Mom of Three

Well Baby M is already 16 days old! Time has gone by so fast. I am loving just about every minute of it. I am feeling completely back to normal, just tired all the time. Hubby had to go back to work Monday, so this was my first week on my own as a mother-of-three! I SURVIVED! Just kidding, it was so much easier than I expected. L and Jayleyn are acting out a lot but I'm sure it's just part of adjusting. They are still super loving and helpful with Baby M, they just have to learn to share my time with the baby too. Our first week home all together, before Hubby went back to work, was really fun. We spent a lot of time playing and "helping" the baby (I think they were bothering him a lot more than helping, but it made their little hearts happy). Baby M is not a good sleeper at all – unless he is in bed next to me. He hates his bassinet so this week we are transitioning J into her twin bed in L's room that way Baby M can move into his crib. The process is so FRUSTRATING. No one wants to sleep and no one listens at all. They giggle and get out of bed, which was cute the first night, but last night they did it until 11:30 – and Hubby and I were exhausted trying to scoop them up and get them back into bed over and over. Finally Hubby went and laid next to J to help her get to sleep and we were good – which is the same time Baby M woke up. So we have a definite issue with getting no sleep. Hubby is a huge help at bed time though and so I am grateful that I don't have to do it on my own.

I had a break from school this week, it was much needed. It was really difficult trying to complete my course and get all my assignments turned while still being exhausted from delivering a baby – BUT I DID IT. Hooray! But my next quarter starts on Monday already.. so I'm going to have to find a way to get in homework while I am trying to get two giggly kids to bed, and take care of a fussy baby. It should get easier with time as I get things under control. Anyway, just wanted to give a quick update on how things are going. Right now Hubby is trying to get L and Jay to bed and I can hear him having a hard time so I'm going to go relieve him.

Baby M Has Arrived

The Lord blessed us with the most beautiful and TERM baby! - And I just know it's because so many people were praying for us.

God's timing could not have been more perfect. My mom came into town on August 5th and had to leave on the 17th - but she was able to make it for the birth! Yay. On Tuesday I started having contractions every 2 - 3 minutes so I went to the hospital and was dilated to 3cm, but not in active labor (you have to be 4cm and regularly contracting). So they sent me home and told me that they thought I should eat and walk around and I would go into labor sometime in the night. Nothing happened. Then on Wednesday (Aug 15) the contractions started again along with a lot of back pain, so I went back to L&D. This time I was dilated to 4cm so they admitted me around 4:30 in the afternoon. My contractions slowed way down so they broke my water at 5:45. Baby M was born at 9:58pm and was perfect. I was able to go WITHOUT ANY MEDICATION OF ANY KIND! He weighed 7lbs12ozs (our biggest by far) and was 20". Hubby went home to get some sleep around 1 AM and relieve the sitter and my mom was able to stay at the hospital with me over night. Baby M and I were released yesterday afternoon and we all had our first night at home. It was just about as sleepless as I remembered. ;)

Landon and J are in love with Baby M. I thought that they would be jealous of my time, but they couldn't care less about me and just want to tend to his every coo. They are an amazing big brother and sister and my heart could not be any happier. Hubby has been able to take the next week off of work, so we are looking forward to having some family bonding time for awhile. We are blessed beyond words!