VACCINES- FRIEND OR FOE?

HELP!?

Now, I'm not some hippie who is against vaccines, but the more research I do the more scared and confused I tend to get. Some articles make vaccines sound safe and others make it seem like we are potentially overdosing our children and falling for some pharmaceutical money making scheme. Granted most of my research thus far has been done over the Internet (I haven't asked my pediatrician yet), but still I can't help but worry.

One article I found said that in 1983 (the year before I was born) only 11 vaccines were given to children by the time they were two years old. Now 20+ years later a total of 36 vaccines are given to kids by that same age! Also Autism has increased from 1 in 10,000 in 1983 to 1 in 80 presently. Although the majority of the research I've found says there is no direct link (I'm sure it could be a number of factors), it still makes me nervous and question.

Anyways, since most of friends in the "blog world" have children I thought I would throw this question out to you. Are there any vaccines you and your pediatrician have omitted? Or have you just given your kids all of them? Any side effects? Any advice you guys could give me is appreciated. I know our little guy born yet, and I'm sure our pediatrician will guide us, but I figure the more I know the better off I'll be. I just find it funny that a baby needs a Hep B shot...I mean I didn't get a Hep B shot until I started working in the psychiatric ward and if you saw the patients I worked with you would know why that shot was necessary:)

Hope to hear from you guys soon.

READY SET BABY

So after our little scare two weeks ago we figured that there was no time like the present to finish up the nursery. The room couldn't have turned out cuter! Now all we need is our little bundle of joy to put in it!

Josh setting up the crib....thank goodness for handy husbands!



















Here is a sneak peak into our little boys closet.
How can someone who isn't even born yet have so much clothes?!
You should see how full his dresser is also :)












In case you can't tell in the picture. The room has a sports theme











Here is his crib that his daddy worked so hard to set up! Isn't it cute?!

THE ALMOST BABY STORY

Well last Friday Josh and I had our first little taste of what D-day will be like. It was about 10:30pm and I started going into labor. I was only 35 weeks along so naturally this was a BIG shock and surprise to both of us. We had no bags packed, no car seat, and the nursery was still in shambles to say the least. Between the contractions and horrific back labor I stopped bawling long enough to call my doctor at 2:30am where she proceeded to have me come into the hospital. Josh was so sweet running all over the house getting stuff organized and looking just as panicked as I was. He kept trying to get me to do my "breathing", but at that point I was in so much pain that all bets were off.
On the way to hospital we had to pull over for my one of my uncontrollable vomiting spells, nearly ran out of gas, and missed our exit! We were a mess. Once at the hospital the nurse ran some tests on me and found out I had a kidney infection which is what triggered the labor. Luckily she was able to give me a shot which stopped the labor and contractions, and I was then treated for the infection. Two days later after all of that drama (and pain) we were finally out of the hospital, but with no baby.
As much as I wish we were able to bring our son home, I'm glad it all worked out the way it did! Our little guy still has a few more weeks of much needed "cookin" to do. Also it gave us some more time to get ready at home. Needless to say, our bags are now packed and the nursery is complete! Plus it gave us a little "practice" run for the real thing:)

Slackers

Hi everyone! Apparently we have been blogger slackers...Here is a peek at what we have been up to these last few months!

BUYING OUR FIRST HOME

As many of you know Josh and I bought our first home. This week we finally finished painting the upstairs. With Josh working 60 hours a week and me being 35 weeks pregnant it was quite a chore. We have a few more finishing touches and then we promise we will post pictures of the inside.

It's ours!

Josh taking down the for sale sign in our new front yard!

Our first photo in our new home.

Josh is uncorking a bottle of bubbling cider...CHEERS!

BRONCOS END OF THE YEAR BANQUET

At the end of every season we have a dinner to celebrate another great year! We also get some awesome end of the year gifts commemorating our time on the team. For our third year gift we get 3 diamonds in a broncos pinkie ring.

Mel and I are modeling our 3rd year rings. Sorry you can't really see them in the picture

Terita, Me, and Mel.

We are the only 3 left from our rookie class of 8, and since Terita and I are both pregnant Mel will be the only one left next year :(

Our 2008-2009 team! Our last picture together as DBC!

OUR TRIP TO TEXAS

Josh and I took a mini vacation to visit my family in Texas. Over those four days we went to dad's wedding (he got remarried), my family baby shower, and sent my dad off to Afghanistan. Needless to say it was a busy trip. Oh and did I mention we got a flat tire at 3am on our 10hour drive down there...yeah that was fun :)

Here is my latest profile at 34 weeks. Josh likes to call me "large and in charge" He thinks that is pretty funny. Its only funny to me about half of the time...HA HA!

Opening up gifts

So cute....

Another cozy little outfit for him!

My Nina (another name for godmother in Mexican culture) , cousins Christie, Sammie, and

Erica, and my Aunt Martha.

I was so happy to see them and all of my family at the baby shower.









My cake...Isn't is cute?

The theme of my shower was "The Cutest Show on Earth" (a circus theme). My mom did such a beautiful job setting it up. I wish I would have taken more pictures of all the little circus theme touches she had around the house. Thanks Mom!

Sarah, Me, Mom, Grandma Julie, and Grandma Brugette.

For those of you who haven't seen my sister Sarah in a while can you believe how big she is?!

Texas was blast and I am so grateful to my sweet hubby for driving me all the way down there to visit before our baby is born. As I said earlier my dad recently deployed to Afghanistan were he will be serving a 6 month tour. I've been fortunate enough to talk with my dad and while he assures me he is safe he says I need to pray for all those men and women working on the ground. So if you read this pray for him and for our troops still over there fighting.

ALL ABOUT BABY!

My friend Mel hosted another shower for me in Colorado when I got home from Texas!

Bri, Me and Sara









A group of us celebrating the anticipated arrival of Baby Boy Woodworth

I am so grateful to all of my friends and family for there generosity. Our little boy isn't even here yet, but he is already so loved and so spoiled.

Here is a look at just a portion of the gifts he has in his room. I couldn't even zoom out enough to get them all in. I'll post more pictures when we get his room all decorated and organized!

Thank you everyone!

P.S. Sorry about the crazy formatting I couldn't fix it...Sometimes I hate computers.