I Got My Eye On You

I have said this a lot, but it is so true...Josie just loves her little brother. If you tell her to watch him, she sits there content and lets you know everything that he is doing. (Oh, course we would never leave her alone with him.) She keeps a very close eye on him at all times.

Today, she read him books, talked to him, and of course did a lot of cuddling. You know all the things that a big sister is suppose to do.

No More Umbilical Cord!

Last night and today, marked turning points for our little man. His procedure healed and his umbilical cord finally fell off. His umbilical cord has been hanging on by a thread the last few days and it finally decided to come off. Yeah! Gross I know. It simply would gross Brent out too. When it fell off today, Josie went "Mommy Ogdan all better. No more owee on his tummy." How nice of her to be so concerned about her little brother.

Hospital Photos

I sent out to a lot of you a link to view Ogdan's hospital photos, however there are some of you who I do not have email address for so, I could not send you the link. We ordered his photos from the hospital last Wednesday and on Monday they came in the mail already. Can you believe that?! We purchased the CD with the rights that way I could share these precious photos with all of you.

Enjoy the sweet photos of our little guy.

Ogdan's First Bath

Ogdan experienced his first bath recently. YEAH! Giving boys baths is much different than girls. Obviously, I know. Brent was scared that he would be in the line of fire sitting above him, since we know that our little guy has excellent aim and distance if you know what I mean. In the hospital, he almost caught a nurse off guard who was walking past him with at least a 3 foot distance shot. To bad the Olympics do not have baby events or he may have won a gold medal for that one.

When it came to the bath lets just say he was not a big fan. Most babies love baths and I am sure he will in the future, but he does not like them at the moment. Well, I do not blame him, it is winter time and it is just down right cold. We placed his tub in front of the fireplace and had warm water, but it just wasn't enough to keep our little guy warm. So, we quickly washed him up and got him warm.

Josie was a big helper during bath time. She would dump water on him to keep him warm and cuddled with him when his bath was over to warm him up. She would tell him "Oggie it'll be all right...I'll warm you up...don't cry Ogdan...shh!" How cute, I know.

Here are a few photos of Ogdan's first bath.

1 Week Old

It is extremely hard to believe that our little guy is already 1 week old. Can you? And when I really think about it, I am still not suppose to have had him for another 2 weeks. Crazy!

Each and every single day he is changing. Lets just hope he does not grow up to fast.

Doctor Appointment

This morning we had an early day. We ventured out to see the doctor for Ogdan's first doctors appointment. Our appointment time was 8 AM. Yuck! It snowed last night, however we did not get much. The roads were not plowed yet when it was time to leave. Yeah, right! We made it there safe and sound. Brent was extremely nervous to be out driving in these conditions, but he did it perfectly.

Ogdan is doing great. His stats are:

Weight - 6 pounds 15 ounces (a 1 ounce increase from the time we left the hospital) - 17%-tile
Height - 19 1/2 inches (same as at birth) - 28%-tile
Head - 35 cm - 24%-tile

We will go back to the doctors on March 3rd for his 2 week appointment.

After, we left the doctors we ventured to the grocery store. Ogdan did excellent for his very first trip. Let me just say that I was so glad Brent was with me at the store. When it is just me and the kids all I can say is that it is going to be a real big challenge. However, it is one that I think with practice I can become a pro. You all know I love to shop and so does Josie, so I am up for the shopping challenge.

Can't Get Enough of Him

We got home from the hospital in the late afternoon on Thursday. What a week it has been. We went in on Monday evening and got home on Thursday evening. What a long week.

We are all doing great. Our little guy has his nights and days mixed up, but it is only a matter of time until he corrects himself.

Josie loves being a big sister. She is always wanting to hold him, help change his diapers, things like that. If you ask her if you can take him home with you she responds "No, Ogdan stay here with me!" She definately is keeping tabs on him already.

Thanks to everyone for your love and support. A big thanks to Kathy, Debbie, and Terry for taking care of our Josie girl while Ogdan was being born.

Here are some photos of everyone trying to get in thier Ogdan fix.

He is Here! Yes...I Said He!

After 37 weeks of being pregnant, our new addition to the family decided it was time to join us. I was just at the beginning of my 37th week when he decided it was time. It all started on Monday, February 15th around noon. I started not feeling all that well. I was busy working on putting the basement back together since we just had it painted and was finished over the weekend. So, I was busy getting things back into order. We moved as much as we could into the laundry and storage rooms. I would be putting things away and feel lots of pressure, so I would sit down and it would subside. I would stand up again and begin to work again and the same thing. I told Brent that I was having contractions, but we were both like 3 weeks early that is to early they must be fake labor pains. The afternoon was passing and they were hurting a little worse each time, but not totally uncontrollable pain like with Josie. I called the doctors office and he said just to head to the hospital and get checked out. So, that is what we did.

Let me just say that my goal for the weekend was to finish the nursery, pick out names, install the car seat, and pack the bags. Well, when this was going down I had none of this done yet. Good going Jennifer! So, Brent hurried and installed the car seat, I packed the bags between contractions, and we discussed names to keep my mind off of things.

We loaded up and dropped Josie off at the in-laws, then to the hospital we went. I was not in that much pain (I have a high pain tolerance, just ask Brent) and the contractions were not really regular yet. We got the hospital and the contractions were about 3 minutes apart and lasting around 1 minute long. They checked out things and said I would not be leaving with out my new family addition. Brent quickly called work to let them know he would not be into work that evening and called my work to let them know I was starting my maternity leave effective immediately.

After I was admitted around 5 PM, things changed. The contractions became very irregular. We tried lots of things to get them going. We did laps around the hallways and even taking a shower to get things going again and they did not seem to be working. When I came in I was already 90% thinned and dilated to a 3.

I was scheduled to have my last sonogram on Wednesday to see what we were looking at weight wise and such. This was actually scheduled a week early. Usually they do this at 38 weeks, but due to Josie being early we moved it up to my 37 weeks appointment, but obviously never made it there.

At about 11:30 PM, they started my epidural. The pain was not that uncontrollable, but I knew it was going to get bad soon and then I would really want it. They had some issues with the epidural. My left leg became numb very quickly, but the right leg was not even numb at all. They rotated me to my side to get the meds to work on the other side. I still could feel the contraction in my tummy. I told the nurse and the anistesologist came in and gave me a quick does of some meds which did not agree with me. Within seconds I became very sick to my stomach on the verge of throwing up and started to sweat and got really light headed. After a few minutes, I was fine. I was still feeling the contractions in my tummy though. Weird! The nurse wiggled some cords connected to my epidural line and all of a sudden I felt a cold rush. Meaning a big dose of meds. The epidural machine alarm kept going off and the anisesologist could not figure it out. But now here comes the really weird part. Now, my legs and butt were completely numb. When I say numb, I mean you could touch them and I would not feel them. I tried to wiggle my toes and no go. No feeling at all, but I still could feel the contractions in my tummy.

5 minutes after my first epidural was inserted my water broke on its won at 11:50 PM. Things still moved slow however. The nurse kept stating when the baby moves his or her head they will be here. He was just stubborn and would not move into proper location. Once he did the doctor was there within 25 minutes to deliver. It took only 3 pushes for him to come into the world. I did not do any pushing before the doctor showed up. It took one to get out the head, one for the shoulders, and one for the rest. Not to bad I thought.

Yes, this was not a 4 1/2 hour delivery like Josie, but the pain was no where close to the pain I felt with her and I had a lot less pushing this time around.

At 3:53 AM
on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
3 Weeks Early
weighing in at 7 pounds 6 ounces
19 1/2 inches long
came our little baby boy

Ogdan Alan

He has dark hair, long fingers, and has huge feet. His color is good and tan.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope everyone spent the day today relaxing and spending quality time with the people that you love. I know I sure did. It is so nice to wake up in the morning to Josie sleeping between Brent and I and her stating "I love you so much" and give me a big hug and kiss. Oh, if she could never grow up that would be great.

So, what kinds of Valentine's Day gifts did everyone receive? Josie got the 101 Dalmatian movie, which she was so excited about. Brent got a coffee up with a photo in it of Josie and I. We went last weekend and had our photo taken for him for V Day, plus other photos. I got trim put up in my basement and wait for it...Brent did my toes. Since, I am having hip problems he had the choice of sending me to get a pedi or painting my toe nails and he opted to painting them for me. What a man! I have to have my toes painted at all times and was in dire need of a new paint job on them, so he stepped up to the plate and did them for me. What a wonderful husband!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

SNOW!

On Tuesday, the weather was horrible. It was blistering cold and snowing like crazy. School was canceled due to the weather, which meant I got to sleep in a little bit until Josie wanted to get up and play. But she was not the only one wanting to play. Oh no... Brent of course could not wait to get out on his tractor and plow out the driveway. Back and forth he would go to get the drive just right. Every once and a while he would come in and warm himself up because it was very windy and ice cold out. Poor guy! However, he really wanted to play on his tractor, so I guess there is a price you pay for everything. Here are a few photos of Brent playing on his new toy that he could not get enough of.

Josie wanted to go out and help him, however I told her it was just a little to cold for her to go out since Daddy was busy at work and it was still snowing like crazy.

36 Weeks Along

36 weeks pregnant


Man how the belly grows

I am in the home stretch now. I have less than 4 weeks until my due date. Can you believe it? It seems as if yesterday, Brent and I found out that were were expecting baby #2. We are all getting so very excited. We still have some last minute things to do like: pack our bags, install the car seat, put the finishing touches to the nursery, and lets not forget come up with names, but we are getting there. I have a 3 1/2 day weekend this weekend, so all of it will be done then. At least I hope it is. I had Josie 2 weeks early, so the potential of it happening early again is there, but I don't foresee it happening as early. Why I do not know, I just don't think so.

Yesterday, we had a snow day from school. Yeah! Right?! Well, I wanted to have school. Can you believe that?! I would rather have school now then have to make it up at the very end of the school year. No one wants to go to school when it is warm outside, no make us go when it is gross outside and we are stuck playing indoors. Even though I had no school, I did still have my doctors appointment. Thank goodness, to try to reschedule would have been a nightmare.

Anyways, Brent and I both lost our visit bet. We always guess what my weight is before I go. I was just at the doctors 2 weeks ago and since then I lost weight. Yes, I said lost weight. I lost 1/2 pound. I never loose weight I always gain it. Strange, huh!

I start going now to the doctors weekly, so next week off again I will go to the doctors. We will have a sonogram next time when we go. Yeah! Usually they do sonograms at 37 weeks, but because Josie was 2 weeks early and I went on my own, he wants to see how big the baby is and such just in case I would go early again. Fine with me, bring on the sono. We all can not wait until next week when we can see photos of the baby again. And before to long we will be able to hold our little bundle of joy.

Stay tuned for next weeks sono update.

Happy Super Bowl!

Today, many of you ventured over to watch the Super Bowl at a friends or family's house, or perhaps you hosted your very own party. The Super Bowl is like its very own holiday. Why you ask? The food of course. There is always so much yummy stuff to eat at Super Bowl Parties, that sometimes I think it is better then actually watching the game itself.

This year, we ventured over the Grandpa Terry and Grandma Debbie's house to watch the game, laugh hysterically at the commercials, and lets not forget eat all of the yummy food.

This year the Half Time entertainment was rocking. And I mean really rocking. It was not the actual show on TV, but the performance that Josie gave that put the Half Time entertainment rocking. As soon as she heard the first note struck, she was right in front of the TV shaking her butt. I mean she was shaking it the entire 20 so minutes that Half Time entertainment is played. At one point, she even grabbed the Guitar Hero guitar put it over her neck and was acting like she was in the band. Myself plus several others were laughing so hard at her that we all were crying. It was absolutely hilarious. I wish I had my video camera there to take videos because I could have seen us winning money on America's Funniest Home Videos for us. I forgot my camera at home and for some reason I could not get Debbie's camera to take clear photos, so sorry no photos either.

However, to top off her performance at one time she lifted the guitar over her head and was what was appearing to be getting ready to smash the guitar like some performers do before I grabbed the guitar from her to keep her from breaking it. What a hoot! At that moment, I thought I was going to pee my pants laughing. She continued to "rock out" in her words until the very last note was played. It was darling and made every ones Half Time entertainment more enjoyable.

"Mommy I dancing" is what she kept telling me throughout the entire thing. All I could think about would be what is she going to be like at a real concert. So, help us god Brent. After each song played, she would raise both hands in the air and yell "WHOO" for the band. Where does she learn this stuff?

Brent had to work, so he just had to hear how awesome the performance was. Perhaps next year, she can perfect her performance and give an encore.

Until next Super Bowl...Keep rock'n!

Silly Faces

As I was sitting viewing some photos tonight, I came across these few photos that we took when trying to get our Christmas card photo. Josie's face just cracked me up. SHe has so many different facial expressions that just brings a smile to my face. I thought that perhaps they may bring one to yours as well. Enjoy!