Such a big boy.

We took Hayden to the doctor today for his check up. He is now over 12 lbs and 23.5 inches long. He is a big boy. 95 percentile for both! He is going to be absolutely huge.

Christmas Fun

We had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house. Hayden was spoiled rotten with tons of great gifts. He slept most of the time but it was fun to see his cousins John and Kennedy. This was the 1st time all of my siblings have been together in years. So that was really nice.

Christmas Day we opened our stockings in the morning. We went to Aunt Patti's for dinner. Then to Uncle Jack for the Grab bag. Hayden was so good all day.

Our little man.

Just a picture

I don't really have anything to write. Here is a new picture of Hayden. He is so alert. We have been busy finishing Christmas shopping, wrapping presents, and feeding!

Grumpy old man

Some Christmas photos

If you didn't get your Christmas card yet, here our some of the pictures we used. I love the Santa Suit. Not sure how Hayden feels about it though...

Here is another one. Hayden is not so thrilled in this one. He is a grumpy old santa. The rest are just some of our holiday decorations and tree.

Our little penguin

Still serious as always...

Trying to Smile

Hayden always looks so serious...



Here are some pictures of him starting to smile. It was hard to capture though...

No love for mommy...

I have lots of good pictures of hayden with daddy...not so much with mommy.

Some more pics...

This week we visited Aunt Renee, cousin Kennedy and Aiden. We also went to my soccer banquet. Hayden slept the entire time. Hayden also got his first real bath this week. He seemed to like it.

Some Christmas pictures...

Just some photos to get you in the Christmas spirit. You will see more when you get your Christmas card!

Visitors

Adam and Jacob (twins) and their family came to visit on Wed. They were so excited to see the baby.

Just some pictures...

So Thankful...

Announcing...
Hayden James Quertinmont
Born: November 26, 2008 at 9:20am
8lbs 4 oz and 22 inches long



He is finally here!!!!!!!!!!

We had an ultrasound on Tuesday the 25th. The fluids around Hayden were so low they decided we had to go to the hospital right then. I didn't have the hospital bag b/c I was planning on going home after the ultrasound. So Eric brought it to us. We went to the hospital and I was put on pitocin at 6:00 pm. Later my water was broken. It was a long wait until about 7:00 am when I could start pushing. After 2 hours of that he was here. He wasn't as big as the ultrasound said. He is just long.

I can't decide who he looks like. Mike thinks he looks like his dad a little. My family thinks he looks like me too.

We are still getting used to him (when to feed, change, sleep, etc.) But overall he is a good baby.





You can click on any pictures on this site and see them larger.

Holiday baking

Well no baby yet and I have too much free time. So I have been doing some holiday baking and freezing. I made some snickerdoodles. Then I did oreo truffles, mint oreo truffles, and red velvet cake truffles. They turned out good. If I can tomorrow I will make some chocolate truffles, cookie dough ones, and maybe some buckeyes. I plan on giving an assortment to the families that help with the soccer banquet (on Dec 6th)and then using the rest for misc people I may need gifts for.

Yesterday we froze some chicken fried rice. And I forgot to add that we froze a bunch of mashed potatoes also. I have also gotten some Christmas shopping done.

Well that's about it.

Due Date

Today is my due date. We woke up to this...



But no baby. I don't really think he is coming anytime soon. I had a dr. appt yesterday and I am not dilated more then 1 cm. Blood pressure and everything else are back to normal. Somehow I lost almost 4 lbs. They don't think the baby is too big. If I don't go into labor by Monday (my next appt) they will definately induce.

The baby is so bad when we go to the dr! He will not let them measure my belly and he definately won't let them get his heartbeat. He kicks and pushes everytime. It takes forever. The nurses always laugh. So maybe I do have a little soccer player...

Misc. Stuff...

The Almanac did a final article about the team.
http://www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/11-12-sls-g-soccer
Apparently I am to have the baby tomorrow. ;)

The South Hills Record also printed our teams all-stars:
http://www.yoursouthhills.com/southhillsrecord/article/seton-la-salles-girls-soccer-team-qualifies-wpial-piaa-playoffs

Its been weird having so much free time now that soccer is over. I guess I should enjoy the peace and quiet now while I can. I have been keeping busy though. I am still working at least until the end of this week. I have frozen tons of meals (chili, chicken noodle soup, chicken fingers, calzones, meatballs, chicken spaghetti, lasagna, meatloaf, some cookies, and more!!)and have cleaned up the entire house.

The doctor said they won't really want me to go past my due date since we have a big baby. So if we hasn't arrived by my next appt (Monday) we could possibly schedule his arrival!

Fall Pictures and a few pregnancy pictures

Soccer, More soccer, and a drum of pee!

The girls from my younger cup team had cake and gifts for me after our indoor game today. Each girl bought a book for the baby. I loved it. We got so many great books. The girls were all excited to show me which book they picked out. We also got a Target gift card from the team.

My high school team lost in the state playoffs yesterday. I wasn't able to travel to the game with them per doctors orders. I felt bad. It was a tough loss. It was a great season though. The girls exceeded all of my expectations.

For the past 24 hours I had to collect my urine so it could be taken to the lab for tests. I called it my drum of pee! Ha ha!


Oh and the tests came back negative so everything is ok.

Latest Baby News

I had my regular doctor appointment today. My blood pressure was too high and they also couldn't tell the baby's position again. So they kept checking my blood pressure and sent me to the hospital to have things checked out...mainly for preeclampsia. Everything appears to be fine. My blood pressure went back down and all my tests came back negative. They did another ultrasound and the baby is still head down so that is good. At my next appt. we will talk about possible induction...

The ultrasound...

Here is a shot of our little guys face. We had an ultrasound today to check his position (the doctor couldn't tell on Monday). His head was down so that is good. He is all squished in there so this was the best shot of him they could get. The tech told us that he appears to be ahead of schedule for size (90th percentile). He is already over 8 lbs. Ugh! I don't want a big baby. And his head size is in the 90th percentile too(or measuring 2 weeks ahead). Again just what I wanted!