It's Here!!!

Ok so it's officially 2011... Time to start posting again!!!

New Years Eve was a blast! Josh and I went to the casino with Mallory and Jared - fun was had by all... I think!!! Didn't lose too much money, and even played some Roulette with Tucker Max - what he was doing in Vicksburg we still haven't figured out. My guess is drumming up some new material for a new book???

Hayden is still the cutest kid alive! Getting bigger every day and just growing up way too fast in general. Here's a picture of him with his sock monkey and cowboy boots from Christmas in Monroe...

Headed to Best Buy after work to purchase my Christmas present... A Canon Rebel T1i Camera - I am BEYOND excited about this purchase!! Hayden will start soccer in March, and it was just time for a new [awesome] camera to capture all his fun moments with!!!

New Year's Resolution...

It's been over a year since my last post... I will start posting again in 2011 (hopefully!!)

Hayden's Here!!!!!

HAYDEN DAVID BANKS

July 5, 2009

5:33pm

7lb 6oz - 19.5" long

Ok, so I know that I've neglected the heck out of this blog... but now that he's here I'm hoping to get back to updating it WAY more often!!! Starting with this post... which will contain more than you ever wanted to know about my delivery day!!!! Here we go :-)

5:00am - checked in and got everything signed
6:00am - liquid labor begins (love that term!)

I started out 1cm dilated, so I was hoping for fast results!!

6:30am - dilated 1.5cm
9:00am - dilated 2 cm
1:00pm - dilated 3 cm

3:30pm - dilated 3 cm... this is when she breaks out the news that she thinks we should consider a c-section if I don't dilate any more by 5:00. JOYFUL, exactly what I didn't want. I'm a big chicken, and that just freaks me out. So of course I have my cry, and Josh and Me decide we will do whatever the doc thinks is best since she does this way more than we do, and since she pretty much saved his little life back in January.

5:05pm - dilated 3cm... and she says she's starting to feel a little swelling on his head where he'd pretty much been "hitting a brick wall" for like the past 11 hours. Said it was still up to us, but she was worried he would go into distress soon. So I say yes and then the circus began. I swear people were in my room prepping me before she shut the door. I think she knew more than she was letting on about him being in distress, cause by 5:33 he was delivered and that's just damn fast if you ask me!

So now we're home, one big happy family!!!! The doc told me it would have ended in a c-section no matter what my decision was that last time she came in. She said my birth canal was just way too small and even a tiny baby would have never fit through... which I'm assuming means if I ever want to have a 2nd child, that one will arrive to us by c-section too, but at least I know that going in!

So here's some pics for you of our little man!!!!

Big Bro Kujeaux protecting his Lil Bro

Checking everything out
So sweet when he sleeps

We start 'em off young here! GEAUX TIGERS!!!

Chillin out in Mommy's arms

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!

If Hayden's not here before July 5th...

she will induce me early that morning!!!!

WAHOO!!!

Baby Shower Pics

Ok, so these are a little overdue... but better late than never!!!

Hayden's Room...

... is COMPLETE!!!! Well, almost complete. It's decorated and AMAZING thanks to the wonderful talents of MOMMA!!! Now we just need Hayden and then it will be complete :-) Here's some pics for your viewing pleasure!

THANK YOU MOMMA FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!!!

A Loving Husband...

There is Hope!!!

Yesterday I watched a friend's little girl, Isabelle. She's almost 9 months old, and I figured it would be a good test for Kujeaux... He passed with flying colors!!!! He was smacked (repeatedly, which was supposed to be petting I'm sure), his tail was pulled to the extent that she had a hand full of hair, and he never once snipped at her. Now on the tail pull he did growl, but never snipped! I was so proud of him!!! And once she fell asleep and I laid her down for her nap, this it what happened...
... and he stayed there the whole nap! Of course he napped too, but it was like he was her little watch dog :-) Too cute, and definitely reassuring to me as to what he will do once Hayden gets here!

Hayden in 4D!!!

I know I've been neglecting my blog lately... and for that I apologize. I guess I'm in a slump... I'm letting myself get there - I just need to get out of it and all should be better...

On a much more fun note - this past Saturday Josh's Dad treated us to a 4D Ultrasound of our little man!!!! It was at this place called Angel Prints in Baton Rouge, and it ROCKED!!! We got to see him... and he's SO DAMN CUTE! He has my nose, but looks like he's getting everything else from Josh, which is fine by me! Here's some pics for you to check out!!!

This one is my absolute favorite!!!

This is Josh's Mom's favorite - she said it looks just like him!
SOOOO SWEET!!!!

My momma likes this one - little fingers & toes!

BIG YAWN!

My poor little man is out of room...

He kept kicking himself in the face :-(

Now I can't wait to see him in person!!! Not too soon though... he needs to cook a little longer!

Rent it...

AMAZING...