Chloe is Here!

Chloe Madelyn Ray
October 5, 2014
1:59 p.m.
7 pounds, 2 ounces
20 inches


Isn't she precious....

We went to the hospital late on Saturday evening (October 4th) with contractions. They were not extremely painful but they had never been so close together. They started about 7 minutes apart and then when they got to 5 minutes apart consistently for an hour, we knew that we needed to at least go get checked out at the hospital per my doctors orders. Thankfully, our sweet neighbor Suzie was able to come down and watch our boys until my mom got here from Tyler---thank you Suzie!!!!

By the time we go to the hospital, they were about 3 minutes apart but the nurse did not think I was in active labor. They called my doctor (thankfully she was on call that weekend) and my doctor told them to not send me home and she would be in to see me the next morning. They gave me some medicine to stop the contractions (they said that if I was in active labor it would not work) and an Ambien. We stayed overnight and although I continued to have contractions, they slowed down considerably and they were not painful.

They called my doctor the next morning (October 5th) and they decided to go ahead and start me on Pitocin around 10:45. The contractions picked up but they were not painful or consistent over the next hour. Around 11:45 my doctor came in and checked me (dilated to a 4) and broke my water. Instantly the contractions became VERY painful. They figured I would dilate around 1 cm per hour and would probably be ready to have the baby in about 5-6 hours.

My doctor said I could have an epidural whenever I wanted and that the anesthesiologist was just sitting in the hallway with no other patients at the moment. After about 3 more painful contractions, I decided I wanted the epidural stat! Scott went to tell them I wanted the epidural and unfortunately the guy had gotten called into a c-section so they told me it would be around 20 more minutes before I could get one. The contractions got MUCH more painful and so close together that I only had about 10 seconds after one ended before the next one began. I kept sending Scott into the hallway to check on my epidural---it had been well over 20 minutes (I was watching the clock very impatiently). The nurse had not checked me again because I think they thought I couldn't possibly have progressed that much in that short amount of time. They did slow my Pitocin down but it didn't really help.

By the time the guy FINALLY came to my room, it was not a pretty sight. I was in a lot of pain and I was dry heaving into a plastic bag. The nurse still had not checked me but I knew it was time to have the baby! I kept asking the anesthesiologist how fast could he get the epidural in and when would it start working??? He finally got the epidural in and the nurse checked me and of course I was already  a 10 and it was time to push. I can't believe things progressed so quickly this time! Thankfully, she did not check me until after I had the epidural or they probably would have told me it was too late. The epidural helped for sure but it did not work like it had before---they told me it was because I got it too late in the process. My doctor got there in about 15 minutes and in one contraction (3 pushes) Miss Chloe was here at 1:59 pm.

They were joking when they took the epidural out (about 20 minutes after I got it put in) that it was one of the shortest times they had seen an epidural stay in.

I'm so thankful everything went well and that Chloe was completely healthy---such a blessing!

 Visitors (we forgot to take pics with everyone--so sad about this---sorry Suzie, Amy, & Kat---thanks so much for coming to visit us!!!)

Sweet little Chloe...

Having her first bath...

She loved meeting her 2 big brothers for the first time & they loved meeting her...

Some hospital pics...

Getting ready to go home...

October is finally here

It's October 4th and I am STILL pregnant and waiting.   Please pray baby Chloe makes a healthy arrival soon :)

In other news.....

The weather has been great today and it was so nice to spend the morning outside and not be hot. Suzie, Reed, and I went for a walk (which obviously did not put me into labor) while the rest of the boys went hunting for crawfish in our neighborhood pond. They used pepperonis as bait---LOL

Halloween fun at Target...

Poor Corbin

Poor Corbin always seems to bump his poor head! Yesterday, he bumped it in the kitchen---we are not even sure how. We were in the kitchen with him and he was by the kitchen table. I was looking through the mail and then I heard him start crying. He was lying on the floor holding his poor little forehead. I don't know if he tripped on the tile or if he fell out one of the kitchen chairs. Thankfully it looks MUCH better today. I took these pics after we held ice on it for a while....

This next picture is of him throwing a fit because he wanted another box of apple juice---this is not a pic of when he got hurt---I would not take pictures of him crying when he was hurt---just thought I needed to explain myself---LOL

State Fair of Texas

We went to the State Fair on Friday (opening day) and had a great time. We usually would have not ventured out on Opening Day but we are on a very limited time schedule as we are hoping for Chloe to arrive this next week. It actually wasn't very crowded at all which made it much more enjoyable than usual. The kids rode rides together, had cotton candy, played games with daddy and won prizes to bring home (a.k.a. JUNK), we all rode the ferris wheel, we picked up some soup mixes to use this winter, and then we all had lunch. Scott got a fried cheesecake for us all to try out but we were not very impressed. We walked around for almost 4 hours and it did NOT put me into labor (unfortunately).

All my boys riding a huge slide....




Click here to see our photos from the the State Fair last year. The boys have grown so much!

Sleep Study Results

Corbin and I went back to visit with our ENT today and get his sleep study results from last week. The study showed that Corbin does have sleep apnea--he has what is called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a child.


In children, an apnea-hypopnea index greater than 1 (average: 0.1 to 0.5 events per hour) or a minimum oxygen saturation of less than 92 percent (average: 96 percent ± 2 percent) is considered abnormal. The apnea-hypopnea index is calculated as the average number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep.


So the ENT told me the same info listed above---that any child with an apnea index greater that 1 is considered to have sleep apnea. Corbin's index score was 6.1 which he said is high for a child and especially him considering that he already has his adenoids removed. His oxygen saturation was at 90% which is also not good.

Therefore, Corbin will be getting his tonsils removed and the ENT thinks that will resolve the sleep apnea along with a long list of other symptoms that we didn't know could be a result of enlarged tonsils.

We are hoping and praying that sweet little Chloe will make her arrival sometime next week. If she does not decide to come on her own between now and October 8th, I will be having a c-section. So obviously we are going to have to wait to have Corbin's surgery until after she is born. It will most likely be in November sometime. We would love your prayers for little Chloe and Corbin :)

Also, if you have had a child that has had their tonsils removed---I would LOVE any advice you might have for the recovery time.

Chloe's Nursery

Chloe's bedding came from be-dazzled in Fairview. They spent lots of time helping me pick out exactly what I was looking for and I LOVE how it all turned out! They helped me pick out the entire room from the bedding to my wall paint color---I'm so thankful for all their help! 

I'm SOOOOOOO thankful/blessed that I have so many sweet friends who had little girls before me. They have filled Chloe's closet and dresser!!!! Thank you girls!!!!

We had Noteworthy Home paint Corbin's furniture white and we are in love with it! They came and picked up his furniture, painted it, and delivered it back here when it was all finished. They do amazing work! Here is a look from before it was painted...