Sleep

Stephen is sleeping in his own bed! We tried this once before when he was about 2 months old. Let's just say it did not work out. He was just still waking up too often. Now he usually only wakes up once a night at about 2-3am. Sometimes I get lucky and he doesn't wake up until 4am. Then, he usually eats every 2-4 hours. So we are trying him in his own bed again. So far, tonight being the 4th night, he is doing pretty good. Last night he went to bed a little early and he woke up more than usual. But hopefully tonight is better and he sleeps all the way through. Fingers crossed!! Here are some pictures of him sleeping in his own bed for the first time, this time!! And some pictures from happy mornings!! :)

Cousin Ethan!!

We got to visit with Justin's cousin Elisabeth. She just had baby Ethan 4 weeks ago! (The pictures are from him at 3 weeks) He was almost the same size as Stephen at birth. He was born just a smidge early. If he had gone all the way I'm sure he would have been the same!! His name is Ethan Matthew Spann. He is a cutie!! We really enjoyed our visit! Thanks for having us over Miss Elisabeth and baby Ethan!

These two are two months apart! 

Baby Ethan

First Bath!! (Back tracking)

His cord and bell fell of at about 10 days and we got to take our first bath! I was excited!! Stephen, not so much!!

His hair is a crazy hot mess! I love it! Curls look good on this boy! 

Happy now with the blow dry going!

Probably thinking of ways he will some day get me back for torturing him!

3 months

Well, it's happening! My baby is getting big! He is 3 months and a week old! How did 3 months go by already?! Before I know it he will be graduating from college!

He is quite the morning person. Which is very unlike his mother! He wakes up talking and smiling; just happy as can be. I'm glad to know there will be a morning person in the family. He must get this from his daddy! 

He tries to sit up when on his back. He tries reaching for things, and occasionally succeeds! He only wakes up about once a night at about 2:45am or so.

At daycare he does great! He loves the ladies that teach his class! He does not take naps well or eat from his bottle well at daycare. Maybe there is just too much noise and distraction. He is eating a little under 20oz while at daycare. And then nurses about 5-6 times throughout the evening-morning.

When sleeping, we still swaddle him. He doesn't really like it at first, but sleeps so much better if we do. This week I tried to let him sleep through the night without swaddling him...let's just say we won't be trying that again for a while! He woke up 4 times during the night. It just threw off our whole night and made the next day a little rough, too! 

When he sleeps swaddled he has to have at least one hand out to get air. Usually both hands are out. One out of the top and the other out of the bottom. But, sometimes they are both out of the bottom. 

One hand out of the top, one out of the bottom!

Both hands out of the bottom! 

He LOVES tummy time! He arches his back and does this Superman move while on his tummy. It's pretty cute!! He has roled over from tummy to back twice on his own. Once at daycare and once at home the same day. But has not done it again since. He also love laying on his back and is beginning to scoot down when laying there. He loves his play mat his Aunt Lydia let us borrow. His favorite part of it are the leaves and mirror!

This boy can throw a fit!! He does not like going to sleep. Arching his back, screaming, grunting the whole 9 yards!! Hopefully we will be able to break this bad habit before he is too much older. This is not a habit I want him taking into his toddler years! 

Throwing a fit because he is tire!!

And falling asleep about 30 seconds later!!

He does seem to be teething. Drooling and chewing on his hands are things that go on constantly now. He only gets fussy sometimes so we must just be beginning the teething process. 

Pretty happy dude! 

This is how he usually is!

Us at the Fort Worth zoo

Stephen is Here!!!

I'm not pregnant anymore! I had a really great pregnancy and thoroughly enjoyed it! Yea, I'm one of those freaks!

We are now the proud owners of a handsome baby boy! His name is Stephen Miles and we just adore him! I think he kinda likes us, too! ;) 

We went to the hospital Wednesday, January 15, to be induced on the 16th. My mom and I went and checked in while Justin had to finish working and go home to take one last shower before spending a day or two at the hospital. They started the cervidil Wednesday night. They induced with patoisin at about 6am Thursday. And we had our sone at 2:10pm! It was crazy fast!

This is us about 5 seconds after being told I was at 10cm and about to start pushing.

Our skin on skin time right after he was born.

It's been a while!

Well, I haven't blogged it a while! It's hard making myself get on the computer to do it! Now that I have a smart phone, maybe I will be on top of things...maybe!

Weeks 14 and 15

THE HIGHLIGHTS:

How far along: 14 weeks
How big is the baby: the size of a small lemon
Weight gain/loss: still no gain, but not getting any lower than 8 lbs less than pre-pregnancy weight
Maternity clothes: Not yet. But I have a little bump now! :)
Stretch marks: No.
Sleep: dreaming a lot
Movement: maybe, but if so I'm not feeling much :(
Symptoms: still nauseated from time to time, but not too bad. Still irregular. And, of course, frequent trips to the bathroom.
Food Cravings: not really this week.
Labor Signs: No.
Belly button in or out: in.
What I am Looking Forward too: baby movement all the time. Sadly I think I may have a couple more months. :(



THE HIGHLIGHTS:

How far along: 15 Weeks
How big is the baby: The size of an avocado. THAT'S HUGE!
Weight gain/loss: Still under
Maternity clothes: No
Stretch marks: No.
Sleep: Better
Movement: No
Food Cravings: No
Labor Signs: No.
Belly button in or out: in.
What I am Looking Forward too: Having a bigger bump!

I AM TAKING PICTURES! I PROMISE TO POST SOME SOON! :)


UPDATE ON CHAD:
Chad woke up from his comaas few days shy of 3 weeks after the accident. He was trying to talk but couldn't because he had a trech in. Over the next couple of weeks he progressively got better and better. His accident was at about 11:45pm on June 22, 2012 and he got to go home, walking and talking basically back to his normal self (he still has some healing in his right shoulder and arm to do, and has some muscle in his legs and arms he needs to rebuild) on July 27th, 2012. He will still have therapy a few times a week for a little while, but he is doing fantastic. Praise God, this would not have happened without Him! We would not have him back with his same personality or doing so well physically, or maybe at all if it were not for our amazing Lord!! Praise Him and thanks everyone for your prayers!