About a week after she was born we gave him a little disposable camera to document the whole experience.
Keep in mind, he is two, and it is a throw away camera, but with a little tips and pointers from mommy he did pretty good.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Through Brother's Eyes
Everyone wants to know how the 2 1/2 year old is adapting to the newest member of our home and the answer is GREAT. He loves his baby sister so much and he will say it in those words. He wants to hold her, help carry the car seat, and give her kisses. One funny thing that he does though is call her a "him" or an "it". He says things like "OH NO! It's cwying!" and any squeak or tiny sound she makes is like an emergency to him and he'll say "Go check on him! No, I go check him, it's my turn." Which leads me to the one problem, and that is that he thinks he can take of her and he is way to aggressive so ALL DAY LONG I am repeating "Don't touch your sister. Keep your hands off her face. Don't touch, don't touch her, DO NOT TOUCH HER!"
About a week after she was born we gave him a little disposable camera to document the whole experience.
Keep in mind, he is two, and it is a throw away camera, but with a little tips and pointers from mommy he did pretty good.
About a week after she was born we gave him a little disposable camera to document the whole experience.
Keep in mind, he is two, and it is a throw away camera, but with a little tips and pointers from mommy he did pretty good.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
3 weeks
Another week has flown by and Sedona is now 3 weeks old. Not much has changed since last week. We did have an appointment at the birth center. I had my hemoglobin checked and I am still anemic. Bummer. We don't have to worry about the baby girl though, she is doing great, eating, sleeping, pooping and definitely growing. She is already just over 10 pounds! Also, her baby acne that I griped about last week has cleared up. It lasted almost two weeks and then just suddenly disappeared, which is right on track with everything I read about it. There is a lot more to tell, but I am typing one handed here so I'll just leave it at that for now.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Wacky Weather
We are certainly in transition around here. Not just because of the new baby, but the weather. It is supposed to be the beginning of Spring, but the forecasts have been all over the place.
Here is Sedona on her first Sunday at church. She has her white shoes on with a cute little spring time outfit and the daffodils in our front yard are in full bloom.
This was the following Sunday (this week).
We missed church because I rolled down my windows to get the snow off of them so that I could see while driving, but the back passenger window malfunctioned and wouldn't go back up! I took Sedona out in her car seat, just for a quick photo of "her first snow", which believe me I was not expecting to happen this early in her life since it is after all Springtime in Texas, but you just never know.
Today was lovely. We've had highs of 75 since Monday and I picked a bunch of flowers from the yard and they are now a pleasant looking, and smelling, decoration in my kitchen. Of course as I write this, just a couple hours later, we are in the middle of a huge thunder storm. Z just asked me "what's that?" (about the lights and noises outside) and I said it's thunder and lightening and he responded "Oh, Lightening McQueen?" His whole view of the world revolves around Disney characters.
Easter is already a week and half away. I really hope it warms up enough for Sedona to wear her first dress, but I guess having a plan B, would probably be a good idea.
Here is Sedona on her first Sunday at church. She has her white shoes on with a cute little spring time outfit and the daffodils in our front yard are in full bloom.
This was the following Sunday (this week).
We missed church because I rolled down my windows to get the snow off of them so that I could see while driving, but the back passenger window malfunctioned and wouldn't go back up! I took Sedona out in her car seat, just for a quick photo of "her first snow", which believe me I was not expecting to happen this early in her life since it is after all Springtime in Texas, but you just never know.
Today was lovely. We've had highs of 75 since Monday and I picked a bunch of flowers from the yard and they are now a pleasant looking, and smelling, decoration in my kitchen. Of course as I write this, just a couple hours later, we are in the middle of a huge thunder storm. Z just asked me "what's that?" (about the lights and noises outside) and I said it's thunder and lightening and he responded "Oh, Lightening McQueen?" His whole view of the world revolves around Disney characters.
Easter is already a week and half away. I really hope it warms up enough for Sedona to wear her first dress, but I guess having a plan B, would probably be a good idea.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Baby's Birth Day Trivia
Here is are a few random tidbits from the day Sedona was born that I would like to remember. Some interesting coinscedences that were well documented on the internet ahead of time.
1. A week before Sedona was born I wrote this on the blog post titled 38 weeks
"Z was born at 39 weeks, so in about a week we'll know if this pregnancy is shorter or longer than the last"
Turns out this pregnancy was shorter, but only by an hour and 12 minutes. Strangely enough Z was due September 9th, born on the 4th at 1:52 am, and Sedona was due March 9th, born March 4th at 12:40 am. That means they were both born at 39 weeks +1 day + an hour or two.
2. This also means that they are 2 1/2 years apart or EXACTLY 30 months! So they were born on complete opposite ends of the year. Here I am at 30 weeks with Z
and here is 30 weeks with Sedona
Both photos were here in Texas. I wonder what other ways they will be opposite.
3. In August I took a poll on this blog for what day the baby would be born on and I said March 4th. I gave the same answer when my mom did her own poll on Facebook. My friend Tracy also guessed that date, so we were both right, unfortunately there are no prizes.
4. Last year I shared 25 random things about me on here and facebook. Random fact # 3 was that I sleep indian style at night (or criss cross applesauce as they call it these days.) and #19 was that I bathe more than I shower. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised then that the short time I was in labor I was in the bath tub sitting indian style. I would do a little push up to lift myself off the floor of the tub with each contraction. I would have never predicted that I would labor this way, but when I look back at #3 and #19 it just makes sense.
5. Back in September I wrote a post titled "Pam and I are both pregnant" and talked about the excitement of sharing such a milestone with a beloved character from the NBC show The Office. So even though The Office isn't real (unlike Lost) it is still fun that after making a big deal about the whole thing we both had girls and we both had our babies on March 4th! Okay, okay, fine. I had a baby on March 4th, the episode where Jim and Pam had a baby aired on March 4th.
Noticing and remembering little things like that are why I love writing and I like using the internet to document things, and that is why I plan on keeping it up.
1. A week before Sedona was born I wrote this on the blog post titled 38 weeks
"Z was born at 39 weeks, so in about a week we'll know if this pregnancy is shorter or longer than the last"
Turns out this pregnancy was shorter, but only by an hour and 12 minutes. Strangely enough Z was due September 9th, born on the 4th at 1:52 am, and Sedona was due March 9th, born March 4th at 12:40 am. That means they were both born at 39 weeks +1 day + an hour or two.
2. This also means that they are 2 1/2 years apart or EXACTLY 30 months! So they were born on complete opposite ends of the year. Here I am at 30 weeks with Z
and here is 30 weeks with Sedona
Both photos were here in Texas. I wonder what other ways they will be opposite.
3. In August I took a poll on this blog for what day the baby would be born on and I said March 4th. I gave the same answer when my mom did her own poll on Facebook. My friend Tracy also guessed that date, so we were both right, unfortunately there are no prizes.
4. Last year I shared 25 random things about me on here and facebook. Random fact # 3 was that I sleep indian style at night (or criss cross applesauce as they call it these days.) and #19 was that I bathe more than I shower. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised then that the short time I was in labor I was in the bath tub sitting indian style. I would do a little push up to lift myself off the floor of the tub with each contraction. I would have never predicted that I would labor this way, but when I look back at #3 and #19 it just makes sense.
5. Back in September I wrote a post titled "Pam and I are both pregnant" and talked about the excitement of sharing such a milestone with a beloved character from the NBC show The Office. So even though The Office isn't real (unlike Lost) it is still fun that after making a big deal about the whole thing we both had girls and we both had our babies on March 4th! Okay, okay, fine. I had a baby on March 4th, the episode where Jim and Pam had a baby aired on March 4th.
Noticing and remembering little things like that are why I love writing and I like using the internet to document things, and that is why I plan on keeping it up.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
2 weeks
Today Sedona is 2 weeks old. She has already changed a lot. She seems to have a lot more control of her neck and tries lifting her head for a few moments here and there. She is awake and alert a little more often, which also means she cries a little more as well. Last week she hardly made a noise, but she's still laid back. Unfortunately she has also broken out with a bad case of baby acne. It is really bad, and even though I know it doesn't hurt her and it just has to run its course it is all over her neck, around her eyes, and just makes her face look inflamed. The doc said she is doing great though.
She had her first well baby check-up and she even gained an ounce which is a big deal at this age when they are often loosing weight.
As for me I was in my eleventh day postpartum and I was feeling pretty good. I went to church and I took Sedona's newborn photos for her baby announcements.
I don't know if I caught a bug, food poisoning, or just pushed it too hard for the day, but by dinner time I started feeling really sick. I went to bed early with a mild fever only to wake up in the middle of the night having to throw up. I spent half the night in the bathroom vomiting and the next day sleeping and fighting a fever. So it looks like I am one of those women that really need a full two weeks of recuperation after giving birth. I am doing good now though, and I even just had my first day with the at home with the kids and no help. My mom went back to Kentucky on Tuesday and J works all day on Wednesday so I was entirely on my own.
The visitations have slowed down, the last home made meal is coming tomorrow, and I guess real life as a mother of two is about to begin.
The first photo is of Sedona's first time out which was for her doctor's appointment, the other is one of her newborn photos, more to come.
She had her first well baby check-up and she even gained an ounce which is a big deal at this age when they are often loosing weight.
As for me I was in my eleventh day postpartum and I was feeling pretty good. I went to church and I took Sedona's newborn photos for her baby announcements.
I don't know if I caught a bug, food poisoning, or just pushed it too hard for the day, but by dinner time I started feeling really sick. I went to bed early with a mild fever only to wake up in the middle of the night having to throw up. I spent half the night in the bathroom vomiting and the next day sleeping and fighting a fever. So it looks like I am one of those women that really need a full two weeks of recuperation after giving birth. I am doing good now though, and I even just had my first day with the at home with the kids and no help. My mom went back to Kentucky on Tuesday and J works all day on Wednesday so I was entirely on my own.
The visitations have slowed down, the last home made meal is coming tomorrow, and I guess real life as a mother of two is about to begin.
The first photo is of Sedona's first time out which was for her doctor's appointment, the other is one of her newborn photos, more to come.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Her Video Collage
I took maternity photos all throughout my pregnancy with Z and I even had a friend photograph the birth. I made a little video collage of the whole thing and it was such a hit I thought I would make it a tradition for every baby. I just finished Sedona's video today and I am posting it on my blog first. Here it is...
Thursday, March 11, 2010
The First Week
Sedona is a week old tody. So far she has had a couple of firsts, like her first bow shown here
or her first time outside which was this afternoon when we had a picnic in our backyard. She is a really easy going baby so far, sleeps a lot, and she sleeps a lot that's about all there is to report so far, which isn't such a bad thing.
As far as my first week postpartum, it's been easier than it was with Z, but it's still no cake walk. The bumpy road to recovery began with the after pains of the uterus contracting- OUCH!!! On day 3 when that eased up I became severely engorged and was just a miserable mess for about 48 hours. Day 5 I had a low grade fever and was achy all over. Now I am doing much better, but I think my little one must not have had a good latch on the right side because I am pretty sore and want to cuss anytime I feed on that side. My first time out of the house was yesterday when I went to Target to pick up some Lansinoh and my very first nipple shield. Oh what fun!
Z is adjusting fairly well. He loves his baby sister, wants to give her kisses and hold her. It's very sweet, but of course he gets jealous too. Tonight while I was nursing he pretend like he was stuck in a chair and wanted me to help him. Then he came over to me and said "Put baby down. Mama put baby down here" and pointed to the floor. Luckily my mom came in and swept him away for a special treat. I cried though, because I love my little boy so much and never want him to feel replaced.
That's all for now, we have our newborn checkup tomorrow that will be Sedona's first car ride. Our big outings consists of the backyard, a run to Target for nursing supplies, and the pediatricians office. That's life with a newborn.
or her first time outside which was this afternoon when we had a picnic in our backyard. She is a really easy going baby so far, sleeps a lot, and she sleeps a lot that's about all there is to report so far, which isn't such a bad thing.
As far as my first week postpartum, it's been easier than it was with Z, but it's still no cake walk. The bumpy road to recovery began with the after pains of the uterus contracting- OUCH!!! On day 3 when that eased up I became severely engorged and was just a miserable mess for about 48 hours. Day 5 I had a low grade fever and was achy all over. Now I am doing much better, but I think my little one must not have had a good latch on the right side because I am pretty sore and want to cuss anytime I feed on that side. My first time out of the house was yesterday when I went to Target to pick up some Lansinoh and my very first nipple shield. Oh what fun!
Z is adjusting fairly well. He loves his baby sister, wants to give her kisses and hold her. It's very sweet, but of course he gets jealous too. Tonight while I was nursing he pretend like he was stuck in a chair and wanted me to help him. Then he came over to me and said "Put baby down. Mama put baby down here" and pointed to the floor. Luckily my mom came in and swept him away for a special treat. I cried though, because I love my little boy so much and never want him to feel replaced.
That's all for now, we have our newborn checkup tomorrow that will be Sedona's first car ride. Our big outings consists of the backyard, a run to Target for nursing supplies, and the pediatricians office. That's life with a newborn.
Monday, March 8, 2010
A Few Pics
I do have a few photos that I posted on Facebook and forgot to put up on my blog. So, without further ado here is
Sedona Jean
born March 4 2010 12:40 am
8lb 7 oz, 20.5 inches.
Sedona Jean
born March 4 2010 12:40 am
8lb 7 oz, 20.5 inches.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Birth Story
Wednesday morning I woke up to a contraction at 7:17 am. I know the time because I wrote it down in my pregnancy planner and I continued to write each one down all throughout the day. I don't normally do this, because of braxton hicks and all, but for some reason on that day I decided to keep track.
All day they went up and down, ranging anywhere from an hour to 15 minutes apart. Not too consistent or intense, but enough to give me the lingering thought of "I wonder if this will be the day?" By the afternoon I told my mom "Well I guess I will be going to church tonight because this just isn't progressing." and off I went. I continued to time them all throughout church. The contraction were coming about 10 minutes apart, but no one knew that I was in labor, not even me.
When I arrived home there was a plate of eggplant parmesan waiting for me, a dish that is known for it's labor inducing affects. My parents had ordered take out from Maggiano's and whether or not the old wives tale is true, I am not one to turn down good Italian. At this point we reverted to the iphone app for timing contractions and I suggested we play a game to keep me distracted. As my parents, husband, and I played bananagram we talked and laughed and the contractions were ranging anywhere from 10 to 6 minutes apart. At 11:45 pm they were 5 minutes apart and I thought I should take a warm bath to see if they would stop. After I got up though the next contraction was a lot more intense. I called my midwife at 12:00 am and told her details, I also casually mentioned that she could wait until after I took my bath. Luckily she insisted that she was going to leave immediately. After that the next contraction was tons of pressure and I told my mom to make up the bed and get my music ready, I was finally convinced that I was about to have a baby. I told J to call my midwife again and update her. The contractions started coming one on top of the other and I sat in the tub praying and trying to focus on relaxation. I was so worried about having the baby before my midwife who was still 15 minutes away could get there. I told J how scared I was, but he comforted me and helped me with my breathing techniques.
All of the sudden I shouted "UH OH! I HAVE TO PUSH" and right then my midwife burst in the door in her scrubs and gloves calm and ready to go. She dipped her hand into the water and told me the baby's head was right there. I declined the offer to move to the bed, I wasn't going anywhere at that point. They helped me lean back in the tub so that I could push which only took once and the head was out. She told me I just needed one more push. In disbelief I said "are you sure? I don't have to hold back?" and having been given the okay I pushed once more and at 12:40 am J reached down, grabbed Sedona, and laid her on my chest.
I was in shock! I couldn't believe that I was holding my baby! It seemed too quick, too easy, too good to be true. After a minute of these thoughts, it finally sunk in that this was not a dream. I looked down at my daughter, my beautiful healthy baby girl and I welcomed her home.
All day they went up and down, ranging anywhere from an hour to 15 minutes apart. Not too consistent or intense, but enough to give me the lingering thought of "I wonder if this will be the day?" By the afternoon I told my mom "Well I guess I will be going to church tonight because this just isn't progressing." and off I went. I continued to time them all throughout church. The contraction were coming about 10 minutes apart, but no one knew that I was in labor, not even me.
When I arrived home there was a plate of eggplant parmesan waiting for me, a dish that is known for it's labor inducing affects. My parents had ordered take out from Maggiano's and whether or not the old wives tale is true, I am not one to turn down good Italian. At this point we reverted to the iphone app for timing contractions and I suggested we play a game to keep me distracted. As my parents, husband, and I played bananagram we talked and laughed and the contractions were ranging anywhere from 10 to 6 minutes apart. At 11:45 pm they were 5 minutes apart and I thought I should take a warm bath to see if they would stop. After I got up though the next contraction was a lot more intense. I called my midwife at 12:00 am and told her details, I also casually mentioned that she could wait until after I took my bath. Luckily she insisted that she was going to leave immediately. After that the next contraction was tons of pressure and I told my mom to make up the bed and get my music ready, I was finally convinced that I was about to have a baby. I told J to call my midwife again and update her. The contractions started coming one on top of the other and I sat in the tub praying and trying to focus on relaxation. I was so worried about having the baby before my midwife who was still 15 minutes away could get there. I told J how scared I was, but he comforted me and helped me with my breathing techniques.
All of the sudden I shouted "UH OH! I HAVE TO PUSH" and right then my midwife burst in the door in her scrubs and gloves calm and ready to go. She dipped her hand into the water and told me the baby's head was right there. I declined the offer to move to the bed, I wasn't going anywhere at that point. They helped me lean back in the tub so that I could push which only took once and the head was out. She told me I just needed one more push. In disbelief I said "are you sure? I don't have to hold back?" and having been given the okay I pushed once more and at 12:40 am J reached down, grabbed Sedona, and laid her on my chest.
I was in shock! I couldn't believe that I was holding my baby! It seemed too quick, too easy, too good to be true. After a minute of these thoughts, it finally sunk in that this was not a dream. I looked down at my daughter, my beautiful healthy baby girl and I welcomed her home.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
SHE'S HERE!!!
I definitely will be posting more details and photos in the future, but I wanted to make a quick announcement. I had my baby last night (well technically this morning) at 12:40 am. Sedona Jean weighed 8 lb 7 oz, was 20.5 in, and as healthy and cute as can be. She latched on pretty much right off the bat and so breast feeding has been easy, other than the postpartum contractions which just make me want to pass out!
Everything about the birth was amazing. The intense labor lasted less than an hour so things progressed very quickly! It was a little scary at times, with plenty of unplanned events (let's just say I didn't wear my birth gown during the birth), but it was everything I could have ever dreamed of and more.
More to come my friends, more to come...
Everything about the birth was amazing. The intense labor lasted less than an hour so things progressed very quickly! It was a little scary at times, with plenty of unplanned events (let's just say I didn't wear my birth gown during the birth), but it was everything I could have ever dreamed of and more.
More to come my friends, more to come...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
39 weeks
Yesterday I reached 39 weeks, this is the week that I was in when I had Z. Things are going well. I am officially on maternity leave now, so other than answering emails I am done with work. I have about a 12 week break which is great, except I just got my last check today. This is a little scary because I still have a car payment and a couple other bills to cover, so I pretty much have zero dollars in spending money until I start working again. It's a tight squeeze, but we'll be fine.
Here are the ups and downs for week 38.
I mentioned a successful prenatal appointment, but I forgot to share that I am GBS negative. This is great news because I tested positive last pregnancy.
Another cool thing is that I have been wanting to get a special gown to have for when I go into labor. This is what I consider one of the perks of an out of hospital birth, silly as it may seem. I have had no luck, until I went to JCPenney and found something simple and comfortable that I really liked which was normally $34.00 and 40% off, making it $20. I normally would not have considered this a good deal, but for this special occasion I was willing to go for it. The best part is I got to the check out and my total was just over $6.00. So I got it for 80% off!
I was happy about the surprise sale and having one less thing to worry about in preparing for the big day.
The down side of the week would be that my body is changing and it's been quite an adjustment for me. I haven't shed any tears over the stretch marks (this go round), but they have spread and become more prominent. I am kind of dreading what they will look like on a postpartum tummy, or what kind of swimsuit I will be wearing in a few months. I also have an outie, it's not a big deal, but I have never had one and it is strange to me.
That's it though, I don't have much to complain about. Tomorrow is my next appointment, so I should have some updates and see if anything has progressed over the past week. I'll definitely keep ya posted.
Here are the ups and downs for week 38.
I mentioned a successful prenatal appointment, but I forgot to share that I am GBS negative. This is great news because I tested positive last pregnancy.
Another cool thing is that I have been wanting to get a special gown to have for when I go into labor. This is what I consider one of the perks of an out of hospital birth, silly as it may seem. I have had no luck, until I went to JCPenney and found something simple and comfortable that I really liked which was normally $34.00 and 40% off, making it $20. I normally would not have considered this a good deal, but for this special occasion I was willing to go for it. The best part is I got to the check out and my total was just over $6.00. So I got it for 80% off!
I was happy about the surprise sale and having one less thing to worry about in preparing for the big day.
The down side of the week would be that my body is changing and it's been quite an adjustment for me. I haven't shed any tears over the stretch marks (this go round), but they have spread and become more prominent. I am kind of dreading what they will look like on a postpartum tummy, or what kind of swimsuit I will be wearing in a few months. I also have an outie, it's not a big deal, but I have never had one and it is strange to me.
That's it though, I don't have much to complain about. Tomorrow is my next appointment, so I should have some updates and see if anything has progressed over the past week. I'll definitely keep ya posted.
Monday, March 1, 2010
From Girl's Night To Date Night
Well, obviously I haven't had the baby yet. I guess last night was false labor, but a good practice run none the less. It means I had the chance to squeeze in one last date night with my husband tonight which was really nice. So last week was the last hurrah with the girls and tonight was a little time alone with my man. We went to the Macaroni Grill because we had a gift card. It is actually kind of sentimental though because when I was pregnant with Z I announced it to J by writing it on the table at the Macaroni Grill. I guess it's the first place we went last time I was pregnant and it might be the last place we eat out at this time. Plus, March 1st is a significant date for us. It was on this day 10 years ago that we first talked about our feelings for each other.
Even though I was excited last night when I thought the baby was coming, I know she will come when the time is right and I am feeling really comfortable so I am just going to continue to enjoy my last days of pregnancy. That's what I say right now, we'll see how I feel if I am still pregnant 10 days from now.
Even though I was excited last night when I thought the baby was coming, I know she will come when the time is right and I am feeling really comfortable so I am just going to continue to enjoy my last days of pregnancy. That's what I say right now, we'll see how I feel if I am still pregnant 10 days from now.
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