Brain farts and sleepzombie nights

So for all of you who told me to get some sleep while I was pregnant because I wouldnt get much
after the baby was born, you were right, but not in the way I expected.

No one can prepare for this kind of sleep or "tease sleep." Its like sleep, but certainly not restful and although I dream, I still dont think I am getting an REM sleep cause my brain feels like a zombie brain...

Its weird because Riley is actually a good baby. He sleeps about 2 hours, then wakes for food, then usually goes right back to sleep. But let me tell you...those 2 hour increments of sleep are nothing compared to a nice, full, uninterupted 7-8 hour sleep.

I never could have imagined how hard it is at 5am to want to get up for the 2nd or 3rd time and feed him or change his explosive mustard diaper in a mostly dark room after sleeping about 3 hours total, but in 45 to 75 minute increments with crazy dreams in between.

Because although Riley is sleeping for about 2 hours at a time, he is also making these crazy sleep grunt noises for about 40 minutes of that time and the other hour and 20 minutes I am so awake after having my boob tugged on for 20 minutes that I either cant sleep OR I am listening for his breath on the baby monitor to make sure that since the sleep grunts have stopped that he is actually still breathing.

But what a little guy he is. So cute and funny already. He is already smiling and I could swear that he laughed twice yesterday. He is tracking and looking at faces and able to track the animals on his mobile. He is getting stronger each day with tummy time and his cheeks are getting so chubby its hard to see his eyes when he smiles.

As of yesterday (8-18), he is now weighing in at 10 lbs 2.6 ozs. Almost a whole pound from last Thursday (8-14) at our lactation appointment where he was 9 lbs 4 ozs. How he gained almost a pound in 4 days is beyond me, but as his Dr. described it yesterday: "Some women have skim milk and some women have cream milk...you obviously have cream milk!" She also commented that his "outie" belly button will probably go to an "innie" when he loses his "milk belly." So far his pediatrician is hilarious!

Its funny. I have thought of several funny things to blog about over the past 2 weeks when I am laying in bed, trying to sleep or feeding him at some ungodly hour...but everytime I wake up the next morning or sit at the computer to write...I have a total brain fart and cant remember any of the funny stuff that has happened or that I planned to write about. I swear, I need to start keeping a journal for the journal.

Even more funny, I started writing this yesterday (Tuesday) and completely forgot I was writing until this morning. Ooops....

Anyway...here are some recent pictures of the little guy...more later...

bath time

you got tickets to the gun show?

Riley's stats...

So in my haze of baby bliss I neglected to share any details about Riley in the last blog...oops...

Introducing:

Riley Pete Walker Knight

Born: July 26, 2008 at 11:16pm
Weight: 7 lbs 11 ozs
Length: 20.5 inches

Also, CONGRATS to our favorite party animal: Steve Wilken who won the Riley Raffle!! Whoot whoot!! Since I never collected $$$ from anyone, we will be giving you the grand prize of: BABYSITTING RILEY! Hahahaa. Kidding. We will get you something awesome for your almost perfect guess :)

Its a boy!

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the delay in updates, but as most of you know we had little Riley on Saturday, July 26th by C-section. For those of you who were not properly informed, I am sorry...but hope you understand!

This will be a quick one since I still have over 100 emails to check, but I wanted to update you all with the quick and dirty details of the labor/birth etc. I also wanted to let you know that we are doing great and are thankful for all of your support!

How it all began...

My water broke early Friday morning (July 25th) around 1:06am. Funny story...poor Nick had a terrible toothache and so we spent all night trying to get him comfortable enough to sleep so he could make it to his 7am dentist appointment. Once I got him in bed asleep, I decided to watch some TV. Around 12:45am I decided I better get some sleep myself since I had to drive him to his appt. the next morning. Just around 1am Riley started going crazy, kicking, punching etc. Just then I rolled over to get more comfortable and when I rolled to my side...I passed gas...and then, yes, my water broke as the gas was expelled. At first I thought I just peed my pants...which was becoming a common thing with coughing, sneezing etc...but when I checked...I was pretty sure my water had just broke. Hard to tell, but mostly just a feeling at that point.

Now, because of the severe pain Nick had been in for the previous 2 days with his toothache, I didnt dare wake him to tell him the news since I knew he needed the rest for his root canal AND now, for the birth of our baby :)

So I let him sleep and I went and read my baby book to see how quickly I needed to go to the hospital. Since I was not having contractions, the book said I could most likely wait to go to the hospital. Plus I still wasnt sure I didnt just pee a little.

So the next morning I quietly drove Nick to his appt. and when I came home I realized that my water must have broken due to the continual leakage....So I did the next best thing...tried to sleep a little before Nick called for a ride home. When he called me for a ride I asked "so...how are you feeling, any better?" He said that he was numb, but was pretty sure that he was going to be in less pain. I said..."thats good cause I'm pretty sure my water broke!"

We both started laughing...mostly at the ridiculousness of the timing...but also at the fact that it seems like we can never do anything without several things going on at one time...yea, some people call that chaos. But we just call it...doing things in 3's.

So, I know I said this would be quick, but I thought that was a pretty funny beginning to our labor.

Once we got to the hospital we found out for sure that my water had broken and we were admitted immediately to start the induction.

After 40 hours of labor, an infection in my amniotic fluid, the epidural wearing off and never dilating past 7 cms...a Dr. finally came to her senses and got me in for a C-section at 11pm on Saturday night. He was born at 11:16pm.

Here are some pictures of our little man...

Its my due date and I'll cry if I want to...

Tick tock, tick tock...

I feel like I am listening to that Pink Floyd song with all the clocks and then BANG all the bells start ringing, except for in our case, the bells havent started ringing yet.

Blimey! Those clocks are annoying...but I am sure the bells will be even more annoying when they start ringing. And by clocks I mean labor, not crying baby...of course :)

So for now, I will just sit here with my heartburn and try to relish in the glory of me, myself and I time...and Nick, Loki, Puppy and Doozer time. No use in hurrying this little baby out...so they say.

Today I started to read Jenny McCarthy's "Baby Laughs: the Naked Truth About the First Years of Mommyhood" (thanks Mal). Now I am only through page 10 (obviously my attention span has been lacking today), but so far, this book is awesome! Lets just say Chapter 2 is called: Blowing Our Your Vagina, a Vaginal Delivery. I think you can use your imagination...which is exactly what I did...and why I am freaking about a "regular" delivery. OMG! Hilarious, but scary at the same time.

Onto Chapter 3...for more torturous laughter.

As always...we will keep you posted on when Riley makes his move!

See below for new pictures...

No baby yet!

So I realize now that I probably need to keep my cell phone closer to me since I have received a few missed calls and texts wondering if the baby has arrived yet because I didnt answer...OOOPS.

And I also realize that I also need to keep up on the blog more this week since a lack of blog has led some of you to think that maybe I didnt blog because we were in the hospital.

Apparently my laziness last week was unacceptable and I apologize for that! :)

You all have been great. Thanks so much for thinking of us and being as supportive as you have.

But dont worry...I actually made a list of people to call/text when we go into labor so you will all know.

And for those of you holding out for that "we're in labor" text to put in your guess on the RileyRaffle...dont hold your breath because we are going to lock it out before we let you know that we are in labor...

I know...how mean!!! But for those who actually want to put in $$, its only fair, right? Hehehe.

So with those minor details out of the way...onto the important stuff...

Stretch marks and pee pants.

I have officially broken out with a case of stretch marks over the majority of my belly. And let me tell you...they look HOT! Hot like my belly caught fire and has scars all over it! And it honestly feels like I have a rash spreading over my whole belly at this point. Who knew that stretch marks would be so itchy!? I didnt.

So unfortunately my hope of being the hot mom in a bikini a month after giving birth has been blown out the window. Damn those stupid US Weekly, People and Star magazines that make those postbirth star moms bellys look toned and stretchmark free. Damn them!

I guess, stretch marks aside, what I should really be more concerned with is how much loose skin I am going to have to deal with after the birth. I think I just gagged a little thinking about loose skin. Ewwwwww.

I guess I will just have to wait and see. 7 minute abs, here I come!

So I officially have 4 more days until our due date. I cant believe he is supposed to be here on Wednesday. That sounds crazy!

This whole journey has seemed so long in some ways and so short in others. I was in Safeway last week reminiscing about how I lived on Rainbow Sherbert, Cinnamon Pop Tarts and ginger ale for about 5 months. Oh and donuts too. Its a wonder I dont have heart disease from this darn pregnancy.

Now I pretty much hate all those things since most of them ended up coming out my nose soon after eating them. Well, actually, I think I still like Rainbow Sherbert...and donuts...who could hate donuts!!!

Man, all this talk of food has made me hungry...

We will keep you all posted one way or another when he is making his arrival.

Until then...take care!

Important information to win the pool :)

So...we had one of our last appointments yesterday with our midwife and she gave me the due date, his approximate weight and length.

Feel free to offer me any amount of baked goods or Big Spoon yogurt to get the inside info and win the $$$.

YA RIGHT! Believe me, I tried to get the inside scoop so I could vote on the pool and win :) BUT when I asked her what she thought about his due date, she literally laughed at me and said "now Joanna, I cant predict that!"

All I can say is: I tried. I knew she couldnt give me anything exact, but was hoping for a round about. At least. Everyone I see says "could be tomorrow, could be a week after your due date..." All promising answers that I love to hear :) But really, whats my hurry. I am enjoying sleeping in these days!

One thing I can say is that she touched his head during the exam. I know, sounds creepy, but it was totally cool. I cant believe he is actually that low. Another thing she said was that, although he is head down, he is facing the wrong direction.

So now I have to do these swirl dances and lay on my side and literally try to push him in the right direction or I am headed for BACK LABOR CITY! Which I hear is AWFUL!

Another thing I can say is that she gave us some new numbers about cm's and effacement...one of which has changed quite a bit since our last appointment.

Like someone said in the comment section...its weird to think you are just walking around and your body is doing all this work that you cant see. And pretty soon it will just be time.

Crazy.

So now I just wait. And watch movies and TV. Go on little shopping trips to pick up last minute items and eat like a pig :) Yum.

See below for new pictures.

Hope you are all doing great! Oh and congrats to Anne and Kirk...they just got married last weekend! Yiippeeee!!!

Its the final countdown...

38 weeks...today. That means about 0 to 4 more weeks. 2 if I am on time, 4 if I am late. And before 2 weeks if I am lucky :)

For those of you who have put in your guesstimates on the web site, thank you. Its fun to see what everyone thinks. I still have yet to put my guess in. Its harder than I thought. Who knows when this little one is gonna pop out! But of course, we will have more inside information tomorrow after our appointment SO maybe we wont guess...

Either way, make sure you put your guess in soon cause who knows...he could come any day :)
http://www.expectnet.com/games/RileyRaffle

And remember, you dont have to put in $$$. Some people just said they would like to...so I thought we could make it a little more interesting for those who had an interest in making $$$ off our child. Hahahaha.

So this big news this week is that my bladder is completely compromised at this point. Make me laugh and you will see what I mean. Wait, really, dont make me laugh. Or cough. Or sneeze. I didnt think the books were right on this one, but they are!

It is so hot here and the air quality is so bad that I have decided to stay in the house as long as I can stay sane. Which I am going on day 2 of this endeavor and it is becoming more and more difficult. TV is getting repetitive. The cats are starting to bore me. And the babys room is pretty much done...so I decided it might be fun to search YouTube. But once I got to the site, I had NO CLUE what to type in. What the heck do I want to watch? I remember seeing 2 funny videos once. One about a kid named Charlie and the other about a Unicorn named Charlie...so I went to those videos...watched them, laughed and then gave up after that cause nothing else would come to mind. If you havent seen this video yet...check it out. Its pretty funny. http://youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

I guess thats it for today. Dont leave the house and I am pretty boring. Off to watch more TV...I guess.