Fall fun from Lucas

Mommy and Daddy have been enjoying their time home with me even though sometimes they don't know what hour or day it is. They keep talking about daytime and night time. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do during these times, but I'm sure I will figure it out. We went to our first pumpkin patch so of course mommy had to take pictures along with Amy. For Halloween Nana and Aunt Jamie came over to play. Mommy made everyone wear a costume to help hand out candy to all the kids who came trick or treating. We have also made a few trips to the drs office. He keeps saying that I'm loosing weight, but mommy and daddy stuffed me really full so now I'm gaining weight. Soon I will be beefcake status. 7 days ago that annoying thing on my belly finally fell off. I'm soo glad mommy and daddy don't have to clean it anymore. Plus now I can get a real bath, not this sponge bath stuff. The weather has been so nice that mommy and daddy have been taking me outside while they play with the dog or work in the yard. I hope it stays this nice. Well here are a few pictures from our adventures and even a few from before my arrival. Also a few links from mommy's facebook account where she posts most of her pictures. Enjoy.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2748079&id=5228722&l=f90050d67d 

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2736831&id=5228722&l=a711f746a1 

 http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2749115&id=5228722&l=95aa42f896

Welcome baby Lucas

If you havn't already heard, baby Lucas has arrived. He was born Oct 20th at 5:30am, 7lbs 3 oz 20inch long. We were induced on Oct 19th because I was preclamptic (high blood pressure). After pushing for 4 hours (2 hours one time, a break, then 2 hours again) they decided to do a c-section. Poor Lucas had a swollen head because he wouldn't fit. Once the got him all cleaned up and bathed they gave him back to me to feed him. Well he "fell asleep" as I was trying to nurse him and I asked the nurse if he should be such a sound sleeper. She came over and saw he wasn't moving enough because he wasn't breathing. She called a code on the phone and then about 20 people ran into the room and the curtain was closed around me so I couldn't see. They had to go get Dave because he was moving our things from the labor room to our room. They got Lucas breathing and then took him to the nursery. There he stayed all week. He was hooked up to monitors to check his heart rate and breathing because when he would get in a deep sleep he would stop breathing. Finally he stabilized, got taken off the oxygen, and iv. Then we were able to take him home on sat with an apnea monitor. It has a band that goes around his chest that monitors his heart rate and breathing. If his heart rate goes too high or too low or if he stops breathing an alarm goes off and we have to stimulate him to make him breath. Knock on wood the thing hasn't gone off yet. They also put him on caffeine in order to help stimulate his system. We are doing all of this for a month and then if things look good he can come off of both. So needless to say it has been touch and go, but it is all worth it for such a beautiful boy.

 

Baby Lucas Update

Yesterday we got our last pictures of Lucas from the inside. He is 36.5 weeks along now, head down, approx a little over 7lbs, and I'm 1-2 centimeter dilated. We are finishing up the nursery and will have pictures posted soon. Now all we do is wait for his arrival. He is due Oct 28th, but could be here anytime before then. We are getting quite excited and we can't wait (except for the no sleep part).

New Flip Video Camera

Ok so I got jess a FLIP video camera for a baby shower gift so I felt the need to test it out. Not really wanting to post baby shower videos...I figured that I would would take a quick video of some stuff we just got from the craft store. Fall has arrived to our home. Also, I am pretty much in love with this FLIP thing. It rocks.

Less than 100 days to go

I am now 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant, less than 80 days left until Lucas arrives. We are starting to get things together and I'm working on some baby registries. Thanks to all of our friends who have donated things so far to the cause =) every little bit helps. Now I just need to figure out what kind and how many cloth diapers we are going to need. Yes I did say we are going to cloth diaper route along with breastfeeding. This is not because we are hippies, but because we are cheap and trying to save some money. Saving the environment is a bonus too =) I realize I am behind in posting pictures so here are some current belly pics along with a few from the crib assembly.

4th of July fun

Dave and I had a lovely 4th of July weekend. Friday we went to a baseball game with Chad, Cooper, Tara, and Tara's family. They had fireworks at the end of the game which ended up being around midnight because of an hour rain delay. We came back home on sat afternoon. Then Dave and I went to groveland to see more fireworks so I could get a few pictures. We ended up being really close which was cool cause they went off just about right over our heads. It was a lovely evening and a good weekend. I hope everyone else had a lovely 4th of July.

Slupree Ratings

Since becoming pregnant I occasionally go on kicks. Well my recent kick has been cherry slushies. Since I have had so many slushies from different place I figured I would rate them for you.

#1 7-11 Slurpee (perfect, just the right consistency)
#2 Target (not too bad though tends to be a bit too jucy)
#3 BP (very icee, sets up kinda strange)
#4 Racetrack (pretty bad, weird consistency, funky taste)