I'm ONE month old!

Caidan is one month and I can't even believe it. He had is one month check up last wednesday and he weighed 9lbs and he has grown 3/4 an inch. He is in his 25% for hieght and weight. He just isn't going to be a big boy. He changes more and more each day and he gets bigger every day... they should stay little forever!

Well we had trouble breastfeeding from the beginning and I was pumping and givng it to him in a bottle but it got very stressful on me and my milk started to dry out. As much as I wanted him to be breastfed he is now on formula and I have to admit that I am a lot happier.
























































Caidan loves to take a bath until you start washing him and then its all down hill from there.

Three weeks

Well my little man is almost three weeks old and I can hardly believe it. It feels so much longer than three weeks.

My mom was here last week with me and my whole family now has seen him. Of course they all love him... (I don't know how anybody couldn't). He is doing great and so I am. I am gradually getting back to doing things that I haven't done in a very long time and it feels great.





































Bitty decided that she liked the pacifier more than Caidan (Caidan doesn't like it so don't worry we didn't give it back to him!)

Only a few days

Only a few days old and he has changed so much!!!

Caidan is a very easy baby (THANK YOU GOD!) He sleeps great at night wakes up once in the middle of the night and is all in all very content. I am so lucky that he got sleeping from his Daddy. The only wrong is that NONE of his clothes fit him yet... I thought that 7lbs was a decent size but he is just very tiny and I wasn't really expecting him to come so early and be so little.

But WE LOVE HIM and we are for sure keeping him.

Here are some pictures of our little Caidan Baidan...

Caidan sleeps likes this all the time when someone is holding him... if is was okay to put him on his belly at night I would because he would sleep forever. But I have figured out that while I was pregnant this is how he laid in me all the time... he very rarely puts his hands down while he is sleeping.

FINALLY!!!

Well after being in the hospital for a week I (along with Chris and Caidan) are finally home. It has been a long journey and we continue to find that its not quit over yet (at least for me).

Last Sunday my mother-in-law and sister took me to the hospital because I had high blood pressure. They thought that they would keep me over night and watch my vitals hoping they would go down. Well they didn't and decided to induce me. I WAS SO EXCITED but little did I know what was to follow. They had officially diagnosed me with preeclamsia. Preeclampsia is a very unexplainable disease and can be very dangerous for mother and the only cure for it is delivery. Well after being in labor (actual labor) for 38 hours and only dilating to 4 maybe a 5 and my cervix had become swollen (meaning there really wasn't a way he was coming out vaginally) we decided to do a C-section. Caidan as everyone knows was already was born July 18th, 2007 at 7:05pm and weighed 7lbs 4oz. He was and still is a very healthy baby boy.

A normal stay in the hospital for a C-section is typically three days but mine turned into more like five because I have not fully come over preeclampsia. I still have high blood pressure and a whole lot of swelling going on. Yesterday (Saturday) we found out I at fluid on my chest and was given two rounds of water pills to help get some of the fluid off. After everything that I have been through I actually feel GREAT. I am tired a lot pretty normal for being a mom actually. And I still have to take it easy for a while one because I just had surgery and two because I still have preeclampsia. But I am happy to be at home and hopefully it will all get better from here.

Thank you to everyone whose has kept my family and I in your prayers. It is much appreciated!!

So I thought I would let you view some more pictures.

Caidan has already learned how to hold his own bottle!

Now a Family of Three

First off, just to let you know this is Betsy posting. Kalla will share all details when she is up to it.
CAIDAN ALEXANDER RONNING was delivered by c-section on Wednesday, July 18 at 7:05 pm.
He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces and measured 20 inches.
Kalla and Caidan are doing great and should be joining Chris at home on Saturday.

What a LONG week.

This has been the longest week ever....

So Monday morning I went to the hospital after having contractions all night long. It turned out they didn't want me to contract, so they pumped me with fluids. In a day and a half I had 6 liters of fluid. And they thought one liter would stop my fluids... haha! (thats what I wanted to do in there face). Then after one wasn't working they decided to give me this shot (I don't remember the name) But I didn't like the side affects and it wasn't stopping my contractions it was actually making them worse so I said NO!! to the next two they wanted to give me. (it was a 3 step process... they would give me three shots every 15-20min). Then they had to inform me that because I was 35 weeks and 5 days that if i was to deliver my baby boy might have trouble breathing because apparently boys lungs mature slower than girls. And I still said no to the drug. I knew that if my child was going to come out it would be on his own that way and he would be a little healthy boy.

Then after checking me to see if I was dialated I wasn't (that was very sad). But I was 75% effaced (don't ask me what it is just go look it up! My blood work was all great except my Uric Acid (i don't know what that is either but I do know they were conserned!) So they kept me over night and recheck my labs in the morning.

They then sent me home on bedrest... where I reside at this moment. And need I say I AM STILL CONTRACTING!

But on a good note my baby is perfectly fine... I on the other hand am border line. They are considering me boarder line preeclampsia. So i have to check my blood pressure twice a day and stay off my big fat swollen feet.

So that is where I am...

34 weeks and counting LOUD!

Well I am 34 weeks and 1 day pregnant and I am counting down the days so much. It is completely miserable! I really and truly can't do anything. I have been so independent my whole life and I don't have a choice right now.


















I don't sleep good anymore... you know how you all just roll over all night and don't even think about it? IMPOSSIBLE for me. Rolling over and getting out of bed are so difficult. Sitting is becoming a pain because my hips hurt... (I know this is gross) Wipping my butt is sometimes impossible (I still wipe my butt but I have to be creative). I know have nice wonderful stretch marks. I also have a thing called kankles. If i press into my foot I leave an indent... its kind of cool. My heart races all the time so I am now on a heart moniter (this is a long story). I feel like I went from being 21 to 65 over night.

But on the bright side we went and got a 3D/4D ultrasound... and my little man is a chunck!

Baby Shower

So I had m baby shower this weekend and it was great. There was a lot of my famiy there which was nice to see.

At the beginning of the shower Chris' Aunt read this card...



It says: "Thank you for sharing this special day. I'm sorry I had to stay away but I may be a little longer Cause I have to grow a little stronger. Thank you for the gifts and wishes, I'd like to shower you with much kisses. I hope to see you soon, Because in here there ain't much room. Love Baby Boy Ronning."







Now to some people that may sound like the stupidest thing in the world but honestly that was the best thing from that whole afternoon. I enjoyed that more than the gifts.

I got a lot of gifts but there are still a lot of things I have to get. But I am 8 months! It kind of freaks me out but I am ready...

Vacation

So we just go back from vacation on Saturday and it was nice. It was nice to get away. We went up to Wisconsion and went fishing (yes I went fishing don't be too shocked). By the end of the week I was baiting my own fishing pole and taking my fish off myself. It was a great time.














This is a chair that could fit four people in it... it was at a gas station that we stopped at on the way up.















This is my first fish that I caught....















This is the second fish I caught....





















And I don't know what number this fish was... but I ended up catching two!




Here are some pictures of the vacation.

So we got a new camera the other day... just before we go on vacation... and I just thought I would share some photos!

This weekend

Well it was a big weekend for me...

I turned 21 on Thursday. I am finally legal... but there was no drinking involved. :(














Sara graduated... it is so sad. I can't believe that she is getting older. But i am so excited for her! She is such a beautiful woman!



















I visited my family this weekend in Cincinnati... obviously. It was nice to see them. I realize how much I miss them when I go visit. But I also realized how much I miss my husband and puppies while I am gone.

How cute am i?

How cute is Kalla?.... cute!!!! (I know thanks!) How cute does Kalla feel?... Not as cute as Kalla looks.





Honestly I hate being pregnant.... why do people like to be pregnant... all it is is aches and pains... is that seriously enjoyable?

You know what else is very annoying? (well it doesn't matter if you don't I am going to tell you anywise) The fact that when people ask me when I am due and I say August 8th and the go "Oh that sucks you have to go through the summer." Like I didn't realize that I was going to be pregnant in the middle of August... I have only been pregnant 6 months... but people have to remind me ALL the time! People need to be more encouraging like "only three more months to go aren't you excited?" Now that would be a nice thing to say.

I know that gaining thirty pounds during a pregnancy is nothing but I am having the hardest time with it. I don't understand why I am so obsessed with my weight. Its to the point that I am already thinking about what kind of diet I am going to go on after I have the baby and how many times I am going to go for a walk in day. Seriously I am obsessed!

I guess the good thing about being pregnant is my stomach now looks like a waterbed sometimes okay a lot of the times... too bad I couldn't get a pictuure of that!

Its a GOOD DAY!!!

Kelly Clarkson came out with a new single and that means that this is a very GOOD day. Which means that she will also have a new CD out soon... YEA YEA YEA YEA!!!! I just love her!

Depression?

I don't know if it’s normal to feel how I feel all the time. I used to feel so good about myself. I used to feel pretty. I used to be active. I used to love to go shopping. I used to love a lot that I can’t even think of doing now. I used to be happy.

Now I just feel like crap all the time. I don't feel pretty anymore (despite how many times my husband tells me I am beautiful). And I don't feel good about myself. I am hardly active anymore just going to the grocery to get milk is a painful. The thought of how much I weigh at the moment disgust me (even though I know that I have a growing healthy baby). I am more excited to get this child out of me than to actually see him and that makes me sad.

I watch all these babies shows where are all the woman are so excited to be pregnant and they just love being pregnant blah blah blah… and it actually makes me sick and sometimes I want to punch them.

And all of that makes me feel so selfish. I want this baby more than anything and I should be enjoying all the kicks and movements (which I do) but I feel so guilty for wanting it out. There are so many women that never get the chance to be pregnant and here I am whining and complaining about it.
I JUST WANT ME BACK!

A pregnant womans diet

So lately I have been starving ALL the time. And you might think well you are pregnant aren't you always starving? I am always hungr and can always eat food, but lately I am just so hungry all the time that my stomach says, "Feed me, feed me!"

This is what I ate the other day:

8:00am- A bowl of Maple Brown Sugar Mini Wheats

10:00am- A bowl of Cocoa Wheats

12:30pm- A Big Mac Meal (I really wanted to large size it but I always feel like a pig when I order it)

4:00pm- I had a donut

6:30pm- A BIG plate of spaghetti (but i didn't finish it because it was really big and I thought i might feel really fat so i stopped when i had about 3 bites left.)

6:50pm- (Yes I was hungry again) a bowl of oatmeal with cool whip...mmmmmm good!

Then i woke up at four in the morning STARVING... so I had some applesauce

And after eating all that I still only weigh 148lbs

I think I might have a big baby... what do you think?

I make myself laugh sometimes

Sometimes you just have to laugh and in this case I was laughing at myself... I was having a good old time... My husband was not... which made me laugh even more! :) But Charlie and I were having fun... we always do though... and he does when he gets to kiss me!

Heres me....

Fat


Fatter


And more fat


It the last week I have become BIG and now my little monster is moving up. And he likes to cause me pain. Everything is perfect with him. He is a healthy baby boy FOR SURE (thats what the ultrasound tech told us... in her words "theres his big package"... yes Chris is very proud)

I on the other hand have been doing A LOT better. I am still tired all the time... but at this point I am guessing that that will NEVER go away. And I think I have come to terms with that being okay.

IT IS?

A BOY

:) :) :)