Hello, World!

Hooray!

Here He Is!

Our cute, little Tucker William was born on Friday, March 12, 2010 at 5:33 a.m.!

He weighed in at 9 lbs. 4 oz...if you can believe it!

And he is 22 inches long!

He is so sweet, and we are enjoying every moment with our new little guy!

We're Waiting.....We're Waiting....Hurry Up Already!!!!

Yesterday I went to my doctors appointment, fully expecting that my body had made some sort of progress. I have been having small contractions here and there, muscle spasms, the regular soreness and aches. I thought for sure something was going on down there.
But no!
The doctor chuckled and said that I was at a whopping "0" but that I was half way thinned out. Well, at least I'm thinning somewhere.
It's a weird sensation to feel like a walking time bomb. Everyone is afraid to take you out in public because you might create a tidal wave in the middle of a movie theatre or restaurant.
My boys have been the best, because they ask me how I am doing minute by minute. James will come in to my room first thing in the morning and ask in his chipper little voice,
"Has your water broke? Did you have any contractions? Did you sleep at all last night?"
These questions continue after breakfast, then right before I drop him off at school, and it's the first thing he says when he returns home in the afternoon and so on, and so on.
I asked him the other day why he is so concerned and he answered quite truthfully....
"I'm just so excited to see my cute little brothers face, and I get to have a sleep over with Kait and Carly!"
Poor Danny is just ready to get on to the next phase! I think he listens to me moaning in my sleep and probably thinks, "OK. I want my regular wife back." Plus, as he says, the older you get the more nervous you are. I guess I've never thought about how it must feel on his end of things. Watching your spouse balloon up, full with your child, and you have no control over how she feels or what the outcome will be. I've never had to watch him go through significant physical pain, and the thought of that makes me feel a little helpless. It's hard to not have control over situations...at least for me. I'm a bit of a control freak.
Hence, the reason that all of this waiting is driving me insane!
So, hopefully within the next three to four days, I will have good news to share!

Random Thoughts at the End of a Pregnancy...

*I am almost 39 weeks!
*I am to the point where everything below the waist hurts. This is the part of pregnancy that one magically forgets about!
*Yesterday was my last day at work. It was really hard!
*The kids made me cards that said funny things like,
"I hope the baby comes out rite." and
"I hope I love the baby!"
*But they also said really sweet things, like,
"I don't want you to go."
*I love working with kids, and I will miss them so much.
*None of my pregnancy clothes fit. It's really sad when your fat clothes don't fit over the bulge!
* I shall live in yoga pants and sweats until Tucker decides to come!
* I've decided that men become better at everything the older they get.
*Dan is such a patient dad, and sometimes when I listen to him talk to our boys about life lessons or hurt feelings, I wish all kids could have a dad like him.
*He has been my biggest support the last 9+ months!
*Ruby red grapefruit is so delicious....
*Laundry never ends...
*I love trashy tabloid shows like Entertainment Tonight, but if I see one more segment of John and Elizabeth Edwards sex scandal, I might blow up my T.V.
*How is it that politicians are supposed to be our brightest citizens, but they are dumb enough to make sex tapes? I don't get it!
*Wow, I've really strayed far off the subject!
* So, I will leave you now with all those wonderful thoughts in your head! I've got to go play Super Mario Bros. with Jesse!

No Comment!!! (Other than this cracked me up!)

Olympic Coloring

Today was a great day at work. The kids and I talked about the Winter Olympics. I had a bunch of souvenirs and fun memories to share with them about the Salt Lake Winter Olympics and we were all pretty excited about the upcoming games in Vancouver. We talked about the opening ceremonies that will take place Friday night and it was so cute to see how interested they all were. I showed the kids the different Olympic themed works that they could choose and they all set off to work. Garion chose an Olympic torch hat and quietly started coloring, cutting, and pasting. When he finished he came over to show me his work. Garion was out of breath and seriously sweating. I looked at him and said, "Wow, Garion, are you all right?" Panting, he replied, "No, Mrs. Bergstrom! I worked so hard on my hat that I have the coloring sweats!" I've heard of the meat sweats, but I have never seen anyone get drenched from simple coloring. I guess there's a first for everything.

Check out the Belly on THAT Girl!

Danny told me to choose a pose that was not the standard two hands on the belly-I'm pregnant pose. I guess I really don't need to put two hands on my belly to make anyone notice that I am with child. I feel like a zit that is begging to be popped.

I am currently ripe at 34 weeks and on the count down to push-this-baby-out day. I can't wait. I keep telling myself not to feel this way. To enjoy every moment of this pregnancy, but I am so excited to hold our little boy and see his face, that it is easy to drift into hurry things along mode.

My belly has become the entertainment at school. Every Tuesday when I return from my long weekend, the kids marvel at how much my stomach has grown in the last four days. The preschool children, who are belly height, stare with wide eyes in amazement at this mysterious growth I have budding under my clothes. And names....oh the subject of names! Danny and I have chosen his name, but after testing it out on my Grandma Rawson...who's reaction was priceless...it has made us think twice about sharing it with anyone until he is actually here and bestowed with said name. But since I know all of you will be much more gracious than my Grandma, (or you'll just keep your "What the hell's" to yourselves) I will bravely announce that we are going to name our son Tucker William. William is after my Dad, who was very excited that we were naming Tucker after him. He even suggested we could call him T.W. So, as I sit here continuing to grow, I look forward to all of you meeting our little boy and hope for a good birth for Tucker! Wish me luck!

The Train Show!

As many of you know, we have a little boy who is completely and madly in love with trains.
Thanksgiving point hosted a train show, and we had to go. Here is Jesse checking out the Hogwarts express!

Jesse loved all the tracks and was talking to all the old men setting up their collections. Our Family! (James looks excited!)

We ran into Danny's brother Jeff and his boys, Will and Drew. The boys were so excited. The four of them stood at the Lego train, pointing out all the "cool" details to each other for about a half hour. It was definitely a fun night.