Lucas 1 Month

Lucas was 1 month on 7/18!! At least I am posting this in the same month :) I can't believe how fast time is flying by! He is such a good baby. He has his fussy time right around or after dinner. He is sleeping well. He gets up every 3-4 hours to eat, but then usually goes right back to sleep. He started out nursing but we have switched to formula after my little health issues a week after he was born. If you have not already heard I had to go to the ER twice because of a possible blood clot in my leg and what turned out to be minor heart issues. The last week of June was a crazy week for us. Thank God that everything is ok now!! Back to the eating, Lucas started out eating 2oz of formula and now he is up to 4oz. He transferred to the bottle very well. He is wearing newborn clothes, but is about to grow out of them. He wears size 1 diapers now.

His 1 month appointment went well. He was 10lbs 10oz 75th% and 23 inches long 98th%. He is growing like crazy!! He had to get 1 shot. He cried a little and bled a lot which was kind of weird! The nurse said it is nothing to worry about.

Here are a few pictures from his first month. I just wish time would slow down!!!

 

 

First Bath

 

He loves getting his hair washed

 

Cuddles at the hospital

Going home!

 

He loves to have his hands up by his face

After his first bath at home. His cord fell off on 7/4.

Love my boys so much!

Baby feet are the best

 

Swimming Pool

While Mema was in town I decided to go out and buy a baby pool. It was so hot and our neighborhood pool was having problems. Putting these blow up pools together is no fun!! I had to get some little air blower thing that is used for air mattresses to help blow it up. It was worth it because Andrew loved it!!

 

 

The best part about this is our neighbors just installed a pool that we aren't very happy about. They love to be loud when they swim late at night, which is awesome when you have a sleeping 3 year old and a newborn (crazy rant over) I felt real cool blowing up my baby pool while the neighbors watched from their pool :)

 

Andrew loves his pool!! It has an elephant slide and a palm tree!!! What more do you need :)

 

Mema and Papa Visit

Mema and Papa came to visit a couple weeks ago. Mema stayed for a week and Andrew loved every minute of it. Mema did a great job keeping Andrew entertained, which was such a big help. I am pretty sure Mema got to play with every single toy Andrew owns. Papa came for a shorter visit. Andrew is always so excited to have them come over. Unfortunately, Andrew was sick during the visit so we didn't get to do as much as wanted to do. Andrew, Mark, and Mema did get to go see Despicable Me 2 and it was Andrew's first trip to the movies! Here are a few pictures from their visit.

 

Mema holding Lucas for the first time

Papa and Andrew being silly with Cheerios

Love this picture!!!!

Papa teaching Andrew how to make a good cup of coffee

Mema and Papa with their grandbabies

We also celebrated Mark's birthday with them

Andrew's first movie

 

Hospital Visitors

Here are a few visitors that came to meet Lucas in the hospital. Thank you all so much for taking the time to come visit us. It means so much to have supportive and loving friends and family. I love you guys!!

 

 

Big Brother

Andrew was so ready for "baby brother" to get here. I am sure he felt like I was pregnant forever. He was probably wondering if this baby thing was ever really going to happen. Andrew finally got to meet Lucas on Wednesday morning. By the time we were all settled after Lucas was born on Tuesday it was too late for Andrew to come. I had no idea how Andrew would react to him, but it has been so much better than I ever imagined. Andrew loves Lucas so much. It is amazing to watch Andrew be a big brother. He probably kisses Lucas 50 times a day and that is no exaggeration. Andrew loves to kiss, hug, and hold him. He is such a big helper too! Overall, Andrew has done really well with the new change in our routine. He has had his fair share of not listening and acting out, but nothing major. I love that we are a family of four now!

4th of July

 

Lucas Benjamin

Now that I am a mom of two I am finding it much harder to find the time to blog. Just be prepared for blog posts that are a little behind :)

Lucas was born on Tuesday, June 18th!! I had an appointment that day and the doctor told me that I was still 3cm and 75% effaced :( I was so bummed that I hadn't progressed because that weekend Mark and I did so much walking!! I also didn't feel well on Monday night so I thought things were happening. She offered to strip my membranes to see if that would start something. She also put me on the non stress test to look at the baby's heart rate and to see if I was having any contractions. Baby's heart rate was good and I was having contractions every 2 minutes!!

She told me to go home to eat some lunch and try walking. Then she said to come back before they close so she could check to see if I progressed anymore. When I went home the contractions started to hurt more. I ate and went to target to walk around. I was so worried the Dr was going to say that I did not progress. When I went back she said I was 4 cm and 80%. She said to go to the hospital and she will be there in about an hour to break my water!! Ahhh!! I get to meet my baby!! I was so excited. I had to make plenty of phone calls on my way to hospital. My mom was able to leave work to head out here to watch Andrew. Mark dropped Andrew off with a friend and he was on his way.

 

At around 5:00 the Dr was there to break my water. Mark was on his way and so was my friend Bev who was going to take pictures for us. After they broke my water the contractions came on like crazy!! It was no fun waiting for Mark to get there! I cannot believe people have babies with no medication! It was so painful. Mark arrived at 5:30 and then they came to give me an epidural. That made things much better. Bev arrived around 6:00. A little after 6:00 they said I was at 6cm and they would come back and check me in an hour.

Mark had dinner because we thought we were going to be there a while.

Maybe we were having a little too much fun waiting for Lucas!

When they came back to check me I was 9cm and they said it is time!! We were shocked!!

It's game time!!

 

I told the Dr that I am not a good pusher because I pushed with Andrew for 3.5 hours!! The Dr said lets do a push to see and I guess I was a good pusher. After pushing with 4 contractions he was here!!! It was so amazing!!!

Lucas Benjamin was born at 7:43pm. He was 8lbs 5oz and 21in. He was perfect!!! I fell in love the minute I saw him.

The Dr and nurses were obsessed with his hair!!

I am so thankful that God blessed us with another healthy boy. I am so lucky to have Mark, Andrew, and Lucas!! I am overwhelmed with how much I love them!! Andrew is such an amazing big brother. The next post will be all about what Andrew thinks about all of this :)