Dear Mr. B - Week 1

Dear Mr B, Mommy is happy to feed you whenever you would like, but when she does please please please try to stay awake for more than 2 minutes, lest you wake up again in 10 min still hungry.
Love,
Mom



Dear Mr. B, Mommy absolutely loves your darling facial expressions. I enjoy pretending that I know what each of them means, maybe someday I will figure it out.
Love,
Mom



Dear Mommy,
My throwing up on you twice last nice was me telling you how much I love you! P.S. Thanks for cleaning me up.
Love,
Mr. B

Dear Mr. B,
As previously mentioned I am happy to feed you whenever you would like, but please please please try to sleep at least an hour between said requests. Parties from 11pm-2am are not our idea of a good time.
Love,
Mom and Dad

And Baby Makes 3 :)

It has been far too long since we have updated this, and for anyone who knows us there is definitely a lot that has gone on between June and the present. Instead of catching up we will just cover the basics, basically we are now a happy family of 3.

We welcomed our son Mr. B into our family at 12:06pm on Sunday July 25th. He weighed a tiny but healthy 6 lb. 14 oz. 19 inches long. He has beautiful dark blonde hair and plenty of it.

As new parents we spent the early part of July constantly wondering when the adorable Mr. B would make his debut. I had always joked that I wanted to have him on pioneer day. We spent the 24th in Salt Lake hanging out with family and had a wonderful time. As we were leaving Si's (G's mom) house she teased us about not having Mr. B tomorrow or on Monday because she would be tempted to still go on her annual Lake Powell.

Although the comment was made in complete jest Mr. B took him seriously and at 3:15 Sunday warning my water broke. I had only a handful of contractions so I tried to go back to sleep, it did not work as I was far to nervous/excited so I got dressed put on makeup (because I am weird like that), cleaned out the fridge a little, at 5:40am we made our way to Timpanogus hospital. By then my contractions had completely stopped, which made the ride much comfier than I had anticipated.

They put us in a room, confirmed that my water had broken, and then began what began an epic attempt at putting an IV in my arm. Two nurses and 7 stabs later they finally got the IV inserted, it was terrible. It took almost an hour, by then they were concerned that my contractions would not start up again so they started me on pitocin (so essentially they "induced me".

They continued to get closer together until they were back to back, at that point I requested an epidural (thankful the anesthesiologist was much better at inserting that particular needle). I was annoyed that the epidural made my legs feel like I was at the dentist. The nurse informed me that it was actually a good sign that I had feeling from the waist down (no pain though), and she was right.

About 10 minutes after the epidural we had a five minute scare, (Benton's heart rate dropped) thankfully our prayers were answered and everything went back to normal. That was at about 10:00am and after the ordeal I was at 5cm halfway there! The next two hours flew by, the nurse checked me at 11:55am exclaimed that I was done, we did not not know what she meant but then she pulled G and had me try to push. She said that I was so good that she was calling the Dr. immediately. 11 min and 2 pushes later we were parents!

Because It's June!

June has been incredibly enjoyable for G and I, we have had lots of opportunities to hang out with friends and family. Work and school kept us pretty busy the at the beginning of the month and now that classes are over and my nanny job has ended G and I are getting to spend lots of time preparing for the arrival of our little one. Our nursery is coming along beautifully and we look forward to putting up some pictures shortly. It is a jungle theme and we absolutely love it.
As of now its already June 21st, and so it seems as though only July stands between us and parenthood. We would love to fit in a grand adventure, although we are well aware that such is beyond my travel limitations as well as economically infeasible. Who knows though, we may be able to fit in some mini adventures in the cities nearby like Park City and Manti like we did last summer, prebabybellyness.

More Baby Stuff

Our son is due 2 months from today. We decided to update our blog. We could talk about all that is going on, but we thought it better just to show you. C got to model for a website that sells maternity clothing, milanmaternity.com. There are some pictures from that. There are also some pictures from our recent trip to Denver.

BABY BELLY

G finished his Winter Semester and has just started his Spring Term class. I survived moving in and out a huge group of tenants. I am much like an accountant in that March and April are my busiest months, and then in May I spend my time trying to catch up on all the work that I have gotten behind on. It is all a little nuts. This month I also squezeed in the Wilton Cake decorating class course 1. I was absolutely terrible but I loved the teacher and getting to hang out with the other fun ladies that took the class. I have included pictures of the two cakes I decorated along with a picture taken today at just under 6 months along.

Baby Gender

The sonogram kind of speaks for itself, our little baby is a little boy. We greatly anticipate his arrival in early August (he measured as above average on the ultrasound, so we either expect him to come early or just be really big).

C is now officially halfway through her pregnancy, and has a noticeable baby bump.

T-minus 8 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes and 53 seconds

Just to let you all know that next Friday we will know what we're going to be having. So check back next weekend to find out! :)