Home Sweet Home

( Once again I can't figure out how to flip the picture, bare with me.)

Brian and I bought our first house! We love it!! It has been over a month that we have lived here. Crazy. We were supposed to sign papers the day Blake was born, but he had other ideas :) We signed the papers on March 26, and moved in the next day. I don't have anything decorated yet. Yes, I am a little behind, but i rather spend my time holding Blake. Once my house is decorated I will take pictures, until then you can see the outside! It is a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, and a 3 car garage. I think Brian is in heaven with the garage. I am in love with the kitchen, even though I am not a good cook, it is still fun having a big kitchen. Someday I will learn how to cook and Brian will no longer starve ;)

Blake's Photo Shoot

When Blake was about a week old my mom, and sister got some cute pictures of Blake. He isn't a big fan of getting his pictures taken, kind of like his daddy. We weren't able to get all the pictures I wanted, but I didn't want a screaming baby either.

One Month

My baby is a month old, it is crazy to think I have been a momma for a whole month! Words cannot describe how much I love my sweet baby boy. He truly is a great blessing in our lives. We are so excited to watch Blake grow and learn new things. Blake had a hard time putting on weight at first, he was born weighing 7.4 then he went down to 6.8 and was there for about 2 weeks, our pediatrician had me start pumping every 2 hours feed Blake that then supplement if he wanted more. We did that for a whole week, talk about being stuck at the house all week. I then called to set up a weight check because I couldn't wait any longer to take him in. Blake had gained almost a whole pound in a week, good job buddy! We then were able to do what I wanted to do in the first place which is feed on demand. At Blake's One Month he weighed in at 8 pounds even and 21 inches long, he is in the 15 percentile. I have a long skinny boy :) He is still wearing newborn diapers and clothes, I wasn't planning on him wearing newborns for very long so I didn't get very much in that size, boy was I wrong, he is still wearing them and probably will for awhile.

Good Golly Miss Molly

I think it is about time to do a post about Miss Molly. She is in love with Blake and would really like to help change his diapers, give him baths, and lick him to death whenever he is crying. Too bad she isn't allowed to do any of those things.

I miss when Molly was this size, she was a little bit easier to control compared to the 60 some pounds of monster she is these days.

Looking outside to see your face like this used to be hysterical, now it looks like a ton of work. We went to my parents house yesterday and her face looked similar to this from when she was a puppy.

You were our first baby until our first real baby came along. Poor dog, you have been neglected. At least we still give you food and water, and a comfy place to sleep. One day you will be fun to have around again, one day.

Now we spend our days like this.

Just watching over Blake making sure he isn't going any where. We love you Molly, even if you drive us insane and ruin our brand new backyard. In our new house (I will post about it soon) you have decided to be a stink pot. We have/had a butterfly bush that I was really excited about having so we could watch some pretty butterflies, and the people that we bought the house from left an awesome grow box with the hoses to water it throughout, now we don't have much of a butterfly bush left, and you thought the hose tasted delicious. Oh Molly dog.

A little behind...

So much has happened since my last post. I will get caught up, some time. I will try to get some what caught up today between taking care of my sweet boy, and my lovely dog.

Funny Faces

Blake has some pretty funny expressions that he makes. I have caught a few and I am sure I will continue to catch more as he grows older. These were from when he was 3 weeks old.

Billie Bed

Poor Blake had a bad case of jaundice. His numbers were pretty high so it was billie bed time. It was so hard to leave him on/in the billie bed all day except to nurse him. I was one sad mama when I couldn't hold my baby, thankfully he didn't mind being in there.

Blake's Birth

At about 12:30 am on March 22, my water broke at 37 weeks 6 days, I was slightly in denial about it. Brian was working nights and I was just about to call him when he walked in. I told him that I thought my water broke, and then I proceeded to tell him it probably wasn't my water it had to be something else. He talked me into calling my doctors office and talk to the on call doctor. We waited for a call back and she told us to go in to the hospital, she sounded so sure that it was my water that broke. When I was on the phone Brian was packing our stuff to go, and I kept telling him they would tell me not to go in, boy was I wrong!!

When we got to the hospital I told Brian I was okay staying pregnant for a few more weeks, I was not ready to deliver our baby boy. I was because I wanted to be done being pregnant but then when it was really happening I was no longer ready! We went to triage got checked in. Then they moved us to labor and delivery where we would stay for a really long time! They checked me and I was a 2 and 50% effaced and baby's head was fully engaged and he was facing the right way (good boy!), I hadn't progressed since Tuesday at my appointment. Even though my water broke, I only had 2 contractions between 12:30-ish to about 2. They started pitocin at about 4:30 and that started the waiting game. By 8 the contractions were regular but not very strong, at 11:45 I got my epidural, which is awesome!!! I was hoping I would have my baby before my sister left so he had until 3 o'clock to get here, that didn't happen. They checked me again a little after 3 and I was a 5-6 100% effaced. We waited and waited and waited some more. At 6:30 they checked me again I was at a 10!!! At 6:45 I started pushing. I pushed for about 3 hours and my doctor tried using the vacuum to help little Blake out, it didn't work, I don't know how many times she tried. She finally told me that we had two more contractions before she would do an emergency c-section. I was not okay with that, I did not want to have a c-section. I just kept praying and praying that I wouldn't have to have a c-section. At 10:45 pm, my sweet sweet boy was born. It was such a relief to be able to see him and hold him.

Blake had to go to the NICU for about 2 hours, he wasn't able to control his breathing, and his blood sugar was high. He then was able to go to the nursery.

Poor Blake's head, he was a little stuck :(