The first week home

Hello! Johnny is now 1 week old and he has been a really good baby so far in the first week of his life. When he decided to make his entrance he made it really fast. I was in labor for only 5 hours. A contraction woke me up at 3:15am and at 8:15am Johnny was born. It was great that it was so short and quick but because it was I was not able to get an epidural. Not something I recommend! By the time I got to the hospital I was fully dilated and there was no time for pain relief. It was basically time to deliver. Any pain I endured was well worth it once I saw him though.

My Mom told my Grandma I had to do it without an epidural and in her polite ways she informed my Mom that I had nothing to complain about. She and every other catholic mother in her day did it 6 or more times without one! Gotta love my Grandma.



Alexandra is adjusting well. It has helped that my Mom is here to play and distract her when I need it. She still can't say my Mom's name. She just points at my Mom and says "play" when she wants her to play. Yesterday she actually went and tapped my Mom on the butt and told her "play". She is going to wonder where her playmate went next week when my Mom goes home.

Alexandra has already tried to breastfeed her baby herself, had me swaddle and rock her and gotten into Johnny's bassinet. There is definitely moments of jealously but everyday it seems to be less and less.

I'll write more next week!

hello world

i'm filling in for angi since she is incapacitated. i'm sure most readers of this blog already know but i thought i'd put the news out there for the general public that johnny joined the laz this morning at 8:15, weighed 6 lbs 14oz and was 21.25 inches long. he is just as long as alexandra was when she was born but he's a bit thinner. he told me that he does not plan on being the shrimp of the family and will quickly surpass her in height and weight.

angi and johnny are doing well, alexandra is sad that she has to go home without her mamma, and i am still a little shaken up from the whole process but we'll all survive ;-)

that's it for now but i'll leaving you guys a blurry pic of johnny before i go. hopefully we will be posting some better pics soon.

niko

38 Weeks

I am 38 weeks and went to my doctor today for my weekly appointment. I am still 2cm dialated but I am now 100% effaced. He could come tomorrow, he could come in two weeks, all I can do is wait at this point. If I haven't had the baby next week I will post another picture of myself. I don't think I have changed much since my posting last week.

My Dad comes this Sunday and will be here through the end of February. We are super excited for his regular, monthly visit. My mom will come down here for a week or so when I have the baby. I will be so excited to see her too.

Hopefully, my next posting will be that I have had the baby!

37 Weeks!!

Here I am at 37 weeks!


I thought it would be fun to share a picture of me roughly around the same time when I was pregnant with Alexandra. I think I have carried them pretty much the same.



I went to my weekly appointment today and the doctor doesn't think I am going to make it to my due date. I am 2cm dilated and 80% effaced. We'll see if he is right or not. I am getting excited!

Alexandra got some new sunglasses! And she thinks she is sooooo cool!

36 Weeks

Happy New Year!

I will be 36 weeks at the end of this weekend. On Monday I start my weekly visits to the doctor until I have the baby. I can't believe that in a month, possibly less, I am going to have another baby! I am excited to see Alexandra with the baby. She knows which room is the baby's and if you ask her where the baby or her brother is right now she points to my belly. I don't think she fully understands what is about to happen and that she is going to have to share us with him. It will be an interesting adjustment! We'll see how she does. I think I may have to fight with her to hold him. We recently saw a 3 month old baby and she wanted to hold him the entire time! She got so upset when I wanted to hold him!

Alexandra is talking up a storm, saying new words everyday and starting to make short sentences. Her latest and favorite word is "mine". We laugh at the things that she thinks are "hers". We came home last weekend with new furniture for the patio and she kept declaring it as hers!

My sister Michelle is pregnant again with her second child! Yeah! We are super excited for her. My brother's wife had her baby, a boy name Donovan, two weeks ago. I won't be able to see him for a few months but I've seen pictures and he looks like adorable. With Donovan, ours on the way and now my sister, my parents are in grandkid heaven!

Here is a picture of our new house! I started an album and will add more to it over the next few days as I pick up from Christmas. Right now it is just pictures of the outside of the house and Alexandra's room. We are going to paint her room the light turquoise color that is in her bedspread. I can't wait to paint and start decorating her walls.

We had a great Christmas this year with Nick's family. We spent all Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with them. Everybody stayed at our house for those two days. On Christmas Eve we did it Marco style with all the fish and singing. On Christmas Day Nick's Mom made a yummy brunch and dinner. Christmas was so much fun with Alexandra. She put out cookies and carrots for Santa and his reindeer on Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning once she saw that Santa had brought her a kitchen playset she had no interest in her presents, all she wanted to do was play with her new kitchen. She has been playing with it non-stop ever since. I can imagine that each Christmas will get more and more fun with her as her understanding and excitement about Santa grows.

We plan on having a very low-key New Years this year. My Aunt Pat arrives on the first and will be here for a month or so until I have the baby. We are looking forward to spending time with her. Later in January my Dad comes for his yearly monthly winter visit. We can't wait to see him too. Before we know the baby is going to be here too! We can hardly believe it!