1 Month Old!

I can't believe that Cason is already 1 month old. 1 month ago at this time (8:00pm) I was not feeling well at all. I was ready to meet Cason and ready to not be pregnant anymore. I had no idea at that time how much my life would change in a matter of hours!

Every day I thank God for giving Toby and I such a precious boy. It is humbling to think about how God picked us to be parents of someone so special. I always feel like pinching my self b/c sometimes I feel like I'm dreaming. I am in awe of Cason and how much he can do at a month old. He is holding his head up for short periods of time, when he is on his tummy he can turn his head from side to side, and he track Toby and I as we walk across the room.

1 month old

On another note, remember my sister in your prayers. She is on bed rest right now. She is 30 weeks and needs to make it to at least 34 weeks. I am trying to talk her into creating blog. It's not like she has anything better to do, right?

Sneak Peak

We had a wonderful photographer out to our house to take pictures of Cason. The pictures are not quite ready yet but she posted a few of them on her blog. Here is the link
http://www.earthmamaphotography.blogspot.com/

2 and 3 weeks pictures

Happy 3 week birthday Cason! It seems like Cason is growing and changing every day. It makes me sad to know he won't stay this little for ever. But I am excited to see him grow up. I am already dreading the day that he gets married and I won't be the number one woman in his life!

2 weeks old and not a happy baby! This is the best we could do on that day.

3 weeks old and much happier! I learned my lesson from last week. Babies on an empty stomach don't like their picture taken. When their bellies are full life is much better!

My mom, Cason's BeBe, left this past Friday. She was here for about 3 weeks. I couldn't have made it through those days without her help.

play time

Cason David Stunkard

Our son, Cason, was born on Nov. 18, 2008 at 10:12 pm. He weighed 8lbs 6 oz and was 20 inches long. Toby and I are in love with our precious baby boy. It's hard to believe that he will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. Enjoy the pictures!

i had to have a c-section :(
Cason in the admissions nursery

The newest Red Raider!



Cason's 1 week picture. I'm stealing this idea from a friend. Hopefully I will be able to take a picture every week until he is a month and then every month until he is a year so you get to see him grow! We shall see if I can keep up with it!

UPDATE!!!!

Nothings happening...... :(

With one week to go I figured I would start feeling like things were changing. But NO! Everything is still the same. I have been joking that I have an iron gate inside me and everything is locked up tight. Cason is VERY comfortable. Toby and I have been researching ways to make me go into labor. Here are some of the suggestions:

1. walking (we walked around Firewheel today and I walk everyday at school)

2. spicy food (haven't tired)

3. driving on a bumpy rode (Toby suggested we drive around the Target parking lot and go over the speed bumps over and over again-haven't tired)

4. caster oil (ewww, gross, I don't want the side effects of that)

5. my sister thinks that bouncing on an exercise ball would work too, but can't you see the ball shooting out from underneath me? Maybe that would send me into labor.

We do go to the doctor tomorrow but I am very doubtful that anything has changed since last week. Our doctor seems pretty confident that I will make it to 41 weeks. I am not going to wait that long. We have decided to induce on Nov. 18 if Cason hasn't decided to make his appearance.

Here are some pictures of Cason's room. I am still working on an art project to hang over his crib but everything else is ready!

Alicia came to see us today! It was very good to see her! Also, here is what could be Toby and my last pregnancy picture. I think I might actually miss being pregnant a little bit!

Here are our bags all packed, but with nowhere to go!

Couples Shower

This past weekend some awesome friends and family of ours threw Toby and I a couples shower. It was a blast! The Texas Tech/A&M game was on and we ate pizza and wings. It was so good to be able to spend time with our family and friends. I wish we could do that every weekend!

Sally made this cake! I think she should go into the cake decorating business!

These are the cookies that Sally, Martha and Virgina made. Aren't they cute?

The wonderful hostesses! Sally (childhood friend), Allison (my sister), Beth (childhood friend), Melodie (college roomie), and Jennie (childhood friend). Thank you girls for everything you did. It was so good to see all of you. The shower was great!

Update on Cason

He's still hangin out in my belly! I think he's getting too comfortable for his own good. I am ready to meet him already! If anything changes I will let you know!

Showers!

2 groups of wonderful ladies threw me a baby shower this week. The first one was given by my team mates at school. Here are the ladies that put up with me every day!Thank you to Laura, Deidra, Brenda, Michelle, and Amy. I couldn't ask for a better team to work with.

The second shower was given by my small group at church. They were thoughtful enough to play my favorite shower game, Guess What's in the Diaper! I LOVE that game! Here are the girls in our small group.

Thank you to Sally, Allison, Brooke, Lindsay, Kelly, Lee, and Brandy. I have loved getting to know you over the past few years. Ya'll are very special to me!