3 Days

Our midwife came today and we ventured out for the 1st time for a visit with Liam's doctor. Since we had him at home we had to go in for his PKU test. Liam is already gaining his weight back, he was up to 7lbs 13oz. As soon as Dr. Black spoke to him he responded and looked right toward her(she seemed surprised). He slept a couple 4 hour stretches last night also. He's been cluster feeding during the day to try to get my milk to come in. He loves laying in the boppy, it keeps him tight and cuddled. He turns to Gavin whenever he hears him talking, he must recognize his voice from when he talked to him while he was in the womb.



Gavin is slowly warming up to him, this is as close as he will get.

1 Day Old

Today my midwife came by for our 1 day checkup. We are both doing great. Liam has lost 5 ounces and looks great, no jaundice. Nursing isn't going as easy as it started out yesterday. It is pretty painful no matter how many times I re-latch him, but the midwife said his latch looks great. So I'll just keep trying. I am aloud to go downstairs now, but have to sit with my feet up and take it easy.

Weighing Liam

I made it downstairs and am spending some time with Gavin and his new camera.

Nana and Liam

Grandma and Liam

Sleepy Liam

Daddy bouncing Liam on the exercise ball.

Introducing Liam Rugby

Born at home at 2:15pm on March 19. He weighed 8lbs and was 20-1/2" long. Everyone is great.

Meeting mommy.


Meeting daddy.

Bonding


Proud daddy taking Liam downstairs to meet Nana and Grandma and big brother.

Getting weighed.

Liam Rugby!

Baby Shower

Had a wonderful baby shower on Saturday. It was beautiful and lots of fun with friends.

Chocolate Snowflake and Vanilla Bluebird cupcakes.



Cute converse shoes.

Gavin received a few fun toys too!

We painted bib and onsies for the little boy-to-be.





Had some great cupcakes!

37 weeks and 6 days.

Zoo Trip & 33 weeks

29 Weeks

I missed a couple weeks of taking baby bump pictures. Here is one from today.

26 Weeks!

Baby boy sure is moving more and more throughout the day and night. I can't sleep on my stomach anymore, even tho I still try to, but end up rolling over after a few minutes. Haven't been sleeping too well really. The dry air and the baby are making it hard for me to breathe while laying down. Other than being tired and some heartburn I feel pretty good most of the time.
This black dress is one of the few items I kept from when I was pregnant with Gavin.

26 weeks 4 days with baby............26 weeks 2 days with Gavin

25 Weeks

Went to a beautiful wedding tonight. The baby was dancing to the music. Been feeling pretty good lately. Going to check out the birthing center either tomorrow or Tuesday to decide if we are going that route instead of the hospital. I haven't been having any cravings which is totally the opposite of my 1st pregnancy. There are a lot of foods that don't sound good or I don't want to eat.

Jacki and me

A tired little boy.

24 Weeks

Wow 6 months already! I went to my doctors appointment today. She said I was pretty boring, which is good and means everything is going well. My baby bump is measuring at 26 weeks and I'm 24 weeks and 3 days. The doctor got out her Doppler to listen to the baby's heart beat and couldn't hear it. I told her i thought she was listening to his bottom. Sure enough she moved it to the other side and could hear it fine. She said she didn't feel the head, but i think it's back near my spine. I'm feeling great. Didn't sleep good the other night because of the heartburn, but normally I'm sleeping pretty good. Finally broke down and bought some maternity tights this week, I couldn't stand my legs freezing everytime I wear a dress anymore. The baby sure is moving more and more. I could feel him moving what I think was his fingers in my side the other night. Definitely felt different than kicking, punching and jabs.

22 Weeks

Wasn't really liking my photos last week, and didn't really have time to take more. So kept waiting to post them, fingured since I'm already 23 weeks they should get posted. I think I look way bigger this week.

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 22 Weeks
Size of baby: he's the size of a large mango
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 14 lbs
Gender: Boy!
Movement: it's moving a lot throughout the day.

Cravings: pasta
Symptons: headache for 3 days this week from my dental work
Maternity Clothes: Bought a very comfy large sweater(non-maternity) and finally broke down and got a maternity jacket from Target.
Best Moment this week: 1st snow was Tuesday and then again on Thursday. Gavin got to feel the baby move quite a few times this week. Been playing music for the baby in the morning or at night and he really starts moving then.

21 Weeks with new baby........................21 Weeks with Gavin

21 Weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 21 Weeks
Size of baby: about a pound
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 12 lbs
Gender: Boy!
Movement: Feeling the baby move throughout the day much more now.
Sleep: feeling pretty good, still like to take a nap when i can.

Cravings: none
Symptons: Heartburn
Maternity Clothes: Went to a clothes swap and surprisingly found lots of cute clothes that fit. Got a few dresses, the cute shirt in the pictures, and some more shirts/sweaters for winter.

Overall feeling pretty good lately. We brought the baby's dresser and the glider upstairs this weekend and put it in our master retreat area. Still trying to decide how to decorate and if we are going to setup the crib in the spare bedroom right away or keep it in our retreat for a while.

Some ideas I've been liking: