Santa!

Riding the carousel after seeing Santa

David wasn't loving the carousel

Avery told Santa she wanted skates for Christmas. Then she thought she was going to get them right then. Told her she has to wait!

Baby David

Sometimes I just can't believe that we've been blessed with such a sweet baby. I was a little scared that since Avery was a good baby, there was no way David would be! He's so good.

The other day we had a Christmas party with my mom's group and he slept the whole time. When we got home, of course he woke up. We stayed up for another 2 hours and he was so happy. He never fussed; he was perfectly content just hanging out with me. When he's awake and content, he has a slight smile on his face. It was such a precious time with him.

Avery is wonderful with him. I knew she would be but wondered if it would wear off at some point but so far it hasn't. She gets this high pitched voice and will say "it's alright! It's ok!" She kisses on him constantly and when he cries she tries to give him a pacifier, which he doesn't take. Every morning she asks where he is.

Time for some pictures.

Excuse the spit up on his clothes :)

Someone got into mom's lotion...

I love this girl!

I love this boy!

It's so incredibly hard to get a decent picture of her.

Christmas party for the kids

Taking advantage of the warm day yesterday.

She loves her bruver.

The majority of the pictures I take of her look similar to this. I have a special knack for taking bad pictures.

Hopefully David's hair will grow in soon! He looks like Stanley Tucci! I guess we know what we'll look like when he's old ;)

We're a little late but today we're going to go see Santa. We went over the weekend and the line was so ridiculously long that we left. Avery wants to tell Santa that she wants skates for Christmas. Of course, Santa already knows that ;)

David Michael Irving

Born November 2, 2013 at 6:06 pm. Weighing 8 lbs 4 oz and 21.5 inches long.

Baby David was born 7.5 hours after my first contractions. I had gotten in the tub at home but knew fairly quickly that things were happening pretty fast. I told David that I thought we should go ahead and go to the hospital. He asked me if I was sure and I said yes. We finally got in the car to go and got to the hospital and checked in at 3:50.

They got me to labor and delivery and rushed to get my IV's in since I tested positive for Group B Strep. They checked me and I was 7 going on 8 centimeters dilated. They called the doctor.

What I love is that Dr. Lewis wasn't on call that weekend and she still came in to deliver our baby. She was very hands off. I loved it.

My water broke while pushing (Nikki was such a life saver during this labor. I highly recommend a doula!). As soon as I saw the color of it I knew there was meconium in it. They immediately called some team in and about 3 or 4 nurses came in and stood off to the side to help with that issue. Then I started bleeding more than I should so they had to work to get that stopped. That was HORRIBLE.

He's a lovely baby. He eats well. He rarely cries. We are very blessed. Avery adores him. It's precious.

Induction

On Halloween night, I got a call from my midwife stating that after consulting with a doctor, they both felt that due to high blood pressure it would be safest to deliver the baby. Avery went to stay with grandma and David and I headed to the hospital.

A doula/midwife assistant came and met us from our midwife's practice. Her name is Nikki and she was fabulous. That poor girl sat up all night with us at the hospital for an induction that didn't work.

For some reason my body didn't respond to the Pitocin that they had me on and I never went into labor. I had a fabulous doctor (Dr. Kayci Lewis D.O) and rather than continue to try to get me to go into labor, she let me go home. She said that my blood pressure was being controlled well with the medicine and that she believed I'd go into labor on my own since I had before. So we packed up after a night in the hospital and came home.

The next day I woke up feeling fine. No contractions at all. That changed close to 10:30. I started contracting regularly. They fizzled out for a while but started back up again and they hurt like a son of a gun. That crap hurts I tell ya.

To be continued...

38 weeks with Avery

38 weeks with David

I shot my first ever selfie in the bathroom mirror! My camera is broken so I can't use it and I always forget to have David take a picture of my belly so I had to do it this way.

I am so ready to have this baby! I can't wait to hold him and love on him! It's driving me nuts. Now, every pain I have, I hope it's the start of something. So far it hasn't been. I hurt all day yesterday pretty badly and nothing. Boo!

I'm really curious to see how big he's going to be.

Well, I have been having a hard time eating enough protein and drinking enough water. This past week I had to go to the midwife twice because the first time I was spilling too much protein in my urine and my blood pressure was high. This means my body was taking protein from my muscles which can lead to a lot of problems putting me in the hospital. No good. So I had to go back the next day and be tested again. My protein and blood pressure went down so that is good.  That's going to have to be my focus until this little guy is born: eating lots of protein and drinking lots of water.

All in all I have nothing to complain about. I'm tired of being pregnant but who isn't in the last few weeks?

Here's to being patient...

36 Weeks

Well, only 4 more weeks until our little boy is here. I'm hoping it will be earlier because I'm so over being pregnant!  After next week, he is free to come :)

We finally got most of our supplies ready. My birth kit came in and I got the pool rented. We got a new crib mattress and bought a new car seat. I think we're ready :0)

We've been very blessed in that we have been able to keep everything from Avery and I've been surrounded by mom's of little boys who have been very generous in giving us clothes.

On Oct 3 my stay at home mom's group gave me a diaper sprinkle. There were 7 of us there who are pregnant!

Here's some of the loot we got.

 

These ladies have been so great. They know that I've had issues with hurting and have been so kind to offer to watch Avery so I can rest. Thankfully it hasn't come to that but it's nice to know Avery has a friend's house to play at if needed.  I'm so thankful I found this group!

 

I am so thankful I am a part of this group. It has been so great to make new friends. Friends for Avery and I both. It's so full of generous women. A lot of them know that I've been having to take it easy because of

October!!!!

33 weeks with Avery

 

34 weeks 3 days with David.

Looking a little rough in this picture of me with David! The end of this pregnancy is not near as smooth as it was with Avery. I'm taking over 1000 mgs of calcium/magnesium supplements to keep my uterus relaxed. I still struggle with pain and contractions occasionally but the calcium has helped a lot. On the days that I'm particularly hurting I also take a homeopathic medicine which helps too. I just have to keep this little guy in for 2 more weeks. He can come any time after that!

I can't believe that it's October already and by the end of this month Avery will be 3 and I'll either have a baby or be really close to having one! Baby David is running out of room and his movements hurt. He likes to put pressure on my gallbladder which hurts pretty bad. It's amazing to see how distorted he makes my belly too. Still hard to believe there's a little person in there!

Avery is super awesome of course. She's getting more and more difficult as she's getting older but that's normal I know. We're trying to keep the upper hand...don't want to raise a brat! She's definitely changing a lot but she's still so sweet...most of the time :)

I can't wait to see her with Baby David. She calls Sophia next door "sweetie pie" now and it cracks me up! She loves babies and I know she'll be a wonderful sister.

Nothing else is new here. Same ol' same ol' with David. Same ol' same ol' with me...just doing the same as always with more aches ;0)