One Month Old

I can't believe my little man is already one month old!  Where did the time go?  I knew that everyone always said that time flies but I thought they were referring to the usual speed that time flies.  Nope.  Time flies at a whole new level of speed with a newborn.

He's already becoming my little man and not my little baby.  He can hold his head up on his own for quite awhile.  He's even done little pushups while on his stomach to get up and look around.  He has outgrown some of his clothes already (stupid Gerber sizing).  He now likes to have his floor time, either being laid down on a blanket or on his playmat.  He even likes to lay on his side too, which makes Tim and I nervous.  He is getting more facial expressions by the day.  Our favorite are his quirky smiles.  He gets just one side of his mouth smiling and you would think he's up to something.  Then he has the famous open mouthed, toothless grin that's adorable.  He's also gotten to be such a little talker.  He makes little noises all day long.  We always joke about what animal he sounds like today.  Sometimes its a horse, or a goat, or a chipmunk.  He's just getting so big!
 



Little Man Just 4 Weeks Later



Brand New Baby

We're just so lucky...

...and proud.

Meeting Cousin Jackson

This weekend we took our first family excursion!  Off to Springfield to see Auntie Amanda and Uncle Elijah and Will's Cousin Jackson who was born the night before Will.

Our drive went really well!  We only needed to pull over once to change a diaper and feed Will.  He was so good in the car, slept the majority of the way. 

It was cute to see the cousins together.  And boys will be boys...

Holding hands

Jackson "beating up" Will

Will teasing Jackson back

Mommyisms from the New Mommy

Ok, ok, so I know my last post said videos coming "tomorrow."  Well......

Mommyism #1 - your sense of time (or what you can accomplish in a period of time) gets skewed.  Today is my "tomorrow." Most days, by the time I get Will up and fed and changed and dressed.  Then I get myself "with it" then he needs fed and changed again, then I realize I need to eat breakfast but its already 1pm.  So I'm calling all Mommy's out there....how do you get it all done in the timeframe you want?   Like today, I'm trying to be realistic - so my only goals are to do 1 load of laundry and give Baby Boy a bath....I think I'll be able to get those done today :)

Mommyism #2 - Piggybacking on #1, I now realize the beauty of staying in your pj's all day.  More comfy, gives you a couple more minutes in your day since you're not changing clothes, they will be spit up on shortly anyways.

Mommyism #3 - Bath time.  Those Johnson&Johnson commercials are liars!  For right now anyways :)  I've heard that when your little one is fussy and nothing seems to work, give him a bath.  All littles love baths.  Nope, not true, not yet anyways.  Here is the start of Will's first bath...

Poor guy is not a fan of being naked, and then you add in water and new parents, and he did not enjoy his first bath!

Mommyism #4 - Gotta document all the "firsts" you can!

1st time in bouncer (that's a yawn not a scream.  he loves his bouncer)

1st Snow ( you can see the 2-3 inches on the ledge of the deck through the window)

1st St Patricks Day (we went through 3 green onesies)

Mommyism #5 - You will get your body back, some parts slower than others though.  The swelling in your feet doesn't disappear as soon as you would think!  Finally after two weeks I have my own feet and boney ankles back!  I sure missed those!  But I've already lost over half of my pregnancy weight in just 2 1/2 weeks!  Yay!  Breastfeeding must be an amazing workout!

Well, my little man is calling my name....gotta go.

Meet William!

He is such a cutie and we are so infatuated with him that we haven't had much time to do anything else but sit and stare at him!  So I'm sure I have lots of family reading this and saying "Finally, an update!"

Will already has impecable timing.  My sister-in-law was due with her first little one a week and half ahead of me.  But her little guy decided to be a little late and we were excited to welcome him on February 27th.  Once we finally got the last update of the evening Tim and I decided to call it quits and head for bed.  Crawl into bed and my phone dings.  Text message.  The weather channel sent me an alert and we are now in a tornado warning.  After Tim and I head back up from the basement, I notice a little something.  I tell Tim that "I think my water broke".  It wasn't like in the movies, no huge gush.  After Tim convinced me that it couldn't be anything else, we decided to go to the hospital.  At least Will waited till after the tornadoes had passed.  So we quickly packed our hospital bags and hopped in the car. 

The nurses and hospital doc checked me out and my water definitely broke.  We were being admitted.  We started calling all the family to let them know even though it was after midnight.  Tim's family had similar responses....."are you serious?"  It was too funny that his sister had just had her baby and now we were being admitted to have ours.  I called my mom and told her. I could tell that she hopped out of bed and was working quickly to get out of Nebraska and to me in Missouri.  I figured I would tell the rest of the family the next day and not at 2am. 

My contractions weren't very regular so they started me on pitocin.  My mom made it to the hospital that morning and Tims mom was able to make it there in time as well.  We spent most of the day in labor.  I wasn't feeling contractions for quite awhile which surprised the doctor.  So he upped the pitocin.  20 hours of labor later I finally got to meet Baby Boy.  It was unbelievable.  They placed him on my chest and I was in love.  You could tell Tim had fallen hard for him too.  8:07pm and 8 pounds 10 ounces and 21.5 inches long.  He has long legs and long toes and the cutest hairline ever.

Just two days later we were on our way home.

Here is his cute outfit.  His little sweater wasn't as little as we thought.  You can't see his personalized onesie underneath but we got some pictures of him in it later.

Tim and I got him all set up in his carseat.  His carseat was not his best friend...

And hence his first encounter with his binkie...

And we were on our way home.  Our little man came home to a lot of love...

 He's had a lot of firsts these past two weeks.  Tomorrow I'll be learning how to upload videos and we'll show you a lot of the firsts, including his first photo shoot.  But for now...I'll leave you with a little present.

HE'S HERE!

William George

Born Monday, February 28, 2011 at 8:07pm

8 lbs 10 oz and 21.5 inches long

Picture Update!

Here I am...almost 39 weeks along!

Man oh man, do I look tired!

Our nursery is all together and just waiting for Baby Boy to make his debut!

His crib with all the bedding done.  Changing table filled with diapers and ready to go.

The dresser is all filled and the diaper bag sitting on the floor ready to go.

Clothes are all washed and hung and ready to go.

I have my Plan A and Plan B for Will's coming home outfits.

Plan A is the "Worth the Wait" onesie.  I love it to death and sums up our whole experience!  But the smallest size it comes in is 3-6 months.  Granted, Will is tracking to be a chubby baby, but I don't think he'll be that big!  So Plan B is his personalized onesie with a little sweater in 0-3 month size.  It has a matching hat too!

We're pretty much all ready to go.  Laundry is all caught up.  House is still clean.  I got a mani/pedi since I can't reach my own feet very easy!  Now I just need to get the car seat inspected and my hospital bag packed.  Then we'll be 100% ready.

38 Weeks and Counting!

How Far Along?  38 short weeks and 2 long weeks to go

Weight Gain? I'm keeping myself honest because there isn't going to be another time where I'm going to gain this amount.  Plus, the pounds aren't going to stay around either :)  Up a total of 45 lbs.

Stretch Marks?  Knock on wood...none yet.  Surprising as big as my belly is getting!

Maternity Clothes?  95% are maternity.  I've still got my yoga pants and a few tops that were initially designed to be baggy, but still look cute as a maternity top.  I did have to go and get bigger bras this week.  :) Maybe that's where my 45lbs are going :)

Symptoms?  Some swelling in feet and hands.  Still congested and blowing my nose more than ever in my life.  Sleep and me are not being best friends right now.  And I'm super hot, all the time.  A couple weeks ago, it was in the teens outside (bitter cold) and I was perfect in my short sleeve, short dress.  Crazy!

Movement?  He's still in there and kicking.  I can tell he's smushed and that he doesn't like it.  At some points, his elbows and knees are flying and the poor lil guy must be frustrated.

Sleep?  I have some good nights and some awful nights.  For example, two night ago I went to sleep at 9:30pm and woke at midnight.  I never did get back to sleep!  Good nights are when I can go 3 hrs inbetween bathroom trips!

Best Moment of the Week?  Will caught Tim off guard and made him jump!  Usually, I'll let Tim know when he's kicking and he'll try to feel my belly.  But Will's favorite game with his Daddy is Hide & Go Seek!  So Tim wasn't paying attention and had kept his hand on my belly after Will stopped moving.  A while later Will decided it was time to act out again and kicked really hard.  Tim's hand jumped off my belly and Tim jumped and was so surprised since he never gets to feel the first kicks.

What I Miss?  Right now, my appetite.  Nothing sounds good to me right now.

What I'm Looking Forward To?  Contractions!  I can't wait for him to come and meet us!

Doctors Appointments?  Yesterday we had our weekly meeting.  No progress since last week.  Still 1cm dilated.  He told us to start thinking for what we want to do for when we (most likely) go over our due date.  So that'll be a fun conversation at the Drs office next Tuesday!