Poor Kid...

So we finally found the cds that had all our baby pictures on them, and we definitely noticed some similarities between my pictures and Shane. I guess Josh's rugged good looks will have to go to the next boy! (don't panic mom and dad, that won't be for a little while) Me coming out of the hospital. I am quite the hairy beast! And we thought Shane had hair...

Me again. Honestly, where is my afro pick?!

Josh's baby picture. There might be some similarities there. They're both cute at least!

Christmas in the Basement

So this year with Shane being so young we decided to just stay here in our humble abode and have Christmas with just us. We missed our families but we still had a lot of fun, and even though we don't really have a chimney Santa still managed to get in somehow. We won't bore you with all the details, but here are some highlights:

In keeping with tradition, Josh got me this...

And I got him this...

We played some of this...

Josh had a lot of fun with these...

We watched this...

And some of this...

Shane did a lot of this...

And just cause I thought it was cute, I thought you'd want to see this...

Merry Christmas everyone! And Happy Anniversary to us tomorrow!

This Week in Pictures

Shane got done with the bililights just in time for Grandma Nebeker to come, and he even held off peeing long enough to show this onesie off for her when she came.

Not such a fan of his first real bath

Still traumatized... but so cute!

He's been practicing his head-ups, still working on that...

We try to get him to stay awake a little bit after he eats, I love this one, he looks like a big boy in bed or something. He's looking at our Christmas tree lights

And he succumbs to sleep pretty easily (I wonder who he gets that from?)

He's entertained a few visitors...

And eaten a lot. This is my favorite face, his "I'm fat and happy face"

We love you Shane!

Shane Pics

We've sure been enjoying having Shane at home! He is such a good baby, and we have loved getting to know him and see little bits of his personality when he's not sleeping . Don't forget to send us your email address, I think I will make the blog private this weekend.
These were 0-3 months and he was swimming in them!

His Mom loves him

Daddy is awesome at swaddling him, he loves it.

Taking a "bath." He wasn't such a fan, until we started washing and brushing his hair. He spit out his pacificier and just went "aaaahhhh", as if to say "this is the life!"

We had to try a mohawk

He's actually been awake today!

He had to go under the lights for jaundice. I was worried about not being able to really take him out, but he is such a trooper, he's just been chillin in there without fussing too much. He didn't even cry when they pricked his foot, he just squished up his face a little.

Going Private...

So we decided that now that we're posting pictures of our little one that it is a good time to go private. I'm hoping to do it pretty soon, so if you want to keep reading our blog, email me your email address at kdettin@gmail.com or post a comment with it so we can send you an invite. And even if I don't know you've been reading our blog, if I know you, then I would love to send you an invitation! More pictures of Shane to come soon...

Shane Christopher Dettinger

Our little boy was born last night at 7:03 pm! If you want the details, read on. If not, just skip the next paragraph.

So I was almost positive my due date was Dec 15th, but the ultrasound showed it at Dec 1st, so my doctor had me go on Tuesday and Friday this week to do nonstress tests to just make sure everything was alright. We were very surprised when on Friday after school we went and his amniotic fluid was pretty low, so they decided to induce me. They gave me some prostin gel at 10:30 that night to get me a little readier, and told us they might need to do it three or four times every six hours. But we came back at 6:00 am yesterday morning and the doctor said I had changed enough to start me on Pitocin. The labor went great, the contractions weren't too bad until my water broke, and the nurse gave me the epidural right after. And can I just say that epidurals are fabulous! I was able to sleep for an hour or so which helped me feel energized to push. I pushed for an hour and the baby's heartrate was dipping a little, so the doctor gave me an episiotomy and used the foreceps to help me get him out a little faster.

All in all, the whole labor experience was not as bad as I thought it would be. I feel a little spoiled because my pregnancy is over now and I really can't complain about any part of it! I'll post some more pictures when he's awake enough to get some better ones. He weighed in at 8 pounds 8 ounces (maybe they were right about my due date!) and has a pretty good headful of dark hair. We just can't believe he's really here, and that he's ours, he's pretty stinkin cute!

The Final Countdown

1 month from today is my due date! If only I really knew the exact time he was coming... but I know it's coming fast at any rate!

Things I'm Loving About Being Pregnant:
-People are so nice! I get so many more smiles from random strangers, and they all want to open the door for you and do other nice things
-The way I can shamefully abuse the "craving" excuse
-The conversations with kids about it. One of my favorites was this week when I told another 4th grade class I was teaching for science that I was having a baby. The next day, one of the girls (not the brightest one of the bunch :) ) asked, "So, have you had your baby yet?" Another was when my mom came to meet my class and one of my girls asked me, "Have you told your mom you're pregnant yet?"

Things I'm Not Enjoying So Much:
-Lack of good sleep
-Going to the bathroom every 5 minutes
-The increased laundry I've had to do since my belly is now a magnet for almost anything!
It's all a part of the journey though and I can't wait for the final product!

Halloween!

So I'm pretty much a cheeseball when it comes to getting excited about holidays, I think even more so now that I'm pregnant. Needless to say, Josh and I had a lot of fun this Halloween!
Our pumpkins we carved last week- mine turned out a little crooked but Josh's looks good

This was actually for crazy hair day the day before, Josh insisted on doing my hair Princess Leia syle.

Halloween night we drove down to Manti to see Josh's family. They shut down Main Street and have a huge trunk or treat for like 6 blocks for all the little kids. Josh took the picture because he was the only one not wearing a costume. There I am in all my pumpkin glory, the picture of just me was too hideous to post, but hopefully you can still get a good laugh out of this one! I was laughing at school because during an assembly we were singing songs about the "Great Pumpkin", and I saw a couple of 2nd graders turn around and point at me and say in all seriousness, "Look, the great pumpkin is right over there!"

These are all of Shane's future playmates and partners in crime.

After trunk or treating we went to see Josh's sister Hannah dance and went to the "Tunnel of Terror." Thankfully, it did not cause me to go into labor!

Just 6 more weeks! We're getting pretty excited to meet our little guy!

Weekend O' Fun

So, this weekend was pretty much fabulous because it was basically like I had two weekends. I got Thursday and Friday off for Fall Break, so I spent those days catching up on some school stuff and just generally being lazy. Then I felt like I got second weekend when my best friend Christie and her friend Amanda flew in from California to spend a couple days with us on their way to Idaho. It was so fun having them here, getting to show off Provo in all its glory, and just laughing a lot like old times. Somehow the only pictures I took were of us hiking, but oh well.

She's quite animated and pretty entertaining!
A good belly shot for those who've been asking. I don't always want to put these up because I feel like they make me look huge!

So many pretty spots on the hike to stop at

Stewart Falls. Josh was doubtful I could do this hike, but I showed him!


So who's coming next weekend?... Any takers?

Wasn't it just a few days ago that I turned off my air conditioning?

Well, it's pretty much time now to turn on the heater! It's been in the 80's for the past few weeks, then all the sudden yesterday morning I went for my walk and it was snowing! So we busted out the turtlenecks, gloves, and jackets for the football game yesterday. You won't hear any complaints from the pregnant lady, though, it feels pretty darn good to me! I guess that's one perk of being pregnant (at least in the cold months)- you have your own personal space heater.
Other than that things are pretty much status quo- I think Josh has had a test for every class in the past 3 days, and he's just hoping to hear about more interviews. I'm still feeling good, just bigger, starting to identify body parts, and looking forward to Fall Break this week.

Good News!

Josh got offered his first interview today!!! It's November 13th at the University of Vermont. We're just relieved that somebody liked what they saw so far, and that hopefully that means other schools are looking at him too.

Making Room For Shane

For the almost two years that we've lived in our place now, the extra bedroom has been a sort of depository for our junk: boxes, golf clubs, furniture we didn't have room for in our tiny front room, etc. The piles have gotten even bigger as we've started adding all our baby stuff to it. And I have not really felt the desire at all to "nest" or get that room ready for Shane.

Well on Friday we went to Ikea to purchase one of our last big baby items, a dresser. Josh is like a little kid with legos whenever we get anything that needs to be put together, so after the football game yesterday he went to work on it. In my usual nightly tradition I fell asleep on the couch around 9:30 or so, dead to the world until Josh handed me a toothbrush and told me to wake up (for those of my family who have ever tried in vain to wake me up, Josh has figured out that this is the only safe way to do it). He told me he wanted me to see the back room, and when I saw it I was surprised enough to really wake up. I wish I had a before picture so you could see what a mess it had been. In the hour or so I was asleep, he had finished the dresser, found places for all the things that had been cluttering the floors, and put all the baby clothes in the dresser. Even with all that organizing and putting away he managed to make space in the closet because I had said I would like to hang some things in there.

The room is so small I couldn't get in a good spot to take a great picture, but this gives you an idea. And yeah, the bicycle is still in there, but we really didn't want to put it outside. When I feel like nesting I guess I'll put a few decorations in there, but for now it just feels good to know there will actually be a spot for Shane when he comes. It's been sort of hard for me to actually feel like we really will be bringing home a baby in a few months, but as I sat down in the chair and looked out at the room, I had a little moment. I couldn't help but think that in a few months I'd be sitting in this chair quite often, but in the middle of the night to feed Shane. Though I'm a little bit scared for those moments and the lack of sleep, it was a good feeling and made me feel a little bit closer to the thing moving inside of me, and a little bit more ready to have him come. Not to mention grateful for Josh and all he does to make me happy.

The only thing that's changed much in the past week or so...

...is the size of my belly! I've got less than 3 months to go now, and am getting bigger by the week. I still keep waiting for pregnancy to get hard, but so far it hasn't really been! I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune soon enough. At school I am so busy that I don't really have time to stop and think about if I'm tired or anything. I don't even really think about it until I get home and he starts kicking away, and then I do have trouble getting comfortable. If anything I'm just more emotional. Josh is working hard and trying not to get too trunky his last semester.

This Week in Numbers

Nothing too exciting has happened this week, but I don't like to let too much time pass between posts, so here's a quick recap of the week from 0-8:

0- Cavities Josh and I had at the dentist yesterday. Woohoo!
1- Points BYU won by in the game yesterday. We're just relieved they won.
2- Number of times I fell asleep trying to watch movies. Shocker.
3- Nights in a row I cooked full-fledged meals (ie not just tacos). I don't know what got into me (yes, that is a lot for me), but I think next week it's back to baked potatoes!
4- Days Josh has had in school
5- Trips he made up and down the RB stairs on the first day of class. I think he burned off all that good home cooking!
6- Days until the UCLA game when our family comes to Provo!
7- Number of kids in my class I want to sit on. Just kidding, it's really only like 2. Okay, okay, I know I should love them all, I'm working on it!
8- Ounces of steak we both enjoyed at Outback for date night on Friday.

BYU Football!

I love this time of year! School still seems new and exciting, and there is an energy in the air with all the BYU students coming back to Provo. The weather starts cooling off (well, still waiting for that...), the leaves will be changing pretty soon, and of course, fall means football! BYU's first game was yesterday, and we had a blast. Our friends Dave and Laura came down from Salt Lake because they have season tickets, and Josh's sister Hannah came up from Ephraim with a few friends. We had better seats so we ditched them during the game, but we drove together and went to dinner afterwards. The game was pretty fun, minus the 3 fumbles and a few other times we had to turn our heads. Hopefully Bronco lays the smackdown and they'll shape up for next week. And our efforts to turn Shane into a BYU fan are already working, he was kicking away throughout the game.

24 Weeks and Back to School

Well, I've busted out the maternity clothes! They are way comfy, which is nice, but sometimes I feel like a bus! At least they have some cute things out there these days. In other news, I started school last Wednesday, and things have been going good so far. The first of the year is always a little hard feeling like you're having to train a new bunch all over again and you don't know them very well yet, but it's starting to come together. And amazingly, I haven't really felt too tired or anything! I have some good kids, I would post some pictures but I've never really felt quite right about putting pictures of my kids on the internet. Rest assured, they are cute!

Jamie's Wedding and California

The past few weeks have been quite a whirlwind! After getting home from vacation in Bethany, we went to Manti for a few days to get my car fixed. Josh's car ended up totalled, so the insurance company gave us money for it and we were able to buy a nice Nissan Maxima.
I like to call them ebony and ivory

Then my whole fam came out to Utah for Jamie's wedding. It was a great day and we are all happy to have Tim in our family!

I was a slacker on the picture taking, I just got this one of them cutting the cake. They were way too nice!

My niece, Kate, and Josh's little brother, Matthew flirted up a storm and were quite fun to watch. They chased each other around in circles, and Matthew was even showing off his dance moves and pushups for her. For days after Kate would sigh and say, "Matthew loves me."

Then we went down to California for the open house.

We got to go to an Angels game, and it was floppy hat night. I get a good laugh every time Josh puts his on- not quite his look!

Swimming with the Yoders.

What a good looking couple!

At the open house. My parents have done a great job on the yard, if you look you can kind of see the waterfall in the back.

Josh thought it would be funny to take a picture of the preggo lady in front of the food. In my defense, I was just sneaking food to the fridge so my fam could have leftovers!

It has been a fun few weeks and great being with family, but we are glad to be back home and into a routine again!