And lastly, Morgan was able to capture a little smile on the camera. He smiles almost every time Logan is around him and babbling. As much as I love him being a little baby, I can't wait for him to grow up a little more so the boys can play together. We have truly been blessed with two special little boys and I can't imagine it being any other way right now. :) Until next time.....
Sunday, September 28, 2008
We're Still Alive
And lastly, Morgan was able to capture a little smile on the camera. He smiles almost every time Logan is around him and babbling. As much as I love him being a little baby, I can't wait for him to grow up a little more so the boys can play together. We have truly been blessed with two special little boys and I can't imagine it being any other way right now. :) Until next time.....
Sunday, September 21, 2008
The Moment We've All Been Waiting For
We left the house around 7:00am in the morning. It was me, Morgan, Logan, & my mom. Of course nothing can go perfect and as we are turning down a street a car comes out of nowhere, so we have to back up a little bit after putting on the brakes and end up backing into a car. A big ol’ Oklahoman gets out of the car and I’m thinking, please don’t deck my husband we’re on the way to the hospital to have a baby. Luckily nothing happened to either car and the guy was really nice, but it sure woke us all up.
We got the hospital and got checked in and were settled in our mansion of a room…seriously, the rooms were as big or bigger than a hotel room, it was awesome. They monitored the baby for about an hour before doing anything. I’d actually been having quite a few contractions before and we found out that I was actually already to a 3 (moms and dads will understand what I mean). We started the pitocin and got things going. The contractions didn’t start getting too painful until about 11:00am, so we got the epidural. This was a perfect epidural I could actually still wiggle my toes and move my legs, with Logan I was completely numb and you’d think that would be better, but it was actually more uncomfortable…anyway. About 1:00pm the doctor came in and broke my water and we thought things would go really fast after that like they did with Logan when I finally reached a 4 (I was around a 5 when he broke my water).
Damon decided to take his precious time though. It was about 4:00pm when the nurse got the doctor in and we started pushing. Morgan got to catch the baby, you already saw that picture. At exactly 4:17pm Damon was born. I decided that I’d rather spend the hours going through contractions than pushing and feel pretty lucky about that. I only had to push for about 30 minutes with Logan, and what a whole 4 times or so in 17 minutes to pop Damon out.
We had an awesome nurse and it was a nice clean labor and delivery. Morgan and I really couldn’t have asked for a more perfect experience. We were all for the most part calm and relaxed the whole time we were there. We watched a few movies. Logan ran around the room and did a great job. He was even there when Damon was born, he was just waking up from a nap and Grandma was holding him.
Damon has been such a content little boy, just like his big brother was.
And his big brother loves him soooo much!
Damon is smiling that picture even though it looks like he's crying. He sure loves his big brother.Morgan is such a good daddy to his boys. We are going to have so much fun with them. It's going to be hard sometimes and the rewards may not come as soon as we want, but it will definitely be all worth it.We love you all and have felt your prayers with us during this time and want to say thank you to everyone who has helped us. We are so thrilled with our growing family. So, until next time.....
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Quick Pics
The Doctor let Morgan catch Damon. He did a great job! (yep, I took that picture too)Damon Jeremiah 7lbs 11ounces 21inches and cute as can be!
He had a few scratches from his fingernails, but he's got rosy cheeks like his brother.
We made it home safe and sound."Thank Heaven for little boys!"
All my boys! I love them sooooo much!!!!!!!!
Logan is going to be such a good big brother. He went for the baby before he even gave his momma kisses when we got home. :)Saturday, September 13, 2008
...unfinished...okay, finished. :)
I've been trying to stay busy to keep my mind occupied on something other than a very soon delivery of our second child, but even as busy as we stayed, I still had enough time to grow impatient and anxious....this test of patience is good for me though. :)
We took a few pictures and videos this week, but next week will be even better when we'll have pictures and videos of our newer, bigger, and better family. Logan is at that stage where he doesn't like his clothes on and is always trying to take them off, luckily, he's really not quite figured it out, but when he gets whiny enough I'll at least take his shirt off. I did that day and he tried for a long time to get his pants and diaper off, but all he got was a plumber's crack, it was too darn cute not to take a picture.
He's been eating more like a big boy lately and I've been letting him work on the spoon more. He's really good with a fork and sort of treats the spoon like a fork and makes a big mess, so I've avoided it until now, but I'm realizing that the more independent he is with snacks and eating, the easier it will be with two. Here is just chillin' in his chair chowing on, I think pudding. He does pretty good with pudding and yogurt since they stick to the spoon a little better. He also loves giving kisses, kisses, and more kisses.
We found these shades in the stroller that we bought second-hand, I keep forgetting to ask my friend that picked it up for me if they are hers...well, her little boy's. :) They've been in the car and he always tries to put them on, and the other day after errands he wouldn't leave them in the car, so we brough them in and I helped him put them on, I think he looks pretty studdly.
Sometimes the most random things will make him laugh, we caught the next few videos a little after the climax of his laughter, but you get the idea.
My mom finally got here on Saturday, luckily missing any of the storm, we've been anxiously awaiting her arrival all week. My mom will be staying with us for a week to help with the babies and help me figure out how in the world I'm supposed to handle two at a time. My dad wasn't able to make it out like we planned :( it seemed the whole world decided to converge on Oklahoma City this week. I'm sure it was due to a lot of re-routed flights from the storm, he'll just have to be patient and see him a little later.
...anyway, this post is still unfinished, but it's late Sunday night right now and I'm going to have a BABY TOMORROW!!!! So, I'll probably finish this mid-week and add another with some pictures of the newest addition to our family.....so until then...okay, I'm done now as much as I can with this post.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Now what are we going to do NEXT week?
Morgan is such a wonderful husband. He takes good care of our house and thinks of things to make it look and feel better, specifically with yardwork.
On Saturday I had a wonderful Baby Sprinkle (baby shower). It was so much fun, thanks again to everyone who came and those who put it all together. I really feel so blessed to have found such great friends here in Oklahoma and in our ward. We got a great supply of diapers wipes and Damon even got a few new outfits of his own along with some great toys, blankets and bath supplies.
And now, since the lack of pictures, I have for your viewing pleasure in bearing with this long post (see what happens when I don't work as much, I get so long-winded---or would you call that long-typed?).
This is Logan playing hide and seek. He was ducking for cover for about 10 minutes and having a blast, but of course when we pull the camera out he gets a little distracted.
Logan really likes brushing his teeth too, whenever we are in there brushing ours he likes to brush his, he's getting better too. Maybe there will be better hope for his teeth than mine. (sorry about that again mom, dental visits sure add up quick!)
And finally, Logan's kissy face has returned. He's such a ham. He's such a wonderful boy and gives his kisses freely. Sorry about the quality of the video, but I did get some good kissy face pictures to end with, that camera can just be so distracting.
Look at that little cutie pie. He's going to be such a great big brother, I can hardly wait for him to meet Damon. He gives the "baby" kisses all the time on my tummy.
Kinda blurry, but here's a kiss for you too!