2 Months, Baby!

Has it really been 2 months?

My baby is now smiling at me, holding light-weight objects such as chap-stick, making noises other than cries, growing hair, hitting his toys, holding his head up BY HIMSELF, following us with his little blue eyes up, down, and all around the room. When did this happen? How? He's only 2 months old!

He's discovering his hands. And his tongue. He likes to lick his hands and arms. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he discovers that he can put more things in his mouth. Such as that chap-stick mommy places into his hands. He accidentally smacked himself with it today... got startled and cried... oops mommy. Oops.

I want to tell you that everything has gone by without a hitch. It hasn't. There have been nights (and will be more) that I've broken down, too tired to function any longer, passing baby off to daddy for a few hours while I get much needed sleep. There have been the "I don't know what to do with him he's crying and I've changed him twice and fed him and burped him and played with him and he just. won't. stop." moments. We're even battling a cold right now. The scariest thing to happen yet. Bronchialitis. Complete with wheezing, coughing, congestion, and a fussy/grumpy baby. Poor thing. (And as if feeding him every 2 hours wasn't enough, I now have to give him breathing treatments every 4 hours, plus 2 extra each day. It's lovely for my sanity.)

He truly is a great baby, though. He only cries when he needs something, or when he wants mommy and daddy to hold him close and snuggle. He's beginning to understand what nighttime is and will sleep for a good 4-5 hours each night. He smiles at me when I haven't seen him in a while. He's perfect. We wouldn't trade these past few months for anything in the world. And you know what? There are many more to come. <3

August John Landon

Since the boys are napping, I thought I'd take time to let everyone know how the delivery went and how things are going now.

August John Landon was born at 6:11pm on October 16, 2009. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces and measured 20 1/2 inches long. He has blond hair and his eye color is currently a very dark gray. Words cannot describe how much Dexter and I love him! He is a great baby. He is feeding very well and only cries when he is hungry, wet, or wants mommy or daddy to hold him.

The labor was great. We checked into the hospital around 12:15pm. I was hooked up to an IV of pitocin around 12:30pm. A couple hours later I was given an epidural, which actually hurt less than the pitocin, and after that point I was in very little pain. I began to feel pressure around 5:45pm. Dr. Wells was called in and arrived around 6:00pm. After 10 short minutes of pushing, August was born at 6:11pm! I only had a little bit of tearing.. couldn't have hoped for a better labor.

We delivered at St. Rose De Lima - and wow! Are we glad we did! The nurses there are completely amazing. Our family was discharged around 10:00pm the next day, October 17, 2009. That first night at home was pretty hard due to our severe lack of sleep, but we made it. It is still hard - managing sleep, time, feedings (every 2 hours!!), cleaning, eating, etc... but I am loving every minute of it and couldn't ask for a better family.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us and sent prayers and love! We love you all so much, and cannot wait to see everyone.

10.12.09

We're here!! And August is.... not. We are anxious to meet our boy, but are happy that he made it full term. If he doesn't come on his own by Thursday, my doctor will schedule an induction. He will not let us go over due 1 week due to possible complications. He made it clear that we can go into the hospital any day from now until Thursday and request to get induced, but Dexter and I think we can wait it out. After all, we've already waited 40 weeks! What's one more?

xoxo M&D

10.01.09

October, we made it! Only 11 more days to go..... My stats have pretty much stayed the same. August has dropped even lower than before (I didn't think it was possible!). Dr. Wells expects him to be out by one push! Ha ha, we can only hope.

We've had a couple of cool days here in Vegas so the air conditioner has been off and the windows have been open. I've been wanting to go walking on my days off, but I'm either too tired or experiencing too much pain/ache.

No real updates other than Dexter and I are anxious to see our little guy! I am not comfortable at all these days, so if he decides to come a bit early I will not complain. ; )

09.24.09

Weight: 131
BP: 124/87
2 cm dilated
90% effaced

This means August can come anytime now! We saw him on the ultrasound and the doctor predicts he is currently 6 pounds 7 ounces. Woah, baby!

My prediction: He will come on October 4 in the evening and weigh 7 pounds 5 ounces.

09.17.09

Baby brain is great, isn't it?

We had an appointment this morning at 8:45AM. I have the day off and so does Dexter (besides babysitting Kaily this afternoon). Everything was perfect. Um, except... I forgot I had taken my car to the dealership to have it serviced yesterday for an unfortunate gas leak. So how did we get to the appointment? Grandma Karen of course!

Off we went to see Dr. Wells; Me, August, Dexter, and Grandma Karen. It was a rather standard appointment. I was hoping they would check to see if I've dilated any, tell me I had and that I would be delivering within the next 2 weeks. That didn't happen of course. I weigh 134 now and my blood pressure was 118/76 ( I had to ask Dexter this time because I can't seem to remember anything these days). August has definitely dropped, which we knew before, and he is measuring fine. We need to pick a pediatrician for him soon and figure out which shots/immunizations we think he should have.

After the visit my mom dropped us off at the dealership and we picked up my shiny black Ion. Fortunately, it is still under warranty and they replaced the fuel module for free. With this bit of good news, I drove home feeling optimistic and motivated. Enough to clean out the entire car with a vacuum hose in the middle of the day, complete with a thorough disinfecting of every surface known to me. Then I thought: Why not install the car seat today? I won't be this energized for much longer.

..... 2 glasses of water, 1 slice of pizza, 3 Google searches, and 2 hours later our car seat has been installed! (Though I know our neighbors do not read this blog, I apologize for flashing them numerous times as I tried to maneuver the car seat and my big belly while keeping my pants from falling down completely).

Thanks for hanging in here with us. Only 25 more days!

xoxo M&D

09.10.09

We're getting closer! August has moved down a lot, and is now pressing on my pelvis (much to his delight; much to my despair). The kicks to my ribs have not yet stopped. I have a feeling they won't until this little baby comes out. :)

Dexter was able to come to the appointment this morning. I weigh 132 and my blood pressure is 114/82. So far, so good. We did a routine Group B Strep test today to check for bacteria that can be passed along to the baby during delivery. If I test positive, they'll have to put me on antibiotics during labor and delivery to prevent little August from contracting the bacteria. No biggie.

His heart beat sounds so normal now. It's measuring at 130 beats per minute. It'll be around the same when he's born (between 120 and 160).

At this point we'll be seeing Dr. Well's every week. There's really no way to tell when August will be coming, sooo.... we just have to wait! And oh it is so hard. Dexter's cousin, Shanna, is in town this week and so we had dinner with her, Kassy, Michael & Kaily last night. It was really nice! Dexter made vegetarian lasagna and we had chocolate satin pie for dessert... yummmm.

We will be babysitting Kaily today while Kassy is at work. I am SO excited! Dexter will be learning how to change a diaper today, so wish him luck! :)

xoxoM&D