Meet Kyson

Here is the story of the week before Kyson was born. 

I remember waking up the Monday before Kyson was born thinking "OK baby. You can come now. I am done being pregnant." That was the first time I had really felt done with being pregnant. I had a pretty easy pregnancy, but towards the end I was just ready to breathe, bend and just be back to (semi) normal again. Greg and I had joked because the Broncos made it to the Superbowl and so we kept saying that would be the day I go into labor. 

Friday was just another day. My work threw me a baby shower and I really did not feel any different. I got home from work and we went to dinner and I remember saying to my belly "Kyson, mommy really doesn't want to work tomorrow...feel free to come tonight so she doesn't have to!" Little did I know he was already listening to his mom!

I went to bed Friday night and woke up at about 1:00am to go to the bathroom (something that happened about EVERY hour EVERY night!!), as I was getting back into bed I felt a gush run down my legs. I stood there for a minute trying to figure out what the heck was going on. I went back into the bathroom and called Greg in. I told him that I thought my water had just broke, he said "are you sure?" and I told him "well if my water did not break than I have lost all control of my bladder." From that we gathered all of our stuff together and drove to the hospital. I had imagined that moment with me freaking out and thinking "I can't do this. Lets just go home." But surprisingly I was extremely calm. I said to Greg "I hope you are ready for this...the baby is coming tonight!" 

We walked into labor and delivery and I told the nurses that I thought my water broke. They took me to a room checked and sure enough it had broken! They hooked me up to the monitors and told me to try and get some sleep. That didn't happen for me, but Greg got himself comfy on the couch and passed right out. The nurse checked to see how dilated I was and I was only at a 2. They hooked me up to pitocin to get the labor moving and told me that I could have an epidural once I was dilated to at least a 4. The pain kept getting worse and the monitor that tracked the contractions was NOT working. The worse the contractions got were not shown on the monitor because it was not working...so I kept thinking that if I wasn't having contractions I didn't want to know what they really feel like.  The nurse came back in and let me know that they could give me some medicine to help with the pain before I got the epidural. I told her I wanted it. I decided to take a bath to see if that would help with the pain while I waited for the medicine. I got out of the tub and the nurse came in and gave me the medicine. It did not make the pain go away...it just made my eyes want to shut. But it was weird because I was not asleep but I could not hold my eyes open. She came back in and checked to see where I was at and at that point I was only at a 3. At that point I thought I was going to be in labor for days. Greg decided that it was time he could call the family and let them all know I was in labor. He walked out of the room and made a few phone calls and came back in and I was dilated to a 6. That is right. From the time Greg left the room, made a few phone calls and came back in I was at a SIX! They hurried and got the epidural and once I had that I was good to go. Seriously the best thing ever! About two hours later we had a beautiful healthy baby boy in our arms! 

Kyson Nathan Bulloch

February 1, 2014

6lbs 4oz

Kyson had jaundice so we had to stay in the hospital a couple of extra days to make sure he was getting rid of it. We finally got to go home and I was so ready for it! My mom was there for the week to help me adjust and to get some sleep. It was nice to have my mom there to help me out!

Since Kyson is 3 months now I will post some pictures of him through the 3 months!

Newborn:

1 Month:

2 Months:

3 Months:

Kyson is getting sooo much personality. He is his happiest in the mornings but is constantly giggling and talking. He has seriously brought so much joy to our lives. I just love that little boy!