I know this post is a month late, but can you really blame me? I was at home with a new born!

On Tuesday, July 27, 2009 at 5:23 p.m., we welcomed Gage Anthony into the world. I was really nervous that last hour waiting at the hospital before they took me back to the OR. All those ‘what ifs’ were going through my head and I was making my self freak out.  But, of course, everything went fine. I got into the OR a few minutes after 5. After some prep, Dr. Raja finally made it in and not even 10 minutes later, Gage was out and they were starting to close me up.

I started crying when they told me his weight. Just all those worries about him being small or having to go to the NICU, I guess. I don’t know why I thought he might be really small because I could tell by how big my tummy got, he was already way bigger than Shaye was. He came out weighing 5lbs 13.2oz and was 18 3/4 inches long. With some big feet and hands too

 

I have a countdown, posted on different sites around the internet, for my pregnancy. You can choose for it to state facts about the week of pregnancy you are in or you can go with the humor. I chose humor and one made me laugh a few weeks ago. It stated that ‘Mommy can now go to the doctor to see if I have a hamburger or a hotdog’ and that is what we did yesterday. After sitting there for almost an hour and a half (someone stole the room we were supposed to be in) we finally found out the results. And…..

I am so excited. Dani and Shaye have been saying it all along that it would be a boy but Mac was very adament about it being a girl. And now that its confirmed to be a boy, he doesn’t know what to do lol.  Here are our sono’s

 (click on the pics to get a bigger shot)

This is the ‘boy parts’ shot. It’s sidways so you’ll have to cock your head a little to the right see it right lol

Full body shot. I don’t know if you can see his hand but he was sucking his thumb, or trying to anyway, throught the whole process.

I also forgot to post about it before but I went to the doctor last week for a regular check up. I’ve only gained 2-3lbs (yeah!) so far and to make sure the baby is growing right and getting the right nutrients, we will be getting a sono every 4 weeks or so. I’m not sure if they think thats the reason why Shaye was so small or what. I know she ran out of room to grow but she still should have been bigger for being 36 weeks. And I never mentioned it to the doctor but I was a full term baby, in fact I think I was a week late, but only came out to barely weighing 5 lbs. Apparently something was up with the umbilical cord and it made it to where I didn’t get all my nutrients and did grow right or as fast.. (or something like that) So maybe there was something up w/ Shaye’s too.. Not sure. The lady doing the sonogram did say the baby looks to be around 11 oz right now which is right where he should be for being 20 weeks.  So thats all good… 

I have more to post about but it will have to wait til later. Just wanted to post the pics and spread the news!

I am worried. That’s probably not saying alot because I tend to over-worry. But the hard times that are running up on us and staring us in the face is scaring the crap out of me.

As most of you know, Mac is working as a tester at Well Testing in Colorado. Even though he is in CO, he was still considered a Monahans hand because that is where he was hired. Today the head guy in CO comes up to him and says that he has a choice, either get a transfer to become a Colorado hand or come back here and continue to be a Monahans hand. I know what he would do. He would come back in a heartbeat. It’s been hard on us with him being so far away. The bad thing about that is, as of today Well Testing in Monahans is laying off 60 people. So there was a huge chance that if Mac decided to come home, he would have lost his job. With the 60 letting go today, that is a total of 78 people all together this month. Considering our community size, that is a lot of people.  So, of course, Mac did the smart thing and chose to keep his job. This means that he will only work in Colorado now. He will be up there for months at a time and will come home every once in a while.. It stinks but we are just thankful he still has a job.

It’s worrying me when I hear about the oilfield shutting down. Unless you want to work at Pizza Hut or Dairy Queen, that is pretty much what this area runs on. I remember when we used to drive out towards Mentone and there would be 30+ rigs out there before you even left Winkler county. Now, you’re lucky if you see more than 5.

I work at a water hauling company for the oil field. It shouldn’t hit us too hard but there’s no promise in that. I’m not sure if you count Mac as in the oilfield, because he is doing flowback, which is with gas.. But still with gas going the way it is, they are having a hard time finding work. Jeff is a consultant for Cimarex. They have cut back their pay and hours. On top of that alot of their rigs are stacking out. Jeff is thankfully still getting to work but came very close this week to losing his job as well. I think someone must be looking down us and helping the family out a little because nothing too terrible has happened.   Yet.

I know Wink & Kermit have somehow made it through plenty of slow times in the oil business but with this being my first one of having knowledge about what’s going on, I’m worried about whats going to happen to us. I’m sorry I’m being pessimistic but when they cut pay to where Mac is making a third of what he used to, you start getting scared.  And I know this isn’t just in West Texas. Hard times are hitting every where right now. But this is all I know. My life is centered on what happens here and its all I can think about.

I pray that things pick up before they get worse. I pray that the changes that are promised to come with this election don’t hit us too hard and we still are able to make it out alive.