REMI IS GETTING SO BIG!

REMI IS NOW 9 POUNDS 13 OUNCES AND IS 23 INCHES LONG!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT... SHE HAD HER SHOTS TODAY, BUT SEEMS TO BE DOING FINE. TOMORROW SHE WILL BE TWO MONTHS... YIKES... HERE ARE SOME NEW PICS..

SHE IS STARTING TO SMILE A LOT MORE NOW!! SHE TALKS A LOT TOO..


SHE IS JUST SO TIRED HERE ON MY CHEST THAT WHEN I GAVE HER TO MY MOM IT DIDN'T PHASE HER A BIT..

LOOK AT THAT SMILE....
SHE WAS SO UPSET AND MY MOM JUST COULDN'T GET HER TO CALM DOWN. SHE STARTED BOUNCING HER ON HER KNEE AND REMI JUST PASSED OUT IN HER HANDS!











LOOK AT THAT SMILE.. SHE IS JUST ADORABLE.. LOOK AT HER HAIR .. IT'S STICKING STRAIGHT UP..

HERE WE ARE AT THE HORSE RACES. I JUST LOVE THAT DRESS. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF HER CUTE SMILES..

SHE IS JUST SO INTERESTED IN THE WORLD AROUND HER.. WELL I WILL POST AGAIN SOON....

REMI'S 6 WEEKS PHOTOS!

WELL SIX WEEKS CAME PRETTY QUICK AND I FOUND MYSELF TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO HER FIRST SITTING FOR PICTURES. (ONE OF MANY :) ) SHE WAS SLEEPING ALL MORNING SO I THOUGHT THAT BY THE TIME WE MADE IT TO OUR APPOINTMENT SHE WOULD BE BRIGHT EYED AND BUSHY TAILED, BUT BOY WAS I WRONG. THE PHOTOGRAPHER HAD TO CONTINUALLY TRY TO GET HER TO OPEN HER EYES AND I TRIED MY BEST TO WRESTLE HER AWAKE. WE GOT SOME CUTE PICTURES THOUGH AND I WAS HAPPY WITH THE OVERALL RESULT. HERE ARE SOME OF HER PICS. IF YOU WANT TO SEE THEM ALL GO TO https://www.smilesbywire.com/home.asp?AC=LTPP0977108574JCP AND PUT IN MY NAME AS THE CUSTOMER...







THIS HAWAIIAN DRESS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FRIEND JEN AT MY BABY SHOWER. SHE LIVES IN HAWAII. ISN'T SHE JUST ADORABLE...










MY COUSIN ASHLEY SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS A LITTLE BUNNY RABBIT GETTING READY TO "HOP" AROUND. SHE WAS SOOOO TIRED!!!















LITTLE MISS REMI LOOKS SO CUTE IN THOSE HEADBANDS. THIS OUTFIT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT MATCHES, BUT IT DOES... HER GREEN OUTFIT HAS THREE DIFFERENT COLORED POLKA DOTS ON IT AND ONE OF THEM IS THE COLOR OF HER HEADBAND. ITS HARD TO TELL IN THESE PHOTOS, BUT IN THE HARD COPIES ITS OBVIOUS...


















THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF THEM ALL.. ISN'T SHE PRECIOUS? :)





THIS JUST SHOWS HOW TIRED SHE REALLY WAS.. I JUST LOVE THIS PHOTO....

LOOK AT THAT BELLY...

THIS IS MY BELLY AT 9 MONTHS PREGNANT... I PAINTED A LION FOR MY ASTROLOGICAL SIGN AND REMI'S TOO! IT WAS SOMETHING I SAW PREGNANT WOMEN DOING ONLINE AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN.. IT WAS!!!!

AUGUST 21, 2008 REMINGTON DIANE RUSSUM!

ON AUGUST 21, 2008 AT 9:01 A.M., REMINGTON DIANE RUSSUM WAS BORN! SHE WAS 7 LBS 3OZ AND 20 1/2 INCHES LONG. SHE CAME BY WAY OF CESAREAN SECTION. IT WAS A LONG NIGHT. WENT IN WEDNESDAY EVENING TO BE INDUCED AND THOUGHT THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY EASY LABOR. AFTER RECEIVING MY FIRST DOSE OF CERVADIL THE NURSE ASKED ME IF I COULD FEEL THE CONTRACTIONS. I GUESS THEY WERE PRETTY BIG, BUT I COULDN'T FEEL A THING. I WAS EXCITED FOR THE EASY LABOR. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER ALL HECK BROKE LOOSE. I STARTED HAVING REALLY STRONG CONTRACTIONS TO THE POINT THAT I WANTED SOME SORT OF PAIN MEDICATION, OF COURSE THAT WAS A NO GO. I WASN'T EVEN DILATING! I STARTED TO TAKE A SHOWER EVERY HOUR OR SO, BUT THE PAIN JUST STARTED GETTING WORSE. THE NURSE TOLD ME THAT THEY MAY SEND ME HOME AS A FAILED INDUCTION, BUT I WAS NOT HAVING THAT! EARLY THE NEXT MORNING I STARTED TO HAVE A REALLY BAD SIDE ACHE THAT I THOUGHT WAS FROM LAYING THE WRONG WAY. LATER I REALIZED THAT THIS PAIN WAS MORE THAN A SIDE ACHE! IT WOULDN'T GO AWAY, THE CONTRACTIONS WERE A PIECE OF CAKE COMPARED TO THIS PAIN. THE NURSE CONTACTED MY DOCTOR AND SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE INDUCTION AND START ME ON PIT AND THEN COME IN AND BREAK MY WATER. I WAS FREAKING OUT! AT THIS POINT I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG..... I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE..REALLY... MY DOCTOR CAME IN AND TRIED TO BREAK MY WATER AND THAT WAS NOT A SUCCESS... SO THE NURSE TRIED TO GIVE ME SOME IV PAIN MEDS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH A C-SECTION BUT WANTED TO GET MY PAIN UNDER CONTROL. SHE FIRST GAVE ME MORPHINE WHICH DID NOTHING AND THEN I THINK SHE TRIED DEMEROL, BUT NEITHER EVEN TOUCHED THE PAIN. SO I WAS OFF TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND MY MOM WAS STANDING BY WAITING TO GO INTO THE ROOM TO SEE MY DAUGHTER BEING BORN. I WAS ALL NUMBED UP AND FEELING NO PAIN. THE SURGERY WAS PRETTY SMOOTH AND I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE MY DAUGHTER POP UP FROM BEHIND THE SHEET THAT THEY HAD IN FRONT OF MY FACE. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL! AFTER SHE WAS BORN THE DOCTORS DISCOVERED THAT MY PLACENTA HAD FORMED AN ABNORMAL ATTACHMENT TO MY UTERUS AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE MY SIDE ACHE WAS. THEY CALL IT ACCRETA. THEY SAID THAT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER NATURALLY BECAUSE MY BODY WOULD HAVE TRIED TO DELIVER MY UTERUS ALONG WITH MY PLACENTA AND I WOULD HAVE BLED TO DEATH....YIKES! I AM GRATEFUL FOR INTUITION AND ACTUALLY FOR THE POWER OF PAIN. WITHOUT ALL THAT PAIN I MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG AND THE DOCTORS MIGHT HAVE SENT ME HOME... I AM ALSO GRATEFUL THAT I DIDN'T END UP HAVING A HYSTERECTOMY BECAUSE A LOT OF THE TIME WOMEN WHO EXPERIENCE ACCRETA END UP HAVING ONE AND I GUESS I AM LUCKY....

I AM GRATEFUL FOR MY BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DAUGHTER AND ALL THE HARD WORK I PUT INTO HAVING HER PAID OFF!!

THIS IS HER GOING HOME OUTFIT..ISN'T SHE JUST ADORABLE?