Introducing Miss Cali Gail Coleman

Cali Gail Coleman was born on June 25th 2011 at 5:06 a.m. She was 7lbs 3ozs and 20 and a half inches long.
More pics and birth story to come...right now just enjoying my sweet baby. Todd and I could not be happier :-)

Golfing

So Todd and I have Monday's off from work so we are always thinking of new things to do. Well a couple of Mondays ago Todd really wanted to go play golf and he wanted me to come with him. I was like I am almost 8 months pregnant can I still golf. Of course you can he told me, so off we went to Buena Vista to golf and we had such a great time!! I did horrible and could only go for 9 holes but I didn't think I did to bad for golfing the first time ever and being pregnant. So after this baby comes Todd and I have found another hobby that we really enjoy doing together.

Dodger Game

Todd and I were able to go to a Dodger game in April and we were so excited to go. We went with a couple of friends from church and we all drove down together. Except for the Dodgers losing it was actually a really fun time. We love doing things together before this baby comes :-)

Many Miracles

I just had to post the story about my new little niece Olivia, so sorry this might be a long post :-). On Sunday March 6 I got a phone call from my mom at 7 in the morning telling me that my brother and sis-in-law Tawnie were getting rushed to the hospital to have an emergency C-Section. Just know that she wasn't due for another 6 weeks so this baby is very early, also Tawnie had very high blood pressure and had one seizure before the baby came out so we were also very worried about Tawn Tawn. So I flew down to the hospital to wait to see what was going to happen and about 30 minutes later my brother comes out in his scrubs and says that have a beautiful baby girl OLIVIA and she is 3 lbs. 10ozs. We were so excited for them and I was so excited to have another little niece in the family.
Jake said that the baby was good and that Tawnie was doing well also. I got to go back and sit with Tawnie for a little bit while the parents got to go in and see Olivia. Now for those of you who don't know Tawnie is like a sister to me, growing up with all boys it was great when Jake married Tawnie, finally someone I can share all my secrets with and be silly with and always be there for each other. So when I saw Tawnie after the C-Secetion I was really scared, she was out of it and looked just awful (I know that you don't look great after having a baby this was different) she just looked really sick. So I talked to her for a little bit and I realized that she was just out of it and not really paying attention or making sense. After a few more minutes with Tawnie, Jake came in and grabbed me to go see Olivia in the NICU, now only grandparents and parents are allowed in the NICU but Jake told me that he "forgot" and brought me in and the nurses in there allowed me to see the baby for a few minutes. You always hear how small these babies are but once you see them in person it really hits you what a small miracle they are. When I got to see Olivia I just fell in love with her and thanked Heavenly Father over and over for this beautiful baby girl that made it into this world. She is a precious, precious baby and I am so happy to be her Aunt.
After I saw Olivia everyone was doing good so we decided to go home because there wasn't anything else we could do at the hospital. Once I got home I got a phone call from my mom at 3 and she said they are running back up to the hospital because Tawnie is having seizures again and they are rushing her up to the ICU. When my mom told me this my heart just stopped because all this time we are worried about Olivia who is just fine but now it is time to focus on Tawnie who was not doing well at all. We run back up to the hospital to see what is going on. Tawnie started having seizures again and had to stay in the ICU for about 3 days. During this time it made me so happy to have the gospel in my life to see my brother and dad and Tawnies dad go in and give her a blessing and knowing that everything was going to be okay and them doing the same thing with Olivia. Just to have the gospel in your life and to know exactly who to turn to when things are hard and difficult and knowing that he is always there for you easies my mind and heart. I am so grateful that I have a husband that can do the same thing for our family also.
Tawnie was finally able to come home from the hospital on last Saturday so she was there for 6 days. She is doing so good now but it is going to be a couple of months of recovery and little Olivia has to stay in the NICU for about 3 more weeks. Olivia is doing so good and is getting stronger and stronger everyday. Thank you to everyone who has prayed for them and wished them well I know that Tawnie and Jake have appreciated all of your help so much.

21 Weeks and we are having....

AND yes this little girl we be in Laker gear a lot..she is already a FAN!!!
Halfway done with the pregnancy and let me tell you it goes by pretty fast. Sometimes it seems really fast and sometimes it seems like forever. Still I can't wait to see this little one's cute face. Todd and I are so excited to finally figure out that we are having a baby GIRL!!! Cali Gail Coleman :-) I can't wait to spoil this little one and put her in cute clothes and tons of bows. Don't worry she will also be doing all the sports and I am sure daddy will have her in the water within the first month or so haha. Also he can't wait to take her surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding with him. Lets just say that he is ok with a girl being first his little boy will just have to come a little later.
For those of you who have been wondering I have been feeling so much better now. I finally started to feel really good around 17-18 weeks being pregnant. My appetite is back in full force and I have so much more energy and I am finally loving being pregnant. I know some of you have been asking for a belly picture and I will be posting one soon. Just waiting for the belly to get a little bigger :-)

First Urgent Care Trip

So this precious little one is already causing me problems. Like everyone says they start young I guess. So on Tuesday morning Todd and I were at the beach with my parents and we had to come home early Tuesday morning to come back to work. So we left the beach at 6 in the morning and we didn't even make it out of the parking lot before I had to throw up. NOT FUN. So then I slept for two hours and right when we pulled into our driveway I was lucky enough to throw up again. I was getting upset because their was nothing in my stomach to throw up so it was not a fun feeling. I have had morning sickness before but I usually just throw up once and I feel better. Well this day decides to be different.
So while Todd is in the office working I am laying down to get some rest and of course I get to throw up again. My nice hubby makes me some soup and I sip on it and eat some crackers but thirty min later it is all up again. By this time I am getting worried because my stomach is just in so much pain and not just the regular sick pain but something is wrong. So I contact my nurse to talk to them and they want me to go to the urgent care to get checked out. In my head I am like hmmm is it worth it to go or should I wait it out. I hate going to urgent care because it always takes forever. But I thought of my baby and I wanted to make sure everything was all right with it so I went. Todd was just one happy camper to go with me ;-)
So we finally get there and it takes about an hour before I go into the back and they weigh me. I get onto the scale and I have noticed I have lost 10 pounds!! I was like sweet didnt know I needed to get pregnant to lose the weight. So I ended up getting some blood work and they hooked me up to an IV to get myself hydrated again. My arms are now black and blue from all the poking but im officially not scared of needles anymore. The doctor comes in and wants to check the babies heartbeat to make sure it is ok and that was so nice to be able to hear my baby again and yes it brought tears to my eyes again. Then the doctor was like ok I want to check your cervics to make sure it is closed and not open cause if it is open then you are pretty much going to have a miscarriage. UGH OK way to freak a mother out dude!!! But everything was A okay.
Then the doctor wanted me to talk to a surgeon because I was having some pain in my side and they thought it might be my appendix and when they took my blood there was a hint of infection in it. In my head I was like great you have to be kidding me. Then I got scared because even though Todd was with me my mom was two hours away and you all know you like to have your moms with you if something like this happens. (sidenote, while we were keeping my parents informed I found out later that they already have checked out of their hotel and were getting ready to come back to Bakersfield at ten at night) So finally the surgeon comes in and tells me that he doesn't want to operate on me right now (yea wasn't going to let him anyways) but he wanted to check me into the hospital for the night to give me more fluids and do some more tests and then see how I felt in the morning. Good thing Todd was with me because we helped the doctor realize that I was doing better after the fluids and anti-nasuea medicine they gave me and it would probably be better for me to sleep at home and get up in the morning and go do the more tests. Thank goodness the doctor was agreeing to this also because I did not want to spend the night in the hospital. So we are finally able to leave and by this time it is 10:30 at night and we got there around 5. Todd was so good during this time and was so sweet to me.
So the next morning I had to go in at eight and get more blood drawn and see the doctor again and everything came back good, thank goodness. The doctor told me to still be cautious of my body and to rest all day today which sounds good to me. All I know is this little one is going to get it when they are ready to come out :-) but this little is well worth it, I would do it all over again for it. :-) So hopefully no more urgent care trips for me, one was enough.

Lil' Coleman

Todd and I are happy to finally announce that we are having a BABY!!!! It is due July 1st 2011 and we could not be more happy. I will finally have something to blog about :-)