Welcome, Caitlyn Grace Oeming

My due date was Monday, May 2, 2011 and I went into labor on Tuesday, May 3 at about 2:00p.m.  We arrived to the hospital at about 3:00 and was checked in and settled into a room by about 5:00.  We called our family once I was admitted to tell them that Baby Oeming would be arriving soon.  It was a VERY long evening, night, and morning!  Thankfully, Nate was an amazing support to me through everything.  My mom and dad arrived Wednesday morning and I was still in labor so it was great to get a hug and encouragement from my momma.  At 12:01p.m. on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Caitlyn Grace was finally welcomed into the world.  She was 7lb 2oz. and 20.5 inches long.  Yep, I was in labor for 22 hours!  I couldn't have done it without my husband and my friend epidural!  But, it was all worth it.  Below are some pictures of our adventures at Sacred Heart.

Nate, holding his daughter for the first time.

Our first family of 3 photo.

She woke up for a few minutes to say hi!

Grandma admiring her first granddaughter.  

All I could eat or drink for about 24 hours was ice chips.  Ugh!  

Nate loved watching the contractions on the monitor.  

You're never too old for hugs from your mom.  At this point, I needed it!  

My best friend that day, Mr. Epidural.  

The NICU team  was right there to suck out all the fluid so she could breath on her own.  

We really didn't think she would be that big.  

Sleeping Beauty  in her "tub".

Showered With Love - Part 2

On April 14, 2010 (3 weeks before arrival) I had a shower at work.  The ladies at Moffitt did a great job and really made me feel special.   My favorite part of the shower was the butterfly tea set that was on top of the cake!  It was perfect for Caitlyn's "Butterfly Tea Party" nursery.   We had snacks, cake, cheesecake, played games, and opened presents.  One of the games was to guess what we were going to name Baby Girl Oeming and one teacher actually guessed Caitlyn but spelled differently.  I was so surprised but of course I kept it quiet!  I also received many beautiful handmade quilts from a few of the teachers! Here are a few photos from the shower.

Maggie Chestnut (First Grade Teacher) 

Donna (Cook)

DeLois (Kindergarten Assistant)

Butterfly Tea Set

My mom gave me all the sweaters that my Grandma Martens had knit for me when I was a baby!  

Showered with Love

Sunday, March 19, 2011 was the day I had my first baby shower!  My best friend, Natasha, hosted a Tea Party Brunch themed shower.   It was held at her in-law's house in Oregon City.  I had a great group of women at my shower; friends from college, new friends, family friends, and family.  My grandma was even able to attend the shower through google video chat!  It was very special to be able to have her "there".  My dad and brother set up their computer next to my grandma's bed and she watched the entire time, smiling.

Natasha made some great food!  We had quiche, some crustless ofcourse! We also had fruit, and a potato casserole.  For dessert we had mini cheesecakes.  To drink we had tea and coffee.

Kelly put together some fun games of tasting baby food.  I'm surprised babies like that stuff since it looks so gross!  My friends and family also wrote notes to Caitlyn that were put into a book.   And for most of the time I opened presents and more presents!  Wow, I was so blessed with so many wonderful things for Caitlyn.  I even got gifts from people that weren't able to attend the shower.

Food Table

Coffee and Tea

Grandma Gayle and Aunt Sabrina

Gift Table and "Cousin" Sierra 

Grandma Susette and Aunt Nichole

Momma To Be and Grandma Gayle

Great Grandma Gretchen (We all love you and miss you but we know you're looking down on us from heaven!)

Natasha made me an amazing diaper bag!  

My Alpha Phi Friends - Amy, Becca, and Kelly

Friends - Jenni and Aubrey 

Natasha - The hostess and one of my best friends since junior high!

Natasha, Momma To Be, and Kelly

Thanks to all of my friends and family for making me feel so loved!  I had an amazing afternoon!

Pink or Blue? A Baby Was Due!

On November 30, 2010, at 18 weeks pregnant, we had an ultrasound and found out if we were going to have a boy or a girl.  We decided to have the ultrasound tech put the picture of "the parts" in an envelope so we could be surprised.  When the ultrasound was over we took the envelope to Sweet Life Bakery to have them make a cake to help us reveal the gender of our baby.  The bakery made a wonderful Poppyseed cake since we have been calling the baby Poppyseed.  They filled the cake with the correct color of frosting in the middle and frosted the outside with tan colored frosting.  On December 3, 2010 we had our family and some friends over to help us reveal the gender of our baby.  For some reason I was so nervous!  I kept wondering if our house would be filled with barbies or dump trucks?  We cut the first piece of cake and found out that the filling was PINK!  We are having a GIRL!  Below is the video of the unveiling.

Touchdown!  

I love sucking on my hand!

Gluten free poppyseed cake with pink cream cheese frosting.

And Baby Makes 3

After 6 years of being a family of 2, Nate and I decided to become a family of 3!  On August 27, 2010 we found out we were expecting our first child.  I was 5 weeks along at this point and we were both excited and nervous at the same time.  The next 35 weeks were quite the adventure for us with half of them being filled with sickness for me.  But, the experience of being pregnant was an amazing gift.  We never wanted to forget what it was like for me to be pregnant so we had maternity photos taken by Stacey Anderson and Little Avocado Photography.  We took the pictures at the Oregon State University campus because that is where we met 10 years ago!  I was 36 weeks along when the pictures were taken.  Below are a few pictures from the session.  

Nate's fraternity house, Simga Phi Epsilon.  We met there in January of 2001 so we thought it would be fun to go back.  Although it was a little awkward to be pregnant at a fraternity house!  

Kristin's sorority house, Alpha Phi.  We wanted a picture on the swing and we were disappointed that it wasn't there anymore.  

Baby's first initial on my belly!

Baby's middle initial on my belly!

Baby's last initial on my belly!