Life with Tucker!

Life with Tucker is....

Amazing

Joyful

Silly

Lovely

Pure Bliss

Fun

Real

Blessed

The most incredible gift that God could have ever given to Brad and I!

This little smile melts our hearts on a daily basis!

Our little man is 4 1/2 months old now and I don't even want to remember what life was like without him!!!

*** Disclaimer- Sorry that I have been a bad blogger... I started a new job 4 Months after Tucker arrived... needless to say, I have more important (yes, I said it) things to take care of... such as, but not limited to showering daily

1 month down... a Lifetime to Go!!!!!

I can hardly believe that my little boy is 1 month old! It feels so surreal, one moment I am calling and texting everyone letting them know he is on his way and now I am blogging about his first month!  I will say that I don't really remember the first two weeks... I know they happened, obviously, but sleep deprivation apparently erased my memory! So now I am happy to say that We survived our first month as a family of 3 and I am excited about the Lifetime we have in front of us!

Dear Tucker,

A month ago you changed my life forever!  The first moment I held you in my arms, was true bliss... My heart was bursting with an indescribable love for you!  And the smile on your Daddy's face... Oh my GOODness, I will never forget that moment!  You were a perfect 10! Literally, you scored a 10 on the newborn test!

You are a VERY good baby! You hardly ever fuss, you are a Great sleeper and you always let me know when you are hungry!  You like your pacifier/ Wubba Nub and you like to be swaddled at night! The first week you were home, your Dad and I held you constantly... it was like we forgot that we could put you down or use your swing or bouncer... Sure enough, you really like your bouncy seat and take most of your naps in there!  You smile all the time in your sleep... I can't wait to see it when you are awake!  You also give us an audible laugh here and there... again in your sleep!  You have what your daddy and I like to call a "stink eye" which happens when you start to fall asleep, you close your left eye all the way and keep your right eye open just incase something sparks your interest!  You don't love to burp, but you have a really funny "Milk Drunk" face when we are trying to burp you.  Because you don't burp all that well, You are a "Rooter Tooter" and have the grunting part of it all down pat! You are definitely a people person... You will let anyone hold you without fussing, unless it is time to eat!  I am so in love with you little boy and I am extremely blessed to be your Momma!  Happy 1 Month Birthday!!!

Love,
Momma

Thank You Andi Stubblefield!

Here is the sneak peak to Tucker B.'s newborn pics!!!! Thanks Andi for your hard work... I absolutely love these pics!!!!  Go to facebook and like AndiStubblefield.... Enjoy!

Here I am! Tucker Bradley Webb!!!! I came on June 16th, 2011 at 11:24 PM... I weighed 6lbs. 15.5 oz. (or 7lbs. as my daddy would say) and I was 19 inches long!

Hello World!

Gettting all my stats taken

First family photo!

Meeting my daddy!

Just a day old!

Getting ready to head home!!! (note to readers: Mommy's swollen face has gone away!)

Almost a week old!

Getting bigger.... Stay tuned for more pics! Read below for My Birth Story!

At 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant Brad and I headed to what would be our last Sono and pregnancy check with Dr. Webster!  We knew going in to this appt. that there was a chance of being induced due to my low fluid indicator the week before.  I was trying so hard not to get my hopes up, but I definitely wanted to meet my little man!!!!  We did go ahead and pack the car and have everything ready just in case though! And lets just say that neither of us slept Wednesday night...

Well as it turns out, my fluid was still low and I hadn't prgoressed enough for the Dr. to think that I would go into labor soon enough on my own before my levels dropped any further... So we headed to the hospital, called all our family and friends, and got ready for the biggest day of our lives!!!!

At 10:30 AM I was started on Pitocin... I did fairly well handling the contractions (years of stomach issues prepared me well!) but when the Dr. had to "check under the hood" the pain was too much to bear and I gladly accepted the offer to get my epidural before they broke my water...

EPIDURAL 2:30 PM- 'nough said

My water was broke within 15 min. of my epidural and I quickly progressed from 2cm to 5cm within a few hours... little guy was on his way!

As it turned out, I was super sensitive to the pitocin and I was having contractions on top of each other... so many that they were stressing Tucker out... so they took me off of it for a little bit... made me suck down some oxygen and then about an hour later started it up again. Obviously my progression slowed as well... so as the hours passed I tried to nap here and there... but I was just too excited!

By 10:30ish PM the nurse said we were going to try and push through a couple of contractions... after just a few pushes she called the Dr. up to the hospital to "catch"... Apparently, my years of stomach issues again prepared me for delivery and made me some kind of pushing "All Star"

It took sometime for my Dr. to get back up to the hospital so we were just waiting... and then she came in, watched me push through one contraction and then said "Ok, we are going to get him on this next one!"  WHAT! Thats it? One more push and my baby is here???? CRAZY!!!!

And then....

You can't see it in this picture, but I came out with a wicked Side Coney (similar to a side poney, but cone head style)

SURPRISE!!!!

Well after being placed on bed rest last week, the sweet girls of my life group made me feel super special by showing up at my door with dinner and a SURPRISE baby shower! I was totally shocked... Brad was in on it and kept it completely secret... I have never had a surprise party for me before and it was so much fun! Dinner was from one of my fave's Roadhouse- I just can't get enough of those rolls, and all the other details were just perfect! I am so blessed to know each one of these girls and look forward to living life with this group at our new church Allen Bible! Thank you ladies... I am definitely ready for Tucker now!!!!

Only picture we got... I really need to get better about getting my camera out and ready!

La Hacienda Tucker

Here it is! Tucker's finished baby room, the pictures don't really do it justice but I will post them anyways! All we need now are lots of pictures for the walls and baby Tucker!!!!!!

The Scoop...

Well it is officially my NINTH month of Pregnancy... Hey Hey!!!  I am pretty darn excited that Tucker will be here within the next month... OH MY! 

I had another appointment Tuesday and my body had not progressed from the previous week when I was put on bed rest... so apparently it worked... the Dr. did say that Tucker is REALLY low, hints the back pain and the "broken" pelvis pain I have been feeling (its not really broken just feels like it sometimes!)  I have still been having contractions and they are becoming more painful, but not laborous as of yet.  I am still on "Bed Rest" although it is really hard to not want to go run little errands and get things done around the house... I definitely used the motorized cart at Target the other day :) At nine months pregnant and in lots of pain I could have walked faster than that thing... and the reverse mode was just ridiculous... it would beep SUPER loud for a good minute before it would even start moving backwards! 

My next appointment is Wednesday and I get to have a sonogram!!! YAY! I love sonos... I am also hoping that at this appointment I will have progressed a little... It was good for me to make it last week and this week with no progression, but now I am in the Full Term zone and I am ready to meet my BABY!

The Nursery is so near completion, I am just waiting to get/find little items and details at this point... I will post pics soon!

Open the Barnyard and Kick out the Hay.... Tucker Bradley is on His way!!!

This past Monday... shortly after being placed on bed rest... my sweet friends at school threw me an amazing shower!  Going off of the rustic theme in his room, they outdid themselves with all the fun details for me and my little "country bumpkin"... here is the super fun invite that they sent out to all the staff... turn up the volume!

And here are a bunch of pictures from the shower! I am so blessed to have such wonderful co- workers!

Hostesses!!!

My "wheel chair" for bed rest purposes!

Baby Book! I didn't have one yet and I love this one!

Thank You Malvern Family!!!!!!



Bed Rest...

Well, after my little scare on Friday night, I was placed on bed rest Monday morning...  It is a modified bed rest as in I get to still work (the school year is almost done!)... but I am required to sit all day, and when I get home I have to stay on the couch or in bed... I am entering into week 36 (9 months!!!!) so I don't have too much longer until little man gets here! But it will be best if I can make it to atleast 37 weeks... which let me just say is a hard thing to wish for when you are so stinking excited to meet your baby... but I do want him to be healthy!!!  At this point if he were to come, there are only minor development issues that he could face, such as not being able to "suck" properly right away or his fat count being a little low which would cause his body temp to be low. 

All that to say 37 weeks is best!  Until then, modified bed rest it is! 

On another note... Sweet Brad's "Honey Do List" just became about 5 pages longer ;)... he is now in charge of dinner, laundry, house cleaning, dog care, etc.  Luckily, we made things happen early on, so Tucker's room is all finished (minus two shelves) and we only have to put the car seat in to really be ready for him!  Did I mention that Brad sprained his ankle pretty bad this last weekend playing basketball?  He said it was out of sympathy for my swollen feet and ankles... He is on the mend though... We are quite the pair when we are walking together though... me waddling and him hobbling! Oh Life!

My next appointment is Tuesday the 31st... I will keep you posted!

3 NEW POSTS!!!!

Scroll down to see pictures from my Houston Shower, Dallas Shower and to get an update on Tucker!!!!!

Friday Night….

Well here is a story for you… An update if you please!  This past week has brought on a lot of first… starting last Sunday when I had a few contractions, some Braxton hicks and one or two normal ones… Called the Dr. Monday and everything was ok. 

Then Wednesday my feet and ankles were SUPER swollen and if I pressed my finger into the swelling it stayed indented, on top of that I was seeing floaters and stars… I was sure that my blood pressure was through the roof, so called the Dr. again and while I awaited her callback, I had my blood pressure taken by the school nurse and went to the pharmacy to use one of those free pressure cuffs…. My blood pressure was in a normal range, so my Dr. sent me home to get my feet elevated and to pump lots of fluid!  The rest did my body good, and my feet have looked better than they have in two weeks. 

Then came Friday night…. Brad headed out to the ranch Friday afternoon, so I was being lazy, laying on the couch watching TV…. Around 5:30 I started noticing some painless contractions, I decided I should time them just to make sure they were Braxton Hicks again… After an hour of timing, the contractions were coming every 5 minutes… So again I called the Dr. and I was instructed to drink a hefty glass of water, rest, and call her back if they intensified.  By 8:30 (3 hours after they started) the contractions were coming every 3-5 minutes… again they were almost completely painless.  Called the Dr. back and off to the hospital I was.  I called Brad to let him know I was on my way and had his sister Emily meet me up at the Hospital, Thank the Lord she wasn’t busy, because I needed the company for sure!  I didn’t want Brad to have to leave the ranch unless I was going to be admitted to the hospital, besides I was 90% sure I wasn’t in labor. 

I got to the Hospital and was immediately hooked up to all kinds of monitors… Tucker’s heartbeat was nice and strong, the contractions were still consistent, and my blood pressure was on the verge of being high.  The nurse checked my cervix and it was closed!  Although, I have started to thin (efface).  She ruled the contractions as “non-labor contractions” but needed to keep monitoring me to make sure they didn’t intensify or become painful… I was given a LARGE cup of water and sucked it all down! After another hour or so, the contractions were the same, not intensifying and still painless.  They were still a little concerned about my blood pressure and ran some blood work just to double check everything.  Then they gave me a shot to “Knock Out” the contractions… The shot made me real shaky and weak feeling, but apparently it was supposed to.  It stopped the contractions and after another hour I finally got to go home!   My instructions were to rest and drink lots of fluid and to follow up with my doctor on Monday.  Also, unless the contractions became painful and consistent, than I was ok!  Emily drove me home and spent the night just in case… but this morning we both woke up well rested!

I have had contractions all day, the same kind, painless, but within the last couple of hours they seem to have gone away!  At 34 weeks Tucker could use a little extra time in the cooker so I am glad that I seem to be doing ok again… It looks like there will be lots of resting in my future!  I will do my best to keep the blog well posted on any updates!

Dallas Shower

This past month has been so much fun… but so busy all at the same time!  My Dallas shower was definitely a highlight!!!  My wonderful friends Rachel, Amy, Margie, Brittney and Morgan completely outdid themselves on this one!  I love these girls and have such fun memories with all of them… I don’t know what I would do without them in my life! Love Y’all!!!!!

The Hostesses!

Gorgeous Table!!!

Sweet bookmarks, with scripture and date to pray over Tucker!

Mom and Me!

Gigi, Grams and Aunt Emily

Super Supper Club… Minus Dani :(

I am overwhelmed with joy and truly BLESSED!

Houston Shower!

This post is way overdue, but I wanted to share some pictures of my shower last month in Houston! My mom’s sweet friends threw such a great shower and it was so great to see everyone!

Cute centerpiece!!!

Sweet treats!

I loved these water bottles!!!!

Wonderful Hostesses!

Opening up such fun goodies!!!!

Mom (Gigi) and Milo!

Me and Milo!!!!

Beautiful shower given by these lovely ladies!

I am so blessed!!! Thank you ladies!