Gavin Lee Has Arrived!!

(Gavin Lee 1 hour old snuggling with mom)

After much anticipation we are happy to introduce you to our new little man, Gavin Lee Krusemark arrived on Friday, December 28th at 3:45 pm and he is just perfect! (at least we think so). He weighed in at 7 pounds and was 20 ¾ inches long!

(Gavin Lee-3 days old)

We arrived at the hospital on Friday morning at 8:15 to be induced, by 8:30 they had broken my water and started me on Pitocin by 9. By 11:30 I was having contractions 1-2 minutes apart and was having a lot of back labor so I decided it was time to get an epidural! (Thank goodness for pain relief!) Once I had the epidural I was actually able to take a little nap! Things started to get a little complicated from here as my contractions were coming too close together and the baby didn’t have time to recover, when they decreased the Pitocin to slow down the contractions then they would get too far apart!

(Gavin and his hand knitted blanket he got from Great Grandma Sis)

They were starting to think something wasn’t quite right and decided to do an ultrasound to see if they could figure out what was going on. To make a long story short, Gavin was trying to come out “Sunny side up” and his head was turned in the wrong direction! They decided it was time to do a c-section to get the baby out so Cary changed into his scrubs and they wheeled me down to surgery. They opened me up at 3:37 and pulled Gavin out at 3:45! Then came the hard part…the nurse took Gavin and Cary back upstairs and left me alone to get stiched up!

(Papa T found a new friend for his grandson, Gavin)

After spending the weekend in the hospital we were able to bring Gavin home today! He is so precious and both of us are doing very well thanks to Dad who is taking great care of both us!

We are so blessed to have a healthy, happy baby boy and can’t wait for you all to meet him!!! (by the way we have forgiven Santa for bringing Gavin a little late…he was worth waiting for!)

Week 37 - Letter to Santa!

(Santa's Elf brought a Food Saver for Baby K.)

(This belly jiggles when Baby K. wiggles)

Dear Santa,

We’ve been really good this year (well partly because I’ve had to since I’ve been pregnant, but that’s beside the point), and all we are asking for is for you to bring our baby. Although I was hoping for you to bring Baby K a little bit early this year, I wouldn’t complain if you arranged for it to come tonight (after all it is a full moon and I hear babies like to come with the full moon).

Trying to patiently wait for the best Christmas present ever,

Almost-Daddy Cary and Almost-Mommy Jill

We have been lucky to have Papa T here with us to help with the Christmas preparations…and he even brought Baby K an early Christmas present (which we had to test out and it works great!) Tonight Cary, Papa T and I are cooking some crab legs and shrimp (well “some” in Papa T terms is 6 pounds of crab and 1 pound of shrimp for the 3 of us!!!) and tomorrow Papa T is deep frying a turkey and we are going to celebrate with Rob and his family, Grandma B and both of the Great Grandmas! I’m sure there will be a little more excitement tomorrow than there will be tonight! If Baby K did happen to arrive tonight everyone is willing to change their plans for tomorrow and come visit us at the hospital.

The good news is that by this time next week Baby K “should” be here! My doctor is willing to schedule an induction next weekend so that Baby K can arrive this year! I will find out more details at my appointment on Thursday!

Baby K – if you do come this week your “Aunties” Carolynne and Ingrid will be able to meet you…otherwise it could be a long time before you get to meet them!

We also have a couple birthday’s this week that people are hoping to share with Baby K…Wednesday is Steph’s birthday, Friday is Christy Krawczak and Monica’s birthday, and next Monday is Brett’s birthday…we really don’t care what day Baby K arrives as long as it is soon!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone….I hope Santa is good to you!

Week 36 - Baby K...Where are you?

Well, I think Cary jinxed us last week by hinting we could introduce our new family member soon as Baby K has not made an appearance yet ,but we are starting to get signs that it may not be too long now! At my doctor’s appointment last week I found out I was 1 cm dilated, which I know I can stay at for weeks…but hey progress is progress! The good news about being 1 cm dilated is that if Baby K hasn’t arrived by the time I reach 39 weeks they will be able to induce so chances are good that we will have a 2007 baby! I have also started having contractions more regularly so I’m hoping this won’t go on too much longer! We can tell Baby K is running out of room as we can see most movements from the outside of my belly now, we sat and watched my belly and laughed Saturday night. I must admit physically I am not that uncomfortable, it is more the unknown waiting game that is driving me crazy right now. I’ve finished most of my projects up at work, everything at home is ready for Baby to arrive, all of the Christmas presents are bought and wrapped…so now we sit and wait!

3 years ago tonight we were busy getting ready for last minute wedding preparations as tomorrow is our 3 year anniversary, time flies when you are having fun I guess! Cary has a hot date planned for us, which we will gladly cancel if Baby K wants to share our day with us!

If Baby K is still not here when it is time for our next weekly post, Santa will be getting a letter!

Week 35 Oh, Christmas Tree!!

Oh, Christmas Tree!

We had an experience Saturday; looking for a Christmas tree….wouldn’t you know it….those Boy Scouts sell trees too!! They even helped load and secure the tree; what a deal. We braved the stores as well, getting the last few things for the season and for Baby K’s arrival. Let me tell you, going to Babies R Us on a Saturday is enough to give anyone an ulcer.

A quick week was had as we played in the snow again on Tuesday, with only 3-4 inches you’d think the freeway had 2 ft. Ah, the fun of driving in the metro. Kristi stayed with us Tuesday night and kicked back with Jill. She was amazed by the baby things she saw that night.

We had a good time out Saturday night in the chilly December evening, taking in the Holidazzle Parade downtown with Monica and Brent. Sunday consisted of searching for the Christmas tree lights (which are still AWOL), but thanks to Menards, we found some replacements to get us lit up again. So the tree is decorated and the stockings are hung, and we are all ready for a Christmas baby to arrive anytime as Jill is feeling more uncomfortable lately. You never know, the next couple blog entries COULD be the one where we announce the arrival of the next family member.

Week 34 – Nesting and our Final Trip to Eau Claire

(A gift from our friend...the Octopus says 8 colors in 3 languages!!)

Another week has flown by and I can’t believe that Baby K will be here in under 5 weeks (we are still keeping our fingers crossed for more like 2 or 3 weeks!) Friday afternoon my friends from work threw a wonderful shower for us. Once again we were very spoiled and received so many fun things! For some of my male co-workers it was their first baby shower! I went home Friday night and started nesting…everything is almost ready and we just have a few things to get before Baby K arrives!

(Nancy and Jill)

Saturday we made our final trip through the snow to Eau Claire to spend some time with friends, it seems strange to think that on our next trip there will be 3 of us! Baby K continues to be active (except when Heather is around and then it refuses to move!!!)

We also found out this week that Baby K is going to have some new friends next summer!!! Kelly and Dustin are expecting a little one on July 4th, and Matt and Brooke are expecting #3 in mid-July. We are so excited for them!