Fraggle Rock!

Okay, so today I maked off my list
* look on youtube for a cartoon or tv show you loved as a kid
Anyone remember Fraggle Rock?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0

Take a bubble bath with Zinni!

NIKKI!!

Ya Hummus!! I like hummus! It is really good with bagel chips!!

Okay, so you have ruined me for giving Zinnia baths! It was so much fun taking a bubble bath with her, that is how it is going to be from now on! I found some Burt's Bees Bubble Bath (perfect) and we had so much fun! I even taught her how to splash with her hands! I can't wait for summer! Here are some photos!

We love you so much! This is so fun! Ya fun!
Let me know what you pick for today! (I will add the library outing back to your list!)

We love you so much!

love,
your squeaky clean sister-n-law and niece!

Go to the grocery store and find something that you have never eaten (or cooked) and buy it and try it!

Okay, found a library and it was closed :( So I need to add that one back to the list. But...luckily my sister-in-law has magical powers. I bought some hummus which is on my diet and ate it with fresh veggies. Looks kinda gross but was really good and healthy. Pictures should be attached. Love you!

Okay all you bloggers! My sister-n-law, the wonderful and talented Nikki Bessent, and I have started something super fun and I wanted to keep a journal about our adventures. My smart husband suggested that I blog about it, even better! I hope you enjoy reading about our fun as much as we love having fun!

---- First email to Nikki:

Okay Nikki, I have an idea! I am going to send you a list of several fun things to do and you pick one and do it. And you send me a list of several fun things and I will pick one and do it. We will send new lists and do new things every day. Okay! Here are your choices:

**Find a local coffee shop and go get a fun drink, take a book or fun magazine and read it while you sip your fun drink.

**Go to your closet and put together a cute outfit. Take a shower, fix your hair, do your makeup and put on your fun outfit. You don't have to go anywhere, just get dressed up, maybe G will take you out!

**Wear your new blue heals in the trailer all day!

**Find the closest library and get a library card and check out a fun book, nothing sad or serious!

**Take a walk with the dogs for at least 30 minutes

Okay, I have lots more ideas, but I don't want to use them up on the first day!

Tell me which one you pick and I will take it off the list for next time! Now it's your turn to send me a list. This is going to be fun!!

I love you so much! If we can't be in the same place, we can at lease help eachother have more fun!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
kim :)

----Nikki's email

Okay, I tried to find a cute background and apparently hotmail sucks and does not have backgrounds. So mine will be ugly. Okay here goes: I'll send you five also:
* wear your brightest lipstick and a trucker hat around the house today
* take a bubble bath with Zinni
* lay a blanket in the yard, you and Zinni and Cale if he's home, lay on the blanket and look at the clouds
* listen to your favorite CD and dance with Z
* look on youtube for a cartoon or tv show you loved as a kid

I'm choosing the library one today. I need some good books to read before I go to bed at night. I love this idea and I love you. Let me know which one you choose. Have fun :)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My email:

HAVE FUN!!

*Find a local coffee shop and go get a fun drink, take a book or fun magazine and read it while you sip your fun drink.

*Go to your closet and put together a cute outfit. Take a shower, fix your hair, do your makeup and put on your fun outfit. You don't have to go anywhere, just get dressed up, maybe G will take you out!

*Wear your new blue heals in the trailer all day!

**Go to the grocery store and find something that you have never eaten (or cooked) and buy it and try it!

*Take a walk with the dogs for at least 30 minutes

**Take a break from work and (put on your comfy nap clothes, ie fuzzy socks, cozy sweats, one of G's shirts) and watch a girly or silly movie and eat a snack that is not on your diet and drink a Dr. Pepper! (I like this one!)

I love you so much! If we can't be in the same place, we can at lease help each other have more fun!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!
kim :)
PS you are that bird with the turquoise hair and daisy wand!!
PSS keep a list of all of the ones that you have chosen from the list!, OH, new fun idea, take a photo of you doing it. So this evening have G take a pict of you in front of the library and send it to me! HAHA, I will send a photo of me and Z in our bath towels! I think I might start a little journal, that would be fun to look back at later!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

We did it!

Hello all! Today, my little flower baby is 8 days old! Wow, what an amazing ride this has all been. It is truly hard to put into words. As I sit here on the couch, the same couch that a little over a week ago, I layed on most of the day wondering when I would meet my little girl. I still cannot believe that this little miracle was in my tummy and now she lays next to me looking around and making the most content and angelic sounds. God is truly amazing.

"It's hard work, it hurts, and you can do it!"

This is was a quote from Birthing from Within that stuck out in my head. Everyone has asked me "How was your labor and birth?", and all I can say is, it was hard work, it hurt, and I did it! Having a home birth assisted by an amazing midwife, my amazing husband and two very strong and supportive women, was the best situation for us. I would not change anything about Zinnia's birth. I truly feel like after going through that experience that I can do anything, that Cale and I can do anything together and that I am a stronger woman and mother because I brought her into this world, my body, my spirit, I did it. I will not sugar coat anything, natural labor and birth hurts, but it is such a productive pain. With every little bit of labor your body brings you closer to meeting your baby. That is how I got through it. Being in the water was wonderful, I cannot imagine giving birth outside of the water after having labored both in and out of the water.

I started early labor late Tuesday night and all day Wednesday. I put off calling Nikki and Misty because in the case that it was a false alarm, I did not want them rushing around to make it here. Well, as the day progressed I continued to have mild contractions and Nikki and Misty decided to go ahead and come to San Marcos. Sam, our midwife checked me that afternoon and I was almost at a 4. Wow! I knew my body was doing something! Misty and Cale and I decided to do some last minute shopping and go out to eat. Nikki arrived after dinner and we just hung out around the house. My contractions were a little stronger but nothing that prevented normal activity. I just sat on my exercise ball which seemed to help. Cale and I decided to try to get some sleep not knowing when our how everything would be taking place.

I woke up close to 5am because I could not sleep through the contractions anymore. We called Sam at about 5:30am and she came over around 8:30. My house was cheerful and filled with excitement. Sam brought over everything to make this organic ti soup which smelled amazing. My stero was playing Sufjan Stevens and the birthing tub was filled with warm water. I handled the contractions for a long time by sitting on the exercise ball and leaning over onto a chair. I would rock back and forth to the music in the background. I went in and out of the pool a few times until finally I wanted no more music and could not make it through a contraction on the ball. I got back in the water and things started to move very fast. Sam never told me how far along I was, but I knew I was close when she started setting up all of her stuff. Most of the last part of my labor is a blur. I remember Cale holding onto me with each contraction. Cale was so calm and supportive and loving, he was so great through everything. Sam and Nikki helped with massage and supportive words here and there. Misty took pictures of the entire experience which is an amazing description of all that took place. Sam told Cale he should get into his swimsuit which let me know that we were close. Before I knew it I was pushing and soon after that, 19 minutes after that, we finally got to meet our preciouse little girl.

Zinnia Peal Bessent was born on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 11:25 am in the water. Cale was sitting behind me helping me and was able to reach down and lift her out of the water and onto my chest. She weighed 6lbs 7oz and was 18 and 1/2 inches long. She had a head full of dark hair, which was the one thing I hoped she would have.

This week has been like a dream. From the beginning of my labor to now, it takes my breath away. I am a mom, I have a daughter, Cale is not only my amazing husband, but is also a daddy and because of everthing that we have been through from the beginning of my pregnancy, through the labor and birth of our child, and now as parents one week into the arrival of our daughter, I am just in awe of the blessings present in our life.

I will be writing more posts and adding pictures as I have time. I hope to put up a link so that all of our photos can be viewed. Thanks to everyone for all of the warm wishes. We feel so much love.

Keep on keeping on!

Okay, so our due date has come and gone and here we are! I am still feeling really good for the most part. I am super excited that Nikki is coming down in the next couple of days. Since she is at least 8 hours away in OK City, she wants to be sure that she does not miss the big event, whenever it may happen.

So, as suggested by our childbirth instructor, I am going to be planning something fun for each day I go past my due date. My little brother, who turns 20 years old today, (Happy Birthday Brent!) bought me a pregnancy massage!! Woo-Hoo! I am SO excited! So, if little Z decides to wait a few more days, then that means spa day for me and aunt Nikki!

Ever since becoming pregnant, I knew I wanted to have well kept toes, and for the most part I have lived up to this. Ladies, when you are pregnant get pedicures, your feet really deserve it! I think I have at least one more pedicure in me before this baby comes!

Okay, so I am rambling a little bit. Cale and I went for a pretty good walk yesterday from our apt. over to campus. I have just been laying around the house, so it was a really good excuse for me to get dressed and get out of the house. We took the dogs and Cale grabbed our awesome new camera and shot some photos. I was adamant about him taking the famous "I don't look pregnant from behind photo, until I saw it. Hello, I DO look pregnant from behind, what is up with that? To which Cale reassured me that I am carrying 30 extra pounds and that I am indeed "pregnant". Thanks baby. Well, that is about it. I will keep everyone posted on our progress. Sam, our fabulous midwife is coming over tomorrow to see how we are doing. You guys should check out her website, she is awesome and we love her...

http://www.wholisticmidwifery.com/

Oh, I almost totally forgot. Lola is so funny this week. She is definitely my dog. She has been my shadow. Really, she will not leave my side. If I get up, she gets up, if I go to the bathroom (which I am doing ALOT) she will come wait by the door. She has been in such close proximity to me that most of the time part of her is touching part of me. It is really sweet. She is taking her job very seriously these days.

That is all for now, I hope you all enjoy the pictures!

A hurricane is coming!

So, I am thinking that this little lady could make her debut just about anytime. Don't get your hopes up in case I am super off in my prediction, but I just have this feeling. And I am not alone in that feeling, several of my closest girls have had the same intuition today. Also, my adorable husband was born in the middle of a crazy rain storm, so she may follow in her daddy's footsteps. I will keep you all posted. My house is pretty organized, I feel good today, and I absolutely love crazy weather. So here's to hoping we meet our little flower baby soon.