Sandon is 1 year old!

Sandon is opening his presents. We wrapped them up
special way so that it will be easy for him to open them up.

One of the Sandon's presents. He looks so cute in that shirt.
Like a small real man!!! :) We will not forget that Aunty Kookie!

Sandon and his racing car from "CARS". He loves it.

Sandon's cake that was about to be eaten. He loved it!
It looks like we are killing panda! LOL! But honestly, cake sucked! :(

Mmmmmmm, cake......

Sandon turned 1 year on 19th September 2008. We invited couple friends, and had a really nice time. I cannot believe that Sandon is already with us for a year. It was an amazing year! I cannot say it wasn't tough- taking care of a little baby takes a lot of patience, love and devotion. He is the most wonderful thing that ever happened to our family. I know that I will die for him and will kill for him.

I thank God every day for the blessing He brought into our lives. We must have done something really good in this world if He has given us Sandon. We love you little boy! We will do everything to protect you, to raise you as a great man and we promise to always love you unconditionally.

Sandon's birth

Wow, it has been over a year since I posted last time. I will try to post as much as possible. Here I wanted to tell about my labor and how everything actually went.

So I started to have very mild contractions two days before the 19th September 2007. Finally on 18th September I went to the doc and she said that I am dilated 2 cm and if I want she can put me in the hospital and I might deliver. I personally hate hospitals, so I went home and decided to stay there until my contractions will get worse. They got worse at about 11 pm, but not much. I was pretty comfy and didn't feel bad at all. Our friends took me to the hospital. At that moment only my mom and friends were around. So anyway, I got to the hospital. My doc checked me out and she said I will deliver pretty soon. It was midnight. She said that I will deliver some time at 7 a.m. of 19th September. At that time my contractions got really bad and I was having them every 30 seconds. It was so hard to bear the pain and at the same time to breath normally in order to supply oxygen to the baby. Doc kept checking how baby is doing and kept telling me to breath right. I did my best!

What can I say about contractions? They hurt like hell! I have never experienced before that kind of pain. I wanted drugs. God, I wanted drugs. But I was committed to stick to the plan I had before. No c- section, unless it will be necessary and no drugs for pain. I was in this pain for a about 2 hours and 55 minutes. It took me three pushes and at 3 a.m. of the 19th September our bundle of joy was born. I am proud that I had such an easy labour. Sandon was completely healthy. Once he was cleaned and changed I immediately started to breastfeed him and breastfed him until he was 10 months old. I wanted to breastfeed till he is 1, but he just was not longer in it. In two days after the birth we went home. I was so happy that everything went fine. And again, I am 10 times FOR the natural birth. You just gotta make up your mind that all will be fine, stick to the diet so that baby will not be too big for you to get a natural birth, and don't feel sorry for yourself when pushing. When a doc says "push", you push with everything you can. What was good about my pushing, that my body wanted to do it and my doc just asked me how I feel and I just pushed when I felt like doing it. Contractions hurt, labor itself not at all. I was only thinking about delivering as fast as possible, so that my baby will be fine. I wasn't thinking about me, how I felt and what was going on around me. Just kept pushing, though really I pushed only 3 times and it was enough. So my labor was like 5 minutes. I ripped a little bit because Sandon has wide shoulders. Our little man!

So everyone who is pregnant for the first time or planning to have a child. Don't be scared. We were born to carry our babies. We were born to give them a birth. We just have to let it be. Rest will be taken care of by the nature.

We have a beautiful, wonderful and healthy boy, who brings us smiles every day, and not even for a second I regret for not having c-section, epidural or any other pain killers. It made me feel like a real mom when I was feeling with every inch of my body- contractions, pushes and finally my baby on my tummy.

To be mom is the greatest feeling in the world! It cannot be compared to anything and I know if it will be needed I will die for my son!!!