Smiles

Sebastian has been smiling at us for a couple of weeks! It's so fun! For some reason we haven't been able to get a really big one on camera but here is what we did get... still pretty cute, huh?

Sebastian lately...

sleeping hanging out with milo (with close supervision) making silly faces

recovering from bath time

celebrating daddy's 25th birthday

being naked

enjoying family naps

sleeping with daddy

just being a stud

getting tormented by daddy

hitting on older women

hanging out with gma and gpa bowen

Sebastian Richard James

He was born at 3:48pm on Thursday, January 7th. Six lbs fifteen ounces, nineteen inches. These pics are not in any particular order...

Sorry for the delay but these past five days have been CRAZY!!! I'll make this as short as possible. I got started on these tablets that are supposed to soften my cervix at 7pm Wednesday night. I was cramping all night and it was pretty miserable. Then at about 7am they started the Pitocin to make me have stronger contractions. I was about 2 1/2 centimeters dilated at that point. I got the epidural at 10am and was immediately pain free :). Then they broke my water and the contractions got way too out of control so they kept turning down the pitocin. After about another hour they had to stop the pitocin all together and I was contracting like crazy on my own. I thought I would have the baby late that night but I dilated way faster than they expected. I went from a 4 to a 9 1/2 in like three hours and they said it was almost time to push. I pushed for about 30 minutes (felt like five) and at 3:48pm on Thursday he was out!

He had some problems breathing so he had to go to the NICU for an hour but after that he was fine. So scary though. I finally got to see him again after three hours. We brought him home Saturday afternoon with some jaundice. He was getting really orange :(. We had to get him tested Sunday and then Monday and on Monday his levels were all of the sudden really bad so the doctor called us and sent us straight to the hospital. I was so freaked out and they were acting really nervous about him when we got there. He was under the lights over night and improved very fast and now he is fine and home again. We have to get him checked tomorrow and see how his levels are so pray for us that he will be fine. The poor little guy has been through a lot already.

So this has been the most emotional five days of my life and like any new mom I am insanely sleep deprived. I have been on such an emotional rollercoaster with his health problems but we are so crazy about this little guy. He is so precious and I can't believe I am a mom!

He's coming!

My blood pressure will not seem to go down so they have decided to induce me (even though I have no other symptoms of preeclampsia!). I'm going in sometime Wednesday night and will probably have him around Thursday evening. It's going to be a long process and they keep telling me the possibility of a C-section is higher with an induction. So I'm prepared for that possibility.

Justin and I frantically ordered all the things we still needed last week when we found out we would be having him early. The car seat just came today... thank heaven!

So I'm excited/very nervous about everything. I have decided to humble myself and post a picture finally. Don't mind the fact that my butt sticks out almost as much as my stomach. Oops! Here is me at 37+ weeks, only a couple of days before baby arrives. I'm huge! The doctor estimated his weight at 7.5-8.5 lbs (although he said they are usually wrong). Ahhh maybe it's a good thing he's coming a couple of weeks early.

Baby stuff?

I don't have school or a job currently so I have a lot of time to look at baby stuff online. I haven't bought anything substantial for baby yet because I get so confused every time I try to make decisions! There are a million things to buy: car seat, stroller, crib, cradle, clothes, other furniture, etc. There are also a million options for each item. The list seems to go on and on! I just don't know which brands and types of baby stuff are best.

So, if anyone out there has any suggestions about ANY of this stuff, please advise me! Why are decisions so difficult for me?

Other updates...

Going back in time... I went to my grandparent's lake house in Oregon with my family in August. It was fun relaxing with the fam. I have so many memories of that place- it is beautiful! Justin decided to stay in Texas and work so he couldn't come :( We made a stop at Pea Soup Andersen's on our way home (my face is being covered by my hair).
I tried to avoid being in pictures but here are some of the house and Erin, Sarah, and my dad.

We have been back in Provo for a couple of weeks now and Milo is up to his old habit of staring out the window. I think he' s a little bored- what do you think?

Baby Update

The first picture is from our 13 week ultrasound. I know it's really hard to see but it's the best I could do. My mom insisted even then that he has Justin's nose. He also is making a fist like he's trying to suck his thumb. He was only like 2 inches long at that point and now that I'm 21 1/2 weeks I think he's about 8 inches long! Woo hoo we are both growing -me maybe a little too much ;)

For those of you who haven't heard, we found out a few weeks ago that we are having a boy! The second ultrasound picture- if anyone can even make it out - is the proof!