Wow! 2 months already!
Avery's check up went really good. He is a big boy weighing in at 13.5 lbs! Which is in the 90th percentile. He is also a long baby 24", which is in the 75th percentile. This all explains why he is already fitting into 6 month clothes and even some 9 month! He got 4 vaccinations (3 shots and 1 oral), poor baby! We are going to be working harder at tummy time to strengthen his neck. Right now he absolutely hates it. I have to break it up into 3 or 4 mini sessions a day lasting only about 5 minutes each. We are also working on getting him on a schedule. Right now he eats and sleeps whenever, which doesn't work for me. He is really good at waking only once at night, but during the day he is a cat-napper. So we have started to do bath time, pajamas, and a feeding before bed time. The goal is that he catches on to this little routine and the rest of the day falls into place.
Everything else is going very well. Carter absolutely loves Avery and is a big helper. I can hardly wait until Avery is more aware and can interact with Carter. They are going to be best buds.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
What have we been up to lately?
Well the past (almost) 2 months have been crazy around here. All in a good way though. Avery is a great baby, he does the normal eat, poop, sleep routine. Lately he has become more aware of everything around him. He is staying awake for longer periods and has started smiling. I just love his gummy grin it makes my day every time I see him smile. He gets up once during the night to eat, which isn't too bad. Right now he is still sleeping in mine and Ryan's room, but this weekend we will be moving him to his room and crib. I hope it's a smooth transition, fingers crossed!
Carter and Avery are doing well together. Carter absolutely loves "baby" (Carter will only call him baby, not Avery) and tries to hug and kiss him ALL the time. We have to remind him often not to kiss him on the face, but only on the top of his head. Carter has kind of tried to pick Avery up, but acts like Avery is too heavy and doesn't bother actually picking him up....the thought of him picking Avery up just freaks me out! Carter is learning all kinds of words these days and has even started putting some phrases together. His most popular phrases are: baby eating, baby crying, mommy milk (my cup regardless of what's actually in it), more milk please, big truck, and bye-bye big truck. His newest phrase (and most annoying to me) is "I want that." He is so smart and catches on very quick.
My hope for the last month of my maternity leave from work is that we can all get back on some sort of routine. We have been all over the place trying to adjust to life with 2 kids. It's been awesome having the time off and being able to spend the holidays at home. It will definitely be hard to go back at the end of December. That's one things I am NOT looking forward to...so as much as I would love for it to be Thanksgiving and Christmas, they can both take their time getting here!
Carter and Avery are doing well together. Carter absolutely loves "baby" (Carter will only call him baby, not Avery) and tries to hug and kiss him ALL the time. We have to remind him often not to kiss him on the face, but only on the top of his head. Carter has kind of tried to pick Avery up, but acts like Avery is too heavy and doesn't bother actually picking him up....the thought of him picking Avery up just freaks me out! Carter is learning all kinds of words these days and has even started putting some phrases together. His most popular phrases are: baby eating, baby crying, mommy milk (my cup regardless of what's actually in it), more milk please, big truck, and bye-bye big truck. His newest phrase (and most annoying to me) is "I want that." He is so smart and catches on very quick.
My hope for the last month of my maternity leave from work is that we can all get back on some sort of routine. We have been all over the place trying to adjust to life with 2 kids. It's been awesome having the time off and being able to spend the holidays at home. It will definitely be hard to go back at the end of December. That's one things I am NOT looking forward to...so as much as I would love for it to be Thanksgiving and Christmas, they can both take their time getting here!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Avery 2 weeks old
Thank you Danielle for your great work! I love the pictures you took of Avery. They came out perfect!
Avery's arrival
We welcomed Avery Jackson into the world on Sept. 26th. He decided that October just was not the month for him and to make his debut 1 week and 3 days early. We were all at home watching the Broncos game when I thought I felt my water leak or maybe I peed my pants! (Who knows when you're pregnant! Those kinds of things can happen!) I told Ryan about it and didn't think too much of it, until it happened again. Ryan said if it happened again maybe we should call the doctor. Of course right after that it happened again. So I started getting my bag ready and packing up a bag for Carter while Ryan called the doctor. Sure enough they sent us to Labor and Delivery at the hospital to get checked out. On the way to the hospital we dropped Carter and the dogs off with my Brother and Sister-In-Law. Once we got to the hospital they examined things and sure enough my water was leaking. I was not having consistent contractions which is not good once your water breaks. (They like for you to deliver the baby within 24 hours of your water breaking otherwise it can possibly lead to infection) The doctor ordered an ultrasound to ensure the baby was head down (even though the day before we had a ultrasound at our doctor appt and he was), once they determined that he was head down they decided to induce me with Pitocin to get the contractions going consistently. All of this happened around 6:00 p.m. I told the doctor that I would like to go without any medication for as long as possible, but the contractions started getting hard really fast.
Around 9:00 p.m. I asked for the epidural, I was about 4 cm dilated so I had a long way to go. The Anesthesiologist was available right away and came in to start the epidural. The first time he inserted it it hit a vein and caused the whole right side of my body to be very tingly. He said it would be less effective unless he re-did it! So he did it all over and things worked much better. About 9:30 p.m. I started feeling much better, only really feeling pressure not pain. Then around 10:00 I felt a lot of pressure and things just didn't feel right so I called the nurse. She examined things and sure enough I was at 9 cm and almost ready to push. She called the doctor and about 10:20 the doctor determined I was fully dilated and ready to have the baby. It took about 3 sets of pushes and Avery was born. In the process of Avery coming down the birth canal he got stuck for a moment. His arm was in front of his face and bruised it pretty badly. His eyes were purple and blue along with the bridge of his nose, his upper lip and his cheek bones.
We were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday the 28th. With all the bruising the doctors were very concerned with his Bilirubin levels (Jaundice). When bruises heal the blood cells are absorbed back into the body, in babies this can be difficult for their new little livers and kidneys to process and can cause very high levels of jaundice. In order to treat this the doctor ordered a UV bed for Avery to spend time in. We had the bed for 1 day and Avery's levels immediately started improving. He had his 2 week check up this past week and they tested his jaundice levels again and they were significantly lower than the first week of his life (6.9 compared to 16.6). He now weighs 8lbs. 15 oz. and is 22" tall which is also fantastic! I really can't believe that it has been almost 3 weeks since his arrival. I am enjoying my time off with him and Carter. I love that my time off is during the holidays...wish I never had to go back to work, but for now I will enjoy the time with my boys.
Carter is doing amazingly well with Avery. He still doesn't quite understand why Mommy spends so much time with the baby or how to be very gentle some times, but we are working on that. Carter loves giving him kisses and rubbing his head. Every morning he has to see the baby and give him kisses. He also tells the baby bye when he goes to daycare and "night night" when going to bed. They are going to be best friends, I just know it. :)
Around 9:00 p.m. I asked for the epidural, I was about 4 cm dilated so I had a long way to go. The Anesthesiologist was available right away and came in to start the epidural. The first time he inserted it it hit a vein and caused the whole right side of my body to be very tingly. He said it would be less effective unless he re-did it! So he did it all over and things worked much better. About 9:30 p.m. I started feeling much better, only really feeling pressure not pain. Then around 10:00 I felt a lot of pressure and things just didn't feel right so I called the nurse. She examined things and sure enough I was at 9 cm and almost ready to push. She called the doctor and about 10:20 the doctor determined I was fully dilated and ready to have the baby. It took about 3 sets of pushes and Avery was born. In the process of Avery coming down the birth canal he got stuck for a moment. His arm was in front of his face and bruised it pretty badly. His eyes were purple and blue along with the bridge of his nose, his upper lip and his cheek bones.
We were discharged from the hospital on Tuesday the 28th. With all the bruising the doctors were very concerned with his Bilirubin levels (Jaundice). When bruises heal the blood cells are absorbed back into the body, in babies this can be difficult for their new little livers and kidneys to process and can cause very high levels of jaundice. In order to treat this the doctor ordered a UV bed for Avery to spend time in. We had the bed for 1 day and Avery's levels immediately started improving. He had his 2 week check up this past week and they tested his jaundice levels again and they were significantly lower than the first week of his life (6.9 compared to 16.6). He now weighs 8lbs. 15 oz. and is 22" tall which is also fantastic! I really can't believe that it has been almost 3 weeks since his arrival. I am enjoying my time off with him and Carter. I love that my time off is during the holidays...wish I never had to go back to work, but for now I will enjoy the time with my boys.
Carter is doing amazingly well with Avery. He still doesn't quite understand why Mommy spends so much time with the baby or how to be very gentle some times, but we are working on that. Carter loves giving him kisses and rubbing his head. Every morning he has to see the baby and give him kisses. He also tells the baby bye when he goes to daycare and "night night" when going to bed. They are going to be best friends, I just know it. :)
Monday, September 20, 2010
About 2 weeks to go....
Reality check! About 2 weeks left and if this little guy is anything like Carter he may be here sooner than that! I have my fingers crossed that he at least makes it until October. We had a Dr. appointment a few days ago. She said everything looked really good. She did a quick ultrasound to make sure the baby is head down, which he is, and to check on his size. She estimated that he is about 8lbs! Ha! I REALLY don't think that is accurate and neither does she, so we will be re-checking his weight at my Dr. appointment this Friday. If he was 8lbs he would weigh half of what I have gained so far! That's a lot of baby! We are thinking he is closer to 7lbs, which is still pretty big considering he has 2 weeks to grow. If he is going to be large then she said we could discuss what we want to do in terms of inducing. So I guess we will see what happens Friday...if I make it until then! :)
Maternity Pictures
About a month ago my Sister-In-Law, Danielle, was kind enough to take some maternity pictures for us. I love them and am very thankful she was able to get such great shots of us! Thank you again Danielle!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
A month to go!!!
Can you believe it? I know I sure can't!
About 1 month until we get to meet our newest little family member. I am SOOOO excited. What does he look like? Who does he look like? What will his personality be like? How much will he weigh? What day will he decide to come? So many questions and so much to look forward to. There is definitely still the scariest question of all that is always in the back of my mind....will Carter like him? I hope so. Poor little guy has no idea that his world his going to be turned upside down. There is going to be this baby that takes all of Mommy's time. How ever will I be able to satisfy both babies needs? No idea. We'll just take it one little step at a time.
I am feeling good these days. After my car accident/hospital stay things have been good. I am so glad that the accident wasn't very bad and the no one was hurt. The upside to me having to be monitored for 24 hours in the hospital was that I got an ultrasound and got to peek in on the little guy. They say he is measuring a week ahead and was weighing in at 5 1/2 lbs. On average he should gain about 1/2 lb. a week. So it looks like we will have another 7 3/4 lbs. baby! I also have not gained anymore weight, I am still 11 lbs. up from my pre-pregnancy weight. I have another appointment in a week and then they will be weekly until the baby is born. To be honest, I really don't like these appointments. It seems like more often than not I am sitting in a waiting room for 30 minutes before even being seen, then once the nurse takes me back to the exam room I have to wait another 15 minutes. So 45 minutes of waiting for a 5 minute appointment. It's always the same thing, weight, blood pressure (which is always amazingly good, that I am grateful for!), measure belly, listen to heartbeat, then I am out there. Since I have had such a good pregnancy you would think they would let me continue to only go in every 2 weeks.
Other than our same boring routine not too much has been happening at home. Carter had a 16 month check up. He weighs about 25 lbs and is about 34" tall. He is a little small in the weight department (24th percentile), but very tall for his age (90th percentile). He got a couple shots, which made him mad as heck. He is learning all kinds of stuff and has become quite the chatter box. You would never be able to tell because he shuts down when around other people. He tries very hard to say new words and even have conversation with you. It's pretty funny sometimes.
Lately we have noticed that he is showing signs of potty training (Perhaps? I don't want to jinx anything, but this may be the beginning). He will tell us pee or poop when he has a dirty diaper and he will sit on his potty. We haven't had any successful eliminations in the potty, but we try to talk about it and show him what to do. We aren't forcing anything, but it's a start.
Anyway, that's the update! I will be sure to post some maternity pictures that my sister-in-law, Danielle, took for us soon! :)
About 1 month until we get to meet our newest little family member. I am SOOOO excited. What does he look like? Who does he look like? What will his personality be like? How much will he weigh? What day will he decide to come? So many questions and so much to look forward to. There is definitely still the scariest question of all that is always in the back of my mind....will Carter like him? I hope so. Poor little guy has no idea that his world his going to be turned upside down. There is going to be this baby that takes all of Mommy's time. How ever will I be able to satisfy both babies needs? No idea. We'll just take it one little step at a time.
I am feeling good these days. After my car accident/hospital stay things have been good. I am so glad that the accident wasn't very bad and the no one was hurt. The upside to me having to be monitored for 24 hours in the hospital was that I got an ultrasound and got to peek in on the little guy. They say he is measuring a week ahead and was weighing in at 5 1/2 lbs. On average he should gain about 1/2 lb. a week. So it looks like we will have another 7 3/4 lbs. baby! I also have not gained anymore weight, I am still 11 lbs. up from my pre-pregnancy weight. I have another appointment in a week and then they will be weekly until the baby is born. To be honest, I really don't like these appointments. It seems like more often than not I am sitting in a waiting room for 30 minutes before even being seen, then once the nurse takes me back to the exam room I have to wait another 15 minutes. So 45 minutes of waiting for a 5 minute appointment. It's always the same thing, weight, blood pressure (which is always amazingly good, that I am grateful for!), measure belly, listen to heartbeat, then I am out there. Since I have had such a good pregnancy you would think they would let me continue to only go in every 2 weeks.
Other than our same boring routine not too much has been happening at home. Carter had a 16 month check up. He weighs about 25 lbs and is about 34" tall. He is a little small in the weight department (24th percentile), but very tall for his age (90th percentile). He got a couple shots, which made him mad as heck. He is learning all kinds of stuff and has become quite the chatter box. You would never be able to tell because he shuts down when around other people. He tries very hard to say new words and even have conversation with you. It's pretty funny sometimes.
Lately we have noticed that he is showing signs of potty training (Perhaps? I don't want to jinx anything, but this may be the beginning). He will tell us pee or poop when he has a dirty diaper and he will sit on his potty. We haven't had any successful eliminations in the potty, but we try to talk about it and show him what to do. We aren't forcing anything, but it's a start.
Anyway, that's the update! I will be sure to post some maternity pictures that my sister-in-law, Danielle, took for us soon! :)
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