Go Blue!

Brian's coworkers got Vince a bunch of cool U of Michigan stuff, part of which was this pacifier that he got to try out while watching a recent football game with his daddy. Hopefully this will be a new good luck charm for the Wolverines!

1 month

Unfortunately I need to do a better job of posting pictures on here. Sorry about that!

Today is Vince's 1 month birthday! We started the day with a trip to the pediatrician and found out Vince is 7 lbs 14 oz - exactly 1 lb more than his birth weight. The first 2 weeks we had trouble with him not gaining enough (he was down to 6 lbs 7 oz when we left the hospital) so we're happy that he's now gaining the recommended 1 oz per day! His color is looking a lot better too so that pesky jaundice is about gone as well.

Here's a recap of our favorite pictures of Vince since we brought him home.

He's so tiny!

Spending some quality time with Grandma.

Chillin' with Mom

First family pic - tired but happy to be home! Chillin' with Dad

So sweet when he's sleeping!

Getting burped by Daddy.

I love how big Brian's hand is in comparison to Vince's back - so cute!

I had to throw in a fussy one too - he's cute even then! :-)

He likes to practice his karate chop in his sleep.

Now I'm off to take his official 1 month picture!

Halloween

Since Vince decided to come early, we got to dress him up for his first Halloween. No trick or treating this year but he sure was a cute pumpkin! and a cute ghost

Our little guy

Our birth story: After my water breaking during Sunday night child birth class and being admitted to the hospital 3.5 weeks early, we went into labor Monday morning and practiced the breathing we had just learned about to get through contractions. When I was ready for the epidural I figured I was at 2 cm but I was actually at 5 cm! Seems that labor was progressing fairly quickly! Pretty soon I was ready to start pushing and ended up pushing for 3 hours only to find that he hadn't moved any further down. We decided at that point to do a c-section and then realized why he wasn't moving - he was facing up instead of down and was stuck! The poor little guy had a giant bruise on his head from all of the pushing, but he was born with no other complications. We did have to battle with jaundice for a while, but he's coming through that well too. He was born Oct 20 at 6pm, 6 lbs 14 oz, 19 in long.

36 Weeks (8 months)

Ok, funny story here. This 8 month picture was taken on Oct 19, a week later than I had hoped to take one, but oh well. Later in the evening was our 3rd (out of 4) child birth class. During class when we got seated after a break, my water broke!!! Of course at first I wondered if I was pee-ing my pants but when it kept going I knew my bladder was not that big and that my water had definitely broke. Luckily the classes were at the hospital so we checked in and got settled - 3 1/2 weeks before my due date! I even had an OB appt scheduled for the next morning where I assumed we'd see if I was dialated or anything, that was going to be the first of my weekly OB appts. What crazy timing!! When we showed up, my doc was actually on call that night so when she came in to visit I apologized for being so early for our appt. :-)

I'll post some super cute pictures of our little guy.

33 Weeks (7 1/2 months)

Ok, so compared to the last picture, this red shirt makes it look like I didn't grow any in the last 3 weeks, but I promise I did! I measured just over 33 weeks at my doc appt and I'm gaining the pound a week that they're recommending. So even though the pic may not show it, I'm still right on track.

I am definitely into the puffy/swollen stage now - which is not very fun. My only complaint with that is the pregnancy carpal tunnel which makes my fingers fall asleep almost constantly throughout the day. Gotta love working on a laptop all day! Since it's still short-sleeve weather I can't bring myself to wear the wrist braces yet, but I'll probably have to start doing that soon.

We're feeling the little guy move more and more lately. His movements are definitely bigger and more noticable now so B has been able to watch my tummy move and also feel the movements with his hands. Pretty fun!

This last weekend was our last available weekend to go anywhere prior to our due date so we went to the beach for a "babymoon". The weather was perfect and we had a great time! Made coming home and going to back to work very hard. :-) The picture of me in the red shirt was taken in Seaside and the one of us together was taken at Cannon Beach.

30 Weeks (almost 7 months)

Only 10 weeks to go! Seems crazy that we're already this far along! Since I'm getting bigger faster and we're nearing the final stretch, I'm going to try to take weekly pictures. Maybe writing that here will hold me to it! :-) He's moving more and more lately which is fun. I've found that he likes to push up against the outside wall of my tummy, which of course feels weird but it's fun because then we can feel him from the outside too. Thankfully he's not keeping me up at night or kicking my ribs or bladder yet. Based on stories I've heard, I'm sure that's on the way!