>we smile now

>I don't have real proof in the form of photos(I blame my slow camera), but Conner is smiling! It's oh so cute and I love it.

Conner is already a little over 6 weeks old. He's almost outgrown his newborn sleepers. He loves to roll over and to take a bath. He is such a snugglebug, which makes the rough nights worth it. Yes, we still have rough nights. This kid wakes up evvery 2 houts to eat. He just won't miss a meal. We've been busy helping Josh pick stuff out for the new house. Conner hates his carseat so that makes going anywhere very interesting. He just screams and screams. It breaks my heart, but there isn't a thing I can do. He has to sit in his carseat.

I took tis pic today


and this from yesterday

we smile now

I don't have real proof in the form of photos(I blame my slow camera), but Conner is smiling! It's oh so cute and I love it.

Conner is already a little over 6 weeks old. He's almost outgrown his newborn sleepers. He loves to roll over and to take a bath. He is such a snugglebug, which makes the rough nights worth it. Yes, we still have rough nights. This kid wakes up evvery 2 houts to eat. He just won't miss a meal. We've been busy helping Josh pick stuff out for the new house. Conner hates his carseat so that makes going anywhere very interesting. He just screams and screams. It breaks my heart, but there isn't a thing I can do. He has to sit in his carseat.

I took tis pic today


and this from yesterday

>Thought I'd update...

>Conner is asleep and I thought I'd update my newly neglected blog. So many things are going on here. I'm adjusting to motherhood; although I don't know that I'd use the adjective gracefully or beautifully. The dark circles under my eyes are far from beautiful. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm definitely enjoying my little guy and he's growing. I can't believe that next week he will be a month old. It's crazy how time has flown. I'm not going back to work; and I am so happy about that. We are actually moving. Josh wants to be all moved in to the new house by Christmas and that is such an added stress. He's really going to have to do a lot of the packing. I'm not interested in leaving C with anyone so that I can pack/move. Not to mention the amount of pumping I'd have to do so that my kid could eat. He prefers the real thing over the bottle anyway.

Let me just tell you about the house. It's a cute little traditional house. It's white with black shutters. It has a 2 car attached garage and a one car detached garage (Josh loves this). It's 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. It sits on almost an acre. Right now it needs some love (work), but we won't move until it's all done. It's primarily carpet, paint, countertops and vanities and tile in the bathrooms. New light fixtures need to be installed and then it's done.
Here's a pic I stole of the house. I need to go take before pics so we can compare the progress.


And just because I think my baby is so cute...3 weeks old

Thought I'd update...

Conner is asleep and I thought I'd update my newly neglected blog. So many things are going on here. I'm adjusting to motherhood; although I don't know that I'd use the adjective gracefully or beautifully. The dark circles under my eyes are far from beautiful. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I'm definitely enjoying my little guy and he's growing. I can't believe that next week he will be a month old. It's crazy how time has flown. I'm not going back to work; and I am so happy about that. We are actually moving. Josh wants to be all moved in to the new house by Christmas and that is such an added stress. He's really going to have to do a lot of the packing. I'm not interested in leaving C with anyone so that I can pack/move. Not to mention the amount of pumping I'd have to do so that my kid could eat. He prefers the real thing over the bottle anyway.

Let me just tell you about the house. It's a cute little traditional house. It's white with black shutters. It has a 2 car attached garage and a one car detached garage (Josh loves this). It's 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. It sits on almost an acre. Right now it needs some love (work), but we won't move until it's all done. It's primarily carpet, paint, countertops and vanities and tile in the bathrooms. New light fixtures need to be installed and then it's done.
Here's a pic I stole of the house. I need to go take before pics so we can compare the progress.


And just because I think my baby is so cute...3 weeks old

>It's been a while..

>I can't believe that our little man is already 2 weeks old. It has already flown by. We are adjusting to parenthood rather nicely and we enjoy Conner every day; even on the fussy days. Not a lot of exciting things have been going on. Today was the first day I took Conner out alone. I haven't really left the house and I'm ok with that. I had a chiropractic appt this morning and then we went to Target. He screamed the whole time. I had to take him out of the carseat at Target and carry him through the store while keeping up with the cart. I nursed him in the car before we went in thinking that he would be OK. He's been a bit gassy so here I am in Target with this screaming infant trying to open the gas drops as fast as I could. I gave him the drops and he was FINE. He actually fell asleep. He's been sleeping for a little more than an hour and a half.

He likes to sleep during the day. Our nights are busy. We are up every 2 hours. He likes to eat and is such a little piggy. Evidently breastfed babies eat more frequently; he is no exception. I wondered if he was getting enough and read that if they have frequent wet/dirty diapers then they are good. Well, I have the poopiest baby alive. This child poops more than I ever thought possible for a baby. Speaking of diapers, I have to go change one. Here's Conner at 2 weeks.

It's been a while..

I can't believe that our little man is already 2 weeks old. It has already flown by. We are adjusting to parenthood rather nicely and we enjoy Conner every day; even on the fussy days. Not a lot of exciting things have been going on. Today was the first day I took Conner out alone. I haven't really left the house and I'm ok with that. I had a chiropractic appt this morning and then we went to Target. He screamed the whole time. I had to take him out of the carseat at Target and carry him through the store while keeping up with the cart. I nursed him in the car before we went in thinking that he would be OK. He's been a bit gassy so here I am in Target with this screaming infant trying to open the gas drops as fast as I could. I gave him the drops and he was FINE. He actually fell asleep. He's been sleeping for a little more than an hour and a half.

He likes to sleep during the day. Our nights are busy. We are up every 2 hours. He likes to eat and is such a little piggy. Evidently breastfed babies eat more frequently; he is no exception. I wondered if he was getting enough and read that if they have frequent wet/dirty diapers then they are good. Well, I have the poopiest baby alive. This child poops more than I ever thought possible for a baby. Speaking of diapers, I have to go change one. Here's Conner at 2 weeks.

>Overachiever

>Conner is an overachiever. He's already rolling over. He's 11 days old. What a big boy.


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Overachiever

Conner is an overachiever. He's already rolling over. He's 11 days old. What a big boy.

>Introducing Conner Arthur

>Conner decided to make his debut on October 28, 2008. He weighed 6 pounds 5 oz and was 19 inches long. He's such a cute little peanut. We just love him to pieces.
Here is my birth story...it may contain too much information...

Monday, October 27 I had my weekly ob appointment. They checked my blood pressure and weight (I gained 4 pounds in a week) and sent me on my way. Everything was fine with baby and so I was good to go. I had intentions of doing a lot of things on Monday but I was exhausted from our long exciting weekend (Rusty got married). I decided that I could just put off those items until the next day. Around 8pm my contractions started to get more painful and I noticed they were frequent; we decided to time them. I sat on my yoga ball. I happily watched TV and timed contractions. 9:04 my water broke. I was sure of it. Either that or it was a lot of urine. I called my mom and then called the ob. She told us to go ahead and go into the hospital. Off we went. When we got there she checked me and I was only one cm dilated and 60% effaced. They tested my water and said I needed to go home that my water had not broken. I was so utterly confused because I was still leaking.
We went home and I remembered what Dr. Angus said about "true labor". Take 2 Tylenol, drink 24 oz of water, take a shower and go to bed. True labor would continue, false labor would be "cured". I took his advice and around 2:30, I went to bed. I was up at 4 with some pretty painful contractions that did not go away; they were coming every 4 minutes. I called the OB again and by 6 we were readmitted. I was checked and was almost 3 cm at this point. I was exhausted so I was given a shot to help me sleep for a few hours. I slept for about 3 hours. Of course, the contractions woke me up. I labored all day long. I did not want the epidural at all. My labor and delivery nurse, Kathy, was amazing. She was so respectful of my wanting no medical intervention unless it was necessary. The OB came in with a portable ultrasound machine to check my water. Sure enough, I was right and it had broken. Conner's head had trapped 2 small pockets when he descended into the birth canal so it didn't all come out but she was not going to be able to break it. Around 3 Kathy came in to tell me that my contractions had become too spaced out and they wanted to give me pitocen. I told her that I didn’t want it b/c I knew I was too exhausted to deal with the painful contractions that pitocen causes. I told her that if it was necessary to have the pitocen then I wanted an epidural too. I knew I didn’t have the energy. All I knew was that I felt like I needed to push. She called for the anesthesiologist and in he came. She was about to check for progress when he came in. We decided to wait and he did his thing and then she checked. I was at 10cm ready to push. I was so pissed at myself. I found out that I wouldn’t be able to deliver right away because the ob was in another delivery. The epidural was working so I took a 45 minute nap. It was what I needed to push. The ob came in and they turned off my epidural. I pushed for an hour and there he was. During the pushing, his heart rate deceled twice and she had to tear me to get him out. The cord was wrapped around his neck. The nursery staff looked him over and he was great. He didn’t cry the way they wanted him to but eventually they got all of the mucus out and he showed them his screaming abilities.
We stayed at the hospital for 48 hours. They wanted to monitor Conner's blood becuase my water had been broken for so long. We were very happy to come home.

Here are a few pictures
after 21 hours of labor


with daddy




with Harley

Introducing Conner Arthur

Conner decided to make his debut on October 28, 2008. He weighed 6 pounds 5 oz and was 19 inches long. He's such a cute little peanut. We just love him to pieces.
Here is my birth story...it may contain too much information...

Monday, October 27 I had my weekly ob appointment. They checked my blood pressure and weight (I gained 4 pounds in a week) and sent me on my way. Everything was fine with baby and so I was good to go. I had intentions of doing a lot of things on Monday but I was exhausted from our long exciting weekend (Rusty got married). I decided that I could just put off those items until the next day. Around 8pm my contractions started to get more painful and I noticed they were frequent; we decided to time them. I sat on my yoga ball. I happily watched TV and timed contractions. 9:04 my water broke. I was sure of it. Either that or it was a lot of urine. I called my mom and then called the ob. She told us to go ahead and go into the hospital. Off we went. When we got there she checked me and I was only one cm dilated and 60% effaced. They tested my water and said I needed to go home that my water had not broken. I was so utterly confused because I was still leaking.
We went home and I remembered what Dr. Angus said about "true labor". Take 2 Tylenol, drink 24 oz of water, take a shower and go to bed. True labor would continue, false labor would be "cured". I took his advice and around 2:30, I went to bed. I was up at 4 with some pretty painful contractions that did not go away; they were coming every 4 minutes. I called the OB again and by 6 we were readmitted. I was checked and was almost 3 cm at this point. I was exhausted so I was given a shot to help me sleep for a few hours. I slept for about 3 hours. Of course, the contractions woke me up. I labored all day long. I did not want the epidural at all. My labor and delivery nurse, Kathy, was amazing. She was so respectful of my wanting no medical intervention unless it was necessary. The OB came in with a portable ultrasound machine to check my water. Sure enough, I was right and it had broken. Conner's head had trapped 2 small pockets when he descended into the birth canal so it didn't all come out but she was not going to be able to break it. Around 3 Kathy came in to tell me that my contractions had become too spaced out and they wanted to give me pitocen. I told her that I didn’t want it b/c I knew I was too exhausted to deal with the painful contractions that pitocen causes. I told her that if it was necessary to have the pitocen then I wanted an epidural too. I knew I didn’t have the energy. All I knew was that I felt like I needed to push. She called for the anesthesiologist and in he came. She was about to check for progress when he came in. We decided to wait and he did his thing and then she checked. I was at 10cm ready to push. I was so pissed at myself. I found out that I wouldn’t be able to deliver right away because the ob was in another delivery. The epidural was working so I took a 45 minute nap. It was what I needed to push. The ob came in and they turned off my epidural. I pushed for an hour and there he was. During the pushing, his heart rate deceled twice and she had to tear me to get him out. The cord was wrapped around his neck. The nursery staff looked him over and he was great. He didn’t cry the way they wanted him to but eventually they got all of the mucus out and he showed them his screaming abilities.
We stayed at the hospital for 48 hours. They wanted to monitor Conner's blood becuase my water had been broken for so long. We were very happy to come home.

Here are a few pictures
after 21 hours of labor


with daddy




with Harley