One Week Old

Superbaby is one week old already! He is a very calm and sweet baby, who rarely cries and loves to cuddle up on our chests. He doesn't do much, but that is just the way we like it.

Superbaby is a BOY!!

After all the mystery surrounding this baby, he surprised us right until the end. We were almost certain that this little baby was going to be a girl, but we were both wrong. We gave birth to a beautiful BABY BOY Monday morning.

Here is a quick condensed birth story and some pictures too. He is a good mix of both Supergirl and Superboy. He is not as hairy as they were (no hair on the ears or back, or forehead in Superboy's case). His hair is the lightest of the three, with some of it looking almost a light brown/blonde along the hairline. He has the same dark gray/brown eyes as the other two though. His skin also seems like it may be a bit more fair than the other two, since he seems more red. But, so much changes, it will be interesting to see what characteristics he keeps and what things will be uniquely his own.

The Story: On Sunday, May 11th, I had contractions for a few hours throughout the afternoon and got very excited, thinking that Superbaby would be born on Mother's Day. What a great gift that would have been! However, around 8pm they completely stopped. I did wake up a few times during the night with contractions, but they were never followed by more, so I would just go back to sleep. At 3:30 am I had a really strong one that was followed by another 10 minutes later, and then another. The next few were in the 7-8 minute range, and were VERY painful and long. We decided this was the real thing and called up Aunt R to come to the house so we could leave. Even at this point they weren't much closer than 7 minutes.
We arrived at the hospital at 5 am, and I almost started to lose hope because a few of the contractions became very spaced out again. The nurse checked me into triage to monitor the contractions for a bit. They were so strong, and Superdad was an incredible support to me during this time, since I had not yet been given any pain medicine. The nurse checked my progress and didn't feel that the baby was too close to being born since he was still up rather high, and I was still measuring small enough. I think it gave her a false sense of security...and time.

When we got to the birthing room the nurse let me know that the anesthesiologist was on his way to give me an epidural, and that she needed me to just sit on the side of the bed. Here is where everything went crazy! I had just turned to sit when i was hit with a strong contraction and my water broke everywhere! I immediately felt Superbaby ready to come out. The nurse told me that his head was crowning and that I would need to push him out with the next contractions. I was completely in shock and panicked. I wasn't mentally prepared to have a natural labor and was really scared. I didn't think I could do it. There was a midwife available so she ran into the room along with a L/D resident. The nurses were flying around me like bees.

Superdad was incredible. I was starting to lose control and he kept pulling me back, making me focus on him and helping me to breath and push. I pushed during the next contraction and he told me he saw the baby's head. The next contraction came very quickly and after what seemed like forever, I pushed Superbaby out. He was placed directly onto my tummy and was allowed to stay on me for well over an hour. It was an absolutely incredible experience. There was no rush to clean him, weigh him, and take him from me. Superdad, baby and I were able to just cuddle and spend those very first precious moments as just the three of us. Honestly it was the best I could have hoped for.

So, despite the craziness of it all, and thinking that I was going to die (ha ha...but really there were a few moments there...) the birth was perfect. I don't know that I'll volunteer for another natural birth, but considering how quick this one was, and how nice my recovery was, you never know... Here are Superbaby's stats as well. Labor began at 3:30 am and he was born at 6:13 am. He weighed 8lbs5oz, was 20 inches long with a 14 inch head.

An hour after being born. Looks like a cute wrinkly old man...

All cleaned up and snug as a bug

snuggled in mommy's bed

Our family.

Superboy checking out his new little brotherBig sister

Superdad and his little man

On our way home

Supergirl holding Superbaby for the very first time!

Superboy is just so cute right now!

These are from the last few days. Just thought I would share :)

Loves to laugh. And yes, the kid already has 16 teeth. It has been a drooly few months.

The "cheese" face. Whenever he sees a camera, this is what he does, and says, "chee".
The bellybutton, or as Superboy would say, "Bellbutt". Of course, once he finds his own, he wants to find yours too, so look out!
The backpack. Oh he just loves wearing this pack around the house and pushing the stroller. He loves to mimick his big sister. Sometimes even baby gets to take a ride.
Ready to roll!

bellies

It would appear that I really like my white shirt, and well...I do!

36.5 weeks

38 weeks (almost done!)

Happy Anniversary

Well, today is a doozy of a day, not only is it Mother's Day, but it is also our 6 year anniversary. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. I love Superdad so much, and I can not wait for the next 6 years to see what adventures lie ahead of us. We've finished school, (almost) have had 3 babies, moved states, changed jobs, and fallen even deeper in love.

So, this post is for my eternal sweetheart. Love you!

Our wedding day. The most beautiful May 11th ever. The sun was shining all day long!

35 weeks

I am feeling done right about now. Here is the latest installment of "watch me get bigger". The baby really popped over the last few weeks, and I definitely look 9 mos along now. I predict the baby will be here in 3 weeks. I hope I'm right!

confession....

I bought a sassy new stroller. I love strollers. Really I do. Why? I have no idea. Most of them are rediculously expensive and completely unnecessary, but I still love them. So, with a little bit of our stimulus check, a really good sale (over $100 off), no shipping or tax I went crazy and bought a red Phil & Teds Sport with doubles seat. Oh how I love it. It has over 4 configurations, allows me to tote 2 kids, but be as wide and long as a single stroller. Oh, it makes the corners of my mouth turn to a smile when I look at it.

Some women covet shoes....I covet a good stroller.

I love the zoo

Honestly it is my favorite place to go as a family. We had the most beautiful weather on Saturday and tried to soak up as much of the sun as we could. However, the traffic was terrible and it took us over an hour to get there!! But, it turned out great and I will remember playing in the grass with my kids that day forever.

The coolest thing happened while we were searching out the elephants. As Supergirl was calling to them, and Superboy was doing his best elephant imitation (basically spitting with his hand at his mouth like a trunk) we hear the monkeys going crazy! We wheel on over and there are two Asiamangs in a tree right by the pathway. Note: we have NEVER seen the asiamangs when we go to the zoo, they are always hiding, or not even there. So, the fact that they were even visible was pretty cool. But these two monkeys were calling, and screaming and hooting so loud back and forth to each other. One would start to swing on a branch and make a call that sounded so much like a Tarzan yell that it was funny. We stood there for a long time just watching them goof off. Everytime they would yell Supergirl would turn to me and say, "Silly monkeys" and Superboy just sat in his seat mimicking them "Hoo Oooh!". It was a great day.

Daddy and HIS little monkeys

Me and dimples

Supergirl was trying so hard to keep Superboy sitting

Exploring

Supergirl LOVES the carousel!

Superboy's new "cheesy smile"

The belly gets bigger...

I am not good at posting these on time, but here is my 32 weeks belly pic, but I am 33 weeks now. Oh well. Everything is still great. The baby is definitely getting bigger, and things are getting cramped inside. The baby loves to get his/her little bum way up in my right ribs. I'll update if anything exciting happens, but as of now it is just the waiting game for another 5-6 weeks. :)

State 2008

Whew! What a weekend. I just got back from taking my team to the State Dance/Drill competition in Yakima, WA. We had such a good time, and the girls did awesome! I am so proud of how hard this team worked. It was long, exhausting, nevermind that I am 8 mos pregnant. I am so happy that I had the opportunity to coach this team. I am going to miss our graduating Seniors a lot, but I am also really excited to start things up again for next year!

Killing time before the comp. starts on Saturday.

Waiting to go on the floor to do their Pom routine
SMILE!

Here is a youtube link to their Drill performance. We took 3rd in the State. Not too shabby! ;)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rtj2WHnnfYM