Mr. Carter

This is Taylor...I didnt even tell Steph I was going to do this..but I just wanted to let everyone know Steph, Corey and Carter are doing well. I went to visit them on Monday and made them some dinner so they didn't have to cook! :) I try to be a good friend. They have had tons of visitors, so I try to stay back.
But when I was there I took this picture of Carter in his swing for the first time....and his other mother Sierra :) She is so good with him--any little noise he makes, she rushes to him to make sure he is ok, then she goes about her business.
Hopefully Steph will be on here soon with more updates! :)







xoxo
Tay

Carters Debut

So my bestest friend is doing wonderfully and is now offically Mommy!!!! And of course...Corey the Daddyo! Mommy, Daddy and Carter are doing awesome. He is so, so adorable, and to looking at him just gives you a rush of emotion. He was passed around from family member to family member and friend to friend and never made a peep. He is adorable and when I left he was getting his bath!

Here are a few pictures for everyone to see, b/c I know you are dying to see what he looks like!!! I will either update more as Steph asks me to, or let her take over from here! If anyone needs anything and can't find Steph or Corey you can email me TaylorLynne34@hotmail.com!


I think this is when they first got to the hospital.... :) I just love this picture!


Carter Benjamin Crutchfield!






Stephs mom and Carter










Steph and I after she had Carter


The Crutchfield Family!


Uncle Brian!! (Stephs Brother)


Steph and Carter!! :)


I will post more pictures when I haven't been up for 21 hours! :) But these are good ones for now, I think!

Hope I updated everyone enough today! I tried really hard!

xoxo
Tay

THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE BOYS

WE HAVE A BOY!!! :)

CARTER BENJAMIN CRUTCHFIELD!!!

Born at 5:00pm. He weighed 8lbs and was 20.5 inches long. And he apparently has RED hair. :) Steph is doing great, she called and was getting ready to hold him for the first time. I will post pictures as soon as I get home tonight!

xoxo
Tay

Update: Progress

Stephanie just texted me and told me "Going to start pushing in about an hour." She said the baby turned and she is ready! Nick just called me and said the Dr came in and said "she is 8cm and going fast" so it looks as though we will have a new member of the Crutchfield Family soon!! :)

xoxo

Tay

Here is the picture ((that Steph gave me permission to post!!)) from earlier when I was there.

Update 3

So I just left the hospital and sorry to tell you, but no baby yet!! teehee. I guess that when Stephs mom went to check on her, the Doctor told her to come back in 20 minutes, and Chris thought that meant baby in 20 minutes...but REALLY it meant she was getting her epidural and to come back in 20 minutes. hahaha! So yeah...no baby....sorry for any disappointments!!

This is how steph is doing right now.....

*when I walked in she said "HI!!! I can't feel my legs...its awesome!" So she is feeling great!
* she is dialated at 5cm.
* baby is at -1 station (...that is negative one and this means the baby is high...they deliver when baby is at station 2)
*the baby is high and lying face up...this isn't exactly the way they want the baby to be..so they keep turning Stephanie all different directions to try to get the baby to shift into the correct position! Lets hope the baby does this quickly!
*Stephs Doctor is supposed to go out of town at 5pm and stephanie is FREAKING OUT that she won't deliver the baby...I told her that I think when the time comes, I dont think she will mind who delivers! ha! :)
*she is comfy and was sleeping, when I left.


SO there is your afternoon update! I have to work...but Nick, Coreys little brother is going to call and text me to keep me updated so I will be on here to do so! I have a few pictures of Steph that I will upload onto here once I get to work and upload the pictures! (and don't worry. Steph gave me permission to do so!) I'm done working @ 7...so we are praying for a baby by then...and I will have pictures posted as soon as I can of the new family!!!!

xoxo
Tay

update 2!!!

I guess that things have progressed a bit faster than anyone anticipated!! They broke her water around 8:45am, and she was doing great. NOW....Nick, Coreys little brother just called and said there should be a baby within the next half hour!! I'm heading to the hospital now! I'll keep everyone updated! :)

xoxo
Tay

Update 1!!!

Hello to all of Stephys blog followers!! :) This is Taylor the best friend....and I promsied Steph I would keep everyone updated!

This morning at 5:30am I got up to do my every 2 hour bathroom run (i'm 31 weeks pregnant!) and checked my phone that had a text message that said...."I'm just letting you know, I'm going to the hospital. Contractions are 6 minutes apart. No lunch for us today!!" (we had lunch plans..teehee) So I texted her back and she called, she is doing wonderfully! She was dialated at 2.5cm when they checked her around 5:30am, and they decided to make her walk around. She said it was crazy pain and she said "I dont know why no one ever told me it hurt like this!" hehe. She is hanging in there! Around 6:30am they actually admitted her and she and Corey and tucked quietly in their room!! It looks like there will definitely be a baby today!!!!!

She just text me again and said "I'm 4cm right now. She is going to break my water when she gets here"

FYI, for a little later:

For those in town, she is at Community North Hospital. The labor and delivery floor is the 4th floor. Once you get to the floor there is a HUGE lobby/waiting room. They are STICKLERS with security and won't let you onto the Maternity ward without a code, but you can have them page the room and they can let you in, once they are ready for visitors!

Right now Coreys parents, brother and sister, Stephs parents, and Jamies boyfriend Justin are at the hospital hanging out in the waiting room. I've decided to lay low and only go when she is ready for me to be there...we dont need her stressed out anymore than she already is!! I will keep everyone updated as I get the updates myself!


xoxo
Tay

"Any Day Now..."

Well this might be the last blog I write before I become a mommy! Let's start at the beginning, well not the very beginning... but as of yesterday. I was at work and started timing my contractions because they seemed to be happening pretty often and they were about 16 minutes apart. The progressively got just a little closer to about every 11 minutes or so. I left work and so did Corey (he was freaking out) and went home put my feet up and took a nap. About 9:00 they just stopped. Nothing. All that work for nothing.

So today I went to the doctor for my weekly check up. Things are progressing very nicely and she said she was encouraged by my progress. I am 75-80% effaced and 2 cm dilated. She said she thinks I would be going sometime this week! I'm pretty stoked! Corey is excited as well. She told us to go home and walk, do squats (yeah right) and eat Don Pablo's. Can you guess what I had for dinner? Thats right, Don Pablo's.

Anyways, since I will probably be a little busy in the next couple days Taylor will update you by blogging on my account if something happens. So check back whenever you can! Hopefully we will be having a baby before too long!

39 weeks!