More pics of my Hanalei

Happy one week...thanks for the beautiful flowers Grandpa Wilcox!

She sleeps, eats, poops, eats, and all over again. She is really good at all of them.



Lately she has been staying awake for a half hour here and there so we can take her outside and have some tummy time. She even hung out with her friend Adilay...Its so much fun.



She even lets me get a few zzz's here and there

Bath time wasn't her favorite time...until we let here "swim" in the water.



Two Clean Girls

Grandma has been busy helping with the many diapers and the endless laundry. She is really getting a kick out of hanging the clothes on the line...especially when the clothes are so cute. Thanks Grandma Wilcox

Welcome to the World Hanalei!

Well...we did it! Rusty was so brave! On Monday the 23rd I went into the Hospital because I had a little bit of water leaking through the night. Not enough to think my water broke but enough to make Rusty and I not be able to sleep. We went in and after a few hours and a few tests we we told it's probably "shi shi" meaning pee. Thanks alot. They said if it kept happening to come back in. It did keep happening. Every night just a little leaking. Sorry for those of you who are grosed out. Finally, Thursday, I was conserned enough to go back in and prepared to hear I was just peeing my self again. SUre enough thats what they started telling me after the first few tests. The last test they ran came back positive and that I did have ambiotic fluid leaking out of me...not pee.
So I called Rusty and he came over. They had already started inducing me at 3:30 pm. I felt fine for a while until my water really broke. Then all those contractions I was watching on the monitors actually had an a feeling to go with it. A mean feeling. The pain came quick. Quicker than the nurses and Doctors were expecting. I asked about pain relief and when I should get the epidural. They said we usually wait till your dilated to a 4. On Monday I was dialted to a three. THey checked me and I was at an 8-9. DRUGS NOW! I was going quick. I was just waiting for them to say its too late. Then I would have killed someone. I got the drugs and as soon as they kicked in I could tell I had made the right choice.
Not 20 mins later I was ready to push. The nurse got the doctor and we were going. I pushed for about 15 mins and they said one more big one should do it. It did Hanalei came out with her hands up by her head. She was diving out. Rusty instantly got emotional which was a surprise to me. It made me love him even more. I was just happy for it to be done and have my baby in my arms.

Hanalei Victoria Rueckert
born March 26th 2009 at 8:01 pm
6 lbs 14 oz
19.5 in


She looks just like her Daddy





My Favorite Picture...She has her mamma's long chicken legs and she loves to stretch em out

35 weeks

This was taken a week ago so I am 36 weeks now. I am just slow at getting them up on the blog. As you can see its all belly for me. A big belly...yes...but the butt is still a no butt. It looks pretty funny if you ask me.





SOme of the THings I am suffering from:
*constant pee breaks
*back aches (my favorite)
*ankles are starting to swell...not bad though
*sleepless nights...but I have found a pillow system thats working for me, hooray
Some of the Things I love:
*movement...constantly turning, kicking, hula dancing...it's alive!
*imagining what she will look like and be like
*My sister Sallie's baby was born and its a girl too!
*Everyone has given us sooo much stuff
*Trying to figure out what body part is where (head is down now)
Good Times...I'm so excited to meet my baby!

Nesting

So Rusty and I did our nesting a while ago. We think were pretty cool. It took two whole days to put it all in with a lot of frustration (we were thinking it would take a few hours). Was it worth it...of course! Its cleaner, brighter, and makes the place look more spacious. Love it! Here is a before kitchen floor.


Nasty! That thing never looked clean even after sweeping and moping.

Day one was the most frustrating because we were going no where fast...until...Jordan came to the rescue. He helped someone put one in before and gave us some good tips.


Long day.

It got tricky on day two when we had to get pieces to fit the weird corners and such. Rusty was a master with the saw.


Well the final product turned out fab. And Hanalei is gonna love it!

Science Fun!

Ok so I teach first grade and I was looking up lessons for when I am on maternity leave and came across this fun website. I of course was looking at things for first graders 5-7 years old. They have tons of way fun experiments for kids of all ages. Most of them are things that work better for a small group at home, not really for my class. So I thought I would pass it on to those of you who have little tikes eager to learn science in a fun way.

Make your own bubbles and wands



Build a pop Rocket



Lots of fun! Go to this sight and play around with other subjects and grade levels:
http://www.education.com/activity/

Hanalei's Shower

Good times had by all! As always my family pulled through with a fun filled party. We had great food:
*Sallie's chicken salad sandwiches
*Pretty cake...I never ate any but it looked fab!
*nuts and mints...shower food
*killer fruit basket...thanks daddy
*Crystal Light
We also had a fun Mad Lib game liz did and a memory game with candy involved. Everyone was cheating which meant everyone was trying real hard.

I got tons of cute clothes, blankets, and accesories for Hanalei and lots of gift cards. Perfect for stuffing in a suit case. Now I just have to take the time to figure out what I still want/need.

I would have to say the highlight of the party was getting a sneak peek into what a beautiful little girl Rusty and I are going to have. Lets just say...worst case senario. Yikes

Baby Hanalei and baby Graham

I quickly wanted to post because many have been asking for a belly shot. Well here are two belly shots. Kara came to visit while I was in Cali. So fun! She is just a couple of weeks behind me in her pregnancy. She is on #3. I got a lot of catching up to do.

Its crazy how my belly just shot out in the last few weeks. My kids were shocked by a few things. 1) my new hair cut 2) My huge belly. #2 is their favorite topic. One little girl probablly told me 5 times in a matter of a few hours how big my belly was. "Its big...really really big." Another girl said, "Your belly got so big Mrs. Rueckert. I think you have two babies inside of your tummy."

Thanks kids.
But really, I understand. They haven't seen me in about a month and it really did go from baby bump to baby mound. With this in mind I went to my dr. fearing that I had gained another ten lbs. Good news...shocking news...only 4 lbs. I told the dr. Whats in here...air? It really is a basketball. Now I don't have to diet...Bring on the ice cream!