I love fuzzy hair!

Katie didn't have any hair until she was almost a year old, and then it was just fuzz. So I am totaly loving Sam's newborn locks. LOL They stand straight up after a bath. Which is exactly what we did last night. We gave him his first sponge bath at home. He was most upset with us. But he did sleep really well afterwards. Of course that was only until 3:45 am after which he woke up every hour and a half to nurse.

So, we've been home since yesterday.

We were released yesterday from the hospital. I'm doing really great. I'm not taking any more pain meds. And the recovery really has been easy this time around. Well, so far, knock on wood. I took Sam to the pediatrician this morning and his jaundice is worse, so back we go tomorrow for another check. His weight is a little on the iffy side since he lost 11 oz since Friday night. So we'll go for a weight check in the morning too. All fun stuff! :) I'm sure he'll be better tomorrow since my milk has pretty much come in this morning. As for other things, he is licker! When he's hungry, his little tongue gets going and he licks everything. Shirts, blankets, skin, whatever is within tongue's reach!. LOL And I wanted to post this last one because it's sweet and it was taken just before leaving the hospital yesterday. Miguel is in love with his little boy. :) I think at the moment we all are. Including Katie who is handling it all surprisingly well. No, things aren't perfect, but they are wonderful. And I have to say that life has been very good to us.

Welcome Samuel Jacob!

I am sure most everyone has heard by now that Sam made his entrance into the world yesterday. It was a nice relatively uneventful birth, although ever just as precious and special. He was born at 8:35pm on 5/16 weighing in at 7 lbs 12 oz and being 20 inches in length. He's laid back and happy and looks just like a newborn Miguel. He's been a little grumpy today, but what can one expect the day after your born? LOL There are more pictures on the Flickr site, and we'll be adding more all the time. Enjoy!

The next pics you see of Sam, he will be outside my belly

I just thought I'd post all of the ultrasound pics together one last time. The next pics you see, will be from the hospital! Can you tell I'm excited!? They go in order from right to left. I know it's backwards. :)

Where are you Sam!?!?

And by that I mean, when are coming out to meet us? And secondly where are you exactly in my belly? I look at my belly and I can't really believe that I am 38 weeks and 1 day pregnant. I see some women who are 6 months along and they are as big as I am. People very often find it hard to believe I am due in 2 weeks. I hope he's not too small in there, so if he needs more growing time, so be it. But I can't wait to meet you little guy!

36 weeks, Baby!

So as of yesterday, I am 36 weeks. I took this picture today at 36 weeks 1 day. This coming Saturday, Sam will be officially full term! He could come now and everything would be good as long as he didn't have any problems. But it would be best if he could hold off until next weekend. I have been having some cramping on and off, but no real contractions yet. So we'll see. I also tried to get Katie to take some pictures today. Kind of her last portrait photos before Sam gets here. She was not very...well...we'll just say cooperative. I have some more on my flickr, but I think I may need to re-edit some of them. Not crazy about the editing I did on them. But check the rest out here.

Sam's Room Part Three, The Finished Product

I think we are about done with Sam's room. I need to put a nice new curtain rod and it needs a good cleaning. But other than that. I think it's done. I don't think I am going to paint any more on the wall. I had a lot of fun doing it though. I took some wider view shots with my old camera. I don't have a wide angle lens for my nice camera, yet. ;)I am also waiting on the painting my Dad is doing for Sam. Wink, wink, Grandpa. Other than those few things, I just need to pack my hospital bag, Sam's hospital bag, and a bag for Miguel. And then the waiting begins. The bluer picture of the two below was taken during the day, but I wanted to show that there is in fact a window in the room. LOL I chose royal blue for the curtains and at first I really didn't know if it would work. But it really does. I promise. This last one is a closeup of the little mural I painted on the wall. It was my first attempt ever at this type of thing, so no one make fun, ok? So now I am probably done showing you pictures of the room. Probably the next time I really post a lot of pictures having to do with Sam, he'll be here!

Sam's Room Part Deux

So I went to IKEA the other last night and got a bunch of stuff to decorate Sam's room. I decided to go with orange, green, and royal blue as the accent colors. I wanted to brighten it up a little. :) I painted his letters this morning as you can see by the picture. I used brighter/more contrasting colors than was in the quilt, but I think it worked out well. If you can't see the slide show up above with all the pictures of his room, you can click here.

What did I do last night?

I built Sam's cradle/bassinet/co-sleeper last night. All by myself too. :) I think I will really like it. It is a 3 in one. So to begin with I can set it up as a cosleeper with our bed. And then put it as a cradle/bassinet when we are ready. It also has wheels so I can wheel it around from room to room. Pretty cool little bed for Sam. It has this cute little mobile with what I think are supposed to be sheep. I assume they are sheep, it makes sense that they would be sheep right? And as she is with all things related to Sam, Katie wanted to rock the cradle after it was built. She would have loved to get IN the cradle, but mommy and daddy were absolutely not going to let that happen. Small as she is, Katie still outweighs the weight limit by 7 lbs. Katie is obsessed with using all of the stuff I bring out for Sam. She likes to sit in his bouncy chair, his car seat, his pack n' play. She even likes to play with the toys we have bought for him. I am sure one of these days she is going to want to wear his clothes. ;)

Sam's Room and Coming Home Outfit

I hadn't actually planned on buying a coming home outfit, but when I was buying his crib set last night....well...I couldn't resist. It was totally too cute. It matches the bedding that I bought him. The nursery still needs a lot of stuff doing to it. But it is well on it's way now. I still need to get a couple of lamps. I need to get and paint the letters for his room to match the bedding. I also need a pillow for the rocker. Let's see other things on the list, a rug, get the armoir from BRU, a couple of pieces of froggie artwork for the room, baskets to organize stuff in the armoir, and two diaper genies (one for the basement and one for the main level). Oh and I want to maybe paint a couple of froggies or snails or turtles to go on the walls in his room. Maybe....we'll see. We have most everything else. I guess the only other things needed are things like diapers, baby lotion, shampoo, and baby medicines. There is so much less to buy the second time around. It's cool. So I guess that the nesting instinct finally kicked in. It's about time because I only have 9 weeks and 5 days until he is due. I have a sneaking suspicion I won't make it that far, but I could be wrong. Oh and I still need to hang those froggie pictures in the photograph. ;)

Other things.....

In the past couple of days, Katie has decided that she likes taking pictures, well posing for pictures. But she won't sit still. How frustrating is that? LOL At least I get practice in. The other thing is I am now 28 weeks and 2 days pregnant! Yay, if anything happens now and Sam comes early, he has excellent chances. Here's a picture of my belly. I don't think I look this big in real life, but maybe I do. I feel like I have been the same size now for a few weeks. Maybe I am just getting smaller in other places, while I am getting bigger in my belly. I probably gained some weight this weekend though. I ate like a big ol' pregnant woman. Time to eat some salads and fruit.

Tried another studio set up today.

I decided to take some pictures of my belly since I am 20 weeks today. Half way through!! Katie really wanted in on it as long as she was taking the picture with me. When I tried to get her to sit and take a picture by herself, she was not having it. So here are some of those pictures. :)

Its a baby!!!!

We had our big ultrasound today. Is it a boy or a girl?
I'll let you watch the video and you'll see the answer pretty quickly.
Enjoy!




Here is a picture we got from the ultrasound of the baby's face.


For those of you who scrolled down without watching the video. We are having a little boy! Katie is having a little brother! His name will be Samuel Jacob. So now we just need to get the house ready for him. :)

Got to see the baby again today

I had to go in to the dr today because I was having some issues, and I got to see the baby again! It's amazing how much bigger he/she looks than two weeks ago. Here's the two ultrasounds together! And the bottom one is zoomed in on the little bean.

Oh and new picture of the new baby

Here's the most recent ultrasound. 7 weeks 4 days. Baby measured 7 weeks 6 days and we saw the heartbeat beating away. I am also including the previous one at 5 weeks 5 days so you can see the progression.

Here's another picture, a different one..

So it's not one I took, but I love it all the same. It's my first glimpse of the new baby bean. This was done on Thursday and it was so very very early, only 5 weeks 5 days. I have another ultrasound on Oct. 10th, I can't wait for that one. I should be able to see the little heart beating away by then. :) All you can see is the gestational sac (the black oval on the upper right hand corner) and the yolk sac the white circle inside. The actual baby is too small to be seen at this point.