Mommy Tag

This was too cute to pass up so all of you mommies out there...Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes and no... J.D. threw the birth control away and said if we get pregnant, then we get pregnant. And left it in the lords hands. :)

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? We were way excited! J.D. was more nervous than me.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? NEVER!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 22

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I was starting to feel really uneasy, so after visiting J.D.'s Aunt in the hospital, we bought a prego test and went home.. It was positive.. but J.D. didn't understand how to read the test so he didn't understand that it was positive

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? We sent out "Baby Time" announcements out.. i don't remember who got theirs first. we sent them on the same day

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? At first no, but then we decided we wanted to.

9. DUE DATE? September 25th

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes.. unfortunately the whole pregnancy was hard. I got a picc line and had to do home therapy with IVs and medicine.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? I lvoed ice cream! In the beginning I loved deer steaks smothered in A1 sauce, but then that ended.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? I couldnt hardly sleep. I had restless leg syndrome. I hated not being able to shower normal cuz I couldn't get my arm with the picc line in, wet. i couldn't just lay down and relax in the tub ...

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? A baby boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING! No, I prayed for a boy. :)

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? Um.. from my original weight about 20, but I lost about that much in the beginning, and then gained 40 from the lost weight.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes, my work threw me one.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Nope, just being sick and losing weight

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Cedar City

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? contractions started at 4am, and he was born 5:30pm... the contractions didn't really hurt until around 10 ish though

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? J.D. he was supposed to be on his way to school to give a group presentation in his class, and he had to call and say we were on the way to the hospital. He still got an A!

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? J.D.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? YES! The epidural didn't work at first, so I went 3 more hours in pain and then they gave me a 2nd dose of the strong stuff and wow, labor was great!

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7 lbs 9 oz

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? September 18th, 2008, 5:26pm

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Dawson James Stevens

28. DID ANYONE COME HELP YOU WHEN YOU CAME HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL? Ya! I got home and my mom came for a good week, and then J.D.'s mom came for about a week, then my mom came again for a bit. (She still comes when i need help :)

29. FUNNIEST MEMORY OF NEW BABY? hmmm... He could pee so far. When I'd put him on the changing table and go to change his diaper, he'd manage to pee over his head and hit the wall and closet doors! haha!

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRSTBORN TODAY? about 6 months. He is the highlight in our lives. He is the happiest baby I've ever known. Everyone who comes around he just smiles and laughs with. We are so lucky and blessed! I love spending so much time with him.