Alex is 2! Johnny is 2 weeks!

Alexandra turned 2 this week! We celebrated her birthday last weekend with an Elmo themed party when my Mom was still here. Here is a picture of her in one of her presents, a car.



Alexandra breastfeeding her baby! (I have added a video of her feeding her baby as well.) She can never quite get the baby up to her boob so most of the time her baby is eating her belly button.



Johnny is doing great. He is two weeks old now. I believe I am going to have another thumbsucker whenever I stop swaddling him. He has already found his thumb twice. Here is one of the times. He actually put himself to sleep sucking on it once.

My handsome man

Here is a picture of our adorable little man from this weekend. My Mom left this morning and he and his sister miss her already!

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!