Friday, December 9, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday Mugs - Celebrate
Well it has been a LONG time. But what a good way to try to jump back in with an easy post like Monday Mugs! for more head over to Heather's Blog and enjoy! Here is our 4th of July
Alastor @6months old
Adlie @2 1/2
Adlie's first time with sparklers! We took both kids down to the fireworks and Alastor LOVED them but Adlie well she HATED them.
Sarah
Monday, March 28, 2011
Update on Adlie
Well the girl NEVER sits still any more she is running and climbing and I sometimes just can't keep up! I can't wait for the weather to stay warm so she can run off some of her wild haha. She is talking a lot and very clear most of the time (sometimes it is gibberish ha) She is learning to count and her colors and she loves to color and play with her doll house. She is eating great she loves veggies and fruit! She is also finally sleeping in her own bed in her own room all night long! She hates baths and getting her hair washed. She loves Mickey Mouse and just watched her first princess movie (Beauty and the Beast) and she loved it. She may be a mess but we love her so much. Here are a few recent pictures that I got of her!
Alastor is 3 months old
Alastor turned 3 months old on Sunday. We took him for his check up on Friday he is now 11lbs 1 oz and is 23 1/2 in long. he is in the 10% for weight and 40% for length. Our Dr. said he is not worried about him because he is gaining he was just a tiny guy when he was born (5lbs 15 oz) He is in size 1 diapers (he cannot wear pampers they gave him a chemical burn!!) and is in newborn clothes and some 0-3 months. He is a very happy baby he is always smiling and cooing. His eyes are still grey/blue and and he has brown hair. He also has the sweetest set of dimples! He just started sucking his thumb and not wanting use his pacifier. He has rolled over a few times. Adlie is in love with him and so are we. here are the pictures I took of him today.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Wordless Wednesday
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Alastor Dean Alan Merritt at OneTrueMedia.com
here is a video I made so I can post TONS of pictures with out having to post them all one by one. Here is Alastor haha
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentines day..
AHHHHHH!!! Blogger finally let me post pictures! (seriously who really wants to read a blog with no pictures!) I will post again later with ALOT of pictures of Alastor believe it or not this little guy is 7 weeks old and I am head over heels in love with his sweet little self!
Isn't he just so dang cute! I could hold him and kiss on him all day long! ( and do some days haha)
And my big girl! Amazing how much she has changed in just one year! She is in full blown terrible 2's and man I am getting so tired of her fits but I am glad to know it wont last forever and she can be really sweet! Can you believe this was my little monkey just last year!!!
From my little loves to you!
Sarah
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Welcome to the world sweet boy!
As you all know we planned for me to be induced on the 26th of December. We were to go in at 6am to start the meds... well all Christmas day we spend at home with Adlie and Matt's Dad we ordered Chinese food and just relaxed. I made sure all of our bags were packed and ready to go. I was nervous but excited so I cleaned up the house and we all got in bed for the night... Sleep was NOT going to happen for me I laid in bed and just waited.... at 5:30 am my phone rang... it was the hospital saying they could not have us in because they had several women in that were in labor so we had to wait....(they said they would call us back before noon to give us a new time to come in) at noon they had NOT called and I was getting quite anxious.... so Matt called the hospital and spoke with my Dr. he said to come in at 6pm and before we came to eat some lunch and try to take it easy ... So we got dressed and Matt asked me what I wanted to eat.... well all night all I could think about eating was Bob Evans Chicken and noodles. So off to Bob Evans we went. After lunch we went to Wal Mart to walk around and grab a few last minute things. We came home and I jumped in to the shower and got Adlie ready to go spend some time with her Poppy... Once Matt's dad came and picked Adlie up we packed up and headed to the hospital (not before stopping at McDonald's for one last thing to eat!)
We get to the hospital and get signed in and they get us in a room. The nurse checked me and I am at 2 and 70% effaced... not bad but not great... My dr comes in and says they will start me on cytotec and see what happens if I am not progressing they may send me home the next morning... EEK! Well about an hour after getting the cytotec I am having mild contractions and they are pretty regular too so there is no going home! (this is about 8pm....) I ask my nurse when they will start pitocin and she said it would be sometime early morning and to just relax and try to get some sleep... haha.... I continued to have contractions all night and they were pretty regular so they decided I did not need any more cytotec and at 5am they started a low dose of pitocin to make my contractions stronger and last longer to move baby down ( I was at 4 and 90% effaced at this point)...I labored on the birthing ball for a while then at almost 7 (shifts change at 7) my dr came in to check me I am at a 6 almost 7 and still 90% effaced... he said my water bag was bulging but he would let it break on its own....at 7:30 I asked my nurse if I could get some local pain medication because I had a lot of pressure and felt like I needed to push but knew my body wasn't ready. She checked me again (they can't give it to you after 8 ) I was almost 8 and 100% but she gave me some Nubian and with in 10 minutes I called the nurses back in and told them I needed to push NOW.... Matt was standing at my side and could see the baby's head. The nurse checked me and said YOU CANNOT PUSH THIS BABY OUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH! I told her I could NOT wait he was coming NOW. They had to pull a dr in from the hall way to deliver Alastor. I pushed and his head came out in the water bag still the dr told me to wait to push again and he put a small hole in the bag of water and told me to push again and out he came and they handed him right to me. My first thought was OH MY GOD he is so tiny. I really though I was going to have an 8 lb baby they took him to clean him off and weigh him 5 lbs 15.5 oz 18 1/2 in long and the first thing the nurses said was he had a perfect round head. His Apgar scores were 8 and 9. He started nursing as soon as they gave him back to me and has been doing great...
Once I was good and the dr's and nurses left the room for a while Matt left to go get Adlie and I made a few phone calls..... a few hours of sleep and nursing and Matt came back with Adlie. She came in and Alastor was wrapped up and she couldn't see him Matt put her on my bed and I held Alastor out to her so she could see she smiled so big and kept telling us how tiny he was and how cute he is... I asked her if she wanted to hold him and she said no and got down to play.... A little while later she came to my bed and asked to hold him. I picked her up and handed her Alastor she got the biggest smile on her face and kept saying brother... I will admit I cried a little watching her with him...
We have been home for a little over a week now and he is growing (6lbs 4oz last Friday) and doing very well Adlie is doing great and has been loving her babies just like mama is. Alastor is such a mellow baby he sleeps well (4 hours nurse 4 hours nurse!!!!) He lost his umbilical stump yesterday but we will wait until next week to do a tub bath just to let it heal. We are nursing on demand and he seems to be happy. I was worried about how things would go when we got home but honestly it has been so easy .... We go back to the dr in a week and I will let you know how he is doing weight wise then.
Sarah
We get to the hospital and get signed in and they get us in a room. The nurse checked me and I am at 2 and 70% effaced... not bad but not great... My dr comes in and says they will start me on cytotec and see what happens if I am not progressing they may send me home the next morning... EEK! Well about an hour after getting the cytotec I am having mild contractions and they are pretty regular too so there is no going home! (this is about 8pm....) I ask my nurse when they will start pitocin and she said it would be sometime early morning and to just relax and try to get some sleep... haha.... I continued to have contractions all night and they were pretty regular so they decided I did not need any more cytotec and at 5am they started a low dose of pitocin to make my contractions stronger and last longer to move baby down ( I was at 4 and 90% effaced at this point)...I labored on the birthing ball for a while then at almost 7 (shifts change at 7) my dr came in to check me I am at a 6 almost 7 and still 90% effaced... he said my water bag was bulging but he would let it break on its own....at 7:30 I asked my nurse if I could get some local pain medication because I had a lot of pressure and felt like I needed to push but knew my body wasn't ready. She checked me again (they can't give it to you after 8 ) I was almost 8 and 100% but she gave me some Nubian and with in 10 minutes I called the nurses back in and told them I needed to push NOW.... Matt was standing at my side and could see the baby's head. The nurse checked me and said YOU CANNOT PUSH THIS BABY OUT RIGHT NOW I DON'T GET PAID ENOUGH! I told her I could NOT wait he was coming NOW. They had to pull a dr in from the hall way to deliver Alastor. I pushed and his head came out in the water bag still the dr told me to wait to push again and he put a small hole in the bag of water and told me to push again and out he came and they handed him right to me. My first thought was OH MY GOD he is so tiny. I really though I was going to have an 8 lb baby they took him to clean him off and weigh him 5 lbs 15.5 oz 18 1/2 in long and the first thing the nurses said was he had a perfect round head. His Apgar scores were 8 and 9. He started nursing as soon as they gave him back to me and has been doing great...
Once I was good and the dr's and nurses left the room for a while Matt left to go get Adlie and I made a few phone calls..... a few hours of sleep and nursing and Matt came back with Adlie. She came in and Alastor was wrapped up and she couldn't see him Matt put her on my bed and I held Alastor out to her so she could see she smiled so big and kept telling us how tiny he was and how cute he is... I asked her if she wanted to hold him and she said no and got down to play.... A little while later she came to my bed and asked to hold him. I picked her up and handed her Alastor she got the biggest smile on her face and kept saying brother... I will admit I cried a little watching her with him...
We have been home for a little over a week now and he is growing (6lbs 4oz last Friday) and doing very well Adlie is doing great and has been loving her babies just like mama is. Alastor is such a mellow baby he sleeps well (4 hours nurse 4 hours nurse!!!!) He lost his umbilical stump yesterday but we will wait until next week to do a tub bath just to let it heal. We are nursing on demand and he seems to be happy. I was worried about how things would go when we got home but honestly it has been so easy .... We go back to the dr in a week and I will let you know how he is doing weight wise then.
Sarah
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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