Newborn Pictures

I had my good friend Kirsten come over and take pictures of Owen for me. She takes amazing pictures and I was so excited to get these done by her. Here is a sampling of some of the pictures she took.







I had my good friend Kirsten come over and take pictures of Owen for me. She takes amazing pictures and I was so excited to get these done by her. Here is a sampling of some of the pictures she took.

2 Weeks Old

Owen is now 2 weeks old and we couldn't love him more. Even Aspen, who was pushing him off of her at the hospital, can't wait to hold him. He is such a good, calm, baby. When he is awake, he is so alert and looking around at everything. And when he sleeps, he sleeps great! He sleeps for one stretch at night from 4-5 hours. And I usually have to wake him up to eat! He hardly ever cries either. Oh, how we love this little boy! Here are some pictures from leaving the hospital to now.

Owen McAdams Grant

He's here! His birthday was Friday, September 11, 2009 at 12:29 pm. He weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20" long. He has a ton of hair and is so stinking cute! We love him like crazy!

Long story short, I ended up getting a c-section. Which I was totally fine with. I wanted my natural birth, but nothing was going the way I wanted anyway, so c-section was the way to go. There was meconium in the water and my abdominal muscles were adhered to my previous c-section scar. This is why I was having so much abdominal pain and why the contractions were killers! Even at a 3 1/2! But my baby is here safe and that is the most important thing! Here are a few pictures of the happy day!

TOMORROW, TOMORROW, I LOVE YA TOMORROW

No baby yet. This child refuses to come out of me on its own. So tomorrow is the day! The doctor doesn't want me going much over 41 weeks because of my previous c-section. The baby is putting tons of pressure on my scar and it is seriously hurting. We are going to try just braking the water and see if that gets things moving on its own. If not, then I am going to have a c-section. This seems a little drastic but I've had the feeling for a while that the reason this baby hasn't come on its own is because a c-section is the safest thing for both of us. We'll see what happens! I'll change the color of my blog to pink or blue tomorrow evening or Saturday to let you all know if we have an Owen or Luci!

Puppets and Rafts

The kids have really been into "projects" lately. So here are a couple that we have done in the last month.

Paper Bag Puppets (I showed them how to make these and made one with them. Before long we had tons of puppets! Most of them had the mouth glued shut so they just turned into fancy bags. This seriously kept them busy for HOURS!)



Rafts (Dave helped them build these and they were so excited to float them in the tub. Unfortunately the fun only lasted about 10 minutes because the Elmer's glue got wet and the rafts started falling apart.)

Patience?

Impatient women should NOT get pregnant. This sucks!~

Nope!

No, no baby yet. STILL waiting. Here is what I have learned from this experience:

What DOESN'T work to induce labor: walking, stairs, spicy food, rubbing pressure points (I have bruises people!), bedroom fun :), walking the curb (I tripped last night doing that), relaxing, cleaning and scrubbing, taking care of three 5 year olds all day long, the trots, getting my membranes stripped, losing the plug, etc. etc. You get the point. The only thing I have NOT tried and I WON'T try is castor oil. Sorry folks. That sounds worse than being pregnant another week!

What DOES work: No stinking clue. Still waiting to figure that one out. I have EVERY labor symptom except the most important. Consistent contractions. I'll keep you updated on what does work when it works!