It's been a little while since I've written...go figure. Always happens like that!!
So for those of you who don't know, our house recently sold (finally)! We are currently living with John's parents who have so graciously let us take over their basement with all of our stuff! We are so very thankful to them for giving us this time so save money up for a down payment.
We did have a contract in on a new house but we backed out of our contract because of some mold issues. So now we are just going to be patient and save, save, save. I am a little disappointed that the house we wanted fell through but I am also so thankful for a good home inspector that helped us make the right decision for our family! Harry Noble is an absolutely amazing inspector and I will recommend him to absolutely everyone!
Unfortunately, there are just no houses in the area that we're looking in that we like. So we are even more thankful for this time at my in-laws so we don't just have to purchase a house that we aren't completely sold on just so we have a place to live!
My in-laws have been great with everything though. They love the extra time that they get to spend with Oliver. And they might enjoy getting to see us a little more often, but mainly they enjoy their Ollie time! lol.
Other than house stuff there's really not that much that has changed. I cannot believe my baby is 8 1/2 months old. *insert all the crying faces* Can't believe my baby boy is so close to being a year old.
However, I am so excited for all of Oliver's firsts! First Halloween (that he has a super cute costume for), first Thanksgiving, first Christmas, first New Years (that we will all spend sleeping..haha) and his first birthday. We are ready for this busy holiday season and spending even more time with family that we love and cherish so much. We are so blessed with such an amazing family on my side and on John's. We are so excited to see our family from Chicago and Louisville so much this upcoming season. And so excited to spend our first Christmas with John's cousins, Kirstie and Phil, who will be home from England!!
I always say I'll try to post more often but lets just be real. It's hard to find any spare time with a baby!
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Oliver's Birth Story
I can't even believe I've made it this long without documenting this huge event! I wanted to get it all down before I somehow forgot any details! So this is my sweet Ollie's birth story!!!
Tuesday, Febuary 9th around 10:30 PM I was pretty sure that I was starting to have real contractions. I had Braxton Hicks so bad and so often that I wasn't one hundred percent sure but I knew that these felt different. I barely slept at all that night because I was having consistent contractions that would range anywhere between 5 minutes to 8 minutes apart. I woke John up around 6:00 AM and told him that I wanted to go to HMH to get checked because contractions hadn't let up. We got up to the L&D floor and they got me all hooked up and monitored me for about an hour. They said that I wasn't progressing enough for them to keep me, to go back home and wait it out a little while.
After we left the hospital, I wanted to go to the bank to try and finish up some notes that I needed to have done before I went on leave. I told John that I would be fine, he of course didn't believe me, so he came into the bank with me. I don't know how I thought I could have worked any that day because I was having to basically lay on my desk anytime a contraction happened. Yikes! Needless to say I stayed for about 30 minutes, finished what I needed to get done and was out of there!
I had my 39 week appointment that morning around 10:00 AM so John drove me to that. Dr. Goodman said that I still hadn't dilated any more but that he definitely thought we would have a baby within the next 24-48 hours!!! We were told to go back home, rest, and if the contractions were still like they had been to go back to the hospital that evening. So I labored at home during the day. Tried so many different things to get comfortable (baths, trying to sleep, etc.) but of course, nothing was comfortable! It was nice to have this time because John, the neat freak that he is, was able to get our house completely straightened up so that when we came home our house would be ready! We made dinner around 5:00 PM, ate, got the car packed up and headed back to the hospital.
My contractions were getting closer together by this point. The nurse that I had told me that they could either keep monitoring me or we could walk around the unit for an hour or so and get checked again. I knew that I would be laying around for a long time in the near future so we decided to walk around. This was very interesting. We'd be walking and I'd have a contraction and be trying to get into any kind of position to make it through. I'm thankful that the people around me knew the pain I was going through or they probably would have thought I was crazy! This next part is about to be TMI - so read with caution! lol We walked around for about 30 minutes and I thought that my water was leaking. My nurse checked me and had some lab work done and sure enough it was!! Which meant they had to keep me! This was like music to my ears! We were going to meet our sweet Oliver James soon!!!!!
I immediately called my Mom and told her they were getting us in a delivery room. She relayed the news to my sisters and grandparents while John was on the phone with his parents to let them know what was happening. Shortly after this we were moved into our room and my Mom, John's Mom, Frank, Tamara and Cheryl arrived. They swapped off turns of being in the room with me and I am so thankful that they were there!
Around 10:30 that night Dr. Preen came in and told me that she wanted to get me started on Pitocin to help speed up the process. I was afraid to do this because I had been told that it hurts so much more once they get that going and I really wanted to try to go without medication. However, I decided to get started on the Pitocin and just see how it went. I made it maybe an hour before I decided to get an epidural. I believe I was at 4-5 cm whenever I got the epidural. According to John I was a completely different person once I had the epidural. I was happy and on top of the world!
Labor continued on throughout the early morning. The only scares that we had was when the nurses would have me turn to certain positions and Ollie was just not having it. His heart rate would drop significantly and they would immediately have to move me onto my other side. This happened a couple times and they made me wear an oxygen mask (yuck) for what seemed like forever.
The timing from now on is just a guesstimate. Around 6:15 or so my nurse checked me again and said it was time to get ready to push! They started wheeling in different stuff and we had so many people in the delivery room. It seemed like all the nurses that night were training people so I had double the amount of what you would normally have. The main nurse that I had, had me go ahead and start pushing to get ready for when Dr. Preen came in. In total I would say I pushed for maybe 30 minutes, if that long. John and my Mom were in the room and they, along with all of the nurses, were such great coaches.
At 7:18 AM, we welcomed our sweet Oliver James Bumpus into the world. When they said his weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce, I think all of our jaws hit the floor. We were so surprised! My doctor had said all along that he thought Oliver would be a small baby, around 7 1/2 pounds max. Well, he was definitely wrong!
We had such a great hospital stay and I am so thankful for the L&D unit at HMH. The nursing staff there is seriously so amazing. That, I believe, is about all of our story! I was sad that I didn't make it without medicine. If I hadn't been in labor for about 34 hours I really, truly think I could have made it. Even though I know the relief that an epidural brings I would like to try again next time to make it without meds. We shall see when that time comes!!!
Tuesday, Febuary 9th around 10:30 PM I was pretty sure that I was starting to have real contractions. I had Braxton Hicks so bad and so often that I wasn't one hundred percent sure but I knew that these felt different. I barely slept at all that night because I was having consistent contractions that would range anywhere between 5 minutes to 8 minutes apart. I woke John up around 6:00 AM and told him that I wanted to go to HMH to get checked because contractions hadn't let up. We got up to the L&D floor and they got me all hooked up and monitored me for about an hour. They said that I wasn't progressing enough for them to keep me, to go back home and wait it out a little while.
After we left the hospital, I wanted to go to the bank to try and finish up some notes that I needed to have done before I went on leave. I told John that I would be fine, he of course didn't believe me, so he came into the bank with me. I don't know how I thought I could have worked any that day because I was having to basically lay on my desk anytime a contraction happened. Yikes! Needless to say I stayed for about 30 minutes, finished what I needed to get done and was out of there!
I had my 39 week appointment that morning around 10:00 AM so John drove me to that. Dr. Goodman said that I still hadn't dilated any more but that he definitely thought we would have a baby within the next 24-48 hours!!! We were told to go back home, rest, and if the contractions were still like they had been to go back to the hospital that evening. So I labored at home during the day. Tried so many different things to get comfortable (baths, trying to sleep, etc.) but of course, nothing was comfortable! It was nice to have this time because John, the neat freak that he is, was able to get our house completely straightened up so that when we came home our house would be ready! We made dinner around 5:00 PM, ate, got the car packed up and headed back to the hospital.
My contractions were getting closer together by this point. The nurse that I had told me that they could either keep monitoring me or we could walk around the unit for an hour or so and get checked again. I knew that I would be laying around for a long time in the near future so we decided to walk around. This was very interesting. We'd be walking and I'd have a contraction and be trying to get into any kind of position to make it through. I'm thankful that the people around me knew the pain I was going through or they probably would have thought I was crazy! This next part is about to be TMI - so read with caution! lol We walked around for about 30 minutes and I thought that my water was leaking. My nurse checked me and had some lab work done and sure enough it was!! Which meant they had to keep me! This was like music to my ears! We were going to meet our sweet Oliver James soon!!!!!
I immediately called my Mom and told her they were getting us in a delivery room. She relayed the news to my sisters and grandparents while John was on the phone with his parents to let them know what was happening. Shortly after this we were moved into our room and my Mom, John's Mom, Frank, Tamara and Cheryl arrived. They swapped off turns of being in the room with me and I am so thankful that they were there!
Around 10:30 that night Dr. Preen came in and told me that she wanted to get me started on Pitocin to help speed up the process. I was afraid to do this because I had been told that it hurts so much more once they get that going and I really wanted to try to go without medication. However, I decided to get started on the Pitocin and just see how it went. I made it maybe an hour before I decided to get an epidural. I believe I was at 4-5 cm whenever I got the epidural. According to John I was a completely different person once I had the epidural. I was happy and on top of the world!
Labor continued on throughout the early morning. The only scares that we had was when the nurses would have me turn to certain positions and Ollie was just not having it. His heart rate would drop significantly and they would immediately have to move me onto my other side. This happened a couple times and they made me wear an oxygen mask (yuck) for what seemed like forever.
The timing from now on is just a guesstimate. Around 6:15 or so my nurse checked me again and said it was time to get ready to push! They started wheeling in different stuff and we had so many people in the delivery room. It seemed like all the nurses that night were training people so I had double the amount of what you would normally have. The main nurse that I had, had me go ahead and start pushing to get ready for when Dr. Preen came in. In total I would say I pushed for maybe 30 minutes, if that long. John and my Mom were in the room and they, along with all of the nurses, were such great coaches.
At 7:18 AM, we welcomed our sweet Oliver James Bumpus into the world. When they said his weight, 8 pounds 1 ounce, I think all of our jaws hit the floor. We were so surprised! My doctor had said all along that he thought Oliver would be a small baby, around 7 1/2 pounds max. Well, he was definitely wrong!
We had such a great hospital stay and I am so thankful for the L&D unit at HMH. The nursing staff there is seriously so amazing. That, I believe, is about all of our story! I was sad that I didn't make it without medicine. If I hadn't been in labor for about 34 hours I really, truly think I could have made it. Even though I know the relief that an epidural brings I would like to try again next time to make it without meds. We shall see when that time comes!!!
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Our Journey
Not many people know all that has gone on in the past year and I haven't felt the need to open up about it and write. I know now that our story has encouraged at least one person and I'm writing this in hopes that it can help some others.
In May 2014, John and I decided that we were ready to have kids. So in May I stopped using birth control (Mirena). We both hoped that we would get pregnant fast just because both of my sisters got pregnant pretty soon after starting to try. I had always said, though, that because it was "easy" for them it would probably take me forever.
In December 2014, I was about 10 days late. I had taken several pregnancy tests but all showed negative results. I called my regular doctor and asked them if they could do blood work to see if I was pregnant. The next day I received a phone call saying that yes, based on my blood results it looked like I was pregnant. I was ecstatic. I immediately called my OB/GYN office and scheduled an appointment for that week to confirm. At that appointment my urine was still showing negative results so the doctor had more blood tests done. The next morning I started having very bad cramps and was very worried. I called my doctors office and they basically told me that they didn't think I was pregnant. I later found out that I had a chemical pregnancy. A chemical pregnancy is basically where the egg does not fully implant in the uterus. Some consider this an early miscarriage, others don't. John and I were, obviously, very upset after this happened.
In January 2015, my doctor referred me to University of Louisville's Reproductive office. She basically told us that they would do similar testing that could be done at their office but said it would be better for us to go up there. At our first appointment, we were told that most of the time they don't start trying to see if anything is wrong until after you've been trying to conceive for a year but since we came to them that they would go ahead and start the process. That first day they took, I can't even tell you how much blood! Probably between 8-10 vials from me and a couple from John too. Side note: John is not good at getting his blood taken. 😳
The next time I went up to get results of my blood work and see what to do next. All of my blood work was normal so they wanted me to undergo a HyCoSy. This is a test where they do an ultrasound to look at your Fallopian tubes to see if there could be anything blocking them. While they do the ultrasound they insert a mixture of saline solution and air into the Fallopian tubes to make sure they can see that it gets through (ouch). I ended up having that test done a few weeks later. They tell you up front that if they can't find anything medically wrong then you have to pay for the test that day, which is about $500. Everything checked out good for me so there we went, forking out even more money.
The next month I went back and had even more blood work done and a fasting blood glucose test done (yuck)! In May 2015, I went back to get results of that. Yet again, everything was fine. At this appointment I got news I had been dreading to hear. The doctor told me that because they couldn't find anything wrong with me or John that they were considering me to be infertile. They told me there was a less than 1% chance of us getting pregnant on our own and less than 10% chance of getting pregnant with their help (IUI, IVF, etc.). They gave me a stack of paper and gave me more information on, what they said to be, our choices.
During all of this, we had been prayed for numerous times by many people in our families and some wonderful people at our church. They knew some of what was going on but not all of the details. April through June I believe, my church was going through a 90 day process of getting closer to God as a church family and in your own home. Although John and I didn't do all of the stuff that was laid out during those 90 days I feel like we received a blessing from the faithfulness of everyone else during those 90 days.
In the middle of June I found out that I was pregnant! I hadn't been late yet but I was extremely exhausted and knew something was up. I went ahead and took a test and what do you know, we were finally pregnant! We have been so blessed through all of this. Even though now I think about the thousands of dollars wasted during the testing I feel like my relationship with God grew stronger through all of it. I am now 21 weeks, 4 days pregnant with our baby Oliver James and I am just so thrilled for what God has given us. We have trusted Him through everything and I'm hoping that this will give encouragement to someone out there who needs it.
This is probably the longest post that I will ever do, so enjoy!
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Just life
This quarter for school has seriously been the biggest struggle for me so far. It's not even the fact that I'm in hard classes , I just have no motivation whatsoever. However, I have great advisors that have helped me through it and helped me realize that I only have FOUR CLASSES LEFT!!!! This has helped me get some motivation back and try to kick myself into gear to finish out this quarter. There are only two weeks left so if I can just get through these two weeks I will only have 6 months left.
Next quarter I will be taking Advanced Accounting and Senior Accounting Seminar.....they sound scary! It will be nice to only take two classes though because I have always taken either three or four since I've been in college. My final quarter I will have one more accounting class and Business Policy, as well as an Accounting Competency course that will be pass or fail. I just can't believe I am finally so close to achieving something that has been such a struggle with working full time, being a wife and being involved in church.
As of today I have worked out for 13 days straight! I am so very proud of myself! I feel so much better physically and mentally since I've started this journey and I plan on sticking to it! I am blessed that I have several ladies from church doing a boot camp with me every Saturday so there's some extra motivation and encouragement for me.
Guess that's about all that's happening in my life right now! Now on to some more homework!
Next quarter I will be taking Advanced Accounting and Senior Accounting Seminar.....they sound scary! It will be nice to only take two classes though because I have always taken either three or four since I've been in college. My final quarter I will have one more accounting class and Business Policy, as well as an Accounting Competency course that will be pass or fail. I just can't believe I am finally so close to achieving something that has been such a struggle with working full time, being a wife and being involved in church.
As of today I have worked out for 13 days straight! I am so very proud of myself! I feel so much better physically and mentally since I've started this journey and I plan on sticking to it! I am blessed that I have several ladies from church doing a boot camp with me every Saturday so there's some extra motivation and encouragement for me.
Guess that's about all that's happening in my life right now! Now on to some more homework!
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Change, change, change!
This year so far has been all about change. Some good, some bad. I have realized that some friendships that I have are very negative and have decided to start trying to put an end to those relationships. This has been pretty interesting so far but I know it's for the best. If all you ever feel like after talking with someone is negativity then that's not someone you should be around. I know I have been that type of person in the past but I refuse to be that any more.
On to the good changes. As many of you have seen I have let myself go, physically, over the past couple of years. I have decided that enough is enough and have decided to put a stop to this as well. Right now I am doing a 30 day challenge through BeachBody. In this challenge you have to drink a Shakeology shake once a day for the 30 days as well as use any BeachBody workout that you like. Last year I purchased TurboFire, which is an intense cardio workout that Chalene Johnson created (thanks to SarahBeth Kuster for introducing me to this workout). I am on day 2 of this challenge and am really looking forward to completing it. There is a facebook group that goes along with this challenge. There are 52 other people, including our coaches, doing the challenge. This helps because you have to post daily on the page about what workout you did, if you drank enough water for the day and you have to rate your food intake for the day. This is really helping me so far with accountability and I hope I can keep up with it throughout the entire challenge.
This weekend I am also starting a Boot Camp that several women in my church are doing. This is, I believe a 6 week program. I'm very excited to start this! If you couldn't tell yet, I am seriously ready to get back in shape and get my old body back! I know I will probably never look like I did in high school....105 pounds, 5'4", tiny little waist... I am coming to terms with the fact that this may not ever happen but anything is better than how I look and feel right now!
In January I decided to start dancing at my old studio, Allegro, again. This was by far one of the best decisions I've made! Along with eating better, dancing again has really helped me start to lose weight and helped me prepare for this challenge! I have a performance this weekend! It's been 5 years since my last ballet performance and I'm so excited to be back on stage again! Hopefully I can continue taking classes the rest of the year!
If you didn't know, I am a senior at Sullivan right now. In December I will finish school and receive my Bachelors of Science in Accounting. This has been such a rough ride but I know it'll be worth it in the end. Having said that, I have serious senioritis right now. I just have no motivation whatsoever to do any schoolwork. That probably has to do with the fact that two of the classes I'm taking right now have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MY DEGREE PROGRAM! It frustrates me so much that I'm required to take classes that I know will not benefit me in any way. For example, right now I am taking a Quantitative Methods class, Information Systems for Managers (an IT class) and Not-For-Profit Accounting. I am all good with the accounting class but why on Earth do I need and IT class???? It's hard for me to complete a class when I have no idea what's going on in the class. Anyways, vent over.
Lots going on right now. I am trying to really get my relationship with God back on track. With everything I have going on I know that I do not focus on Him as often as I should. I am really trying to trust Him and have Him help me through life right now. All I know is that I couldn't do everything I do without Him, my amazing husband and my family! They hold me together!!
On to the good changes. As many of you have seen I have let myself go, physically, over the past couple of years. I have decided that enough is enough and have decided to put a stop to this as well. Right now I am doing a 30 day challenge through BeachBody. In this challenge you have to drink a Shakeology shake once a day for the 30 days as well as use any BeachBody workout that you like. Last year I purchased TurboFire, which is an intense cardio workout that Chalene Johnson created (thanks to SarahBeth Kuster for introducing me to this workout). I am on day 2 of this challenge and am really looking forward to completing it. There is a facebook group that goes along with this challenge. There are 52 other people, including our coaches, doing the challenge. This helps because you have to post daily on the page about what workout you did, if you drank enough water for the day and you have to rate your food intake for the day. This is really helping me so far with accountability and I hope I can keep up with it throughout the entire challenge.
This weekend I am also starting a Boot Camp that several women in my church are doing. This is, I believe a 6 week program. I'm very excited to start this! If you couldn't tell yet, I am seriously ready to get back in shape and get my old body back! I know I will probably never look like I did in high school....105 pounds, 5'4", tiny little waist... I am coming to terms with the fact that this may not ever happen but anything is better than how I look and feel right now!
In January I decided to start dancing at my old studio, Allegro, again. This was by far one of the best decisions I've made! Along with eating better, dancing again has really helped me start to lose weight and helped me prepare for this challenge! I have a performance this weekend! It's been 5 years since my last ballet performance and I'm so excited to be back on stage again! Hopefully I can continue taking classes the rest of the year!
If you didn't know, I am a senior at Sullivan right now. In December I will finish school and receive my Bachelors of Science in Accounting. This has been such a rough ride but I know it'll be worth it in the end. Having said that, I have serious senioritis right now. I just have no motivation whatsoever to do any schoolwork. That probably has to do with the fact that two of the classes I'm taking right now have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MY DEGREE PROGRAM! It frustrates me so much that I'm required to take classes that I know will not benefit me in any way. For example, right now I am taking a Quantitative Methods class, Information Systems for Managers (an IT class) and Not-For-Profit Accounting. I am all good with the accounting class but why on Earth do I need and IT class???? It's hard for me to complete a class when I have no idea what's going on in the class. Anyways, vent over.
Lots going on right now. I am trying to really get my relationship with God back on track. With everything I have going on I know that I do not focus on Him as often as I should. I am really trying to trust Him and have Him help me through life right now. All I know is that I couldn't do everything I do without Him, my amazing husband and my family! They hold me together!!
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Update
So back in May I completed my Associate's degree through ECTC. In July, I started my first quarter at Sullivan University towards my Bachelors of Accounting. Needless to say, I've been pretty busy with that.Since I work full time I had to go to night classes as well as online. With Sullivan, three classes is full time so I was a full time employee and a full time student. CRAZY! As of Thursday I took my last final of the quarter!! YAY!!! I now have two weeks off. This week I plan on heading out to the studio to take a dance class or two, going to the gym, relaxing, reading non-textbooks and, oh yeah, packing for Florida!!!
My family (myself and John, Tamara and Mike, Cheryl and Ryan, Mom and Dad, Mamaw and Papaw) will be heading to Destin, Florida on September 15th at approximately 5:30 AM. I am so excited!!!! We haven't been to Florida in two years because last year we had the weddings and such so we missed out on Florida.
My family (myself and John, Tamara and Mike, Cheryl and Ryan, Mom and Dad, Mamaw and Papaw) will be heading to Destin, Florida on September 15th at approximately 5:30 AM. I am so excited!!!! We haven't been to Florida in two years because last year we had the weddings and such so we missed out on Florida.
This is a picture of the house we are staying at in Florida. We stayed here the first time we went to Destin, so we know for sure that we'll be in a good house. So happy that it's sooooo close to the beach.
So back on to the school thing. I'm still trying to decide if I want to stick with only 3 classes or bump it up and take 4 classes. 4 would be crazy to do, but I would get done so much faster! That would be 16 hours on top of a 40 hour work week. Need to hurry up and figure it out though so I can get my books and stuff squared away.
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Is it really April??
I haven't done a blog in like forever. So much has happened lately. The most important is that little baby Levi is here! He is the most precious baby ever! I was hoping that having him around would put off my baby fever, but it's not and unfortunately making the fever even stronger!!! John and I have recently been talking about adoption. If we do adopt, we will probably wait until after we have our own kids, but I definitely thinks it's an amazing thing to do. There are so many kids who don't deserve the life they get stuck with and I would love to be able to help change that in someone's life.
My 20th birthday is coming up! I'm so excited to not be a teenager anymore! Not sure what we're gonna do for my birthday, but it doesn't really matter. It's not like you feel any different after a birthday anyways.
Work is going pretty good. Got a promotion back in December and after training two people in the department for their positions, I'm finally able to be in my new position. I am so much happier in this position. I'm busier and it challenges me more than my old position. Back in February marked my one year anniversary of being at the bank. It's crazy it's already been that long.
John and I have been married for a little over six months now. Sometimes it's crazy that it's been that long and other times it seems like it's been way longer than that. Tomorrow will be the one year mark that we bought our house! I'm so happy with it and I'm so happy everything worked out with it. It's such a great starter home.
Well, I guess that's really about it. Will try to start updating this more often.
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