Lydia Ruth
6 lb 15 oz
19 inches
Everyone is doing well! We love her!
Friday, September 21, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
One more update!
One last update before GirlBaby makes her appearance TOMORROW at 10:30!!
I lost count, but I know I had at least a dozen ultrasounds, plus more doctor visits, so I am ready to be done with that part!
She decided to catch up in growing a couple of weeks ago, measuring 5 1/2 pounds, so she should be right around 6 1/2 tomorrow, at 39 glorious weeks! When my doctor looked at that ultrasound he said, "If this was the only ultrasound I ever saw I would assume it was from a perfectly healthy and routine pregnancy." What a nice change from his first description of "rare and special." :) We are so, so thankful.
To be honest the whole concept of a c-section doesn't really bother me at all. Some women act like it is the end of the world and somehow makes you less of a mom, but when you have been through what we have, anything other than the end of the story being a mom and baby is pretty much just details. I don't know if my doctor would have let me try for a VBAC anyway, but GirlBaby made it perfectly clear that she was not moving from as breech as she could possibly get, so that made that decision easy. I am so ready to not have someone literally sitting on my bladder!
That being said, I am actually a little more anxious for this one considering I have had more than 10 minutes to think about it and won't be completely sedated. But I know it will be worth it! Corey and I were talking about how different it is going to be to actually be among the first people to see and touch our baby. Yup, pretty excited about that.
Noah is still excited and hopefully will be tomorrow too! We had a "Big Brother Party" for him tonight and had lots of fun. I know there will definitely be some adjusting, but I think he is going to be an awesome brother!
Thank you so much for all your love and prayers!!
(I'm sure just a few pictures will be taken tomorrow :) and we will try to post some soon.)
I lost count, but I know I had at least a dozen ultrasounds, plus more doctor visits, so I am ready to be done with that part!
She decided to catch up in growing a couple of weeks ago, measuring 5 1/2 pounds, so she should be right around 6 1/2 tomorrow, at 39 glorious weeks! When my doctor looked at that ultrasound he said, "If this was the only ultrasound I ever saw I would assume it was from a perfectly healthy and routine pregnancy." What a nice change from his first description of "rare and special." :) We are so, so thankful.
That being said, I am actually a little more anxious for this one considering I have had more than 10 minutes to think about it and won't be completely sedated. But I know it will be worth it! Corey and I were talking about how different it is going to be to actually be among the first people to see and touch our baby. Yup, pretty excited about that.
Noah is still excited and hopefully will be tomorrow too! We had a "Big Brother Party" for him tonight and had lots of fun. I know there will definitely be some adjusting, but I think he is going to be an awesome brother!
(I'm sure just a few pictures will be taken tomorrow :) and we will try to post some soon.)
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Big Boy Update
Along with my baby belly, there is also a toddler around here who keeps growing and changing!
Besides his soon to be official "big brother" status, here are a couple of other things that have been happening with our big boy:
He is now in his big boy bed!
I will admit, this was not by my choice. Call me crazy, but my plan was to keep him in a crib as long as he would actually stay in a crib. So yes, you guessed it, he officially mastered the art of climbing out of the crib and left us no choice. The first few nights were rough and I would find him sleeping in his rocking chair and he kept asking for his crib back, but I think we're pretty much adjusted now. He gets very excited to show people his bed and told me, "I sure do like my big boy bed!"
He got his first big boy bike!
If you know my husband you know that this was just as exciting for him as Noah, and that this is a "real bike" from a bike shop. (because apparently the bikes at Walmart, Target, etc are not "real bikes" :) Noah loved the bike shop just about as much as his Daddy! And he has been wanting his own bike and to ride like Daddy for a long time. He doesn't quite have the hang of it yet, but he loves having his very own bike.
He has developed quite a taste for the classics, especially Richard Scarry!
He will literally sit with someone for hours with a big Richard Scarry book. And then we discovered that there are some videos of them on YouTube... needless to say Huckle, Lowly, Bananas Gorilla, Sergeant Murphy and company have knocked Mickey Mouse and friends out of favorite status for him. :) He has also recently decided that "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" is hilarious and is a pretty big Dr. Suess fan.
He has definitely entered the infamous "why?" stage! I can see how it gets old, but it isn't like he is saying it as back talk, he is asking legitimate questions. Why did you put that there? Why did that person do that? etc. etc. etc. Oh, and also "what does it mean?" He has asked me a couple times in the past few days, "What does God mean?" You know, simple little questions like that. :) Before he picked those questions up he would bring me something or hear about something and say, "teach me about that, Mama." He has always been very inquisitive and aware of what is going on around him, even as an infant. I'll take it. :) He also wants to know what everybody's name is, and if I say that I don't know he asks, "do they have a name tag?" Inquisitive and logical. And whenever he sees or we talk about an animal he asks, "what is its favorite food to eat?" Not quite sure where he picked up that one. I know some people think I am crazy, but I honestly enjoy conversing with my two year old!
The other day he told me what he wants to do when he grows up: "be a righteous man" (I guess he has been listening all those times I pray Genesis 6:9 over him!) and "drive a big up-truck [dump truck]." :) And then he said once he knows how to drive it he will "take Daddy's up-truck for a nice drive in the country."
I just love this big boy.
Besides his soon to be official "big brother" status, here are a couple of other things that have been happening with our big boy:
He is now in his big boy bed!
He got his first big boy bike!
He has developed quite a taste for the classics, especially Richard Scarry!
He has definitely entered the infamous "why?" stage! I can see how it gets old, but it isn't like he is saying it as back talk, he is asking legitimate questions. Why did you put that there? Why did that person do that? etc. etc. etc. Oh, and also "what does it mean?" He has asked me a couple times in the past few days, "What does God mean?" You know, simple little questions like that. :) Before he picked those questions up he would bring me something or hear about something and say, "teach me about that, Mama." He has always been very inquisitive and aware of what is going on around him, even as an infant. I'll take it. :) He also wants to know what everybody's name is, and if I say that I don't know he asks, "do they have a name tag?" Inquisitive and logical. And whenever he sees or we talk about an animal he asks, "what is its favorite food to eat?" Not quite sure where he picked up that one. I know some people think I am crazy, but I honestly enjoy conversing with my two year old!
The other day he told me what he wants to do when he grows up: "be a righteous man" (I guess he has been listening all those times I pray Genesis 6:9 over him!) and "drive a big up-truck [dump truck]." :) And then he said once he knows how to drive it he will "take Daddy's up-truck for a nice drive in the country."
I just love this big boy.
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