2 week check up

Christopher had his 2 week check up yesterday (it was actually 2 weeks and 4 days) but the doctors office was closed on Monday due to MLK day. Anyway, Christopher is growing well. He weighs 9 lbs 7 oz. now and has grown 1/2 inch. He's slowly becoming more awake in the day and is eating twice during most nights. So that's our update.

My Three Sons

My friend reminded me of something that I had wanted to do anyway: compare baby pictures. So here are some shots of all three.

Here's Christopher again:
9 days old
12 days old
Tyler at 9 days
Tyler at 3 1/2 weeks
Damon at 2 weeks
Damon at 2 months
You can see that Christopher has way more hair, but he still has a newborn look, the boys looked different in a month or two.

Anyway, fun to compare.

Newborn pictures

Well, I wanted some newborn pictures of Christopher taken, but I really didn't want to go to walmart and I don't know any friends that take pictures (yet) - so Doug and I tried our best to take them. They're not the best, but I'll go to JCPenny's in a month or so when we go up to Logan and get some more taken then. Which one is your favorite?
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More pictures

You're getting more baby pictures, but he's looking better everyday - less newborn look. We think he's pretty handsome.


I had to throw this one in. Tyler has rediscovered his love of basketball - mostly because grandpa has been so good to play with him. He of course had to take his ball to nap with him today.

The Arrival of Christopher

Well, he's finally here. The weekend was full of waiting and wanting baby to come. I went to church on Sunday and everyone's saying things like "you're still pregnant." It's mostly my fault since last week I told everyone that I hoped I wouldn't be there. Anyway, so here's the breakdown of the delivery:

I had some contractions during the night and woke up around 5:30 having some as well. This didn't get me too excited since the same thing had happened the previous 2 mornings. However when I got up and started getting ready for the day these ones didn't go away and they stayed pretty strong. So around 7:30 we called our wonderful neighbor to come over and we went over the details for the boys. (And to make a funny story I cut up some pork chops that I had bought and put them in the freezer, I knew I should have done it earlier.)

We got all settled in the hospital by 8:30 and I measured a 6/7. My contractions weren't too bad at this point and I said I wanted to go natural. As we progressed my contractions stayed too far apart to get things going like we wanted so at 10:30 I was at a 8 and the Dr. came in and broke my water. This helped a bit, but we really were done waiting for this baby and by the time 12:30 rolled around I wanted some more help, so they gave me some pitosin. This helped bring the contractions closer together and get stonger. So around 1:30 we started pushing and Christopher arrived at 1:58 pm, weighing 8 lbs 10 oz and measuring 21 inches in length.

I did make it going natural, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The last hour was defiantly tiring and painful, but doable. We're both doing well now. Christopher had to have some help with his glucose levels like the boys, but we were able to come home just 24 hours after delivery. It's good to be home.

Damon had just woken up from a nap (which he never takes anymore) when I got home and wanted nothing to do with the baby. But after he woke up he didn't want to leave him and offered to give Christopher his blanket to help keep him warm. Tyler asks to hold him, but is a little bit rough, we'll have to work on being soft.

We've almost made it through the first night. He slept from 9:30 pm to 1 am, after being fed was then up until 3. I fed him again at 3 and now is wimpering on and off, but still sleeping at 6 am. Oh boy, the joys of newborns. My parents are coming tomorrow - wait today:) It will be good to have some help and have someone to show off our cute baby to.

Well, if you made it through my journal entry above congrats - now here are some pics so far of the newest member of our family.

Sunday- the day before the delivery. I figured I should have one picture to document my big belly.
Here he is!
I forget how purple they are when they come out.
Already found his fists, he likes to suck - his binky, bottle, or me. He's already a better eater than Tyler, but he wants instant food, so I've been giving a sip from a bottle to get started until my milk comes in.
The proud father
After his first bath - his hair was kind of curly when wet.

lots of hair
Getting ready to go home.
Kisses from Tyler
My four boys, I'm really outnumbered now.