Our Beautiful Baby

Well, we have been home a week now and are very tired but very happy. God has blessed us with 2 beautiful children. Adriana continues to do good with Paxton, however she has pouting fits just about everyday, but I know its just all part of it.

Besides the lack of sleep, I am truly enjoying having a little baby around again. He is a good baby and is very laid back. Right now, our biggest challenge is that he seems to have his days and nights mixed up, so hopefully he will adjust soon!

We meet with the surgeon in the morning about his hernia. We ended up taking him to the ER the other night being concerned over his hernia. I figured it was nothing, but for a peace of mind we took him in. Of course, these problems can't arise in the middle of the day, no, we ended up going to the ER at 11pm on a Friday night and waited until 2am to see the doctor, we didn't get home until 4am. We have yet to recover from this midnight adventure. He was, of course, fine, but I will be glad to get the hernia taken care of, so I won't worry so much all the time.

Here are some pictures we have taken in the past week. Sorry I have been slack on the blog, but any free time, I try to snag a nap and/or doing household chores. I'll keep you posted about his doctors appt tomorrow.

First Family Photo (you can tell how tired I am

by the puffiness of my eyes). Picture taken

on Thanksgiving Day.

Doing better

Well, I wanted to update everyone and let you know that Adriana was back to her old self yesterday. She seems to be doing a lot better with the baby and trying to help out as much as possible. She has warmed back up to me again and is being so sweet to everyone. She has stopped what she is doing and will just go over and kiss Paxton on the head and then go back and finish what she was doing. A cute thing that she does is, whenever he spits up a little, she will run and grab a trashcan so he can get sick in that. She is being so good and trying to be a little mommy to him. What an answer to prayer!
We took him today for his 2 day appointment and found out that he has a hernia and will need surgery sometime soon to fix it. It's in his lower abdomen. The doctor said if it doesn't get fixed it could kill part of his intestine and he would need major surgery. We meet with the surgeon next week to talk about it more. Please keep that in your prayers too.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and that's so hard to believe. Ryan's family was suppose to make their way to our house for this week of Thanksgiving, but unfortunately they all were sick and had to cancel at the last minute. We were looking forward to seeing them and spending the holiday with them, but know that it wouldn't have been fun for them to travel all that way while feeling under the weather. Hopefully we will get to see them before Christmas.
I have so much to be thankful this year (as I do every year) but truly feel blessed with such a great family. I couldn't ask for more. I have a very sweet, loving and understanding husband who is a wonderful dad. A sweet little girl, who has a tender heart and is more than I could have asked for. And a sweet little, laid back baby, who I'm anxious to get to know more. Me and Ryan are both blessed with wonderful parents and extended family too. God has blessed us with a wonderful new house this year and all the little things that we tend to take for granted, He has provided them all along our way. We also feel blessed to have such great friends. Thank you to all of you who are there whenever we need you, who will pray for us and who loves us despite our downfalls. May you and your family have a great holiday tomorrow and enjoy every minute of it.

First Encounters

Well last night was the first time Adriana and Paxton met. I have been very anxious for this moment for some time. I wondered what Adriana would think about him and having him around. She did really good at first. She liked seeing his pacifier and seeing his fingers and all his little features. She liked holding him and was just curious about him for a long time. However, that quickly changed. She hasn't wanted anything to do with me since I left for the hospital. She never wanted to talk on the phone with me or give me the time of day. Last night, I thought she would be excited to see me, but she didn't hardly look at me. She was very upset with me and only wanted me to hold the baby and let no one else hold him. It was very hard on me seeing her act that way. Later on, Ryan gave her a bath and she just looked at him with tears in her eyes and told him that she didn't want baby brother around anymore and that she didn't like him. Well, of course this crushed Ryan and he started crying then he thought I could come in and talk to her and I started crying. It was a very rough night. She didn't want to go to bed or talk to us about why she was so upset. I laid down with her for a little bit at bedtime and later heard her crying in her room. I went in and talked to her some more. She just wanted me to lay with her and hold her hand. She was fighting sleep so much, but was so upset. I had to go in there one other time and do the same thing, hold her hand, while she fell asleep. Needless to say, mine and Ryan's hearts were broken last night. I knew it would be a HUGE adjustment for her, but I didn't think she would be so heart broken over Paxton.
Today was a better day. She has talked to him and has let me love on her. We are trying to keep things as normal as possible, but also trying to include him in our lives. It will take time, but I am thankful that today is going a lot better.

Paxton has done very well so far. He is a very laid back baby. He has yet to cry here at home, which I am thankful for. He's a good sleeper and just takes it all in.

Here are some pictures of Adriana and her new baby brother.

Despite the look on her face, this is when she

was still excited about her new brother.

Mimi, Paxton, Adriana and her new baby

Today, which is a lot better, Adriana standing

next to Paxton while he's "just a swingin'"

Our New Son

Here are some pictures of Paxton. He is such a great baby. He sleeps a lot and seems to be really laid back (lets hope he stays that way:)) . I have enjoyed just holding him and resting today and look forward to Adriana meeting him tomorrow. Thanks to everyone for their well wishes, calls and prayers.



Me before Paxton came (and before the pain
started).


Paxton as soon as he came out. The nurses
couldn't believe how big he was.


9lbs 13 oz


Daddy on the phone with HeeHee.


Holding on to Daddy's hand.


Paxton and Mommy


Paxton and his 3 chins





Family photo (missing Adriana, she's not allowed
in the hospital due to the Swine Flu.)

Paxton's Here

Just wanted to update everyone and let you know that everything went so smoothly. They broke my water at 8:45am and he was born by 1:06pm. Everything went so quickly. He is a big baby! He weighs 9lbs 13oz and 21 inches long. The nurses kept teasing and saying that he was as big as a toddler. Adriana was 9lbs 0oz so I was expecting to have a big one. I will try to post pictures soon. Thank you to all for all your thoughts and prayers for us, God has truely blessed us with 2 beautiful children.

Due Date

Well, here we are, Nov 19th and its our due date and there's nothing! No signs that this child is coming anytime soon! I have a doctors appt in the morning and will set up my time for being induced on Saturday. I'm trying to take in these last few days and nights without a screaming baby. I feel like I'm on a roller coaster ride. Where you are slowly going up the huge hill and the cart is ticking because you are about to go over the huge drop. Its that anxious feeling that you get.

We went to a visitation tonight for an ex-boss that both me and Ryan worked for at the dealerships and saw lots of people we don't see anymore. One of the guys said that my belly looked fake because it was so big. Thanks! I'm defiantly uncomfortable and ready to start the new phase.

A Happy Heart

I don't know why I am thinking of this all of a sudden, but there are little things that Adriana does, that I want to write down so I won't forget. She is (for the most part) a very happy, loving child. Its so funny to me, the little things that can make her day.
For instance...
Every time we wash our hands in a public restroom, she is so excited about what color and what kind of soap they have. Its like a little surprise every time. When we squirt it, she says "Ooooh, pink soap!" or "Ooooh, foam soap" and so on. I never noticed how many different soaps there were out there until I had her point them out to me, EVERYTIME!
Another funny thing was, she LOVES to blow out candles or "cankles" as she calls them. Last night I asked her if she wanted to blow out a candle and she jumped up so happy and started singing, "This little light of mine", with the hand motions and all and finally blew it out.
The last little story was this morning, when I was getting her out of the van, she noticed the ground was wet and starting singing "Its raining, its pouring" (although it wasn't raining at all).
All these little things just make me stop and think about how the little things make her so happy. She literally, stops and smells the roses and truly enjoys life.