Here is Kevin’s birth story. Be warned it is LONG!

For about a week before Little Dude was born, I had been having this pain right under my ribs on my right side. Then I would start contracting and contract for about two hours, every single night. It was really starting to get old, knowing that I was definitely having a C-section whatever happened. I attributed the pain to being feet stuck up in my ribs.

I stayed up late Sunday night knitting and Monday morning I got up early with Erich to get him ready for work. We were in the bathroom and I was talking to Erich, telling him that I thought I slept wrong because my shoulder really hurt. I thought I had pulled a muscle. I was also having a few contractions here and there, but I figured they were just annoying Braxton hicks.

We were out of bread so I headed to the grocery store (at 6am!). I was starting to hurt more, it hurt a bit to breathe, but just felt like a pulled muscle. I came home and got Erich out the door, and laid down on the couch to get some more rest. At about 830am I talked to Erich on the phone and told him I was really hurting. He suggested I call the OB, but I was hesitant because I really didn’t want to bug them. I did call them about ten minutes later, and the nurse suggested I take some Tylenol and get a heating pad to put on my shoulder. She said to call if it got worse.

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Do you ever have days or weeks where you feel like you are *so* busy, yet when you look back you can’t for the life of you remember what you’ve been doing to fill all that time?  That would be me.  I’m not sleeping much, on average 4-5 hours of choppy nursing interrupted sleep.  My days are filled with the kids, knitting, and working.  I’ve been fielding a good portion of calls and emails for our website design business.  I’ve also been trying to get back into the groove of knitting and working on a growing customs list again.  And of course, Christmas is around the corner so I have lots of knitting to do for that too!  Whew! Busy busy!

I did this pair of pants though the other day and I just think they are SO cute!

I really enjoy dressing my babies up for Halloween.  It’s an occasion I remember my dad having so much fun with when I was little, and while I didn’t dress up like him, I did have fun honoring the occasion for my children.  (And I really enjoy eating the candy too!   )  Kevin was really hard to find a costume for though.  While he is 7 weeks old today (!), he is still barely 8 pounds.  Even 0-3 month size is just way to big on him.  I did find a swaddling blanket with a cap though and that really worked for him.  He just ended up snoozing in the sling anyway while we went door to door.  He’s nursing so I’m sure he got a taste of that chocolatey goodness somwhere along the line.

A Monkey, Cow, and “Flutterfly” (aka butterfly)