Oliver 3 Months

So Oliver has just recently turned three months and is growing like a weed!! We had our 2 month shots and they were not fun, not fun at all! He cried and screamed of course but slept the rest of the day. Later in the evening we had a rough time and had to take some tylenol to help us out. Our sleeping at night is getting a tad better, most of the time we only have 1 feeding around 2 or 3 in the morning and then we might make it til 7 by ourselves or come into mommy and daddys bed around 5. We love to wiggle around on mommy and daddys bed in the mornings while they are getting ready and then after and exhausting amount of play we take about a 3-4 hour nap hopefully (its a better day when this nap is long) WE are eating between 3-5 oz at a time now and gaining great weight. He now weighs 14.2 lbs and 24 inches long! I have officially started back to work and am now at Avalon Day Spa! We also are leaving today for our Bike MS Ride! Here are some facts about Oliver: 1. Oliver is starting to not want to snuggle as much... :( 2. He loves to wiggle on his mat and talk to his monkeys 3. He has accomplished tummy time and now enjoys it longer 4. Still loves to eat and lets you know if he isn't finished lol 5. He is a morning person unlike mommy and daddy haha he will talk himself silly and smile like crazy 6. He still loves bath time... A lot! 7. We enjoy sitting outside and watching everything, get upset when its time to go inside 8. Oliver is getting much better at swatting objects and grasping them 9. He LOVES his hands and puts them in his mouth all the time therefore turning himself into a slobber bucket 10. He is learning to spit and blow bubbles and its super cute, I am hoping one of these days I can catch it on video well this is all I have time for right now, Got to go pack for our ride!

Adjusting to our new way of life

Well Little Man has reached the 1 month mark (more like month and a half now but oh well) and we are adjusting really good! Mommy has night duty for sure so that daddy can function at work the next day and night time duty is not that bad...most of the time lol Oliver usually sleeps anywhere between 2-4 hours, sometimes he has gone to 5 or even 6 hours between feedings depending on how tired he is and how big the bottle is. He is sleeping in his pack-n-play beside me and we vary on how he sleeps (swaddled or not swaddled) he does good with both just depends on his mood. Lately he has really wanted his arms out and above his head haha just like mommy. We take our paci just to help calm but luckily he doesn't need it to sleep and he doesn't ever really look for it. He takes a LONG time waking himself up so mommy is usually awake 30 min (sometimes longer) before he is ready to feed so I TRY to use that time to prepare a bottle and pump if needed but other times I end up falling back to sleep until he is upset and then I have to rush to get his food ready lol. Most of the time between 4 and 6 am he usually makes it into bed with us about that time because he starts getting very twitchy and fussy and instantly calms down when he is by us so then we can sleep longer (especially mommy, *wink *wink) Then in the morning we wish daddy a good day at work and we either take another nap, go for a walk or hang out and watch the birds out the window and finish eating. We try to go on a walk at least every other day whether its in our neighborhood or out by the trails while daddy rides. We love walks! On Monday's we go grocery shopping for the week and we like that a lot too (not for a long time though of course) Other times we hang out with mommy and cuddle while watching tv, hang out in swing while mommy cleans or does other chores and thats really about it. I start back to work on Wednesday, June 4th and ill be part-time, working only wednesdays, fridays and saturdays. I am ready to start back but yet not really ready to leave my bubba :( oh well I will have mondays and for summer time tuesdays and thursdays to hang out with him. Starting in the school year I have been accepted to teach one of the toddler classes at the Monterey Church of Christ daycare program on Tuesdays and Thursday!! Super excited to be working with kiddos again and that oliver will get to hang out in the same place with me while making new friends as well and being close to cousins and family. My sister-in-law is the art teacher there so we will all be together! So thats about all the new stuff that has been going on around our household. I will be cleared for biking again in the next week or 2 so I can start training for our Bike MS Ride which will be interesting haha. Well to end this blog I will share a few fun things about Oliver: 1. Oliver loves to snuggle! 2. He loves going on walks whether its in the stroller or the carrier 3. He loves to eat and if you take the bottle away for a burp or anything before he is ready he will let you know! 4. He is one gassy little dude! He can fart with the best of them and has been known to wake us up at night and scare himself haha 5. He is now starting to smile while awake and it is so fun to watch, he is pretty happy all the time 6. He loves bath time and will talk to you the entire time. He hates getting out but then as soon as he is snuggled in the towel he is happy again 7. He loves looking out our bedroom window, watching the mobile on his swing spin and listening to music 8. He loves stretching and moaning to wake himself and us Well thats about all I can think of for now!

Welcome Baby Oliver

Welcome Baby Oliver

It all started at midnight on Saturday, April 12th... We headed up to the hospital to start the induction process. We, of course, were super excited and anxious of the journey ahead and had no idea what to expect. We expected to get everything started, take a nap, and just hang out. I brought coloring books with me to help with boredom or distraction from early contractions but little did I know haha. 2-2 1/2 hours after checking in I finally was started on pitocin. It took 7!!! tries for an IV, they finally called in the rapid response team to come in and put a line in and low and behold he was able to do it on the 1st try... so after finally starting the pitocin it was about 2-2:30 in the morning and they started me at a level of 4. They came in every 10-30 min to bump up the level but my butt and lower back were not feeling that bed. I had to get up constantly and move around because they kept falling asleep and burning. Finally around 6 am I called for a birthing ball to try and alleviate the pain and it sure worked. It was very low to the ground so once I was on it I did not move often. I rolled back and forth, side to side and did small bouncing movements for the next 2 hrs. Both your grandparents decided to come up around 8 that morning to hang out with us which at that point my contractions had finally become consistent but tolerable. My pitocin level was somewhere in the 30s at this point. So the Dr. came in and checked my progress and sadly I was only about a 3 1/2 cm dilated, but I was still pretty comfortable. I continued bouncing on the ball and playing tetris on Daniel's Ipad. not but 30 minutes later I feel (and hear) this huge pop followed by a huge amount of fluids... MY WATER BROKE. everyone laughed at my reaction because it actually kind of hurt and I never expected my water to break on its own. Instantly though my contractions became so much harder to handle and to relax thru so we kicked everyone out of our room and I got back into bed. Dr. came and checked my progress and I was a 4... A 4!! At that point I was moaning quite loudly and was barely handling the contractions, they were coming strong with little to no break in between so I decided to order the epidural. Sadly it took a while for the nurse to come down and start the epidural procedure but we finally got there and the did the first line. Wow let me tell you that is one uncomfortable procedure especially when you have strong contractions. So the first (yes I said first) epidural half way worked and about 15-20 minutes in it was already fading and the contractions were coming back with a vengeance so they decided that the line may have slipped into a blood vessel and they were going to pull it out slightly to see if that would fix the problem. It actually made it worse so they had to completely take the line out and redo it. They used the same hole and started the procedure all over again.... This time it went straight into a blood vessel no doubt so the pulled it once again and said they would have to move to a new location. At this point I am beginning to worry that I would not be a good candidate for an epidural and was not confident at all that I could make it thru labor naturally. (Also by this point I had the catheter put in and was at least dilated to a 6)So the nurse starts the 3rd line and was having other issues but thankfully we got it and it worked amazingly!! I am all for the amazing feelings that come from having an epidural, I didn't feel the contractions at all and it was pure bliss and utter relaxation, except of course the pressure you are supposed to feel. So at this point we are all thinking that I can take a short nap since I have been up for 24 hours (its about 12:30/1 pm after all that. Epidural fiasco took over 2 hrs from beginning to end. I get nice and comfortable, close my eyes and begin to relax. 30 min into this the Dr's come in to check my progress and guess what?! I was ready to push, we could not believe our ears and she had to tell us several times it baby time lol. so its 2 pm and they are bringing in all the tools and accessories needed for this precious baby boy to enter the world. Overall the pushing took about 2 hours and out he came screaming and all. They laid him on my chest and every few minutes he would calm down and look at us then start his screaming all over again haha. He probably cried for about an hour or more while they fixed Mommy up. He came out at 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long with a very pronounced cone head :) Finally we were all fixed up and family was ready to come see him. He was nice and calm by this point and was just taking in his surroundings. My first meal after delivery was a nice big, huge bacon cheeseburger with french fries :)