My First Mother's Day 2011

Ok so let me rewind back to Sunday May 1st the 39 weeks marker. I met mom at church as Joe was at work. After church we went to Smithfield's because I wanted a bbq sandwich. ha ha I craved one about once a week while pregnant. I then went to my dear friend Brittany's baby shower. She is due later this month with a baby boy. Then I wrote thank you notes for several hours asI wanted to be all finished before the baby came. I made spaghetti for dinner and invited my dad over to eat with us. He tells me I make the best spaghetti in the world. I don't know about that, but it makes me feel good!

After dinner I then wanted to go for a walk. As everybody kept telling me to walk if I wanted to go into labor. So dad and I walked about a mile. When I got home the grass needed mowing. I love to mow the grass for exercise. So I mowed about half the yard and ran out of breath. I asked Joe to mow the rest. While he mowed  I cleaned out my car. I wanted everything perfect. As if Reaves would know if the car he rode home in was clean or not! ha ha Then while he was finishing up I felt something. So I walked outside and told Joe that I thought my water might have broken. While standing there my water really broke. You should have seen the look on his face. So we called the parents, and I called Sandra to get me a sub for the next day as I still had another week of work. My sister, dad, and mom were over in a flash.

We then ventured to the hospital. I wasn't having any pain, but they told me to come in since my water had broken. They checked me and and I was a whopping 1 cm. They said they would start petocin at 5 a.m. on Monday morning. So everyone went home except for Joe and dad. My dad said he wasn't leaving just in case. So he fell asleep on Joe's chair leaving Joe to sleep with me in the hospital bed. He snored the whole night and made some other wiered noises, but I thought it was sweet he wouldn't leave my side.

The next morning Joe's parents, mom, my aunt, and my sister came to be with us. The day was sooo long. I didn't start having contractions until mid afternoon. It took me forever to get to 2cm and took me from 5 a.m until 9 p.m. to get to 3cm with heavy contractions. At that point it had been 24 hours since my water had broken and they told me I would have to have a c-section. I cried and cried. This was not planned, this wasn't what I had envisioned. Everybody kept telling me it would be o.k. and it was.

So at 10:12 p.m. on May 2nd Reaves Makinson Cataliotti was born via c-section. He weighed 7 pounds and 6 ounces and was 21 inches long. My sister in-law Jackie was working at the hospital and was able to be in the delivery room with me. What a blessing that was. Joe stayed right by me holding my hand telling me that I was doing good. Then I heard it, I heard our baby cry. It was the most precious sound I've heard in all my life. I cried happy tears as Joe walked away to video our new bundle of joy. Then they brought him to me. I couldn't hold him, so I nuzzled up to his face and kissed him. It was instant the love I had for him. Joe was so excited looking like doctor in his scrubs.

Then we had precious time with our new son. I will forever cherish those moments with our little family. He fills an emptiness we never knew existed. He looks like his daddy from his head down to his toes. He is perfect!

We were in the hospital from Sunday until Thursday. Finally we got to go home!!!!

                        I am a mommy!!!! Mother's Day took on a whole new meaning this year.

"A mother's love is instinctual, unconditional, and forever."

-Unknown

I love you Reaves!