Zayden Alexander Mabey

well- i want to post this before i forget anything.  it might be slightly jourlish- and i will be adding more pictures later.  i dont know how i could forget, but ya know.......

I woke up at about 6, and starting then till about 7 i had 4 contractions.  so i started to write them down.  and these werent painful, but they were there.  and as i was up and moving and taking care of things, i would have more and more, and slightly more painful (4-5 minutes aprat).  but when i sat down, they slowed down (7-15 minutes apart).  so at about 1 i talked to the dr- she said to vacuum, or go walk for an hour and then come in and she will check me.  i had started the week at a one, so i was thinking that i would be a 2 or maybe a 3 because i was contracting all day.  well- i vacumm, and we go in, and she checks me.  i was an ALMOST 2!!!!  how awful is that to hear?!?!  so then joe and i head to wally world to get some Easter stuff, and my contractions pick up.  all this time, i have friends that were planning on throwing me a shower, so i was talking to them because of the possibility of canceling due to me delivering a baby.

well- i get home after deciding to go to the shower, i get ready and Laura picks me up.  i go to the shower and my contractions werent super painful but they were getting to be every 3-5 minutes apart.  we have a great fun shower with some great people.  i loved it.  then suddenly they get PAINFUL!!!!  so laura and i leave a little after 8, i do decide to borrow a towel just in case my water were to break.  we were about 20 minutes from either Daingerfield, or the hospital.  we are on the road for about 3 minutes, and my water breaks.  yay for the towel!  then my contractions get REALLY REALLY bad.  and we still have 15 minutes till the hospital.  i start to try to breathe deep, but i think i start to hyperventilate.  so i slow my breathing and then i start to tingle from head to knees.  and i have a desire to push.
10 minutes to go.
laura is amazing.  shes going like 85 mph.
i want to push.  she has her emergency lights on and she is honking.  and we hit town.
lights.
traffic.
ugh.
i needed to push.
joseph is on the way from d'field.
laura is going fast.  a stupid camero wouldnt move.  we go around and cut it off to get to the emergency room doors.  they are waiting.
i HAVE to push.
i get to the hospital at 8:30.  they get me out to the car, in a chair, into a labor and delivery room, and he is born at 8:32.  1 contraction and 4 pushes.  they didnt even get an IV in me!  there were absolutely NO drugs involved.  super SUPER crazy!  he was 7 lbs and 19 inches long.  poor joey missed it.  i feel so bad that he missed it, he was probably parking the car.  and laura was probably in the elevator.  but i have to say- it was probably the best delivery out of all of them.

well- i started that post about a week ago. and i have to say, that time is flying by!  he is such a good baby!  he is so content and happy with life, and it has been the best recovery.  hardly any pain.  i am already in my pre-pregnancy clothes (post monkey is different then pre-monkey), so this is post monkey clothes.  but i am not even arguing.  it is definately more then i had planned on, or even hoped for!  but the ward has been amazing,  they have been so helpfully and willing to help.  it has ment soooooo much to me.  but most important-the kids LOVE him.  monkey cant get enough of him, and chunk is almost obsessed.  he was really mad that his name isnt 'Lovie'  so that is what he is called sometimes.  but chunk will sit down and talk to him.  he will talk about anything and everything, i love it.
i feel like my family is complete. like no one is missing.  and i feel like that is a huge blessing from our loving Father in Heaven.

well- that is it.  updated.

night!