think next time I would
make it less (blobby)....Idk..I am proud though!!!

Sunday, June 8, 2008

My first post!!


I don't have anything else yet to post so I figured I would post what I did as one of my time wasters yesterday!! I did my nails in acrylic and my sisters. I have one blue nail with a fish and coral on it.. That one is my "No care needed aquarium"...Lol..