Holy Moly...

Lee has been fussy for the past 2 days, nothing has been able to really sooth him. He was sleeping between 3-4 hours, which I knew wouldn't last very long. Well, yesterday and today he's been sleeping around 2 hours at a time. When he's awake now, he's awake now for about 2-3 hours at a time which he has been sorta fussy/not happy. I think he's having pooping issues and Steve said he thinks the same thing.


Here's the miraclous part about it... as frustrating as listening to your child cry/fuss, no matter how useless you feel, the second he calms down or falls asleep you automatically have this protective love for him that makes you feel all better. It's so amazing!!!


Wish me luck that he poops soon. He eats... he burps... he pees (a LOT)... he toots... I think he just needs to poop ;D


Oh, and his umbilical cord fell off when Steve was changing him this afternoon. YEAH!!!

One Week Old today!

Lee is one week old today, and it feels like it's been 3 days. Man has the time flown by. The hospital stay was a blurr... I feel like I was only half conscious for that experience.

Steve has been AWESOME! I keep telling everyone that I talk to how amazing he is. He was such a great labor partner, he was a great everything... when we were at home timing the contractions, with everyone that I had, he would tell me the time and then have this HUGE smile on his face, because my contractions were steady and not fading away. Steve said that he was so excited to be a Dad and this was one step closer. He ran around the house getting everything that we needed for the hospital. When we were driving to the hospital, he pulled over when I had a labor pain so he wasn't hitting any bumps (and smiling at the same time). He didn't once complain about me (almost) breaking his fingers when I had a contraction. He ran around and got me anything that I could possibly need before I even asked. That is just an example of how this past week has been and it hasn't stopped since we got home either. He has truely been a gift from God, I love him so much!

When Lee was born he was having some breathing problems (nothing major, but still a concern) because he came face up when he delivered. The pediatrition said that when you deliver that way, sometimes it's like getting socked in the nose, so his nostrils were very swollen. So it made feeding hard because he could only breath through his mouth. Not only that but he snored and had a hard time clearing out what fluid he had left in his lungs. So they monitored him and had him in the nursery at night for feedings. I tried nursing him but that didn't go so well (which is another long story, so I'll talk about that later). Well, if you talked to Steve on the phone and he told you about his breathing, it has completely cleared up and he's been doing great since we brought Lee home. The pediatrition gave him some affrin drops that reduced the swelling.

Here are some milestones we have hit with our new little guy in the first week:

~ Monday he had his first bath.

~ We had our first car ride on Wednesday.

~ He had his first bath at home on Wednesday too.

~ Thursday he had his first trip to the grocery store.

~ On Thursday he also pooped 6 times! He's a pooping machine :D

~ Friday he had his first Dr. appointment. He was perfectly healthy and weighed in at 6lb 13oz.

~ Saturday he peed all over for the first time. It just shot out and went straight over his head. At one point it hit him in the face... he also pee'd through his first diaper.

~ Sunday he had his first Father's Day (yeah!)

~ On Sunday he also had his first projectile vomit. Scared Steve to death because it was almost on him :D

~ Sunday he also had his first cry fest where nothing or no one could sooth him. Unfortunately it was at Grandma & Grandpa's... not fun! I felt bad because everyone had to listen to a screaming baby. He eventually got over it and fell asleep.

~ Today we had 2 diapers that Lee pee'd through. One was on Steve ;) Hee, hee... poor guy.

Steve went back to work today which was really sad to see him go, but Lee and I did pretty good on our own. Lee is currently eating about 3-4 ounces of formula (my milk never ended up coming in). He's doing really good with the formula though. He's sleeping between 3-4 hours as well for the most part. He was up for 2 hours today just looking around and checking things out.

Sorry for the boring post, I'm sure you can skip a lot of it ;0) LOL... I just wanted to note some things before it's all done and I have forgotten everything. I'll update again soon!

Hospital WebPictures have been uploaded. Click here to view his pictures. There are 4 of them, just click the "next" button at the bottom to see all 4.

We we are finally getting around to putting up some pictures of Baby Lee.

Baby Lee 5 minutes old

Our First Family Portrait

Lee with Sara and Grandma Shoes

Lee with Grandma B

Lee with Aunt Kelly, Aunt Jackie and Grandpa Shoes

Profile Shot of Lee with his Daddy

In the hospital we were all wondering who Lee looked like. We we got home we found this picture of Steve the day he was born. You decide...
Lee and Steve's one day old pictures

Hello all,

I wanted to write a quick update on Baby Lee.

We started time contractions at 11am and went to the Hospital at 3pm Sunday night. Sara's contractions at that point were 5 minutes apart and lasting about 40 seconds. Once we arrived the examined her and found that she was only one centimeter dilated and 75% effaced. They were not convinced that the contractions were true labor. They decided to have us walk around the hospital for another hour and a half and then they examined her again. This time she was dilated to two centimeters and 100% effaced with contractions every three minutes. They were still not fully convinced that this was the start of labor and decided to contact the doctor. The Doctor decided to leave the it up to us if we wanted to go home and wait or to check into the hospital. I decided that I would prefer to stay at the hospital. I just could see this not being the beginning of labor.

Then started the waiting....to cute to the good stuff. Sara's received her epidural at 4am Monday and her water broke at 8:30am. The Doctor was at the hospital at that point and Sara began to push. She did an amazing job and Lee was born at 10:10am on Monday. He weight 7 pounds exactly and was 20 inches long.

Everyone is healthy and doing good. Lee is having a little trouble with flem and breathing which is causing difficultly with feeding. Because of this they are going to keep Sara/Lee a little bit longer and make sure everything is going well. They should be released Wednesday morning and I sure she can't wait to give Lee a proper blog with lots of pictures and comments.

Thank you everyone for all your calls and texts and e-mails. I read them to Sara and they make this wonderful time even better.

39 Weeks - Update

Well, I had my Dr. appointment and everything looks good. He started to "stretch" me which wasn't that comfortable, but I started to cramp and I think it was a very good thing! He said that he can get a finger tip in just fine and can feel the baby's head. He also said that I was 50% effaced.

I've been fighting this chest/head cold and it turns out I had a temperature of 100.4 so he gave me some antibotics to take if my cold gets too bad. I've been taking tylynol and tylynol PM which is working ok for right now.

My BP was really good too.

That's all I have for right now. The Dr. said that he will most likely see me next week, but then we will talk about inducing. He said it all depends on how comfortable I am and if I want to wait. I'll let you know next Wednesday what the final verdict is :D

Until then...

39 Weeks!

Get out... get out... get OUT!!!

I know God has a plan and I should be patient and trust him, which I do. I just wish I knew what day Lee was going to come so I could plan accordingly.

I'm not uncomfortable at all... I have a slight chest cold still which has been a major bummer, but other than that, I'm actually doing pretty well. However... if you know me at all, you know how impatient I am and how I dislike waiting for anything... I just want to meet my baby boy already, I want to hold him.

Ok, I'm done ranting... sorry. I'll stop. Steph was wondering if I had, had him yet, and I have not. Maybe tomorrow (although I seriously doubt it, so I wouldn't get your hopes up). LOL.

I'll update again on Wednesday, after my Dr. appointment.

38 Weeks (plus 5 days, so almost 39)!

Well, we are still pregnant incase you were wondering... here's what happened at my last Dr. appointment on Thursday.

First we went in and saw the ultrasound technician for position. Lee is head down now and we are hoping he stays that way! While we were doing the ultrasound she made sure that we are still having a boy (which we are) and gave us an approximate birth weight as of Thursday at 7lb. 2 oz. So he seems to be right on schedule. He's not too big, not too small. How she came up with that weight was by measuring his head, his belly and his femur leg bone... plugged it into the computer and it gave that weight as an approximation. While she was getting all those measurements we got to see Lee's hands open and close, open and close. It was SO neat to see. We didn't get any pictures this time, just because she was just supposed to check for position.

After the ultrasound we then went to see my Dr. and proceeded to tell me that although he is head down... I have still not progressed any. His head is still way up there and I have not dialated or thinned at all. So hopefully next week on Wednesday he'll have better news for me.

Here is my latest belly shot:

Ha, ha, ha.... I'm just kidding... ok, here's the latest belly shot. I didn't realize that it's been such a long time since I've done one... sorry about that.