time...a whole lot of precious time....

so, i've complained about not having enough time to do anything...well God sure did shut me up quick. all the sudden, i have 11 days of "time." i went to the doctor this morning and he put me on bed rest until october 12th. no work, no play, no grocery store....nothing. zip. nada. here's how it all began...

last saturday craig, ben, and i drove to nashville to attend blake's 2nd birthday party. the theme was "rock star" so we, of course, could not possibly pass this up. we had a blast and the kids were sooo stinking cute as little punk rockers. we made blake a doughnut cake because he doesn't like real cake (go figure) and it was just a good time had by all. well, that night we went to bed a little later than normal. at about 2am i woke up feeling terrible. i couldn't get comfortable, my back was killing me, etc. an hour later it occurs to me that what i am feeling is JUST exactly what i felt when i was in labor with ben. so, after debating and 2nd guessing myself for a bit, adam shows craig and i the way to the closest hospital.

this is where it gets good. turns out i was not imaganing these horrible contractions (not that i really thought i could imagine it...). i was having them and having them every 4 minutes. only being 28 weeks along, this is apparently a bad thing to be happening, especially when they are actually dialating my cervix (TMI? sorry...). so anyway, the doctor is explaining this stuff to me and we look over and craig is about to pass out on the floor. as he is falling, he hits his head on the wall. so, i'm having awful contractions in a strange hospital with a strange doctor and my husband is literally GREEN and lying on the nasty foreign hospital floor. nurses rushed in with a wheelchair and were going to take him to the ER to be "evaluated" and he, of course, refused. he said his "clock" was off and between that and being worried about me and having nothing on his stomach, he just felt a tad woozy. it wasn't that funny at the time... but now it's pretty hilarious. :)

ok, back to me. they gave me two shots of some type of muscle relaxer to ease the pain of my contractions...although they didn't exactly stop the contractions, but they did lessen them. they kept me for about 4 hours and after i drank a horse trough of water...they let me go. so, i took it easy sunday but had to go back to work on monday. i had more contractions on monday, went to the dr and they told me to drink plenty and keep my feet up. i did just that and today (thursday) i went back and my contractions are being more productive than anyone would like so they are giving me some medicine and bed resting me until october 12th. they did another test while i was there and if those results come back positive, i'm on bed rest until graham is born.... so we are hoping they are very negative and i can go back to work on the 12th. they are supposed to be calling me any minute with those results.....

so WHEW. i have a lot of time to...sit around... and do nothing. i guess i'll be recording lots of tv to watch. the recliner and i will be bonded nicely by the end of next week. it's going to be hard to be still, but i know it's the best thing for graham and of course, i want to do what's best for him. he just needs to cook a little longer. we are anxious to see him, but we want to see him nice and healthy.... not premature.

here are some pictures of our rock star lives that i bet you didn't know we secretly have.... :)

ben and craig being real tough rockers.

the birthday boy, blake, and adam

natalie and lindsay
uncle adam and ben

such a serious rocker.

hugs for the birthday boy!

scary rock star craig.

natalie and lindsay. check out my smokin boots. not bad for a pregnant lady...

side view of ben's fohawk. (courtesy of nikki wharton)
little rock stars! carter, blake, will, ben and bella
and, of course, the doughnut cake with powdered doughnuts for the birthday rocker!