Rowan.

TWO. MONTHS. OLD.

TWO MONTHS.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?

Rowan turned two months old on December 29th.

He is 10 pounds 3 ounces.

Not sure on height because the doctor said the nurse messed up.

Size 0-3 months cloths, but needing to switch over to 3 months.

He's such a happy baby!! Every time I talked to him he busts out in smiles. 

He eats every 2-3 hours during the day.

Normally he sleeps from 12-6 or 7 in the morning!!

He's been rolling over since 3 weeks.

Overall he's just a very good and happy baby. 

2 Weeks Old.

Rowan is two weeks old already!!!!

Today, November 12th, was also my due date.

As of Monday the 9th Rowan is back up to 7 pounds 6 ounces. He was 7lb11oz when he was born, 7lb5oz when we left the hospital, and 7lb2oz at his lowest weight.

He's a really good and content baby. He loves his sleep!!

I'm pretty sure he is going through a growth spurt right now. He's been eating every hour and a half today.

Aaralyn still wants pretty much nothing to do with Rowan. Sometimes you can get her to give him a hug. Other times she turns her head or even pushes him away.

Kayelynn loves him. She's still sick though so she has only gotten to hold him two or three times. Seth and Paige haven't gotten to hold him either. They've been sick every time  they've came over also. Now I'm sick. We're all a mess.

Brian got to take three days off altogether. That's including the day he was born and the day we left he hospital. Other than that it is just me and the three kids. It isn't too bad now. At first I was still pretty sore so it was a little tough. We're still trying to find balance. It is pretty hard to breastfeed all day while also trying to chase Aaralyn around. Kayelynn is pretty low maintenance and does her own thing most of the time. We took a break from her school work for a little while. We need to get back to doing that. Thankfully Aaralyn takes her 2-3 hour nap every day after lunch because it gives me time to do my school work.

Pictures.

4 generations.

3 weeks already.

Eeks.

Alright, Alright.

I don't want to disappear from blogging! So, I'm going to try my best to blog more than I have been. I know for a while it's been nothing but weekly pregnancy updates. I need to get back into the habit of writing on here!

Aaralyn is officially 13 days old now that it's after 12AM. :( I can't believe she'll be2 weeks old on Friday. It's going by so fast!!

So far, Aaralyn is nursing like a champ. I have a huge over supply though.. And an over active let-down. So, she sometimes gets drowned in milk. Lol. I've been trying not to pump so my body can regulate itself and only produce what she needs... But it's so hard when I'm leaking through the pads! It's ridiculous. Seriously, in the hospital when she was 2 days old my milk came in. The nurses could not believe I was pumping as much as I was. I need to get some freezer bags to store the milk... And some more bottles.

I was really worried about nipple confusion at first. But, I had to give her a bottle too because she wasn't wanting to latch on correctly every time and it hurt SO. BAD. But, she's doing great. She nurses, takes a bottle, and takes a pacifier with no problems!!

The kids love her. We had an issue with them all calling her "The baby." And, Paige would call her "It." They finally started calling her by her name though. Kayelynn is super helpful. She loves bringing me things that I need.

So, last week, Kayelynn had a fever. It ended up going up to 105.1 and we rushed her to the ER. We found out that she had a horrible double ear infection. The doctor just kept saying he couldn't believe how bad they looked. :( It was seriously so scary though on the way to the ER. It's been about a week now and she hasn't had a fever in 2 days. Thank goodness.

I'm doing good. I'm down 20 pounds from my pre pregnancy weight!! Woohoo. That excites me.

Aaralyn has a doctor's appointment on the 25th of this month. It's crazy because it's a day before her due date but she'll actually be 3 days shy of being 3 weeks old. I can't wait to see how much she weighs. She was 6 pounds 5 ounces when we left the hospital.. Then 6 pounds 6 ounces the next day. Her birth weight was 6 pounds 15 ounces.. So I'm hoping she's back up to that.. Or maybe even bigger.

She eats a TON. She will nurse anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. She will drink 2 to 3 ounces from a bottle. She's a pretty good sleeper. She wakes up normally 2 times at night, usually around 2 and 6.

So now... Pictures!!

Kayelynn looks weird in this picture...

Birth story.

On June 5th (37 weeks exactly) I had a doctor's appointment. I was 3-4 cm dilated and 60% effaced. I told my doctor about losing my mucus plug, constant contractions, pressure. He stripped my membranes.

Then he told me if I had more contractions that were 3 minutes apart like I had been, to go to Labor & Delivery. Not to wait. So, that night when my contractions were again 3 minutes apart, we went. I was 3 cm dilated still, and hadn't changed in the hour I was there so we were sent home.

The next day, I just had a feeling. So, we went to the mall to walk around and then to a friend's house. We didn't want to stay home because we live 45 minutes from the hospital. So, we went to our friend Justin's house who lives 5 minutes from the hospital.

We went to dinner around 7:30. While we were there I lost a huge amount of mucus plug.

10 PM. --- I started having contractions. They were different though. They weren't like the previous ones. They were in my back. And, they hurt! So, we called the on call doctor (who was also the one who stripped my membranes.) He told us to go to the hospital.

11:30 PM.-- We got to the hospital. The nurses were a little.. unfriendly when they saw us. Brian heard one say "Wasn't she just here last night?"

12 AM. ---When they came and checked me at I was 5 cms dilated. She said she would check again in an hour, but that I was probably staying because I was already a 5.

1 AM. ----- I was 6. So, we were admitted and I went to my room.

1:30 AM. --I got all settled into my room around. Brian's sister and my mom both got there around this time. Right around this time, the nurse told me I could get in the shower and then they would check me at 2.

2 AM.---- The nurse checked and I was at 7 cms. She told me to sit on the exercise ball to try to get the baby to drop.

3AM.--- The nurse checked and I hadn't dilated, but I was completely effaced and baby had dropped.

4AM.--- 8 cms dilated.

4:22 am.--- Doctor broke my water.

The next 2 hours are a little blurry. The nurse was AMAZING. She showed and helped Brian to apply pressure to certain places to help with the pain. She also had me get on my hands and knees to help the baby turn. THAT HURT.

I swear.. Having to push and not being able to, is the worst pain EVER. Seriously. I HAD to push. They wouldn't let me. I wasn't complete yet. The back labor was pretty bad. I couldn't not push.

Then, all the sudden the nurse checks me, and rushes out of the room. The doctor comes in and gets his stuff on in like 3 minutes. Then they tell me to get on my back, put my legs in the stirrups, and push. I pushed through 2 contractions.. 4 minutes total. Aaralyn was born at 6:37 AM.  All natural. :)

It's so weird, but even though pushing her out hurt, it felt good. It felt so much better then trying not to push. I can't even explain it!!

The hospital I delivered at is mommy/baby bonding friendly. So, I got to do skin to skin for over an hour before they even took Aaralyn away to weigh her. The only time she even left my room was to get her hearing done and to get blood drawn to check her jaundice level. She even got her first 'bath' in the room!

37 weeks 1 day.. The day I went into labor.

In labor. Lol.

Doing some skin to skin

Kayelynn meeting her baby sister for the first time.