Ainsley Marie Wilde

I figure I should probably tell the story of my wonderful labor. I took the classes and watched baby story, yet I wasn't quite prepared for the way things went down.....

My official due date was October 24th, and my doctor had been telling me for weeks that I wouldn't reach it. Yet week after week no baby. It isn't fun being at the end and thinking that any slight pain could be the start of labor. Luckily, I was feeling fine and was still able to work and get around easily. On October 15th I participated in our office Olympics. I thought for sure that would have done it for me. The next day was just another day at the office...so I thought. I go up to go to the bathroom and...well....I started to leak a little. I thought it might just be the results of a doctor's visit earlier, so I didn't think too much of it. I text Duben and told him to call me after his meeting, and I called and left a message with my doctor just in case. Duben called about a half hour later around 10:30 and I told him I'd call him right back - I wanted to step outside and discuss my situation. When I got up that time I definitely was leaking water. I ran to the bathroom and called Duben and told him he needed to come get me. Luckily no one noticed. I met him at the back door and he came in and got my things for me and informed my team that my water broke.

We rushed home and I got together our bags and I just kept leaking every time I stood up. I called my doctor again and they told me I should come in by 1:00. By the time I changed (a few times) and we stopped and got some food, we showed up at the hospital around 1:15, and my contractions were slowly starting. They took me back to see if I should really be there or not. The doctor didn't even check me because I was still leaking so much. They took me to my room a little after 2:00 and got me changed and all hooked up to the machines. Now we waited for my drugs and my little girl to start coming. After about 30 minutes my nurse came in and told me it could be a little while before I got my drugs because there was an emergency C-section and they were really busy, but I'd get it. So I waited...and waited. My contractions started coming faster and harder rather quickly. I didn't see a nurse in over an hour and I wanted my drugs. I finally sent Duben out to go find a nurse to tell me what was going on. A nurse came in a little after 4 to see how I was....in pain! The anesthesiologist was still in surgery. She decided to check and see how far along I was - 9cm. At that point I had this horrible feeling that I wasn't going to get any pain relief. She told me she'd hurry and get something to help with the pain and I could still get my epideral. By the time she came back and checked me again I was fully dilated...she couldn't give me anything. The anesthesiologist then showed up, he said he could give me something, but by the time it kicked in I could already have the baby. This wasn't the way I wanted this to go.

About ten minutes later the real labor began and twenty minutes after that at 5:36 p.m. Ainsley Marie Wilde was born. The nurse told me that since I was so little and had lost so much fluid she thought I'd have a 7 lb baby. Ainsley came in at 9 lbs 4 oz. with lots of beautiful sandy blonde hair.
The labor wasn't what I had thought it would be. I heard so much about 12 hour labors. Mine was barely 4. It was all worth it though...she was perfect.

Walmart Shareholders "Meeting"

just last week Walmart had its yearly shareholders meeting. its a long meeting with all the walmart shareholders ... obviously. we talk about last year's sales, what we're doing now, and the board of directors vote on silly measures (which always get rejected). but luckily for us, walmart likes to throw in some entertainment for us during the week and then at the meeting so its not so boring.

a few days before the meeting we got to go see sugarland and brad paisley put on a nice show for us. duben and i scored floor seats just 14 rows from the stage. brad even sang his first song just two feet in front of me. it was fantastic. i must say, mr. paisley puts on a nice show, even duben had a good time.
the next night was foreigner and chris daughtry, but we decided to pass.


then came the actual meeting. normally i'm quite annoyed when i have to attend at a meeting at 7:00 AM, but this was an exception. we arrived at the meeting at 6:15 to make sure we had decent seats and were welcomed with all the juice and snacks our hearts desired. not too shabby walmart. then the meeting started...with ben stiller. oh yeah...mr zoolander was our m.c.! it was great. we had a few boring speeches, but some fun guests like...michael jordan, miley cyrus, smokey robinson, and american idol winner kris allen.
what a fun day at work!

Under Construction

I will try and update SOON.
a little news since you're here.

I'm expecting! A girl!
October 24th.

More to come.

Wilde Zoo

duben and i are finally getting settled into our house. the kitchen is finally set up just the way we like it and we even have some pictures on the wall. we noticed a few weeks after we moved in we have quite the assortment of animals that use our yard as a playground.

we noticed a robin had set up a little nest above our door. so every morning we get a 'hello' from her as we leave the house. she likes to sit on the roof and chirp at us until we leave. this weekend we noticed three little beaks peaking out over the side of the nest. it was cute at first...until our porch became their bathroom.

the animal fun doesn't stop there. duben found, and rescued, some frogs out in our front yard a few months ago. he was quite worried whether they would make it or not. just last night after the storm we found a slightly bigger frog jumping in our driveway. i told duben is was his rescued frog...it was a good reuinion for him.

earlier that day duben was pulling weeds in the back of the house when he discovered what he thought was a mouse. he was about to say goodnight to the little guy when he realized the mouse had large ears....and that it wasn't a mouse but a bunny....and not just one bunny, but five little baby bunnies all curled up together. they were cute and oh-so little. we covered them up and let them stay in our yard until they were ready to venture off with the other rabbits.

and last, but not least...my favorite animal of them all. after duben has his frog reunion we were checking out the sky from our backyard. we noticed something running along the bushes by the stream. at first we thought it was a cat or a rabbit, but it was moving a little slower. then we thought maybe a possom...as we looked closer we realized we had an armadillo running through our yard! this is extraordinary for many reasons. first, i've never seen an armadillo before...not many running through california. and second, when you do see armadillos....they're on the side of the road dead. so to see a real live armadillo running through our yard was fantastic!

those are all of our animal friends for now. hopefully they stay friendly and stay outside of the house.