Oh the holidays

First off I hope everyone had a good holiday. Ours was nice. The turkey didn't taste good but it was still nice to enjoy the holiday at home. Things have been getting better over here. Austin had another appointment on Wednesday and now weighs 7 lbs 10 oz! He also grew an inch. He has a bit of an yeast infection and a little bit of thrush. It seems we have caught it early enough though that it should go away soon. He's still grunting a lot at night but I'm learning how to sleep through it :) And its getting alot better. I feel like I'm getting our routine down and I'm trying to be more lenient with they way things get done. Its working out good. Tomorrow is grocery shopping day and we will see how good things are. We went out and got us an early Christmas gift. An electric fireplace/tv stand. Its awesome and the best part was it was $400 off! WOW! Here are some pics of Austin and Madison doing some tummy time. I took some pictures for his announcments but I'm not really happy with them. I'm really trying to get them out there I promise.

11/25/08

look how little she was!

Happy Birthday Makenzie Faith!! We love and miss you so much little girl!! We can't believe how big you have gotten!!

Madness!!

It has been so crazy over here the past two weeks. It seems all we do is sleep and eat. I'm always nursing and changing diapers! LOL oh the life of a mommy :) Its great, really. I can't believe that he's already two weeks though. It's gone by very fast. Garrett went back to work yesterday night and that was hard. Madison was a little brat on Sunday. She didn't want to get dressed and it was cold. She didn't take a nap, just threw a fit the whole "quiet time". Last night Austin didn't sleep well at all. It felt like I was up with him all night. Today was better. We went to Laura's house and played/visited a bit. It was a nice break and she took a nap so I got to sleep a bit. 40 mins but I'll take it. Tonight was a battle to get pjs on. I'm not sure what her deal is but hope it stops soon. She is still very much into her brother and loves him very much. It's so neat to see them interact. He's into her too. I love it :) Ok I just wanted to let everyone know that we were alive over here and doing well.

First Bath Pictures

Here is a picture of Austin's first bath! and........

Here is a picture of Madison's first bath. So cool huh. Anyways pictures are coming soon. Just thought I'd share these :)

One Week

Wow it's already been one week since Austin came into our family. Its gone by so fast. It seems all we do is sleep and eat and sleep! He is doing good though and Madison is still so in love with her new playmate! She is always asking to hold him and kiss him and she even helps burp him :) Today we went to the Park for Madison. Her and Daddy had so much fun. Austin didn't like the sun in his face, but he did good for his first park outing :) He just nursed and slept! Nothing new really going on over here. My parents came over on Saturday and we had a good visit passing the little guy around. Madison and her Papa played and she sang songs to him. So cute! Anyways thats all thats been going on over here. I've taken some more pictures but they are still on the camera! Hope to get them shared with everyone soon.

Welcome Austin James!!

November 9th was the big day. Went to Labor and Delivery at 5 pm because I thought my fluid was leaking and I had been having extra pressure all day. From 5-9 pm they ran tests at the lab to be sure (had to do it twice). Daddy and Madison went and had dinner and a bath at 6pm. We had decided to take Madison to Laura's house just in case and if this was a false alarm it would be a good trial run for everyone. I didn't get the results back from the lab til 9pm, that's when they started the IV and penicillin. I was only 3cm then. From 11-12:30 alot happened. Dr Larsen came in and felt that there was some membranes kind of blocking the "water" from braking so he popped that and I got started on some potocin to induce labor. At 11:30 my water broke (weird feeling, I didn't know it was coming like with Madison) and right after, I should say during it all I got my epidural. Very painful like I remember. At midnight I was 6 cm dilated and by 2 am I was complete and ready to have the baby. I had no idea I had gone that fast! At 2:25 am Austin James arrived after only 2 1/2 pushes!! I think with Madison I did 2 or 3 SETS of pushing. He weighed 6lbs 6oz and was 19 inches long. They gave him right to me (after being in the lights and getting weighed) and had me start nursing. It was weird like it was all a dream. I was in a daze so to speak and couldn't really get connected with all that was happening. With Madison they took her and bathed her and I didn't see her until after a few hours when I was able to get some food and relax. I think it took til about 7am to finally get to look and him and realize that he was my son. A very weird feeling for it to take awhile. All is good now. We are home and settled. Got to come home last night. It was a rough night. He just wanted to be held close and suck. Didn't want to the Bink and swaddling wasn't enough so I didn't get alot of sleep :) More pictures to come soon!

Update

Had our appointment on Thursday and I only progressed 1 cm. So now I'm at 3 cm and 60%. Only 7 more to go :) We did talk about inducing in the 39th/40th week. Its good to hear that we have the option just in case he wants to stay in there FOREVER! LOL. Now I'm alittle more at ease about when he is gonna come. I know it sounds weird but I feel better I guess knowing that by the due date (or close too) he will be here. After the appointment we went and walked through the mall and I got my hair chopped off again. I really like it short. So much eaiser to do. Madison and Daddy played and had lunch. Last night when we tucked her in she thanked her daddy for taking her on the slide. It was so sweet. He even got to read her stories, which never happens. It was a nice break. I'm not sleeping at night and its getting old. Last night was night 4 and I'm so tired of tossing and turning! I did take some medicine for my cold so that helped clear me up. It felt good to breath again :) Oh maybe tonight I'll be able to sleep. Ok its off to get some coffee and play blocks with my "roaring" child. (its the new thing she does, she likes to roar!)

Trick-or-Treating

We went trick-or-treating with Laura and her family. She had so much fun running from house to house. She actually fell asleep on the way to trick-or-treating :) She did really good staying with the group and saying trick-or-treat. She got so much candy that her pail was getting too heavy for her, but she still wanted to carry it so I emptied some into her hat. She did good waiting til we got home where we went through the candy together. She was very excited and kept saying how much fun she had. It was a good first time for her! We walked about an hour but that didn't do anything for me and the baby. Oh well he'll come when he comes :) But now I'm ready for him. We got everything we need and there is nothing more that we wanted to do. Make sense?! Oh and we got some of her in her costume on "bullseye" that turned out super cute! Such a fun Halloween!!