We have been all over lately...

We went up to Logan to visit Justin's grandparents.

Then we went down to San Diego to visit my family. Here are some pictures of us at the Birch Aquarium. I thought maybe Sebastian would like the bright colors but he just slept in his stroller the whole time. Justin and I checked out the fish and enjoyed the pretty view.

One night we decided to take a million pictures of Sebastian before putting him to bed. He made this face a lot...

We just couldn't put him to bed when he was being so cute.

We have been in Knoxville, Tennesee for a little over a week and will be spending most of our summer here. I don't have any pictures yet but I'm sure I will take some. Tennessee is beautiful!

Nine Weeks

Sebastian had his two month appointment the other day. He's been growing!

Stats:

Height: 23.5 inches (70th percentile)
Weight: 11 lbs 9 ounces (45th percentile) - he shot way up from the 11th percentile at 2 weeks!

The doctor said he is a super strong little guy.

He still wakes up to eat every 2-3 hours... His longest stretch ever between feedings was 4 and a half. It's alright though, I LOVE being a mom! It makes me a little sad that he isn't the tiny little peanut he used to be, but it's fun to see him interact more. I guess we will just have to have another one some day!

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?