Three Weeks Old

Three weeks has already gone by and it still seems all so new.



He’s become somewhat of a fussy foot here lately. He doesn’t want to spend very much time not being held. His favorite place to sleep is still my chest. I’m trying to get him to spend his sleeping time in cradle. At night he does fine in it although last night he got a little restless, he worked it out and finally put himself back to. He gets crankier in the evening/night and will squirm like crazy and fuss….usually I can swaddle his arms and put the binky in his mouth or nurse him and he’ll calm down and eventually fall asleep. He still sleeps a lot during the day. When he’s awake he’s usually content and happy.

 I’ll get it figured out, just might take some time. Caleb was helpful thankfully. Caleb enjoys his little brother. He sings to him when he’s crying and is quick to get his binky for me.




At Hudson’s last doctor’s appointment last Monday he weighed 7 lbs, 4 oz and was 20 inches long. He’s a growing boy. He goes to the doctor again on Tuesday for a shot, poor kid, so we’ll see what he weighs again. Eating every two hours I’m sure puts some weight on him.

I’m doing well. Tired a lot…can’t seem to catch up on sleep. I haven’t got nearly as much done around the house as I wanted to but I’m sure I will. It takes a lot of time out of my day feeding him every two hours but I don’t mind, I like breastfeeding him. I love staying home with both of them. I wish I had the opportunity to stay home longer.




Caleb is doing great in school….only missed two on his first math test. He’s made a couple friends and plays dodgeball at recess. He made a friend around our neighborhood too and plays at the park all the time.

He’s growing up so fast. I noticed the other day he’s actually starting to get some meat on his bones…not fat, but meat. He’s always been skin and bones. Perhaps eating the way he ate last night helps. He plopped a scoop of mashed potatoes on his plate, put a scoop of corn on top, then his cut up steak and gravy then topped it off with some catsup and stirred it. Yuck! But he loved it and that’s what matters right. Told me I must have got it from a five star restaurant….if only. I hope he’s always so easy to please.

Picture Time

I want a maternity test!

Seriously I’m not sure if my children are mine.

Caleb’s first week of school is going great! He made a new friend whose name is Bob but likes to be called Rob. And Caleb, who has another Caleb in his class, has decided to go by his self-given nickname KK. He’s a happy kid about that one. I was reading over all his paperwork and Washoe County requires that fourth graders have 40-60 minutes of homework every night and an additional 20 minutes of reading. Now the reading isn’t a big deal, he does that anyway to calm himself down for bed but the homework shocks me. I personally think that the only homework kids should have is leftover work from school or special projects/reports but who am I to decide this…a mom? They will be doing lots of reports this year his teacher said. I enjoyed helping him with his last report and he learned a lot. They also get four really cool field trips this year.

He had a fun trip to his Grandparents house. They shared these pictures with me. They plan lots of fun stuff for him and he eats it right up.

He got to meet his little brother Sunday night at the airport. It was so sweet. As soon as I signed for him he went over to  the stroller to look at him. He was excited and wanted to push him. I think he needs to take a few driving lessons, especially since Hud wasn’t strapped in, but he didn’t fall out so that’s a good thing.

I said over and over again I would be perfectly content having no more kids and I’m sure I would have if I didn’t. However I am so happy I had Hudson. I am in love. Absolutely in love with him. I feel like I know him so well already…his schedule, his personality, his grunts and cries. I can’t stop steering at him, studying his features. I have always done this with Caleb…looking for new features, new freckles, facial changes. Hudson has found his cry but doesn’t do it much. We’ve had one rough night where he wanted to be awake and was a bit cranky but all was well the next night. He likes tummy time and can lift his head up and face it the other way. He also loves to poop in his new diaper, right away. Seriously, as soon as we put it on he poops in it. And we’ve been really quick to change his diapers because the poor baby has a rash already. It’s clearing up though

I’m doing well. Things are less sore. My milk has come in good and plenty. And I’m getting relatively enough sleep. I've been going a lot trying to make up for the time I lost before Hudson was supposed to be here ie. Putting together dresser, getting a crib, getting groceries, etc. etc.

So all is well with us. I love my boys so much, I’m really happy.

 

Day 4

Hudson is wonderful! He is an amazing baby. Seriously he only cries when he’s hungry and occasionally when we’re changing him. He eats (and eats very well….my boobs may be small but they have plenty of milk) every two hours, almost on the dot. About every other feeding he wakes up for two hours and is so content just looking around. He sleeps all night in between feedings…it’s me that has issues with getting up early…can’t seem to sleep long. But my boy and I do take a nap a bit later. He loves to cuddle on my chest to nap.

He had his checkup with the Pediatrician yesterday. I really like her. He lost 1.5 oz which she said isn’t bad; babies usually loose more……told you he eats well. She was worried he’d get jaundice since he was so bruised but no signs of it thankfully. All seems well with the blood sugar, she wasn’t worried about him only breastfeeding.

I miss my other baby and can’t wait to see him Sunday. He starts 4th grade Monday. I can’t believe it, my baby is starting 4th grade! He is having a blast at his Grandparents! I can’t wait for him to meet his brother too. He’s going to be such a good big brother.

So anyway, enjoy the pictures.

35 Weeks

Only 5 weeks left! I can’t believe it!

I went to the doctor yesterday, all is good. I lost one pound so I’m officially up 4 lbs total. But my stomach grew 6 inches in 3 weeks so he’s good. I was a little concerned because he hasn’t been nearly as active as he was so the doc did a NST (non-stress test) and the baby is not stressed.

The baby shower was wonderful. I will post pictures soon; don’t have time before work right now to load them on my computer. Emily and Haley were so creative and it looked adorable! I am thankful to everyone who came.

I spent most of my weekend washing baby clothes, blankets, etc. I ordered a dresser for him that should be in in about a week or so. Uget the crib at the first of July but the cradle is all set up and ready to go.

I’m really nervous yet really excited! We meet with a pediatrician on Tuesday and I’m hoping to schedule a tour of the hospital as well. I’m trying to get everything in order and done.

Caleb started his baseball camp yesterday and I quote, “It’s almost the most fun I’ve had in my whole life, but not quite.” He’s learning and having fun so I’m really happy about that. He only has a couple more weeks before he starts school so he’s trying to make the most of it!

Well here is a 35 week picture…enjoy!

34 Weeks

I’m exhausted. I get wore out really easy and most of the day I just want to sleep. I don’t know if my stomach, well specifically my side muscles, can stretch anymore. I don’t have any new stretch marks and the ones I had from Caleb are the same. No line down my belly either. So those are good things. There are a few funky things I’ve noticed though. My eyebrows feel the need to go down; they will not brush up for anything! I’ve tried hairspray and an eyebrow brush and nothing; they want to go down! My belly has collected quite the hair too and now it’s starting to get darker. I remember it doing the same thing with Caleb.

About a week ago the baby dropped and although I was having some contractions, the feeling of him made it feel like I was having lots. I got checked out and all is well. I can decipher the difference between him and a contraction now I think. They’re really sporadic and not consistent at all so no worries. I didn’t know that they would drop this early. I thought it was like a week or so before that they drop but he is definitely in my pelvic bone. Not comfortable at all! And last night at dinner he found my sciatic nerve, Oh My Gosh! It was a long long sleeping night.

He is still tossing and turning like there is no tomorrow. He’ll move almost three days straight and then not move much at all for like a day and a half. Crazy kid.

My baby shower is this Saturday and after that I will be ready for him to come whenever he chooses. If I had to guess he won’t wait until his due date. I can’t wait to meet him and cuddle him and nurse him and just have him around. I can’t wait to see the big brother Caleb will be. Sure it’ll be nice to do away with the discomforts of being pregnant but really, I’m just excited for him to be here.

I’m still working unfortunately. I plan to work up until he comes but it is getting harder and harder so we’ll see. I can’t wait to do away with my duty belt. I wear it under my belly but my butt doesn’t stick out enough to hold it up so I’m always holding it with my hand. I have no where else for my keys or radio though so I have to wear it.

I moved into my new house and I love it. There’s so much room!!! Plus living RIGHT next door to a park is a huge perk! Caleb loves it! I have Makayla for this week and they have fully taken advantage of it. It’s much nicer being only 32 minutes away from work compared to an hour. If we have a good relief we’re home by 6:30 in the morning, its great!

Caleb is finished with school and enjoying his summer so far. He made great grades! I’m so proud of him. Next week he gets to do a baseball camp he’s really looking forward to. It’s so hard to believe he’s going to be a fourth grader now.

Anyway that’s it for now; sorry for the delay in posts…I’ve been tired and trying to get my house together. Adios!

I'm so in love with my son!

There are so many reasons why I’m so in love with him...his green eyes, his cute little freckles, his funny jokes said a thousand times. But occasionally he can do things that just absolutely melt my heart. The other morning I was hanging out on the bed in my room chatting with Caleb before he went to school.  I gave Caleb a big hug and a kiss on the cheek telling him to have a great day and I loved him. In return he hugged me back and then bent down, kissed my belly and said, "Bye Baby B, I love you." Oh good God I was speechless! He’s felt the baby move and he’ll rub my belly here and there and he talks about him a lot but that was the first time he’s done that. These tears of joy are not because my hormones are whacked, they are simply because I am in love with my son.

Easter

The Friday before Easter I grabbed Caleb for a couple hours and we dying our Easter eggs. We had a “lucky egg”, a “humpty dumpty” egg, an egg that says, “If you touch me I’ll break” and we even made a special one for Baby B...among many other colorful ones. I love dying Easter eggs, I don’t think I’ll ever grow out of it.

Saturday evening I rented Bedtime Stories for all of us to watch which is super cute. Caleb loved it! Talk about a movie to get your imagination rolling. I wanted to make up bedtime stories because of this movie.

I got home Sunday morning and slept until Caleb woke up at 9:30. I put a ribbon up so Caleb couldn't pass. So I got the camera ready, let him come through and see his Easter basket and he was thrilled! He said this was one of the best Easter’s ever. High five us!


We proceeded to go to church and listened to a wonderful sermon. I love our pastor and I miss going to church so much. We came home and had an Easter Egg hunt first. The kid even got $5! He was a happy boy!


Dinner was delicious and all of us had a great time. I managed to get in another nap that day but struggled to stay awake at work that night. However, it was completely worth it and I’m glad Caleb had such a great Easter!