I sure wish it was always like this

Aren't these pictures of Hayden and Amelia cute? I wish I could say it is always this nice at our house. But 90% of the time I am having to stop Hayden from almost killing Amelia. It is getting frustrating.


For one minute he even shared his precious blueys with her

Amelia's Arrival

We were scheduled for an induction on Friday. We were told we would get a call to come in between 8 am and 12. It felt like we were waiting for a the cable guy. We didn't get called until after 1. So the day started way later than I had hoped. By the time we got to the hospital, checked in, and they hooked me up to everything, it was almost 4. An induction is a slow process to get to 10 cm. I got an epidural around 11:30. It worked for an hour and I slept. After an hour My legs and lower pelvic area stayed numb but I was really feeling all of the contractions. I couldn't tell by any pain but I felt that the baby's head was way down.

They gave me some more medicine to help with the contractions but it just made my legs and lower area more numb. All of the medicine then made me sick (pitocin for labor, some antibiotics for strep b, and an epidural) and I told Mike I was going to throw up. The nurse got me a bucket and was calling the dr to come see if I was ready. Well when I threw up I must have pushed b/c the baby came half out! So the nurse pushed the code blue button and like 10 drs and nurses came rushing in. One push later and Baby Girl was here. My poor dr felt so bad. She was on her way and stopped to go to the bathroom first. Oh well. I never felt like I was ready to give birth!




We spent 2 days in the hospital and had a few guests. Hayden came after spending a few days at Renee's. I was told he was very good. Hayden and kennedy loved the baby. I thought he would be sad to leave us again but he wasn't.


Our last night a family member paid for a special dinner for us. It was great.


On Monday we were released on a beautiful 70 degree day, today it snowed!


So far not sure who she looks like. She does look a little like Hayden.
some pics...

Introducing...Baby Amelia

Baby Amelia arrived on Saturday at 3:45 am. She was 8lbs 14 oz and 20.5 inches long. We are all doing well. More info later...

For now here are the pictures that they took at the hospital. (follow the link) www.bellababyphotography.com
Once you are at our website, simply
click on view photos and enter the password of 0319amelia.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Happy St. Patty's Day. No plans here. Just waiting for baby girl.
(Hayden looks like he should be in the rap group House of Pain in this picture to me)

Had a dr. appt yesterday. The dr. asked me how big Hayden was when he was born, and mentioned that baby girl doesn't have any room in there. Just what you want to hear. I am hoping that she is just really skinny and long like Hayden was.

Is it spring yet?

Is this a sign that spring is here? I hope so. There are few of these popping up in our yard. Hayden was excited. He has been helping Mike plant seeds for their garden (I think they have done onions, green peppers and jalepenos so far). Here is a picture:

Hayden loves to show me the plants everyday. He tells me "Mommy, we did it!". He is naked because he just used the potty. Which about 2 minutes after this picture I went to get a diaper and he pooped on his car carpet. Nasty!

Speaking of trouble...Here is a picture of what happens when mom has to pee to much...Hayden gets into trouble. Today he ripped out pages from Mike's scriptures. Ugh!


I have been taking him outside to release some of this energy. The other day he played hard outside for 2 1/2 hours. he is all boy, playing in puddles, mud, with sticks, etc. He crashed on the couch and had an afternoon nap. His first nap in weeks.



Obviously there is no baby yet. Hayden knows something is up and has been a complete momma's boy. It is cute yet can be annoying. I can't get anything done.

Sorry all of the pictures are poor quality. The good camera is packed for our trip to the hospital. So i just use my camera on the phone.

Crazy

Well we got more snow today. This was after 2 days of warm weather, then lots or rain, and finally snow.

Hayden has been acting crazy today and has spent a lot of time in time out.


Yesterday I realized that Hayden has inherited both of our families potty humor. He has been potty training himself and was naked from going potty a few minutes before. i was sitting on my bed. Hayden came in and started jumping on the bed. Then he stopped and looked at me and smiled. He then came over, stuck his bare butt on my face area and farted 2x! He thought it was hilarious. It was so gross!

And just a side note... the girls I coach at Seton just won the WPIAL basketball championship. I have 10 girls on this team. 3-4 of them are starters (all seniors). Congrats!

Waiting...

Not much going on this week. It kind of just feels like we are waiting. So not much to post. I do have a funny story:

Hayden stays at my sisters house while I am at work. She also watches a 3 year old (and 2 other kids). The 3 year old boy didn't want to eat lunch and told my sister he can't eat b/c his finger hurts. So my sister told him that she was going to have to cut it off. Hayden got up ran to the other room and got her some scissors. He was way to excited to cut off the poor boys finger!

Here is a funny pic of him playing with his trains. I leave him pantless in the evening so he will use the potty. He goes about 2-3x from 4:00 to bed when he is home. He has such a chunky little butt!


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