4 weeks already??

I can't believe my baby boy is already 4 weeks old!  He's getting so big!

But not really that big, he still only fits in newborn clothes, 0-3 month clothes are still pretty much falling off him.  We can definately tell though how he's getting bigger, he was just such a little guy to start with!

He is still all congested, poor thing, which stresses mommy and daddy out a lot while we are trying to sleep.  It's always so much worse at night!  So trying to figure out at what point we go back to the doctor and say it's not getting better.



(yes he even has Alabama socks to match his Alabama outfits)  I want to blog more then the weekly updates, but it's so hard!  My days just fly by with him!  Especially since he hasn't been feeling well this past week and half, he's definately a lot more needy.

Yesterday we went on our first adventure without daddy.  Micah and I picked up my friend Robin and we went to walk around the outlet mall.  Only problem was, when we got to the outlet mall, we didn't know how to get his carseat out of the car!  It was something Brandon has always done because it's been to heavy for me to lift!  Sooo after about 5-10 minutes trying to figure it out, and laughing really hard about how stupid we felt because the carseat was kickign our butts and Micah looking at us like we were CRAZY..I finally text Brandon and asked, and it was SO easy after he told me...we felt like idiots :)  But it was fun times!

Also this week, he finally got big enough for his swaddleme blankets...yes he was somehow even to small for those at first.  They are so great at night!  We use to swaddle him in blankets at night, but he'd somehow always get his arms out, and then squirm into some position that the blanket would end up over his face..which of course would freak me out..so we stopped swaddling him.  But now that he fits in these swaddleme blankets, he isn't able to get out of them and he sleeps SO much better!  I'm loving it!  We get like 4 hours between feedings now at night!

Micah and I go on daily walks now, and I go to the doctor on Thursday, and hopefully will find out when I can start working out again!  It's amazing that I'm actually excited about being cleared to work out!  I need to though, because I've decided to do an absolutely crazy thing!  I convinced my mom to do a 5k with me in the beginning of May! AHH!  I keep telling myself that it is only a little over 3 miles..not that bad.  But it still feels crazy only 3 months after having a baby!

But someone has decided I've been on the computer to long, and he needs attention..so here's some more pics to finish up with..

That's Micah watching his first NASCAR race..

And my boys in their camo..

3 Weeks..and sick

Hmm so writing things on here is getting harder, my days seem to fly by!  But today my little man is 3 weeks old!..And sick :(  He's all congested and my happy little baby has been replaced with a needy cranky guy, but its understandable..nobody likes being congested and sick.  He's still such a cute little soldier!

His favorite spot right now is on his daddy..unfortunately daddy has to go to work and mom just isn't as good..all he thinks about is food when I hold him like this.

We went to the doctor yesterday to get him checked out because his breathing was worrying us, and thats when we found out he was just really congested and we need to watch him closely to make sure it doesn't get worse.  But he was weighed when he was there and he weighs 8 pounds 8 ounces now!  He's getting so big!  He use to fall through my boppy, and now he fits really good in it!

Hopefully Micah gets feeling better soon...I like the happy easy going Micah better! :)  But two last cute pictures...

2 weeks!

So yesterday was 2 weeks since this cute little boy made his appearance!

It has been a wonderful 2 weeks!  But now that Brandon is back at work, it has definately been an adjustment!  Which is why I wasn't able to post this on his actual 2 week birthday..we were having a rough day.  When I'm the only one home, it seems like he wants to be held a lot because I'm the only one around to hold him.  Plus nights are hard, but we are making it! And besides he's so adorable!

Thank goodness we got a swing too, because that's the one spot he is really happy in besides my arms.

He just looks so snuggly in it!
The puppies have been so great with him, but definately watching them very carefully around him..

I don't like them this close to him, but I had to take a picture before telling Mia to get down..it was so cute!
And then one last picture of his cuteness...

End of paternity leave

So today is Brandon's last day of paternity leave :(.  We thought it was going to be tomorrow, but because Micah was born early, his leave ends today.  Luckily he has a 4 day weekend though, so he only has to go to work Tuesday, Wednesday and half day on Thursday.  Micah and I will miss him, but we'll do ok.

How adorable is that?
Yesterday we went to church, his outfit was a newborn size, yet it was still so massive on him.  He's long enough now for newborn outfits but he's so skinny!  His outfit was a shirt and pants, and the pants were like falling off him, but still so cute!

And then this morning, he slept in and I had to wake him up...he wasn't to happy with me!

I love all his facial expressions.

Lovely Saturday

Today is our 2nd Saturday home with Micah! That seems crazy to me!  Last night we made supper and had our friends over to eat and watch a movie.  It was really nice to have some interaction with other people.  Since my parents left Wednesday morning, it's just been Brandon, me and Micah, which is nice, but also nice to have interaction with other people!  I can only handle watching Brandon and Micah play Lego Harry Potter on the xBox so much!  Today we are going to try and be brave and go to the Commisary for groceries!  And I need to convince Brandon to do laundry.  I also want to pull out my pre-pregnancy clothes soon and see how my body  has changed.  I know things will fit differently now, I'm just curious since I'm technically 19 pounds below pre-pregnancy weight.  But we'll see if I find all the engery to do that, last night was a rough one and I've already had a 2 hour nap this morning! :)  Around 2am I woke up to Micah trying to spit up, and making like a choking sound while doing it, so I sat him up so he could spit up, and the rest of the night I slept really light because I was worried about him choking, and he definately coo's and makes a lot of noises while he sleeps!  So it wasn't his fault I slept so bad, but definately feeling exhausted!  And now for the real reason anyone reads my blog...pictures of Micah time!

My boys just hanging out the other day...Brandon is already dreading going back to work, he's going to miss Micah so much!

This was this morning, he was looking so cute and looking around with a happy look on his face, so I tried to take a picture, but the flash went off on my phone and we got the grumpy old man look instead!

And Micah getting some sunbathing in! :)  This is how he was when I woke up from my nap today.  The doctor said he is past the stage where he could get jaundice, but we still like to make sure he gets some sunlight, just not in his eyes.  His newborn clothes are finally starting to fit him better!  He's still really skinny in them, but they fit him length wise now!  He's growing up so fast.

Lazy Days

We have been having some nice lazy days right now.  Brandon is still on paternity leave, he doesn't go back until the middle of next week, and it's so nice having him home all day with Micah and me.  Yesterday I needed some fresh air and to move!  So we loaded Micah up into his strollers and took the dogs and Micah on a walk to the mailboxes and around a little loop in my apartment complex.  It was so wonderful!  We've decided to make it a daily thing, and slowly I will walk farther and farther, as my body heals.

Micah seemed to really like it too :)  I just love the bear outfit.
Then last night, Micah woke us up at 3:30am for feeding, and as I was sitting there, I realized I had a doctors appointment at 8:15am!  My mind is so scatterbrained right now!  So luckily I remembered and went to my doctors appointment this morning.  The doctor said my incision is healing wonderfully!  He took off the little strips that was helping hold it together, so now there is nothing on my incision!  Which makes it hurt worse because there's nothing protecting it anymore, but it's still not bad.
Micah's tummy hasn't felt very good today, so he's been a little cranky (no more taco salad for mom for awhile!)  But he's still super adorable

I love the crazy scientist looking hair.

1 week old!

I can't believe that Micah is already a week old!  This week has flown by!  My parents and little sister left this morning, and it was great having them here to help this past week.  Micah is such a good little baby, he's been eating wonderfully, sleeping and just a happy baby overall.  And just the cutest little thing obviously..

He has been amazing the past 2 nights, we have gotten so much sleep, it makes me wonder how long this is going to last.

We have had lots of snuggle time, Brandon is loving being home right now.  He has to go back to work in a week, and I know that is going to be so hard on him!  Micah and him are always attached to each other.  The puppies have been so great with him too.  Mia is like a little mother, it worries her so much when he cries.  Chester doesn't want to be to close to him, because Micah is so small, but I keep seeing him go over to Micah carefully and sniff him.
I'm recovering really well, my pain isn't bad at all.  It's hard to remember to take it easy, because I want to be able to do things, like go shopping for groceries or give Micah a bath, just small things.  But it will happen, I just need to be patient.  The good news though is that I've lost 18 pounds so far!
So here's the picture I took today of Micah..one week old!

Micah Birthday!

So Micah decided he was to impatient to wait until our scheduled c-section on Friday.  On Tuesday, I had my baby shower with my sunday school class, and it went so good!  I got tons of goodies and enjoyed eating lunch and hanging out with them.  There was about 10 of us there, so a nice size without it being to tiny or way to large.  After that, I came home and rested a little, and then we went out to eat with our friends Brandon C and Robin.  It was really wonderful hanging out with them, only bummer was we went to the place Brandon and I went for our anniversary, because I still hadn't had the dessert I wanted so badly from there.  So I ordered it Tuesday night, only to find out they were completely out of it!  I was sooo disappointed!  We were out later then normal, it was about 10pm when we got to bed (which is really late for us).  Well at midnight I woke up with my stomach all cramped up and feeling super sick.  I was then sick from midnight until 6am, so sick that I actually moved into the living room because I didn't want to keep waking Brandon up as I kept getting up, because he had work in the morning.  Well finally a little after 6am, I was like I can't do this anymore, I feel so sick and I think I'm getting dehydrated from this!  So I text Brandon from the other room and said I think I need to go to the hospital.  I finally make it into the bedroom and he's still laying in bed with the puppies.  I was like umm lets go to the hospital?  And he was like do you want to?  You probably are just stressing yourself out about Friday.  But I was like no, we are going.  So he got up to get ready to go, and I called my mom to let her know, because they were about to leave for the airport to fly out here, and I knew I wouldn't be able to communicate with them all day while they were flying and such.  She also said you are probably just stressing yourself out, but I still was determined I needed to get to the hospital.  So Brandon and I grab the hospital bag and off we went to the hospital.  As we are driving to the hospital I was moaning about how bad my stomach hurts and Brandon was like ok I know I know your stomach hurts..(not being super sympathetic for me).  We get to the hospital and labor & delivery sends me to the ante partum area because they were so busy and full in triage and recovery.  The lady in ante partum hooked me to up to the machine and less then a minute after she did, she was like did you just feel that?  And I was like yah! My stomach is hurting!! And she said honey thats a contraction.  So Brandon and I were in complete shock!  She checked me, and I was only 2cm but contracting a good bit, and I'm not supposed to go into labor.  So she called my doctor who was right upstairs doing a c-section.  When he was done, he came down to see me and asked when the last time I had food and water was.  Of course, since I thought I was getting dehydrated, I had drank water right before going to the hospital.  So my doctor said ok, well nothing to eat or drink and we will do your c-section after 12 today!  We were in complete shock!  We didn't even have his carseat with us!  Well the c-section surgery room wasn't available until 3pm, so we had a really long wait.  I was suprisingly calm, I don't think it really registered that I was having Micah in a few short hours.  Brandon was definately stressing out more then me!  Our sunday school teacher came by, and that was a nice distraction for a little bit.  And finally it was time to go off to pre-op.  The pre-op area is the same as the triage, so I had been there before, so I still wasn't really stressing out yet.  Brandon was told to get in his awesome scrubs..

And I walked from the pre-op area to the surgery room, while Brandon had to wait in the hallway.  I had to sit on the table, and that is definately when the nerves hit!  I was so scared of the spinal!  It really wasn't that bad, the local hurt some and then I felt nothing.  My feet got warm and slowly numb and they had me lay down quickly.  They put the curtain up, Brandon joined me and just a few minutes later Micah was crying!!  Everyone in the OR was like wow! He's a tall baby!!  He really isn't that tall, he was 20 inches long and 7.56 pounds, but his legs and arms are so long and skinny that he looks tall.  After they cleaned him up, they brought him over to us for a minute, and we had our first family picture

They took him to the nursery pretty quickly though, and Brandon went with him.  They finished up with me, and rolled me back to the same room I was in for pre-op.  I fell asleep for a few, and when I woke up Brandon was with me.  I had told him to stay with Micah the entire time, but I'm glad he didn't listen.  He brought me back pictures of Micah and videos, and gave me updates.  He kept going back and forth between me and Micah, and since I was stuck in recovery for 3 hours, that helped a lot!

Poor Micah had some breathing issues at first, and he needed a little help with oxygen.  Which is why I couldn't see him during the 3 hours of recovery :(

He finally was breathing ok, and he got his first bath.

When he was done with his bath, I was moved into my post partum room, and we had to wait like another half hour for Micah to join us, because he had to get his tempurature regulated before they would let him leave the nursery.  Finally our baby boy joined us!

I look like a hot mess, but I didn't care at that point, I was just so happy to finally be holding Micah!

The first day went wonderful for us.  My parents were flying from Florida that day, and would have arrived right about when Micah joined us, but their plane in Austin was delayed 3 hours.  Visiting hours ended at 9pm, and that is just about exactly when they finally got to the hospital, but the nurse went ahead and let them visit for a few.

The rest of the hospital visit went really well, we had some visitors and lots of time to just love on Micah and be amazed at how cute he is.

We were finally sent home Friday around lunchtime, and Micah looked so cute in his little bear suit!

Everything went really well, time is flying by on me though.  Days go by so quickly!  Which is why it has taken so long to write everything, but today is Micah's first doctor visit, so I will let you know how that goes!..so weird to end a blog without a countdown until Micah's birthdate :)