Rylan Arrives To Our Family

Again I took more pictures than this but they did not save to our camera, let's just say since I figured all this out I have been using my phone. No problems since. I want to document my birth story so here it goes.... Rylan was due to be born on October 23, 2012 according to my last period date yada yada but on ultrasound he was measuring small so I figured he would go late. The due date came and went no big surprise but let me tell you going past the due date this time really did suck. I was off of work ready to be able to be a mom to my two year old again and temps were still hot at the end of October! So I had told the docotor the day before my due date I would like to be induced and we had scheduled for that to happen on October 26 at 9:00 am for me to show up at banner gateway. I called the night of the 25th to see if it was still a go for me to come in the next morning. I was told then that they ere running behind and to give them a call the next morning. I wa kinda concerned about when we would go in because it was not just me and Paul this time but of bigger concern we had to worry about Liam and where he would go depending on when we went in. My sister Dianna was on call to take him whenever we went in. The next morning came and the hospital called me before I called them and I was told to not come in that they wolud call me when they had a spot open up. So I spent the day trying to get some sleep knowing I would probably being going through the induction all night long. Ya sleep did not happen and just my luck an opening happened at 6:30PM! Paul's mom was going to take Liam for the entire weekend. She wanted to spend time with him and let Paul stay with me and Rylan. I was so sad to say goodbye to my only baby at that time! So to the hospital we went. I got checked right in skipped over triage which was so weird. I spent so much time in triage with Liam and that is where i had experienced all of my pain with him. I got into my gown answered a bunch of questions and got my iv put in. I was told they were going to put cervidil in for 12 hours to soften my cervix and give me a chance to rest up and that the real hard work with pitocin would start in the morning. I relaxed and like the plan the doctor had for me. I was 3cm and 80% when the cervidil was put in at 10pm. I was feeling no contractions even though small ones were being picked up on the monitor. Within an hour of the cervidil being put in a began to feel contractions. Probably within another hour I called my mom to come because my contractions like last time were cose together, intense and in my back! Yipee. I was really hoping this labor would be easier then it was with Liam. Again I was aiming for no epidural. My mom got there and my contractions were hurting but i could still breath through them with no tears. Oh that changed fast I would say within another hour, I am guessing because when you are in intesne labor pain that clock does not exist! All that does is the pain your breathing and the people who are trying to help you. Anyway i would say an hour after my mom got there I was in tears and hurting badly. My mom said I should get checked and so I did and I was at 5cm. I was shocked that was all. My contractions were so intesne and close together. After that check very shortly after My water broke. Weirdest feeling ever. At first I thought I was peeing myself and was so embarassed I even told my mom, "I am peeing mom!" She just giggled and was like no I am sure that is your water breaking. Sure enough after a short time I knew it was cause it just kept coming. I almost overflowed the sheets and onto the floor. Even the nurse was surprised how much was coming out. Soon after that I was checked again because me and my mom thought I was in transition because of the closeness of contractions and the intensitiy. Nope 5cm. I was checked again 30 min later by the doctor swore I would be progressed nope still 5cm! I started balling! I could not believe I had not budged at all in two hours with contractions so close and hurting so much! The last two hours felt like a waste! The doctor then saysshe is going home and will come back in two hours to see how I am doing! I was so mad. All I could do was cry and at that point looked at my mom and said i can't do this. I need the epidural. I decided I was done and needed to sleep. I got the epidural just after 4:30am. I slept for about and hour and woke up blacking out and was put on oxygen. Just before 6:00am I threw up and startd feeling very sick, I know at this time I was complete but I was not checked until 6:15. Yup 10cm but baby was not fully dropped. So thy said we will let him drop some more so you won't have to push as long. They told me they were calling the doctor but did not know who was taking over. Just my luck 6:00am is change of shift for them. I was checked again after 7:00am and Rylan was ready to go but they did not know what doctor was coming. It was not figured out until 7:45am who was oncall and I was told she is heading in. Let's just say Rylan was not born until 8:21am. Poor little guy waited over 2 hours to be born. And I felt so sick and was throwing up that whole time waiting, but at least I was not waiting feeling contractions. Rylan had the cord wrapped around his neck once and around his arm once and around his chest once. It was also discovered I had a low lying placenta that was not known and the placenta had started to fall apart inside of me. Great! Thank goodness me and Rylan were just fine! So Rylan's stats were. 8lbs 4oz 21in. 14 1/2cm. Time 8:21am October 27, 2012. 40 weeks 4 days. We only had to stay in the hospital for one day which was great. Liam came to the hospital about 4 hours after Rylan was born. He wanted nothing to to do with me or Rylan but the hospital is a scary place I don't blame him. Liam did not stay long, he is not a fan of having to be still. So Paul's parents took him back to their house where he stayed until Monday morning. I hated that he was away for so long but it was what we needed to get used to the new baby. We got to go home the next day and spent the first night home with just our new son. The first night was so hard! Rylan hardly slept at all and I was so tired. Paul took him for an hour so i could rest, then I just toughed it out the rest of the night. He did sleep pretty good in the early morning so that was my saving grace. Liam came home around noon. I was so happy to see him. He did not really want to be close to me at first. He had a hard time taking his nap too. It was a few days before he got back into his somewhat normal routine of nap time. He took much more interest in his new baby brother once he was home. It has been a slow process of getting Liam used to his baby brother but he is doing awesome with him.

Liam Turned 2!

Okay I am not a completely horrible mother but feel pretty bad. I have like no pictures of Liam from his birthday. It was a pretty tame day. I decided not to do a party seeing as we were trying to save up for the arrival of little brother and me taking 12 weeks off of work to be home with the boys. So me and Paul decided we would take him to a scottsdale train park. Liam loves trucks and trains so we figured it would be perfect. We first had to make a stop at Liam's cousin's baptism. After the baptism Paul's mom gave Liam his gift she made for him. It is tradition in Paul's family that on the granchild's second birthday the child receives an animal blanket, for boys a bear. Liam sleeps with his bear blanket every night and has to fall asleep holding the eyes of the bear,so sweet. After that we headed out for the days festivities. Liam had a great time looking at the trains, riding a train that circled the park, riding the carousel and running all over the park. It was pretty warm but overcast so that helped. Paul had to do a lot of the chasing that day. Contractions were happening a lot for me. We then made him a cake the next day that had thomas the train on top and my homemade train tracks. Lol I tried right. At the end of September we did a triple birthday that included Avery, Liam and myself that my sister Dianna hosted at her house. I was greatful Liam was able to have a little more celebration of his birth and he most certainly enjoyed the gifts he was given by the family. Liam I promise next year I will make it better. Thank goodness he will not remembr this year. But Liam we love you so much and will remember this birthday as our last with you as our one and only child our whole world at that point!

Rylan will soon be arriving

Yup, again I fail. I only took one pregnancy picture! Well I guess that is not true I took pictures of me on the night I was induced but for whatever reason it never saved to the camera! Ya I was pissed. But The pictures I have posted are of Rylan's room and me pregnant with him at almost 27 weeks. The ultrasound picture is Rylan at 18 weeks, which also at that ultrasound I was told I had a partial placenta previa. Placenta covering part of the cervix. I was put on pelvic rest for 10 weeks and had another ultrasound performed at 28 weeks where I was told things had resolved and everything looked great. During this pregnancy I did not throw up as much as I did with Liam. I was put on a higher dose of Zofran which helped the puking but I was a lot more nauseated I think due to not puking. I gained 36lbs. verses the 30 I gained with Liam. Liam, poor Liam was probably so bored because he is a large toddler and I had the hardest time chasing him and playing with him but he was a trooper and we both survived.

Playing Catch Up

Ya, okay I have done a horrible job keeping updated on my blog. I guess working full time with a toddler and being pregnant does not give a person much time to sit on here and update. Honestly I don't know why I am attempting to do it now because things are still very crazy around here. But I want the boys lives documented at least pictures put in a place for them and I to see. So this post is of Liam over this past summer. He loved going to the pool and running around outside before it got to hot. Me and Paul took him out to eat alot since it was inside and air conditioned, 9 months pregnant and the heat of Arizona, only others could guess how miserable I was.

Easter

For Easter this year wesplit the holiday over the course of two days so that both sides of the family could be visited. Saturday was spent celebrating with the Harris side of the family. We met at my parents and did an Easter egg hunt at a park close by. I had bought Liam his own special eggs with animal crackers inside instead of candy just cause he is so young i thougt it would be a better choice for him. I lined them up and he had a good time slam dunking them into his bucket. After the egg hunt we had a very yummy dinner. Liam was a wild man that night and sure had my family laughing running around the family room being crazy.

On Easter Sunday we let Liam sleep in as late as we could woke him up and got him dressed in his sunday best. He looked so darn handsome. I bought this little vest and pants especially for the holiday. This sunday was also extra fun for me because it was the first time I got to see Liam go to nursery since I work weekends so much. He just sat in his little chair looking at the other kids crying. He was so brave. When we picked him up he was having so much fun with bubbles. When we got home we let him get his special Easter goodies since we were in a hurry before church. After his nap we headed out to Paul's parents in Phoenix for the Dunn side of the family. We ate first then had another Easter egg hunt that Lam had more fun running at then finding eggs. It was a fun weekend that was great spending time together as a family.

News

Well So I am gonna put it out in the open, Me and Paul are expecting baby number 2. I am in my tenth week. Baby is due around October 23, 2012. We have had one ultrasound and baby was measuring just a few days small but had a beating heart. I would put the picture on here but you can't really see anything. I tried to put the picture on here of Liam wearing his big brother shirt, that was how I told Paul, but I can't get it to work.
Liam is growing fast and has alot of energy these days. He is down to one nap about an hour in a half to two hours but sleeps eleven hours straight at night. He loves his crib and his pacifier so that will be two challenges we are gonna have to break him of hopefully before the arrival of his sibling. This child loves food! I don't know if i have ever seen such a great eater, but because he is so tall and filled with energy it keeps him quite lean and strong.

Liam's first haircut

Liam is just about seventeen months and had never had any of his hair cut, EVER! Well I was giving him a bath this past Saturday night and noticed he had some quite long pieces of hair not only on the sides by his ears but on top as well. I thought he could definently use a trim. The thing is Paul has been bugging my to shave his head for months! Paul has this thing about his boy getting his head shaved and how cool he will look. So I asked Paul to come upstairs and talk to me about this hair dilemma. I told him I would be okay with him shaving Liam's hair this once to see how it will look. I thought we would shave it longer not anything to crazy extreme. Come to find out Paul only had a 1 guard. He said it would be fine and he would look great. I said okay and we then started. Liam did great at first, I welled up immediantly seeing that precious baby hair fall to the ground. After a few min. of the shaving Liam started freaking out and to finish was more than difficult. As you will see I don't know if Liam liked the hair cut either. For me most definently NOT! Next time it will be a trim.

Pictures of Liam in the past month

Liam is approaching his seventeenth month, coming up on February 8th. This boy is very active. He loves to run and be out of the house. He loves to play pick a boo, kick balls, throw things, baby einstein, eat!, and play with other kids. He is starting to be mom's little helper and loves to be allowed to help with everything I am doing.